Santiago de Chile, 26.01.13: Chancellor Angela Merkel landed at the Arturo Merino Benítez Airport where she was met by a guard of honour of the Chilean army.
One of the soldiers in the Chilean guard of honour watches ...
... as the Chancellor lays a wreath at the memorial to the Chilean national hero Bernardo O'Higgins.
At the presidential palace 'La Moneda' Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Echenique welcomed Angela Merkel for bilateral talks.
Their agenda was wide-ranging, covering business, energy and the environment, culture, and science and research.
Afterwards an agreement on the extractive sector and a political declaration of intent regarding cooperation in the mining and extractive sector were signed.
The Chancellor bids the President farewell before attending the European-Latin American Economic Forum.
At the summit she met Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
She spoke to the representatives of the business community on economic-policy issues.
Later Angela Merkel met Brazil's President Dilma Vana Rousseff for bilateral talks.
In the afternoon Chile's President welcomed the Chancellor to the seventh EU summit with the states of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The most important topic on the agenda of the summit was sustainable development. It also looked at growth and equality of opportunity.
The German government and the EU would like to use the summit to further step up investment in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to her Latin American opposite numbers.
The first day of the summit wound up with a riding display at a country club.
On the sidelines of the show, the Chancellor spoke to the President of Cuba's Council of State, Raúl Castro.
27.01.13: On the second day of the summit, bilateral talks were held. The Chancellor is shown here with Columbian President Juan Manuel Santos.
Federal Government Spokesman Steffen Seibert reports on the talks to the German journalists accompanying the Chancellor.
In the afternoon a guard of honour bids the Chancellor farewell at the airport with military honours, as she prepares to fly back to Berlin.