on Tuesday stated that Peru respects international law and will continue upholding it, referring to the
The career diplomat indicated that the 1954 Caracas Convention imposes "specific obligations."
In this regard, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's legal advisory department is already analyzing the application of this treaty to the case of the former Prime Minister, after which it will issue a report on the matter.
The Peruvian Minister stated that once the report from the legal department is received, "they (department officials) will be in a position to make a decision."
"Peru is a country that respects international law; consequently, it will continue to uphold it," De Zela told RPP Noticias.
"Accordingly, the provisions of that treaty (the Caracas Convention) will be applied. I have requested that our legal department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ legal advisory office, conduct an in-depth analysis on the application of this treaty to the specific case we are addressing," he stated.
The Foreign Affairs Minister said that Peru has been complying with its laws and that due process has been respected in the investigations involving Betssy Chávez, as well as in the case of
former President Pedro Castillo.
The career diplomat indicated that, despite this, Mexico "has taken a political stance based on ideological considerations."
Likewise, the Minister said that granting asylum to Chavez constitutes an interference in Peru’s domestic affairs.
Regarding the severance of relations with the aforementioned country, he stated that, regrettably, it will have effects on some joint initiatives, such as the Pacific Alliance.
The high-ranking official also lamented that inter-American relations in general are being affected by focusing not on the issues that unite them but on those that divide them.
As a concrete example, De Zela mentioned that the Dominican Republic had suspended the Summit of the Americas.
"We consider that regional integration is an important value which must be defended; consequently, to defend it, one must rely on international law rather than on ideologically-driven positions," he underscored.