The president of Peru, José Jerí, referred to the situation in Venezuela in an interview with Andrés Oppenheimer for CNN.
The president assured that he “fully agrees” with the US incursion and called for a quick return to democracy.
Jerí justified the operation carried out by the United States to capture the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and described it as a “necessary measure.”
“In principle, I fully agree with what has been done, it was a necessary measure, and although it is true that it temporarily breaks international law, there are things that have to be done, especially when there are also implications outside the country,” he remarked.
Jerí said that “it was a necessary measure” that although it breaks international law there are “things that have to be done
The president was optimistic about a quick transition and expressed his desire to collaborate. “The dictatorship that existed in Venezuela and that still has its traces today has caused migration in all other countries. That Venezuela is well implies that our countries are well.”
Jerí hinted that there were coincidences with countries in the region to establish a robust roadmap for freedoms to be reestablished.
“A dictatorial regime has been brought down,” He stressed, while considering that there may be discrepancies in the region about the path to follow, but in general terms it is clear that there is support for the action that was taken.
The head of state avoided disagreeing with his peers in the region, but insisted on pointing out that “the irregularities” were visible although some did not want to see it.
“As Peru, we have made our position clear. Although it is true that the international constitutional order has been temporarily broken, the idea is that from now on that order will be reestablished again so that Venezuelans can decide for their new authorities in appropriate time frames,” he said.
Jerí disagreed with the United States taking the Panama Canal or Greenland, but avoided direct criticism of Donald Trump.
In the interview with CNN, the president expressed that there were signs of changes in the regime. “It’s a matter of time,” he said.
Humanitarian corridor ruled out
The president ruled out the possibility of establishing a humanitarian corridor for Venezuelans in an irregular situation coming from Chile.
“One of the first measures that we had discussed as alternatives, as scenarios, we have ruled out due to our conversation that we had a couple of days ago, which was eventually a humanitarian corridor,” he said in reference to the meeting with the elected president of Chile, José Antonio Kast.
Along these lines, he stated that the insecurity problems in Peru are related to irregular migration, which is why he will not allow more irregulars.
“On the contrary, we are carrying out government actions every day, morning, afternoon and night, to be able to find the irregulars to return them to their country,” he assured.
“The measure of a possible humanitarian corridor is ruled out, we have to see, through the Foreign Ministry, what method we are going to put in place collectively to give them the facilities so that the irregulars can return to their country,” he stated.
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