SANTIAGO, Sept. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Chilean Foreign Minister Soledad Alvear recalled the country's consul to Bolivia on Monday after the diplomat made remarks on possible revision of border treaties in view of Bolivia's demand for access to the sea.

    "No official could express his personal viewpoints or his disagreement with respect to the foreign policy definitions of Chile," Alvear said by phone to a Chilean radio station.

    The minister, along with Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, is currently in New York attending the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

    "As soon as I return to Santiago, one of my first activities is to meet with the consul," Alvear said, who plans to return on Tuesday.

    In an interview published Saturday by the weekly magazine "La Ipoca" of Bolivia, the Chilean consul, Emilio Ruiz-Tagle, said "a treaty is inviolable according to the international law, but anything is possible in life."

    Alvear said Ruiz-Tagle's remarks went against the Chilean government's position on the land-locked Bolivia's demand for access to the sea.

    After Bolivian President Carlos Mesa made the sea-access demandbefore the UN General Assembly, the Chilean government on Wednesday made it clear before the world body that it will not revise any border treaty although Santiago supports greater regional integration.

    Bolivia has a historic claim for an outlet to the sea lost to Chile in the War of the Pacific. The two countries broke off diplomatic ties in 1978 over the issue but maintain consular relations.

    Meanwhile, Alvear dismissed domestic criticism on her performance and said the position of Chile "is very clear" and is defined by the president.

    "I don't need to be told what to do. I've always been very strict in upholding the foreign policy principles of the country in any scenario," she said. Enditem