Santiago de Chile- President of the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Pier Ferdinando Casini, visited the “Museo de la Memoria” yesterday where testimonies of the tragic years under the regime are held. He placed a flower wreath at the Municipal Cemetery on the grave of Patricio Aylwin, President of the International Christian Democrats (IDC) and Chile’s first president democratically elected after Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship. His children and a delegation of public officials and collaborations also payed homage to the Chilean leader. Pier Ferdinando Casini met with President of the Chamber, Osvaldo Andrade and President of the Senate, Ricardo Lagos Weber, at the seat of Parliament in Valparaiso. Casini was later received at the Palacio de la Moneda by the President of the Chilean Republic, Michelle Bachelet. (9 colonne)
