The National Department of Border Zones and International Boundaries of the State, together with other State agencies, contributes to the implementation of measures and actions envisaged by the Government to advance the process of regional integration between Chile and its neighboring countries and to harmonize and simplify border crossing procedures.

Integration and Border Committees have been established between our country and Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru and they play a key role in developing and implementing  agreed measures with the purpose of improving regional integration and cooperation with our neighboring countries. These Committees take action in areas such as the optimization of the movement of people, vehicles, and goods across the border, or cooperation in the fields of health, education, and culture between the communities living on either side of the border.

Following the entry into force of the 1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Chile and Argentina , the two countries agreed to periodic consultations regarding concrete measures to maintain and strengthen their good relations.

The first meeting took place in April 1987, in the context of the Border Committee of the “Cristo Redentor Border Crossing System”.  The result of this meeting was the creation of an Argentine-Chilean Binational Commission for Economic Cooperation and Physical Integration This was the first experience between our country and one of its neighbors in the field of regional integration.

In 1997, specific procedures were established for the functioning of the Border Committees between Chile and Argentina. In 2009, the Maipú Treaty between Chile and Argentina, incorporated new objectives and areas of concern under the mandate of the  integration committees.

The current regulation governing these coordination bodies  was established on 27 January 2011. According to these rules  DIFROL is the Chilean  Agency in charge of the coordination with its Argentine counterpart,  co-chairing the meetings of the respective committees.

 Border Committees currently in place between Chile and Argentina hold regular meetings.

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The Chile-Bolivia Integration and Border Committee was created in March 1997. Its primary focus is the relations between the Chilean regions of Tarapacá and Antofagasta, and the Bolivian departments of La Paz, Potosí, and Oruro.

In 1998, the two countries adopted specific procedures for the functioning of the Committees between Chile and Bolivia. These Committees are the appropriate bilateral forum for dealing with matters of common interest in the border zone. Their purpose is to formulate recommendations, and adopt measures to expedite the movement of people, vehicles, and goods across the shared border, and cooperate in border development projects in areas such as education, health, culture, etc.

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In the context of the III Meeting of the Political Consultation Mechanism, on June 10, 1999, the Chile-Peru Border Committee was created. Its primary purpose is to be the institutional agency that addresses the common agenda for the relations between Arica and Parinacota in Chile and the department of Tacna in Peru.

In November 2012, in Arica, the two countries restructured this Border Committee, renamed it the “Border Integration and Development Committee” and issued the new procedures that govern its functions, currently in force.

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