The Mexican Foreign Ministry asserted that the decision made by the Peruvian congress is motivated by false statements.
Mexico City, November 6 (However).- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) rejected this Thursday the declaration of person “not grateful” of the Congress of Peru to the President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardoone of the leaders further influential of the world according to several indicatorsdue to the alleged interference of his Government in the peruvian politics.
“The Government of Mexico rejects the declaration of persona non grata against the President of the United Mexican States, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, approved by the Congress of Peru on this date, as it is motivated by false statements. Mexico has not intervened in any way in the internal affairs of Peru, faithful to its normative principles of foreign policy and its solid diplomatic tradition,” the agency stressed on its official X account.
The Foreign Ministry reiterated that the political asylum of the citizen Betssy Betzabet Chávez Chino, former chief of staff of the deposed former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo, which generated the annoyance of the Peruvian government, constitutes a decision in accordance with international law.
“The granting of political asylum to the citizen Betssy Betzabet Chávez Chino was decided in strict accordance with the international law applicable on the matter, which is binding for both Mexico and Peru,” the institution emphasized.
The Government of Mexico rejects the declaration of persona non grata against the president of the United Mexican States, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, approved by the Congress of Peru on this date, as it is motivated by false statements.
Mexico has not intervened in any way…
— Foreign Affairs (@SRE_mx) November 6, 2025
At the same time, he stressed that political asylum is a peaceful and humanitarian act recognized and endorsed by the United Nations (UN) “that cannot be considered unfriendly by any other State.”
Congress of Peru declares Sheinbaum persona “non grata”
This Thursday, the Congress of Peru decided to deepen its dispute with Mexico by declaring “non grata” the Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who is one of the most influential leaders in the world, according to several indicators. The last publication to add her to its list of personalities was the magazine Time.
Mexico has said that it does not have a dispute with Peru, a significantly smaller nation controlled by elites who decided to carry out a coup d’état against Pedro Castillo, a professor of indigenous origin who democratically won the elections, and who was overthrown and imprisoned. But the embrace by Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and then by Sheinbaum of the Castillo family, and the asylum of the former Chief of Staff, Betssy Chávez, has not been well received by the coup politicians, who decided to break diplomatic relations between both countries.
Even with these latest gestures, the Mexican Government, whose foreign policy strives through its Constitution for the peaceful resolution of conflicts, has determined not to confront Peruvian politicians in any way. The two economies are very different. But Mexico has no interest in breaking the commercial ties that most benefit that nation. Today, in the Congress session, the ruling majority decided to follow in the footsteps of its President, a young politician accused of corruption and sexual abuse. José Jerí was the one who announced that relations with Mexico were broken. Now it is the legislators who decided to escalate the conflict.
Persona non grata. ❌
The Congress of the Republic approved declaring the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, persona non grata, due to her unacceptable interference in Peru’s internal affairs. pic.twitter.com/GLESxGfyRO
— Congress of Peru 🇵🇪 (@congresoperu) November 6, 2025
“The Congress of the Republic approved declaring the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, persona ‘non grata’, due to her unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of Peru,” the legislators argued this Thursday.
The declaratory accuses that Sheinbaum, since assuming the Presidency of Mexico in October 2024, “has maintained a clearly hostile position towards the Republic of Peru, which has raised concerns and discomfort in various sectors of Peruvian society.”
However, according to the latest survey by Datum Internacional for the Peruvian newspaper The CommerceIn mid-October, Jerí left the presidency of the Peruvian Congress with his popularity at rock bottom: 83 percent disapproved of his work in the Legislative Branch and only six percent – six out of every 100 – endorsed his work.
Furthermore, Congress points out Sheinbaum Pardo as “notably provocative and lacking due restraint and diplomatic prudence.” The congressman in charge of substantiating the motion was Ernesto Bustamante Donayre, a Fujimorista, from the populist right, according to The Commerce.
Peru respects itself! 🇵🇪 The Congress of the Republic approved declaring the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, persona non grata, for her unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of Peru. pic.twitter.com/1qTvFC85OR
— Congress of Peru 🇵🇪 (@congresoperu) November 6, 2025
Fujimorism was first led by President Alberto Fujimori, and years later by his daughter, President Keiko Fujimori. Both presidencies ended in disaster: the first was dismissed after serious scandals during his administration, including a self-coup, and several crimes for which he was convicted. Keiko, from the far right, has been accused of alleged money laundering and illegal financing in her campaigns, as well as corruption.
In turn, Congressman Bustamante Donayre, who attacked Sheinbaum, was involved in sexist comments last March, when he stated that “there is no biological condition that encourages women to participate in science” during a session of the Peruvian Congress. In April, the Parliamentary Ethics Commission approved an ex officio complaint against him for this case.
Peru breaks diplomatic relations with Mexico
The government of Peru announced on Monday the breaking of diplomatic relations with Mexico, after Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela confirmed that former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, who is being investigated for the 2022 coup attempt, took refuge in the residence of the Mexican Embassy in Lima.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs reported that the “unfortunate, but inevitable” decision was made after the “persistent and unacceptable position” of the Mexican Government, which granted refuge to the former Chief of Staff of former President Pedro Castillo.
“I regret that the Mexican Government persists in its mistaken and unacceptable position, which has reached the point of forcing us to break diplomatic relations with a country with which, until before these events, we had a fraternal relationship with multiple coincidences,” De Zela declared at a press conference.
The Chancellor explained that, despite the diplomatic rupture, consular relations will be maintained to guarantee the protection of the citizens of both countries: “Mexicans living in Peru will continue under the protection of the Mexican consular authorities in our country.”
A breakup “out of proportion,” responds Sheinbaum
On Tuesday, President Sheinbaum described the Peruvian government’s decision to break diplomatic relations with Mexico as “out of all proportion.”
“From our perspective, it is out of all proportion, but it is a decision that they make. Yesterday, the person in charge of the Embassy there asked the Foreign Ministry and they told her that the consular relationship was not broken, but only the diplomatic one, from Embassy to Embassy,” he expressed in his morning conference.
When asked about the commercial relationship after the announcement of Peru’s break with Mexico, she clarified: “No, the relationship continues. They are diplomatic relations.”
The federal president recalled that Mexico has not broken relations with Peru, as occurred in the case of Ecuador, after the violation of the Mexican diplomatic headquarters in Quito. A decision that Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) made during his mandate.