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Tourist map spat chills Chile-Argentina relations
Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:59 PM BST
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - An Argentine tourist map that put
disputed Patagonian glaciers on Argentina's side of the border has inflamed
already tense relations with neighbouring Chile.
Chile sent a letter to Buenos Aires to complain about the official tourism
map earlier this week, reviving the unresolved dispute over part of an icy
border area at the southern tip of South America.
A territorial dispute nearby pushed the two countries to the brink of war in
the 1970s. A partial agreement was eventually reached in the following years
but one element of the dispute remains unresolved.
Late on Wednesday, Argentina responded to Chile's complaints by calling for
renewed efforts to agree on the border's route.
"The Foreign Ministry has instructed the border commission to reiterate to
its counterpart the need to start demarcation work as soon as possible," a
government statement said.
Diplomatic relations between the countries have been tense in recent months
after Buenos Aires irked its energy-hungry neighbour by sharply raising
taxes on natural gas exports in July.
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