The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenskyasked Mexico this Thursday, in the first message he gives in the country, support “the Ukrainian formula for peace” to put an end to the aggression that his country has suffered for more than a year from Russia.
We call on all countries to come together for global efforts to implement the Ukrainian peace formula, and I invite you to choose which point of the peace formula will allow Mexico to show its leadership,” the president said in a message. by videoconference addressed to the Mexico-Ukraine Friendship Group of the Congress of Deputies.
The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, although he has condemned the invasion of Russia, has maintained an ambiguous position since the start of the war and has reiterated the need to integrate a “mediation committee” made up of various heads of state and Government, to promote the cessation of the war in Ukraine.
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The Mexican president came to criticize the proposal of a group of MEPs who nominated Zelenski for the Nobel Peace Prize.
With all due respect to the European Parliament, proposing the President of Ukraine as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, regardless of whether we participate in favor of one or the other, how is one of the actors in the war conflict going to receive the Nobel Peace Prize? Peace?”, he declared in his daily press conference last October.
The Ukrainian peace formula proposed by Zelensky
In the Ukrainian peace formula, presented by Zelensky at the end of last year, they highlight the demand to restore Ukrainian territorial integrity and the complete withdrawal of Russian troops.
Zelensky thanked Mexico for the humanitarian aid provided and respect for the Ukrainian community in the country, as well as his votes in favor of Ukraine in the UN General Assembly and other international organizations.
As is customary in his speeches addressed to other nations, the Ukrainian president made a comparison between the Russian invasion and some historical or social event in the country in question; In this case, although in a veiled manner, Zelenski alluded to the violence that plagues Mexico.
Ladies and gentlemen of the people of Mexico, are we not united by the dream of security and tranquility in the streets of all our cities? Could it be that we do not equally condemn those who kill civilians and those who burn houses? ? We are equal in not accepting evil, ”he explained.
In addition, he stressed that Mexico “defends the peaceful coexistence of peoples and aspires to the stability of each nation, aspires to security, and for this reason I am sure that Mexicans will understand us and Ukraine.”
I ask you, please, to continue to defend the principles and conventions on which the international order and global stability are based. Bandits and aggressors must be called bandits and aggressors ”, he concluded.
The event was chaired by the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Santiago Creel, and the Ukrainian ambassador to Mexico, Oksana Dramarétska.
However, the Political Coordination Board (Jucopo), chaired by the leader of the parliamentary group of the pro-government National Regeneration Movement (Morena), Ignacio Mier, distanced himself from the event.
The ordinary meeting of the Mexico-Ukraine Friendship Group does not represent the consensual position of the Chamber of Deputies. Therefore, the speeches made there are a personal title and do not correspond to a message from the Mexican Congress,” Jucopo said in a statement.
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