Pacific Alliance suspends summit in Mexico and analyzes holding it in Peru

The members of the Pacific alliance are considering changing to Peru the venue for its next summit, after suspending the one to be held this week in Mexico not being able to count on the presence of the Peruvian president Pedro Castillo, who was going to receive the pro tempore presidency of the group.

The alternative was raised on Tuesday by the Mexican president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorafter confirming that the appointment is canceled because the Peruvian Congress rejected Castillo’s request to travel to the meeting, scheduled for November 24 and 26.

“The meeting of the Pacific Alliance was suspended because the president of Peru was not allowed to attend and he is the presidency,” said the Mexican president to the press.

We are exploring the possibility of holding an act in Peru or making a decision consulting the members,” he added.

Castillo welcomed the possibility of hosting the summit in Lima. “From now on I would like the countries that make up the Pacific Alliance as well as López Obrador to be here,” he said in statements broadcast on official television.

The Mexican president reported that on Thursday and Friday he will receive his colleagues on an official visit Gabriel Boricfrom Chile, yeah Gustavo Petro, from Colombia, respectively. Both nations are also part of the regional initiative. In addition, it will arrive Guillermo Lassofrom Ecuador, in the process of accession.

“The three of them come and we are talking about how to do it, how to carry out the meeting and hand over the presidency to whom it belongs to, the president Pedro Castillo From Peru. If we agree, we go there and the meeting is held and it is delivered, “he deepened.