Peru's Prime Minister Guido Bellido underlined the fact that peasant communities in Las Bambas mining project's impact area have given up their forceful measures as a result of the dialogue with the Government.
Additionally, the Cabinet chief estimated that their claims will be addressed within 60 days.
"We are going to host a roundtable to address each of the requests and solve them. We have reached this agreement with community leaders and defense fronts. That is the commitment," he stated.
"Today we have answered the call of the population, which has been in struggle since July 23. We have talked with them and started processing their demands," the high-ranking official remarked.
In this context, he considered that inhabitants' demands will be addressed within 60 days. But companies linked to the mining sector in this part of the country will be heard first.
According to Bellido, the solution to this problem will also consider issues such as health and education.
The communities were protesting against a resolution that classified the southern mining corridor as a national road and against the environmental pollution caused by MMG Las Bambas trucks passing through the area.
At the meeting, Bellido was accompanied by Ministers Victor Maita (Agrarian Development and Irrigation) and Ivan Merino (Energy and Mines).
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Published: 8/3/2021