The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)announced this Monday that he will request the cancellation of the summit of the Pacific alliance to be held in your country because the Peruvian Congress did not authorize the president’s trip Pedro Castillowho had to receive the presidency of that body.
The appointment is scheduled for November 25 in Mexico City and the presidents of Chile, Gabriel Boric, and Colombia, Gustavo Petro, in addition to AMLO, have confirmed their presence. The presidents of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, and Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, countries that aspire to join the group, will also participate.
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“It is very likely that the meeting of the countries of the Pacific Alliance will be canceled because they did not give permission to attend the president of Peru, and then we are going to postpone or look for another option.is that I am the transitional or temporary president of that alliance and it is up to the president of Peru to receive the presidency, so if he does not come, who do I hand him over to?” he said AMLO in his Mañanera broadcast daily on social networks.
He maintained that one of the ways for the meeting to take place is for the meeting to take place in Peru; however, he added that this plan would have to be consulted.
“We could hold a meeting in Peru because I have to hand over the presidency to Pedro Castillo. That may be an option, do it there, but I have to consult. What I do not consider appropriate is to hold a meeting without the president who should receive the post being there ”, manifested AMLO.
AMLO He said that he will still hold bilateral meetings with other presidents of the Pacific alliance who visit Mexico.
“I am going to have bilateral meetings, if the president of Chile comes, if the president of Costa Rica comes, the president of Honduras comes, but not necessarily this meeting of the Pacific Alliance”.
The Pacific Alliance was born as an economic and development initiative between four Latin American nations: Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.