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Mexico to maintain diplomatic relations with Peru, Lopez Obrador says (full article) MEXICO CITY, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Mexico will not break off diplomatic relations with Peru, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, a day after Peru named Mexico's ambassador to the country "persona non grata" and ordered him to leave. "We are not going to expel anyone," Lopez Obrador told reporters at a regular government news conference.

Government Declares Mexican Ambassador in Peru Persona Non Grata The foreign minister pointed out that this decision was made due to the "repeated expressions of the highest authorities of that country about the political situation in Peru, which constitute interference in our internal affairs." In the midst of the asylum granted to the family of former President Pedro Castillo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, announced that the Government declared the Mexican Ambassador to Peru, Pablo Monroy, persona non grata for the "repeated expressions of the most high authorities of that country on the political situation in Peru, which constitute interference in our internal affairs and, therefore, are in violation of the principle of non-intervention”. At a press conference, the foreign minister said that Ambassador has been given a diplomatic note to notify him that he has 72 hours to leave Peru. “This decision has been taken based on the pertinent provisio...