Overview
- Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez said it is not possible to remove a person from a diplomatic mission, countering President José Jerí’s earlier suggestion of a forced entry.
- Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela said the scenario of entering the Mexican embassy “will not happen,” citing international law and noting he discussed the matter directly with the president.
- Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum warned that any incursion into the embassy would violate sovereignty and international law and urged resolving differences through dialogue.
- Peru will present an initiative at the OAS to require states to request prior information before granting diplomatic asylum, aiming to curb decisions driven by ideology.
- Betssy Chávez remains at the Mexican embassy in Lima under diplomatic asylum with a Peruvian preventive detention order linked to the 2022 failed coup case, and no forcible action has occurred.