[NYTr] Chile-Peru Relations and the Fujimori Extradition
 
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:33:12 -0500 (CDT)


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Peru Hopes for Normal Links with Chile

Lima, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Jose
Garcia Belaunde stated Tuesday that the upcoming meeting between the
presidents of Chile and Peru will be useful to restore bilateral
normality, following territorial differences.

Presidents Michelle Bachelet (Chile) and Alan Garcia (Peru) will meet
in the framework of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation Forum Summit in
Sydney, Australia.

Belaunde pointed out that bilateral dialogue has not stopped because of
the decisions of each country on the topic, and that the Peruvian
government has always showed its willingness for open dialogue.

Among the topics on a positive agenda, he mentioned clearing their
common border of mines, the joint projection at the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation Group and the situation of Peruvian immigrants in
Chile.

He recalled that a visit of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to Peru
is scheduled for November, at the invitation of the Peruvian government
and entrepreneurs.

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Maneuvers in Chile against Fujimori Extradition

Lima, Sept 4 (Prensa Latina) Chilean opposition leader Tomas Hirsch
said on Tuesday that the economic and political right wing in his
country is maneuvering to prevent former Peruvian President Alberto
Fujimori from being extradited.

In statements to the newspaper El Comercio, the ex presidential
candidate and leader of the Humanist Party of Chile pointed out that
the former Peruvian ruler is backed by the economic right wing that has
made large investments in Peru, where Fujimori was its ally.

That right wing, he added, is evidently indebted to Fujimori and is
strong in Parliament, where it is subtly lobbying against the
extradition of the ex president, who is accused of crimes against
mankind and corruption.

Hirsch said it would be very serious for Chile and for the cause of
human rights in Latin America that Fujimori were not extradited, adding
that such a decision lacks legal justification and would only result
from direct extrajudicial pressure.

He added that if Fujimori is not extradited, the Chilean government
should be accused at the International Human Rights Court.

In the light of an imminent ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice,
Hirsch said that democrats are deeply concerned that Chile might become
a safe haven for human rights violators.

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