Argentina begins removing solar panels at the Chilean border
Argentina on Monday began removing solar panels that were accidentally installed on the wrong side of its shared border with Chile, following a complaint from Chilean President Gabriel Boric.
At the end of April, the Argentine Navy opened a maritime surveillance post on the border with Chile, in the Patagonia region of South America.
But the solar panels, which provide energy to that military unit, were placed on the Chilean side of the border.
In a statement, the Argentine Navy acknowledged the mistake and said it had “transferred personnel and resources to begin the removal of a solar panel installed in the territory of the sister republic of Chile, north of the island of Tierra del Fuego.”
Earlier in the day, Boric demanded that the panels be removed or Chile would do it themselves.
“Boundaries are not something that can be ambiguous. It is a basic principle of respect between countries and that is why they must remove those solar panels as soon as possible, otherwise we will do it,” Boric told reporters during a visit to Paris.
Chile and Argentina share a border of about 5,000 kilometers (over 3,000 miles).
