Chile Foreign Minister: We hope Mexico ‘can hand over’ Pacific Alliance chairmanship to Peru

chancellor ChileAlberto van Klaveren said this Thursday that his country hopes that Colombia, Chile, Mexico And Peruthe four countries of the Pacific alliance reach a consensus after recent political disagreements, and Mexico submits to the transition of the interim presidency to the government of Peru, as is appropriate this year.

Speaking with TV 13 Radio said that “it can’t be pacific alliance no consensus of the four countries”, but considered that the disagreements that had arisen since the change of government in Peru following Pedro Castillo’s failed coup d’état in December 2022 were in line with the “temporary situation” and that Chile he hopes “it will clear up over time”.

“Obviously, we want to reach a consensus among the four countries so that the Mexican government can hand over the presidency to Peru. It didn’t happen and while we wait, the truth is that at the moment the problem doesn’t look too good, he said.

Van Klaveren made these statements a day after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced an upcoming video conference with Gabriel Boric and Gustavo Petro, counterparts from Chile and Colombia, respectively, to discuss what to do with the interim Pacific president. An alliance that he refuses to hand over to the government of Dina Boluarte.

Last February, López Obrador refused to hand over the presidency. pacific alliance To Perunoting that the government boluart it is “false”.

“I contend that the legitimate and legitimate President of Peru is Pedro Castillo, who is unfairly in prison. They are blaming him because he came in, they started blaming him and he is in jail,” López Obrador said yesterday in his usual conference morning.

These criticisms were echoed by Gustavo Petro, and yesterday, Wednesday, after a series of hostile statements by the President of Colombia against the government of Dina Boluarte, the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the recall of its ambassador in Bogota, as it did at the end of February last year with Ambassador of Peru Mexico.

A Political Vacuum, But Not a Commercial Vacuum in the Pacific Alliance

Van Klaveren expressed regret over the situation in which pacific alliance and pointed out that as long as Peru is not factored into the conversations of the rulers of its constituent countries, “Obviously we will have a vacuum, and that concerns us.” said Tele13 Radio.

” pacific alliance It consists of 4 states and a fourth state that the president did not mention (from Mexico), obviously Peru. This year’s presidency was in line with Peru, and that’s where there is no consensus among the Quartet. […] what is also important (is) Peru joining these contacts,” he said, adding that at the moment the desired consensus “does not look easy.”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile said that, despite the confrontations of a political nature, trade between countries pacific alliance keep going.

Fortunately, we have free trade agreements with three of our partners (alliance). […] The problem that has arisen basically means a certain paralysis of the Pacific Alliance, but this does not mean that our trade ties are affected,” he said.

“The truth is that there were business meetings, there were events of an academic nature, but obviously the situation is complicated at the political level,” he added.