The Foreign Minister, alberto van klaverenpointed out that in Peru there was an attempt at a self-coup by the former president Pedro Castillo. In addition, he expressed his position on other states in the region, and on China, a country with which Chile has close trade relations.
Regarding Peru, the foreign minister said that Dina Boluarte is currently the legitimate authority, and that Castillo tried to carry out a coup in the neighboring country: “it seems so to us. Yes, of course, absolutely. And I think that, in addition, in the case of Peru, the institutional framework has operated and that is why we have normal relations with Peru”, indicated the Secretary of State in the panel of Zero toleranceof CNN Chile.
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The foregoing is a departure from what was expressed by the previous holder of RR.EE., Antonia Urrejolawho in the exercise of his position pointed out that although Castillo had not respected the norms of the country’s Constitution, for Chile he was not a coup leader.
In the same conversation, Van Klaveren spoke of Nicaragua, Venezuela and China: countries on which the foreign minister avoided stating a position regarding the situation of DD.HH.
“Chile is not in favor of pointing the finger at countries in terms of human rights, as a general policy, except for some exceptions that we have seen, such as Nicaragua, which is a fairly emblematic case due to the circumstances in which they occur,” said the Secretary of state.
In the case of Venezuela, he indicated that Chile’s main purpose is to successfully work on the migration problem between the two countries. “I don’t want to be giving my opinion, I’ll leave that to the analysts (…). You have to combine different interests in foreign policy,” said the minister.
Regarding the Asian country, the foreign minister stated that “we have to take into account all the interests that are at stake and the country understands that. There are many interests that are at stake in the relationship with China, in the relationship with other countries.” .
