PETROPERU calls on Saramurillo strikers to immediately remove common pot next to highly flammable barge

1. Starting yesterday, February 4, 2019, at approximately 4:40 p.m., a group of villagers from the town of Saramurillo, Loreto region, stopped a convoy consisting of three PETROPERU barges that sailed from Yurimaguas to Iquitos along the Marañón River.
2. The ships remain retained, while PETROPERU has evacuated its personnel from Station 1 of the North Peruvian Pipeline through security measures.
3. In this context, the striking settlers of Saramurillo have installed a common pot a few meters from the boat that contains a highly flammable fuel (97 octane cracked naphtha) so that a serious loss could occur.
4. PETROPERU calls on the strikers to immediately withdraw their common pot from the vicinity of the barge for reasons of their own safety.
5. Likewise, it urges them to leave aside their measure of force, since they are putting in serious danger the life and health of the retained personnel, as well as that of themselves.
6. PETROPERU and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) have always expressed their willingness to dialogue with all the communities and organizations native to the Amazon; what is proved by the dialogue tables and work meetings that are being held, including one in Nauta today and tomorrow.

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