Peru prez cancels Chile talks

[Judi Lynn]

Peru prez cancels Chile talks
Last Updated : 2009-11-14 3:55 AM

AFP

SINGAPORE: Peruvian President Alan Garcia said Saturday he was cancelling planned talks with his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet and leaving a regional summit a day early over an espionage row.

"I am returning 24 hours earlier than scheduled so I can obtain complete and sufficient information (on the issue) and to be able to speak from Peru," Garcia said at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Reports that a Peruvian Air Force officer had been spying for Chile have sparked a major uproar in Peru in recent days.

"We have to cancel (the meeting with Bachelet) because we are going back to Peru over this issue," Garcia told reporters.

He said he would wait until his return to Peru "before giving a statement including all the elements that they should have there".

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