At the request of the Chinese Government, the inauguration of the Chancay megaport will have the presence of Dina Boluarte and Xi Jinping and will be carried out virtually from the Palace, according to the Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer. The event will take place next November 14, at the APEC framework.
Although both heads of state will not be in Chancay, the Foreign Minister assured that it is a “real inauguration.” “It (the megaport) is going to start working, but it will be virtual. President Boluarte and President Xi Jinping are going to be in the Government Palace with a large group of Peruvians and Chinese citizens. They are not going to be in Chancay for reasons of the Chinese president himself,” he indicated in an interview with Canal N.
“The entire afternoon and evening of the 14th is his state visit and the next day he will join the leaders’ meeting” of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC), which will be held in Lima,” he added.
Dina Boluarte’s government tries to avoid demonstrations during APEC
In this context, a few days after starting APEC, at a press conference inGovernment Palacehepresidential spokesperson for Dina Boluarte Zegarra, Fredy Hinojosadeclared that the person who calls for a march on the days ofAsia Pacific Cooperation Forum (APEC) is “a traitor to the interests of the country.” In that sense, he maintained that during those dates it will be a “moment where Peru is put on an international showcase” and where the most important economies in the world will be present.
“Anyone who calls for a strike on days where it is carried out atAPECHe is a traitor to the interests of the country. At a time when Peru is put in an international showcase, where the 21 most important economies on the planet visit us, countries like the United States, Japan, Korea, China, where Peru will be at the center of international opinion,” he mentioned.
It should be remembered that the Committee of Transport Unions in Peru confirmed a new 72-hour national strike for November 13, 14 and 15 in “defense of life and peace” during the days in which it will take place. the APEC. The vice president of theNational Transport Alliance (ANITRA)He stated that the stoppage will be carried out due to the growing wave of crime that affects transporters and Peru.
Likewise, the presidential spokesperson referred to theparticipation of United States military personnel in the Asia Pacific Cooperation Forum (APEC)and ruled out that the Government had requested its support. In addition, he highlighted that “the procedures for entering military personnel into the national territory are duly regulated by specific regulations and require authorization from theCongress of the Republicaccording to law”. It is important to highlight that the Government declared non-working holidays for the public sector on Thursday the 14th, Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th of November.
On the other hand, Hinojosa referred to the absence ofDina Boluarteto the summons he had in the Oversight Commission of the Congress of the Republicin the framework of the investigations that are being followed by the case ‘The chest‘for allegedly having been in February of this year in the condominium ofMykonosin Asia, where an operation had been carried out a month earlier to capture the fugitive from justiceVladimir Cerrón. “The Oversight Commission has been asked to send a document with the respective questions and the officials will be the ones who issue the appropriate answers,” he said.
