The Congress Board of Directors He “vigorously” rejected the statements of the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who do not know the sovereignty of Peru on Santa Rosa Island.
In this regard, they emphasized that sovereignty is supported by the 1992 Solomon-Lozano Treaty and the Rio de Janeiro protocol of 1934, “fully in force and ratified by both countries.”
In that line, they highlighted that “the creation of the district was strictly respecting these treaties, through Law No. 32403, unanimously approved in the Plenary Session of the Congress and published on July 3 of this year in the Official Gazette El Peruano.”
“We support the pronouncement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Assembly of Regional Governments, which have ratified the legitimacy of the acts of the Peruvian State. We invoked citizens to remain united in the defense of national sovereignty and we reiterate our firm commitment to respect for international treaties, peace and integrity of the Peruvian territory,” they added.
This was the response of the government of Peru to Gustavo Petro
The Government responded to the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who accused Peru of appropriating his territory and violating the treaty of Rio de Janeiro. Through a statement, the Foreign Ministry rejected what was stated by the President and stressed that the “territory is under the sovereignty and jurisdiction” of Peru.
“The Government of Peru expresses its strongest and most energetic protest regarding the statements of the Government of Colombia, in relation to the sovereign rights and acts of jurisdiction that Peru legitimately and legally exercises, in a public and permanent manner, for more than a century, about the integrity of its national territory,” said the Foreign Ministry.
This territorial constituency is under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of our country, in accordance with the international political limits established in the Treaty of Limits and Free River Navigation between Peru and Colombia, signed on March 24, 1992, as well as in the demarcation work of the Mixed Demark Commission of Limits, “they said.
In the same way they reported that, on June 12, thePlenary of Congressapproved the creation of the Santa Rosa district in the Mariscal Ramón Castilla province. Subsequently, on July 3, the initiative was formalized in the newspaper El Peruano.
