LETTER | National Interest and Foreign Policy

MR. DIRECTOR:

It is encouraging to hear a chancellor state that national interest will guide our foreign policy. It feels as though, after four interminable years, reason and logic have returned to the Foreign Ministry.

It is obviously to be expected that we seek to have the best possible relations with all countries, and that national interest, as understood by President Kast’s government, includes repairing the damage done to our strategic and priority relations with the United States, China, Israel, and our neighboring countries of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. It is also to be hoped that this administration will not repeat the previous error of viewing multilateralism as an end rather than a means. We must utilize all available means, whether multilateral or not, that allow us to defend and protect our national interest, which should be the guiding principle of our foreign policy and national security.

Richard Kouyoumdjian