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Peru: President Boluarte orders definitive withdrawal of Ambassador to Mexico

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Republic of Peru

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Republic of Peru

00:00 | Lima, Feb. 25.

The President of the Republic Dina Boluarte on Friday night announced that she has ordered the definitive withdrawal of the Peruvian Ambassador from Mexico.

"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 my 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.

Therefore, President Boluarte ordered the recall of the Peruvian Ambassador to Mexico.

During the broadcast, the Head of State was accompanied by Prime Minister Alberto Otarola and Foreign Affairs Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi.

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Published: 2/25/2023