Obrador calls on the Peruvian Congress to reconsider Castillo's trip to Mexico
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador urged the Peruvian Congress to reconsider President Pedro Castillo's travel permit to Mexico so that he can participate in the Pacific Alliance summit on a new date to be determined.
"That would be another option, that they grant the permit and we hold the meeting in Mexico," said the Mexican president at a press conference together with Chilean President Gabriel Boric, on an official visit to Mexico.
Along with his call to Peruvian legislators, the Mexican leader again criticised the decision not to authorise Castillo's trip to Mexico, where he was to take over as president of the regional Alliance.
"It is an act of humiliation. it is a lot of arrogance not to give permission to a legal, legitimately constituted president, to attend a formal meeting in another country," he claimed.
The Mexican said that the possibility of holding a meeting in Peru in the first week of December was being explored, but without offering further details.
The Pacific Alliance is also made up of Colombia and Chile, whose presidents decided to maintain their visits to Mexico.
On the bilateral relationship, a joint statement detailed that in 2021 trade set a record of 4,212 million dollars and it was agreed that in 2023 Mexican businessmen visit Chile to increase exchanges.
On the other hand, the Mexican president accepted Boric's invitation to participate in the commemorative acts of the 50th anniversary of the coup against Salvador Allende.
