Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced on Wednesday, October 30, on the refusal of the country in the UN Climate change conference scheduled for December this year, and the summit of the Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC), which was to be held in November.
the Reason for this decision Pinera called the mass protests that swept the country.
"Given the difficult circumstances in which our country is in the last week, our government decided not to accept the APEC summit in November," the President said while interacting with the press in the government Palace.
news Chile October 18, due to the increase fares on the subway in the capital Santiago. Despite the fact that the government almost immediately refused the increase, this has not stopped the demonstrations that have sometimes turned violent or led to looting. The clashes of protesters with police and fires killed at least 20 people, more than a thousand were injured.
UN Secretary-General, antónio Guterres, has announced the beginning of an alternative Climate conference. While Chile may remain the formal owner of the current conference, even if it is held outside the country, said Guterres.
its willingness to accept the current conference in Bonn has already been stated in the government of the German Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city has hosted the International climate conference of the UN in November 2017.
Earlier it was reported that mass protests in Chile joined work the world's largest magnetopause Escondida mine in the Northern part of the country.
