Overview
- The government issued Supreme Decree No. 016-2026-RE on Thursday, creating a formal process to withdraw or relocate foreign service staff from dangerous assignments.
- The order covers diplomats, ministry staff, appointed ambassadors and civilian, police and military attachés, with protection extended to spouses and other dependents.
- Evacuations start only after a formal request from the employee and a technical review by the Foreign Ministry’s Secretariat General that confirms a real or imminent threat.
- Once approved, the state provides tickets, daily travel allowances and other logistics, funded by the Foreign Ministry’s existing budget rather than new Treasury money.
- The move follows rising violence in the Middle East, where Peru reports 160 citizens already evacuated, monitoring of about 5,600 more and fresh guidance urging nonessential residents to leave while routes remain open.