LIMA, Peru.- The government of Peru announced that it will impose a mandatory visa for Mexican citizens who decide to visit its territory, in application of the “principle of reciprocity” after a similar measure taken “unilaterally” by the Mexican government, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry reported.
“Given the unilateral announcement by the Government of Mexico to impose the requirement of a temporary visa for Peruvian citizens who decide to visit their country, and in application of the Principle of Reciprocity, a fundamental rule in the relationship between sovereign States, the Government of Peru will impose the requirement visa to Mexican citizens who decide to visit our country,” an official note communicated yesterday.
He added that Peru “regrets this decision by Mexico that undermines efforts to improve bilateral relations and affects the programmatic commitments assumed in the Pacific Alliance to facilitate the free movement of people between both countries.”
“Like Mexico, Peru will make some exceptions that will be specified in an upcoming supreme decree,” he noted before saying that Mexican citizens who have a Schengen visa will not require a visa to the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia and Japan.
Nor those who have permanent residence in the mentioned countries and in the members of the Pacific Alliance, made up of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
The statement confirmed that “Mexico will require a visa (from Peruvian citizens) starting next April 20.”
Peruvian media reported yesterday Saturday that the Mexican Ministry of the Interior made official a measure that establishes that starting April 20, Peruvians who want to enter their country must present a visa.
The Embassy of Mexico in Lima confirmed on the social network
In November 2012, Mexico had eliminated this requirement for Peruvians as visitors without permission to carry out paid activities, with the aim of streamlining the flow of people and commerce.
Diplomatic relations between both countries are maintained at the level of chargé d’affaires after the open rejection of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the Peruvian president, In Boluarteto which even described as a “usurper”after having assumed the head of state after the failed self-coup of Pedro Castillodated December 7, 2022.
In addition to the withdrawal of both ambassadors, this confrontation caused López Obrador to refuse to hand over to Peru in 2023 the the presidency for the time being from Pacific alliancein a situation that was only resolved after the intermediation of Chile.
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2024-04-17 14:41:34