SANTIAGO, March 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Chile and Bolivia signed an agreement Tuesday to enable their citizens to travel across the common border without visas or passports.

    The agreement was signed by Foreign Ministers Ignacio Walker of Chile and Juan Siles of Bolivia at the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, where the two were attending the inauguration ceremonyof Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez.

    Under the deal which will take effect in April or May, citizensof the two South American nations can carry their identification documents to move through the common border, said reports reachinghere from Montevideo.

    Chilean President Ricardo Lagos highlighted the importance of the agreement, saying people used to spend two hours to have theirdocuments authorized along the common border.

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