Peruvian Foreign Minister Cecilia Gervasi met this Tuesday in Washington with officials from the Joe Biden government and legislators from the Democratic Party, during an official visit to the US in the midst of the crisis in Peru.
The Peruvian Foreign Minister, Cecilia Gervasi held a meeting with President Biden’s adviser for Latin America, Juan González, as confirmed to EFE by a US government official.
The chancellor also met with the Undersecretary of the Department of State, Wendy Sherman, who “expressed the support of the United States. to democratic institutions in Peru”, according to the Peruvian Foreign Ministry on its Twitter account.
Sherman and Gervasi highlighted the interest of both countries in “continuing to deepen” aspects of their joint agenda such as “security, human rights” and democracy, highlighted the Foreign Ministry.
In turn, the Peruvian diplomat visited the US Congress, where she met with Senators Tim Kaine and Ben Cardin, leaders of the Foreign Relations Committee, who gave their support to “Peruvian democracy and their interest in strengthening it,” as reported by the foreign ministry of Peru.
Gervasi also met with House legislators Bill Pascrell, Jim Himes and Vicente González.
The arrival of the Peruvian foreign minister in Washington comes amid criticism of her government’s management from the US. This Monday, regarding twenty Democratic congressmen and various human rights organizations demanded that President Biden restrict security assistance to Peru .
The letter asks to suspend “immediately” the security support granted to Peru until the violent repression of the protests ends and measures are taken to investigate “crimes once morest human rights.”
At the same time, The Organization of American States (OAS) also yesterday expressed its concern regarding the excessive use of force once morest protesters in Peru.
The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, spoke last week at the OAS, virtually, and ratified her proposal to bring forward the Peruvian general elections, as a way to achieve a “peaceful” solution to the serious crisis unleashed since last December.
The Peruvian crisis started on December 7 following the failed self-coup of then-President Pedro Castillo, who was arrested following trying to dissolve Congress, form an emergency government and open a constituent process.
Since then, protests once morest the new government of Dina Boluarte have caused 65 deaths.
