Chile–United Kingdom relations

Chilean-British relations

Chile	United Kingdom

The President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, at 10 Downing Street in 2010.

British–Chile relations are foreign relations between the United Kingdom and Chile.

History

The UK played an important role in Chile's history the British Admiral Lord Cochrane was the Chilean Navy's first commander who fought in the Chilean War of Independence and 5 Chilean Navy ships have been named in his honour. The Chilean Navy and the Royal Navy maintain a close relationship with 1 ex-British Type 22 frigate and 3 Type 23 frigates in Chilean service.

During the Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur) in 1982, with the still pending Beagle conflict, Chile and Colombia became the only Latin American countries to abstain from voting in the TIAR (as did also USA and Trinidad Tobago). Chile provided the UK with ‘limited, but significant information’ . The Chilean Connection is described in detail by Sir Lawrence Freedman in his book The Official History of the Falklands Campaign.

Embassies

The United Kingdom has an embassies in Valparaiso, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas and Santiago. Chile has an embassy in London.

See also

• Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
• Foreign relations of Chile

External links

• http://ukinchile.fco.gov.uk/en/