Peru has undertaken to review asylum granted to former Bolivian ministers charged with crimes against humanity
Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, said Monday that there is a serious commitment by the government of Peru to review the documentation submitted by the government of Evo Morales, in order to analyze the asylum granted to three former cabinet ministers of former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, prosecuted at home for crimes against humanity.
Choquehuanca said Peru's Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde, informed him that there is willingness of his government to review these documents to evaluate its decision to grant asylum to these former ministers who are accused by the Bolivian justice for his alleged involvement in the October slaughter of "black" in 2003.
"Hopefully they can reverse that decision on asylum and refuge, it is important to us, this will help you to normalize relations," said the Chancellor.
He said that the documents submitted to the Peruvian government show that the rights of asylum ministers themselves were respected by the Bolivian justice system and were not violated, as they argued in his request for asylum.
The former ministers linked to the slaughter of October 2003 and subject to a Trial of Responsibilities are: Mirtha Quevedo and Javier Torres Goitia Jorge Torres Wafers, allegedly involved in the deaths of 63 people in protests that occurred in the city of El Alto in 2003.
The three were officers in command of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and received political asylum by the Peruvian government.
Peru granted asylum to former officials took its toll on the relationship between the two countries.
Relations worsened after the opinions expressed by Morales on violent incidents in early June in the Peruvian jungle.
After the exchange of words, in Peru called its ambassador in Bolivia on 15 June.
On this subject, Choquehuanca announced that he will be returned to Peru's ambassador to Bolivia and thus normalized relations between the two countries.
He noted that also informed his Peruvian counterpart, the concern of the government of Bolivia over Rio Mauri diversion and a Bolivian-Peruvian commission will meet in coming days to discuss this issue.
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