The Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs accused a group of countries in the region on Tuesday of “unacceptable interference” in the country’s internal affairs and of having a discourse “distant from reality” since the beginning of the political crisis.
“Faced with the situation created on January 7, the international community witnessed the interference in the internal affairs of Peru by a small group of countries that presented a discourse that was far from reality,” stressed Ana Cecilia Gervasi, during the closing of the school year at the Diplomatic Academy, an act attended by President Dina Boluarte.
Gervasi stressed that this group of countries “is unaware of the application of the constitutional and legal order” in Peru.
The head of Peruvian diplomacy guaranteed that, in the face of “unacceptable interference”, diplomatic measures were adopted based on the principle of gradualness, without specifying which countries she was referring to.
“In the same way that Peru demands respect and non-interference in its internal affairs, it will remain faithful to its tradition as a country committed to the full validity of international law and to compliance with its international obligations under the leadership of the Constitutional Court. President of the Republic Dina Boluarte ”, she added.
The Mexican government confirmed this Tuesday that the country has granted political asylum to the family of Pedro Castillo and that they are already in Mexican territory.
Last week, the governments of Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and Bolivia expressed “deep concern over the recent events that resulted in the dismissal and detention” of Castillo, referring that he was “victim of undemocratic harassment.”
The Peruvian government announced at the end of last week that it will convene its ambassadors in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Bolivia for consultations, denouncing “interference in their internal affairs” by the presidents of these countries.
Ana Cecilia Gervasi also referred to the acts of violence that have occurred in recent days, noting that they do not help the country to recover the well-being of Peruvians, also lamenting the death of 26 people in the protests.
Protests began on December 7 in various regions of Peru, particularly in the capital Lima and in the southern part of the Peruvian Andes, after the Congress (parliament) removed Pedro Castillo from the Presidency.
The dismissal came after Castillo announced the dissolution of parliament and the creation of an emergency executive, which would rule by decree, a move widely interpreted as an attempted coup.
The protesters demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte (former vice president), who replaced Castillo under the constitutional succession, and the closure of Congress, as well as the call for general elections and a constituent assembly.
The Peruvian Foreign Minister also addressed on Tuesday the invitation made by the Peruvian government to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), for this body to carry out a technical visit, as a sign of the country’s respect for human rights. .
A mission from this organization met with Gervasi and Boluarte as the first step in the visit, which began on Tuesday.
Peruvian diplomacy also invited the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Peru in early January, Gervasi announced, after a telephone conversation with High Commissioner Volker Turk.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turk expressed his “solidarity” with the complex situation that Peru is going through and showed his willingness to “collaborate together to find a way out that renews social cohesion and trust in the country’s institutions.”
Gervasi, for his part, detailed to the high commissioner the concrete actions that the Andean executive has taken to put an end to the protests and restore “order” throughout the country.
Source: TSF
