Ebrard participated in the plenary session of federal deputies of Morena, prior to the start of the ordinary session period this February 1, where he presented the progress of the trade negotiations.
In a subsequent press conference, he assured that “so far” the shipment of oil as humanitarian aid to Cuba has not affected the negotiations with the United States.
However, he declined to comment on whether this aid will stop or not. “It is a definition of the government of the Republic. It does not correspond to the Economy,” he pointed out.
He recalled that President Claudia Sheinbaum established the federal government’s position a day earlier, in the sense that Mexico will evaluate how to continue its support for Cuba without putting national interests at risk.
That is “a position that is obviously Mexico’s position,” Ebrard said, adding that humanitarian aid, as Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente has pointed out, is a common practice among various countries, including the United States, whose State Department has recently sent support to the island.
“So, well, the Mexican position is clearly established, it was established by the president and it is effectively within the category of humanitarian aid,” said Ebrard.
Both in the plenary session before the Morena bench and in the press conference, the head of Economy insisted that Mexico maintains a solid commercial relationship with the United States.
