Resignation. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Mackay would have resigned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this Friday, September 9, according to sources from The Republic. This, after having differences with the president, peter castlefor the sovereignty of the territory in the Peruvian sea, in the and after insisting on shelving the Escazú Agreement.
Previously, sources of the Chancellery they reported to this newspaper the instability that had been taking place in the institution due to the presence of Rodriguez Mackaywho was very critical of the president when he was a presidential candidate in the general election 2021.
Miguel Rodriguez Mackay announced that the Government withdrew recognition of the Saharawi Arab Republic. Nevertheless, Pedro Castillo himself denied what his foreign minister said, pointing out that Peru reaffirms relations with that country and persists in “the defense of its sovereign self-determination.”.
Pedro Castillo is in favor of maintaining relations with the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. Photo: capture/ Twitter Pedro Castillo
“The Escazú Agreement is not in the interests of the country because the International Court of Justice can make a decision that will be binding and obligatory for all Peruvians, peasants and environmentalists. There is the impact at the level of sovereignty, ”he declared in RPP last August.
We have sent a letter to Congress, a communication to dust off the subject of the convention of the sea. 40 years that Peru is not part of the instrument of the oceans that many sectors in the country have not put so that Peru can take that step.
