Foreign Minister Alberto van Claveren summoned Peru’s ambassador to Chile, Jaime Pomareda, to formally express the government’s displeasure as a result of statements made by Tacna Mayor Pascual Guisa against President Gabriel Boric, which he described as “inevitable”. “Irresponsible” amid the growing migrant crisis at the border between the two countries. Statements that also reached the ears of the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Toha, who assured that the expression of the Peruvian communal authority “does not contribute in the slightest to take charge of the type of incident that we are facing.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto van Claveren, summoned the Peruvian ambassador to Chile, Jaime Pomareda, to formally express the government’s displeasure against the summons made by the mayor of Tacna, Pascual Guisa, against President Gabriel Boric.
Amid the worsening of the migrant crisis registered at the Chile-Peru border, a large number of immigrants who were in Chile arrived at the border crossing to the north to cross the border. Since most of them do not have the required documents, they have been stopped from passing, leading to huge traffic jams in the area.
Given the above, the local authority of Tacna described the president as “irresponsible”, blaming them for “not taking appropriate measures” to stop the wave of migrants seeking to cross into the Peruvian city closest to the national border. Accused of.
The head of the Peruvian community lashed out against the country’s highest official, saying, “We must not allow an unknown and irresponsible person to transfer problems across the border.” The statements which were also answered by the Minister of the Interior Carolina Toha, who said that the said statements “do not contribute in the least to take charge of the type of incident that we are facing.”
It should be recalled that last Wednesday the Peruvian government decreed a state of emergency in all its border areas with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and Chile, to increase the “control of foreign nationals” in the country.
President Dina Boluarte announced that “a supreme decree has been approved to declare a state of emergency in the border zone of the departments of Tumbe, Piura, Cajamarca, Amazonas, Loreto, Madre de Dios, and Tacna.”
Minister Van Kalveren meets with former foreign ministers in a meeting marked by the migration crisis
Foreign Relations Minister, Alberto van Kalveren, met with the council of former foreign ministers in a meeting marked by the worsening of the migrant crisis in the north of the country. This is the first time this instance has been done since Van Kalveren took over the portfolio.
“This morning I had the privilege of chairing my first meeting with the Council of Former Foreign Ministers. It is an example that perfectly reflects what the State’s policy is all about,” said the Secretary of State. To this end, he noted that “there is relevant consensus on the need to strengthen regional cooperation mechanisms at the South American level to address the challenge of migration.”
It should be noted that former ministers Soledad Alvear, Hernán Felipe Errázuriz, Carlos Figueroa, Alejandro Foxle, José Miguel Insulza, Alfredo Moreno, Heraldo Muñoz, and Antonia Urezola, who reappeared in public after leaving the government, followed this example. participated in.
