Mexico’s AMLO considers suspending the Pacific Alliance summit
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), has pointed to the possibility of suspending the Pacific Alliance summit – scheduled for November 23-25 in Mexico City – due to the absence of his Peruvian counterpart, the leftist Pedro Castillo.
The Peruvian Congress denied President Castillo’s request to leave the country to travel to Mexico on the occasion of the Pacific Alliance summit last Friday, although he was authorized to travel to Chile.
“It is very likely (…) that the meeting of the countries of the Pacific Alliance will be canceled, because they did not give permission to the president of Peru to attend” AMLO said during his usual press conference, reported ‘El Universal.’
The Mexican president has opted to find a new date to hold the meeting since Castillo is the one who must take the witness at the head of the organization and, if he is not present, the transfer of powers cannot be made. “If he does not come, to whom do I hand over (the relief)?,” he questioned.
Among the proposals that López Obrador has put on the table, he has highlighted, above all, that of holding the summit in Peruvian territory to thus guarantee that Castillo is present. “That may be an option (…) What I do not consider convenient is to hold a meeting without the president who should receive the post being there,” he said.
With information from Gaceta de la Iberosfera
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