Pedro Castillo did not rule out that the Pacific Alliance summit will be held in Peru

Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador suspended the action today XVII edition of the Pacific Alliance Summit, scheduled for this Friday, December 25, in the lands of the Aztecs to failure Peruvian congress allow the presence of President Pedro Castillo.

AMLOwho approved Terrones Castle repeatedly planned to deliver interim presidency from the organism to its Peruvian counterpart. Faced with this impossibility, and after the announcement of the suspension mexican president left open possibility perform in Peru summit in the first week of December.

The offer was well received. Peruvian head of statewho welcomed the position Lopez Obrador and confirmed that there would be no problems with holding the summit on national territory. “Why should there be problems? Welcome to all of us, we are all brothers,” he answered questions TV Peru.

“From here I salute the President Lopez Obrador. I would like the sister countries of the Pacific Alliance, as well as the president of AMLO, to be here. [Son] Welcome, he said from the county Villa Maria del Triunfo (VMT).

On the other hand, President Castillo referred to the meeting he had yesterday at the Government Palace with members of the Organization of American States (OAS) high-level panel.

He confirmed that he explained to the delegation the desire of his leadership to maintain a balance of power, to engage in dialogue and “lead the country along with the rest of the institutions.”

“Some say that international organizations have nothing to do here, [pero] yes, we must see Peru can’t be an island. We didn’t trip anyone,” he said.

A senior official gave these statements from Villa Maria del Triunfo, where he arrived to visit the Venegas Herrera family, whose house was damaged by fire.

Lopez Obrador’s statement

Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador confirmed on Tuesday that Pacific Alliance Summit.

“The meeting of the Pacific Alliance was suspended because the President of Peru, who is in charge of the chairmanship (of the organization), was not allowed to participate, he was going to take it here, and we are studying the possibility of an act. in Peru,” Lopez Obrador said at his daily press conference.

Despite the suspension of the summit, mexican president confirmed the visit of other member presidents, the Chilean Gabriel Boricand Colombian Gustavo Petroas well as the ruler of Ecuador, William Lassowhich seeks to integrate into the commercial bloc.

“Tomorrow afternoon, President Boric will also be with us, and I can tell you that President Lasso, President Petro will arrive for a bilateral meeting, they will be with us,” López Obrador explained.

pacific allianceformally established 10 years ago and committed to strengthening trade integration, it boasts of being “the eighth economic power and the eighth export power in the world”, accounting for 41% of Latin America’s gross domestic product (GDP) and attracting 38% of foreign direct investment.

summit in mexico This raised expectations because it was the first time that the four presidents that made up the bloc were on the left.

Also, Lopez Obrador took the opportunity to invite other leaders of the Latin American left, such as the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandezand President-elect of Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.

The Presidents of Ecuador and Costa Rica were also present. Rodrigo Chavezwho seek to enter the commercial bloc.

“For the same reason, neither President-elect Lula nor Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will be there, but this is the home of both of us, we are very good friends, and later, of course, they will visit us,” he said. concluded. Lopez Obrador.

(As reported by EFE)