Through a statement published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs On Twitter, Peru congratulated the new president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, for having won the elections this Sunday, June 2.
“By wishing him success during his administration, we reaffirm our commitment to strengthening the bilateral relationship within the framework of dialogue, cooperation and mutual respect,” the statement reads.
As is known, the diplomatic relationship between both countries remains at its lowest level, only with business orders and without ambassadors, after the country’s former president, Andrés Manuel López Obradorand the president Dina Boluarte They engaged in public discussions.
So far, Sheinbaum has not commented on his foreign policy regarding Peru. However, a change of Government is always an opportunity for new measures. In this case, ambassadors could be designated again and evaluate whether to continue with the imposition of visas to visit the North American country.
Peru attempted to apply a similar measure based on a principle of reciprocity; However, he reversed his decision.
An example of better treatment between the leaders of both nations could occur in November, when a new edition of the Apec summit is held in Lima (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum), where representatives from the United States, China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, etc. will also attend. I still don’t know if the new head of state will go in person or if she will entrust another official as spokesperson.
When he first took over as Foreign Minister, Javier González-Olaechea He mentioned in an interview with Canal N that although there were diplomatic tensions, “trade flows and investments, and especially economic investments between Mexican and Peruvian investors, are at their maximum level.”
Oscar Vidarteinternationalist of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), pointed out that although economic dynamics have not been harmed, “the breakdown of relations at the highest level does not allow them to be strengthened and made closer.”
According to the latest report of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur)the annual bilateral trade exchange decreased by -5.2% between the same period of 2023 and 2024. A significant drop of -49.5% was also recorded in the Average Unitary Sea Freight. Affected products include polymers, hair preparations, medications, long steel, toothpastes and vegetables.
Since the conflict between both heads of state worsened, the figure of the Pacific alliancethe economic and commercial cooperation organization that both nations created together with Chile and Colombia.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador He even refused to hand over the pro tempore presidency to Dina Boluarte so as not to “legitimize a coup d’état.” On the contrary, he handed over responsibility to Chile, who then returned it to Peru, as appropriate.
The new Mexican president has the opportunity to strengthen the alliancewhich received international attention during its inception.
During the elections, the representative of Let’s keep making history He beat his closest rival, Xóchitl Gálvez, of the Frente Amplio por México, by a wide margin.
According to the quick count of the National Electoral Institute In this country, the leftist politician has between 58.3% and 60.7%, while the one elected by the center-right obtained between 26.6% and 28.6%. In third place was Jorge Alvarez Maynez, with a figure between 9.9% and 10.8%.
For his part, the still Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, congratulated Sehinbuam, who also belongs to his political party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
“She is going to be the first president of Mexico in 200 years, since 1824, since the first federal republic, since Guadalupe Victoria ruled, the first president of Mexico, but also possibly the president with the most votes obtained in the entire history of the country,” said AMLO.
