Keiko Fujimori Announces Acceptance of Álvaro Vargas Llosa as Peruvian Ambassador to the United States

The President of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, announced that the writer and analyst Álvaro Vargas Llosa has accepted the proposal to become Peru's ambassador to the United States. The appointment, the president specified in an interview with Rpp Noticias, is still subject to formal procedures and the necessary diplomatic consultations between Lima and Washington.

"He accepted this invitation," Fujimori said, calling Vargas Llosa "a great ambassador" for his experience and underlining that he will be able to contribute to strengthening bilateral relations. Son of the Nobel Prize winner for Literature Mario Vargas Llosa, Álvaro publicly supported Fujimori's candidacy in the last presidential elections. The possible appointment comes on the eve of the president's trip to New York for the UN General Assembly, where Fujimori announced his intention to meet US President Donald Trump.