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Peru, Chile Seek To Defrost Bilateral Ties

LIMA - Peruvian President Alan Garcia and his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera agreed on Sunday to make efforts to bring about a thaw in bilateral relations.

Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde told a Lima radio station that the meeting between the two presidents in Madrid was "fruitful."

Foreign Ministry sources also said Pinera accepted an invitation from Garcia to visit Peru and he also invited the Peruvian president to visit Chile.

Diplomatic ties between the two nations have been frozen since January 2008, when Peru filed a suit against Chile at the International Court of Justice in the Hague over a marmite border dispute between them.

Peru demands sovereignty over an area of about 100,000 square km in the Pacific Ocean, while Chile says the maritime border was established under agreements signed in the 1950s.

Peru lost that territory as a result of the wars in the 19th Century.

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