UK Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne attended a meeting with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala at the presidential palace in Lima on March 16, 2012 where he invited the Peruvian Head of State to visit London in April. (Photo: Peru´s Andina news)
Amid cross-Atlantic tensions over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands and following the Peruvian government’s decision to void the permit given for the HMS Montrose to dock in the El Callao port this week, Peru’s Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo denied President Ollanta Humala accepted an invitation to visit London next month, Peru newspaper El Comercio reported today.
According to Peruvian news service Andina, Humala will not be travelling to the UK “at least for the near future,” and in addition, confirmed that the Peruvian Head of State will visit Argentina in May instead.
The invitation for Humala to visit the UK in April was given during Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne’s visit to Peru, where he met with the Peruvian president and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rafael Roncagliolo to try to strengthen ties between the two countries.
Yesterday the Peruvian government announced its decision to disallow the protocol visit of the British HMS Montrose scheduled to dock in a Peruvian port this week in a labelled, show of «Latin American support for Argentina’s legitimate rights.»
Buenos Aires Herald