Lima.- The president-elect of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, reiterated this Thursday that on her part, she has “every intention” to resume relations with Mexico, after the president of the North American country, Claudia Sheinbaum, left the resumption of such relations in limbo this Wednesday.
“On my part, there will be every intention to be able to resume relations between Peru and Mexico,” said Fujimori in statements to journalists after participating in an event at the Municipality of Lima, without giving further details on the matter.
This Wednesday, Sheinbaum stated that so far she has not had communication with Fujimori and did not clarify whether she intends to resume diplomatic relations with Peru in light of the new government of the daughter and political heir of former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), who will assume the Presidency on July 28.
“They broke off their relationship with us”
“I have not had communication (with Fujimori). We are going to wait. Remember that they broke off relations with us,” the president declared during her morning conference.
Sheinbaum maintained that the diplomatic rupture occurred due to Mexico’s position regarding the judicial process against former president Pedro Castillo (2020-2021), who was removed from office and detained after unsuccessfully attempting a coup d’état by trying to unconstitutionally dissolve the Peruvian Congress in December 2022.
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In that sense, the Mexican president indicated that her country has stated that Castillo “is illegally imprisoned,” after having been sentenced to 11 years and 5 months in prison for conspiracy.
“That point of view is our point of view. And it has evidence. It is not an invention, it is not that there was a political affinity, no. It has evidence. The number of votes that were needed for it were not met in Congress. It is as simple as that regarding Peru. That is our position,” he added.
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The president insisted that the Mexican position was purely declarative and assured that it did not imply any other type of action against the Peruvian government.
“But they, because of that position that we had, which was also declarative and at no point represented anything more, they decided to break off relations with us,” he said.
Relations between Peru and Mexico
Sheinbaum’s statements come after Fujimori expressed her intention to strengthen ties with Mexico last month after winning the election.
“There are bonds of friendship that must be prioritized beyond differences,” stated the leader of Fuerza Popular when referring to the bilateral relationship.
Peru severed diplomatic relations with Mexico at all levels in November 2025, following the Mexican government’s decision to grant political asylum to former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, who is being prosecuted for her involvement in the attempted coup attributed to Castillo.
Since then, both countries have kept their diplomatic ties suspended, although they continue to share regional integration spaces such as the Pacific Alliance.
