Foreign Secretary Cesar Landa said this Thursday that the recommendation issued by the State Department USA As for “do not drive” in Peru, this only applies to certain risk areas in VRAEM and on the border of the Loreto region with Colombia. In this sense, he stressed that the measure is not for the entire country.
“VRAEM is an area where they are not recommended to travel, as well as to the border area of Loreto; in such a way that we are not talking about all of Peru, but about these very specific areas,” said US Minister Landa; where it is on the occasion of the official presentation of Lima as the venue for the 52nd General Assembly of the OAS.
Cesar Landa held a meeting in Washington DC with the US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian Nicholsand adviser to the National Security Council of that country, Juan Gonzalez; with which it also coincided in the increase that was registered in the US of tourists to our country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the information about the meeting on his Twitter account.
The Chancellor noted that the United States’ advice to its people is in line with its regular monitoring of the security situation of countries around the world; and that, for Peru, this has manifested itself in a similar way in previous years with respect to certain geographic areas of risk.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) reported that a total of 206,427 U.S. resident tourists arrived in Peru in 2022.
US asks its citizens not to travel to Peru
The United States advised its citizens this Wednesday to rethink travel to Peru, given that parts of the country have increased the risk of crime or terrorist attacks.
State Department statement USA announced that it had raised the travel warning for Peru to level 3 out of a maximum of four levels, which implies “travel avoidance due to severe safety risks”.
In addition, the United States urged no travel to the Department of Loreto, on the border with Colombia and Ecuador, or to the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro river valleys due to the presence of terrorists.
He stated that the presence of drug traffickers and the dilapidated infrastructure of the Department of Loreto “restricted the ability” of the Peruvian authorities to enforce the law.
(Courtesy of Andina/AFP)
Source: RPP
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