Dina Boluarte, from Japan, remains absent from the border voltage between Peru and Colombia. More than 72 hours have passed since Gustavo Petro did not know the sovereignty of the Peruvian government over Santa Rosa Island (Loreto) and the head of state has not spoken about it. From the Presidency, the return of the president of the trip, scheduled until August 12, has not been informed about the return of the president, in which he is next to five members of the cabinet.
After almost four days, the president provided a message to the nation from Japan and said there is no border conflict with Colombia.
He pointed out that there is no dispute with the neighboring country and that international treaties support the sovereign position of Peru over the aforementioned Amazon territories.
“I call them to keep calm and unity. I congratulate the various institutions and politicians in Peru that have manifested together to defend our sovereignty. Our Chinería Island is Peruvian jurisdiction and is under our sovereignty. Therefore, there is nothing pending to deal with the neighboring country in Colombia. (…) There is no reason to alarm, because there is no border conflict with our brothers in the neighboring country of Colombia, ”said the president.
This is the pronouncement of the Foreign Ministry
He Government responded to the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petrowho accused Peru of appropriating its territory and violate the treaty of the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro. Through a statement, the Chancellery He rejected what was stated by the president and stressed that the “territory is under the sovereignty and jurisdiction” of the Peru.
“He Peru government It 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.
From the Foreign Ministry They argued that the district of Santa Rosa is part of the Peruvian island of Chinería, assigned to the Peru In 1929. In that sense, they report that it is under Peruvian sovereignty, a position that has been repeatedly communicated in various opportunities to the Colombian government.
It is important to note that the Protocol for Friendship and Cooperation between the Republic of Peru and Colombia, signed in Rio de Janeiro on May 24, 1934, reaffirmed the limits established in the 1922 treaty. Rigorously, “they said.
