Governor-General welcomes His Excellency Mr Sebastián Piñera, President of the Republic of Chile

The Governor-General welcomed His Excellency Mr Sebastián Piñera, President of the Republic of Chile, at Government House, Canberra.

President Piñera was greeted with a 21-gun salute before he inspected a tri-service Guard of Honour.

Following the ceremony, the Governor-General and President Piñera held talks with Australian and Chilean officials.

In the evening, the Governor-General and President Piñera observed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the CSIRO and Chile’s Ministry of Mining to improve education, safety and technology development in the mining and minerals sector.