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The Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)rejected on Tuesday the accusations of “interference” by the current Government of Peru, but asked to recognize the presidency of Pedro Castillo by arguing that he won the last elections.
“It is not interference, being there conducting nothing, our ambassador is in his diplomatic work and it is Foreign Relations that is in charge of carrying out this process”he declared in his daily press conference.
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Lopez Obrador responded to the Foreign Ministry of Peruwhich last Friday summoned the Mexican ambassador in Lima, Paul Monroyto convey his rejection of the “expressions of the Mexican authorities” that “constitute an interference in the internal affairs” of the Andean country.
Even so, the Mexican president rejected the Castillo’s dismissalwhom he still considers the president of Peru, despite the fact that the Peruvian Congress removed him from office last Wednesday for “moral incapacity” and accused him of having attempted to perpetrate a coup.
The Mexican ruler cited the statement he issued this Monday along with Argentina, Bolivia and Colombia in which “in accordance with international agreements, those responsible for political leadership in Peru are urged to respect the vote of citizens.”
“The president won, what the agreement states is that the will of the people who elected him must be respected, recognize that he won democratically and that he cannot be removed, that originally, even though it is in the Peruvian Constitution, it has a problem , an anti-democratic failure of origin”plot.
PAUSE IN MEXICO-PERU RELATIONS
Lopez Obradorwho previously expressed solidarity with Castle and has offered him asylum in Mexicorevealed that diplomatic relations with the Peru They are on “pause”, although this does not imply breaking ties or withdrawing the ambassador.
“It is on pause, waiting for what happens and hopefully a democratic solution is sought”revealed.
“There is no political normality in the PeruIt is not about saying: there will be relationships. There are people on the street (protesting), who also, by the way, do not report, the media do not report, if it were in Venezuela (it would be something else)”, justified.
The mexican leader insisted that he still considers Castle as the president of Perubut evaded responding directly if he recognizes the new president, Dina Boluarteappointed last week by Congress.
It is a foreign policy doctrine in MexicoIn other words, neither for better nor for worse, there is no recognition of any foreign government in Mexico, so what our diplomacy is doing is analyzing the events that are taking place,” plot.
The president of Mexico asked to avoid the “repression” of the people of Peru after the protests that broke out this Sunday against President Boluarte and Congress reached their maximum level of violence this Monday with seven dead and a hundred police officers injured.
“We are very sorry for what is happening, especially because of the suffering of the brotherly people of Peru, because this in one way or another originates from above, which we have always been supporting,” he mentioned.
Source: Elcomercio
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