CONTEXT:

• India and Chile have agreed to work together to strengthen the global response to defeat and destroy terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
• President Ram Nath Kovind who was on an official visit to Chile said this after a brief Tete-a-Tete with his Chilean counterpart. President said that both countries committed themselves to further strengthen the economic partnership.
• India and Chile signed three MOUs for cooperation in the fields of mining, culture and Empowerment of persons with disabilities.
• The agreements would further enhance engagement in economic, social and cultural fields between the two countries.
• Chile is the sixth largest trading partner of India in the Latin American region.
• Later President participated in India-Chile Business Forum and interacted with young scientists at the University of Chile.
• Mr Kovind was on a three-day visit to Chile on the third leg of his three-nation tour including Croatia and Bolivia.