on Wednesday said the Government has the firm willingness and commitment to ensure the conditions for social peace between rural communities and Las Bambas mining company.
After three days of staying in Challhuahuacho district, where Executive Branch officials arrived to hold meetings with local communities, he indicated that the government's immediate objective is the reestablishment of social, commercial, community, and productive activities in the area.
The minister mentioned that there are six communities in conflict: Nueva Fuerabamba, Huancuire, Pumamarca, Choaquere, Chila, and Chuicuni, although there are another 20 communities in the district and represent more than 30,000 citizens.
"In this mission for ensuring conditions towards achieving social peace, yesterday the reestablishment of the three-way dialogue was very valuable, very important: eight representatives of the company (MMG Las Bambas), the representatives of this six communities, and us were dialoguing and explaining these reasons," Sanchez told Exitosa.
Asked if the state of emergency in the area will be lifted, he said the three parties must make commitments and then set up a roundtable to address the pending commitments at the level of the six communities.
Based on this, the Government will be able to know how to assess whether the decision is made, he added.
Furthermore, the Cabinet member rejected that there could any type of persecution against the leaders of those communities. Along these lines, he argued that public and private property should not be affected by the demonstrations.
"12 sessions of this nature have already been held, and a direct conversation with the people has been achieved," the minister concluded.
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