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The reception took place at the ambassador's residence in Berlin-Dahlem - in the garden. Despite the low temperature of 15 degrees, the ambassador appeared in a summery outfit while many guests had slipped on thick jackets. In her welcoming speech, the diplomat gave an overview of how bilateral relations are to become even closer.

• Before the end of this year, the German Bundestag will ratify the Association Agreement between the EU and Chile, which has already been ratified by the Chilean National Congress.

• In the last week of November 2025, the 6th Chile Green Hydrogen Day will take place in Leipzig, at which key industry representatives will discuss the national hydrogen strategy and related projects, as well as innovations in the use of green hydrogen in energy-intensive industries.

• On 8 October 2025, the first Chile Lithium Day will take place in Berlin. Chile's Minister of Mining, Aurora Williams, will provide information on the status of the national lithium strategy. Hernán Cáceres, head of the new Institute for Lithium and Salars, will explain the challenges facing lithium researchers.

• On 10 December 2025, Chile will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, the only Latin American woman to have received this honour to date.

• In 2027, Chile will be the guest country at the 79th Frankfurt Book Fair (6–10 October 2027). Such an invitation is considered an incentive for publishers worldwide to publish titles from the respective guest country. Many Chilean books are therefore being translated into German.

• Until the end of the year, Chile and Germany will jointly chair the Climate Club, which is working on the preparatory steps to be presented at COP28.

• The Joint Commission on Colonia Dignidad, which is investigating serious human rights violations, and the country itself is currently initiating expropriation proceedings for some of the colony's land and buildings in order to establish a memorial for the victims and a documentation centre.

Institutional relations are also deepening. Two German federal states have established a presence in Chile: Bavaria has had its own local representative for several years; Saxony also recently opened a scientific liaison office.

In foreign policy, the ambassador made it clear that Chile condemns the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and rejects authoritarian efforts by some European governments. In the current Middle East conflict, Chile is positioning itself with an “unequivocal condemnation of Hamas's terror,” but also “loudly against the genocide committed by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people.”

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