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Peru: Aquia community and Antamina company sign letter of agreement to lift protest

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru

16:13 | Lima, Nov. 3.

Representatives of Aquia community in Ancash region and Antamina signed a letter of agreement by which they agreed to a truce so as to lift the protest against the mining company, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) reported on Wednesday.

The parties ratified their willingness to set up a dialogue roundtable for November 5.

An Executive Branch commission traveled to Ancash region last Tuesday to meet with the Aquia population, with whom it agreed to a truce to lift the protest starting today.

For its part, the PCM reaffirmed its vocation to address social conflicts through dialogue and without violence of any type.

(END) RMCH/MVB

Publicado: 3/11/2021