“Whether we like it or not,” Peru must hand over the safe conduct to Pedro Castillo’s relatives, argues Rodriguez Mackay.

Former Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Rodriguez Mackay confirmed on Tuesday that, according to Caracas Convention which Peru signed in 1954, our country must fulfill safe behavior relatives of former President Pedro Castillo who are in Embassy of Mexicoso they can go to Central American country after receiving political refugeif they want.

AT Air Rotary, The former chancellor said that although this provision may cause disgust among the population, article 36 belonging Constitution establishes that Peruvian state recognizes political asylum and its consequences.

What should Peru do? In accordance with Article 36 of the Constitution, which states that Peru respects and recognizes the right to asylum, [el Perú] must provide a safe-conduct, whether we like it or not. These are clear rules that Peru signed in 1954 in the Caracas Convention on Asylum,” he stressed.

Rodriguez McKay Indian that while the Peruvian state may have declared a tax investigation pending for the former first lady, Lilia ParedesWhat matters is what the asylum country thinks. In this case, – recalls the former chancellor, – the government Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador believes that relatives of former President Pedro Castillo are being persecuted for political reasons.

“Refuge [político] It is an institution that has very well written rules, whether we like it or not. When it comes to grading [al asilo político] We should not add any other ingredient to it, except for the one that in this case meets the requirements of the Mexican government, ”he explained.

“The perception of Peruvian justice is different, but not relevant. What Mexico thinks matters because these are the rules set by the 1954 Caracas Convention,” he added.

Former Minister Rejects Statements by Mexican Foreign Minister

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard confirmed today that the family of the detained former President Pedro Castillo is at the Mexican Embassy in Peru, in the San Isidro region, after receiving political asylum.

Ebrar confirmed that the relatives of the ex-president, who are in the premises of the diplomatic mission, are already in Mexican territory. However, Rodriguez McKay He rejected these claims and clarified that neither embassies nor consulates have a “sovereign character” in the country in which they are located.

In PTR, Rodriguez McKaywho was Minister of Foreign Affairs during the administration of Pedro Castillo, stressed that it is wrong to say that embassies are part of the country’s sovereignty.

“Embassies are not the territory of the country where the representative office is located, this is a mistake. [afirmación] what I hear to this day. There is no principle of extraterritoriality,” he said.

“It is not true that Pedro Castillo’s family entered Mexican territory. It is mistakenly considered that the embassy is a different territory. Sometimes it is believed that when you enter the embassy, ​​you think that you are in another country,” he added.

Although he emphasized that diplomatic missions they do not have a sovereign character in the country where they operate, the former foreign minister has made it clear that the principle of immunity states that “no one may enter embassies or consulates” without prior permission.

“What are embassies? Inviolable. No one can enter the embassy, ​​neither the police nor the military. Neither embassies nor consulates have a sovereign nature, they have principle of inviolability what is in the Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 for embassies and in the Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 for consulates,” he explained.