Manuel Rodriguez: President Pedro Castillo delivered a message of “certainty and stability” to the UN General Assembly

Peru’s representative to the United Nations, Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros, said this Thursday that President Pedro Castillo, in his speech before the UN General Assembly, declared “certainty and stability” in relation to “major armed conflicts”, the international economy and the country’s specific interests.

In an interview program News Extension from PTR, Photos by Manuel Rodriguez He argued that it was “necessary” for Peru to clearly define its foreign policy and its vision of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, “the most difficult since the Second World War.” This, he argued, in an unstable world, where strategic balances are changing, and with the tendency of the economy to slow down in the face of the process of international inflation.

“This gave the world certainty in foreign policy based on the interpretation and clarification of the national interests of Peru, related to the basic principles of the Charter of the United Nations, such as non-intervention and territorial defense of states, precisely with the principles related to the democratic part of world governance. In that sense, I think the most important thing about the President’s speech is that it signaled confidence and stability in Peru’s international engagement,” he said.

Meetings with Pedro Castillo

Photos by Manuel Rodriguez stated that the President Peter’s castle He held talks with his colleagues Alberto Fernandez (Argentina), Gabril Boric (Chile), Gustavo Petro (Colombia), Luis Arce (Bolivia), as well as with UN Secretary General António Gheterres. In addition, he pointed out that the head of state held meetings with more than 40 businessmen related to investments in Peru.

“In all these bilateral meetings, issues were discussed that are related to maintaining world peace, with development cooperation flows, with the need to redirect financial resources by donor countries to Ukraine, will not affect the course of funding for development activities in Latin America and, in particularly in Peru,” he explained.

Changing of the climate

With regard to climate change, Photos by Manuel Rodriguez He argued that the world’s “virtually disappeared” denial of the issue, and warned that Peru, due to its mega-diversity, could be hit harder by the effects of global warming.

“And the Amazon is a great reserve of life that Peru has, as well as a huge reserve of economic resources, and in this sense, the preservation of the Amazon environment is a national interest and the preservation of economic relations in the Amazon with sustainable policies. that do not degrade the natural environment, but make it sustainable, is also a national task,” he said.

Photos by Manuel Rodriguez He explained that the Escazu Agreement had two objectives. First, he pointed out, we need to move forward in protecting the Amazon’s environment; and second, to protect the human rights of indigenous peoples and environmentalists.

Support for the Saharan Democratic Republic+

In addition, the ambassador Photos by Manuel Rodriguez He stated that the Peruvian government’s support for the Saharan Democratic Republic does not affect relations with Morocco, which claims the territory.

“Peru became independent on the basis of, among other things, the principle of self-determination. President Belaunde in 1984, 38 years ago, recognized, based on the national interests of Peru, to always defend the right of self-determination of the Arab Democratic Republic of Saharawi as an independent and established relationship. At present, we have the continuity of this historical process, and this is connected with the very foundations of the Constitution of Peru as an independent state,” he stressed.

Same way, Photos by Manuel Rodriguez He specified that Peru maintains friendly and cooperative relations with Morocco. However, he pointed out that economic relations with this country “are not very important.” In this sense, the Ambassador stated that he was not aware of any project for the donation of fertilizers from Morocco to Peru.

“Relations with Morocco, in our opinion, should not be affected, because within the framework of the process that exists in the United Nations, the Moroccan government itself is participating and is one of the parties, there is a representative of the Secretary General who is seeking negotiations between the Saharan Democratic Republic and Kingdom of Morocco to establish a final solution that will take place in the United Nations,” he assured.

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