The Foreign Minister suggests that the minister had no information when she announced that Peru would export donkey meat to China

Published 2024년 7월 14일

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Peru is set to begin exporting donkey meat and derivatives, along with donkey and horse skins to China starting July 1, 2024, following the signing of health protocols between China and Peru. The announcement was made by Peru's Foreign Trade and Tourism head, Elizabeth Galdo, after formal requests from China in 2017. However, the country's Foreign Affairs Minister, Javier González Olaechea, clarified that Galdo may not have had the specific information at hand at the time of the announcement, but the initiative falls within China's request. The plan has faced opposition from traders and beef producers who raise concerns about the limited availability of donkeys for export.

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Javier González Olaechea, said this Sunday that the head of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Elizabeth Galdo, “did not have information at hand” when she announced that Peru will export donkey meat to China after the signing of the health protocols. between the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) and the National Agrarian Health Service of Peru (Senasa). In an interview with Punto Final, the chancellor explained that the efforts for access to donkey meat and offal began in 2017, following a formal request from the Asian country. “After an exchange of respective information and the sending of questionnaires, negotiations began between the health authorities,” he said. “Within the framework of the 13 agreements or instruments exchanged, one of them refers to this possibility at the request of China. Perhaps [the minister] did not have the information at hand, but [this] is official information [...] within the framework of a state visit, ...

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