Peru calls for consultations with its ambassadors in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico

MADRID, 15 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, has informed this Thursday that she will call for consultations the ambassadors of Peru in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico, whose governments in recent days have expressed their public support for former President Pedro Castillo , arrested and accused of rebellion.

Gervasi has alleged that the decision is motivated by "the meddling" of "the highest authorities" of these countries in the internal affairs of Peru and comes just one day after he summoned the ambassadors of Mexico, Bolivia and Argentina and the charge d'affaires of Venezuela in Peru for the same reason.

The new head of Foreign Affairs has indicated that the statements by the heads of state of these four countries questioning the "presidential succession carried out in strict adherence to the Constitution of Peru" do not coincide "with the traditional ties of friendship, cooperation and mutual respect" that unite them.

"Peru will continue to show its broad willingness to deepen the dialogue, always within the framework of mutual respect and the full validity of international law," Minister Gervasi remarked, reports the Andina agency.

Peru's measure responds to a letter signed this week by Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and Bolivia, in which they expressed their "deep concern" about the events that are taking place in Peru, with Castillo still under provisional detention at the awaiting confirmation of a request from the Prosecutor's Office to prolong his imprisonment.

In said letter, they recall that "it is not a novelty" that since he was elected Castillo has been "the victim of undemocratic harassment," which violates all international laws. An idea that other governments in the region such as those of Honduras, Cuba and Venezuela have expressed publicly.

"Our governments call on all the actors involved in the previous process to prioritize the citizen's will that was pronounced at the polls" and refrain from "reversing the popular will expressed with free suffrage," claims this letter.

A week ago, Dina Bolurate, until then vice president, took office as the first president in the history of Peru after the removal by Congress and arrest of Castillo after unsuccessfully trying to dissolve the chamber and announce legislative elections to launch a new process constitutional with which to leave behind the Constitution inherited from Fujimori.