Bachelet Weighs in on Brexit Debate, Urging U.K. to Stay in EU

  • Leader seeking support in modernizing Chile’s EU trade accord
  • Presidential remarks follow similar calls by Obama, Abe
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet weighed in on the Brexit debate, making a veiled comment in support of continued U.K. membership in the European Union.

Chile would like to count on British support in pushing for a modernization of the Latin American nation’s trade agreement with the 28-member EU later in the year, Bachelet said late Thursday, delivering the annual Canning Lecture for Canning House, a U.K. nonprofit that promotes ties between Britain and Latin America, Spain and Portugal.