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Sheinbaum: Mexico wants to restore ties with Peru, welcomes UN call for Castillo's release
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Sheinbaum: Mexico wants to restore ties with Peru, welcomes UN call for Castillo's release

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed intent to restore relations with Peru, following positive signals from Peru's president-elect.
  • Sheinbaum welcomed a UN working group's conclusion that the detention of former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was arbitrary and called for his immediate release.
  • Mexico's foreign minister has been instructed to communicate with Fujimori's team to discuss the specifics of resuming diplomatic ties.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has stated Mexico's intention to re-establish diplomatic relations with Peru, noting that the relationship was not broken by Mexico but by Peru.

Sheinbaum's remarks came after Peru's president-elect, Keiko Fujimori, indicated a desire for rapprochement. The Mexican president celebrated a United Nations working group's finding that the detention of former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was arbitrary. The UN group urged the Peruvian state to release Castillo immediately.

"We do have the intention of recovering the relationship with Peru. We did not break that relationship. They, they decided, and it's good that the president-elect today has desires," Sheinbaum said during her press conference on Friday.

She instructed Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco to contact Fujimori's team to explore the details of how to resume the relationship. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that Castillo's arrest was unlawful and recommended his immediate release, along with reparations.

We do have the intention of recovering the relationship with Peru. We did not break that relationship. They, they decided, and it's good that the president-elect today has desires.

— Claudia Sheinbaum PardoThe Mexican President commented on the state of relations with Peru and the possibility of restoring them.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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