The Peruvian Government —through the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs— has terminated the duties of Manuel Gerardo Talavera Espinar as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Mexican States.
Likewise, the document indicates that the date of termination of his duties will be set by ministerial resolution, and provides for the cancellation of the corresponding credential letters and full powers.
Furthermore, the Ambassador in the Diplomatic Service of the Republic was thanked for the important services rendered to the Nation in the performance of his duties.
This designation is in accordance with the Law that regulates the participation of the Executive Branch in the appointment and designation of public officials, the Law of the Diplomatic Service of the Republic, and its regulations.
Statement
"I have ordered the definitive withdrawal of our Ambassador to the United Mexican States. This way, diplomatic relations between Peru and Mexico are formally at the level of charge d'affaires," Mrs. Boluarte said during a televised address to the nation from the Government Palace.
The
Head of State expressed her strong rejection of the statements issued recently by her Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, on Peru's domestic affairs and "the unacceptable questioning issued repeatedly by him about the constitutional and democratic origin of this government."
"Mr. Lopez (Obrador) has decided to support a coup d'état called by the now former president Pedro Castillo, on December 7, 2022, the same one that generated the unanimous rejection by the institutions that make up the democratic order in Peru and the decision of the Congress of the Republic to impeach and remove him from office with the vote of 101 of its 130 parliamentarians," she expressed.
The top official affirmed that Lopez Obrador's statements violate the principle of international law on non-interference in domestic affairs, as well as those referring to the defense and promotion of democracy.
"Mr. Lopez has decided to seriously affect the 200-year-old relations of mutual respect, friendship, cooperation, and willingness for integration that have historically united Peru and Mexico by favoring ideological affinities to the detriment of important integration processes that benefit our peoples, such as the Pacific Alliance," she said.
(END) JCC/MVB
Published: 2/25/2023