Overview
- The Executive formally sent a legislative resolution to Congress on June 10 requesting authorization for President José María Balcázar to travel from June 15 to 19 for visits to the Vatican, Paris and Rome.
- The Vatican’s Secretariat of State confirmed a private audience with Pope León XIV is scheduled for the morning of June 18, a detail the Presidency included in its submission to Parliament.
- Official documents say the European agenda includes meetings with OECD Secretary‑General Mathias Cormann in Paris and FAO Director‑General Qu Dongyu in Rome to advance Peru’s OECD accession and cooperation on food security.
- The Presidency provided IT and legal certifications that Balcázar will keep carrying out presidential duties remotely using certified equipment during the trip.
- The Pleno of Congress must vote to authorize the departure; most outlets report the request is pending while one publication says Congress already approved it, a claim not corroborated elsewhere, and the president has held coordination talks with the Peruvian Episcopal Conference ahead of the Vatican meeting.