India and Chile will be signing four agreements including an air services pact as President Pratibha Patil [Images] arrived in the capital Santiago on the last leg of her three-nation visit to Latin America.

The two nations would be inking four projects which also include an agreement on science and technology and increasing cooperation on Antarctica.

Patil arrived from Mexico late Sunday night and was accorded a red-carpet welcome on her arrival for a four-day visit here.

India is among 46 countries which have signed the historic Antarctica treaty that set aside the land there as a scientific preserve which would be only used for scientific purposes and not for any military activities. Chile has claim over a major portion of land in the ice-capped continent.

An agreement on sports would also see cooperation being extended by this Latin American country to help the Indian football team.  In the aviation sector, the two sides will enter a pact to begin a code sharing between Air India and Chilean airliner -- LAN, the officials said. The four agreements would be signed by Union Minister for Non-conventional Energy Vilas Muttemwar and some ministers in Chilean government.

Patil would also be holding one-on-one meeting with her counterpart Michelle Bachelet. Patil has come to Chile after her visit to Brazil [Images].A business delegation comprising officials from auto, information technology, pharmaceutical and steel industries would also help in increasing the trade relations between the two countries.