Santiago de Chile, 26.01.13: Chancellor Angela Merkel landed at the Arturo Merino Benítez Airport where she was met by a guard of honour of the Chilean army.
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One of the soldiers in the Chilean guard of honour watches ...
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... as the Chancellor lays a wreath at the memorial to the Chilean national hero Bernardo O'Higgins.
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At the presidential palace 'La Moneda' Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Echenique welcomed Angela Merkel for bilateral talks.
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Their agenda was wide-ranging, covering business, energy and the environment, culture, and science and research.
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Afterwards an agreement on the extractive sector and a political declaration of intent regarding cooperation in the mining and extractive sector were signed.
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The Chancellor bids the President farewell before attending the European-Latin American Economic Forum.
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At the summit she met Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
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She spoke to the representatives of the business community on economic-policy issues.
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Later Angela Merkel met Brazil's President Dilma Vana Rousseff for bilateral talks.
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In the afternoon Chile's President welcomed the Chancellor to the seventh EU summit with the states of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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The most important topic on the agenda of the summit was sustainable development. It also looked at growth and equality of opportunity.
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The German government and the EU would like to use the summit to further step up investment in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to her Latin American opposite numbers.
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The first day of the summit wound up with a riding display at a country club.
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On the sidelines of the show, the Chancellor spoke to the President of Cuba's Council of State, Raúl Castro.
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27.01.13: On the second day of the summit, bilateral talks were held. The Chancellor is shown here with Columbian President Juan Manuel Santos.
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Federal Government Spokesman Steffen Seibert reports on the talks to the German journalists accompanying the Chancellor.
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In the afternoon a guard of honour bids the Chancellor farewell at the airport with military honours, as she prepares to fly back to Berlin.