Peru: FA Ministry terminates duties of consuls to Brasil, U.S.

Photo: ANDINA/Andres Valle

Photo: ANDINA/Andres Valle

12:32 | Lima, Jul. 22.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has terminated the duties of Peruvian honorary consuls in the cities of Salvador in Brazil and Philadelphia in the United States.

They are Andre Luiz de Lacerda Balbi and Miguel Francisco Alban Salazar, according to two supreme resolutions published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on Saturday.

Brazil

Supreme Resolution No. 107-2023-RE indicated that De Lacerda was appointed on October 17, 2017, as Honorary Consul of Peru to Salvador —with jurisdiction in the Brazilian States of Bahia and Sergipe.

According to this document, the official announced his resignation from the post in a letter addressed to the Consulate General of Peru in Rio de Janeiro.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry resolved to terminate the duties effectively in advance as of January 31, 2022.

United States

For his part, Alban Salazar was appointed Honorary Consul of Peru to Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, on May 3, 2019.

In this case, his duties were also terminated effectively in advance as of January 31, 2023, according to Supreme Resolution No. 108-2023-RE.

Likewise, the ministry cancelled the corresponding letters patent of both officials.


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Published: 7/22/2023