Mexico/The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, stated this Wednesday that there are conversations to explore whether the country can facilitate dialogue between the United States and Cuba, while reiterating that her Government will continue sending humanitarian aid to the Island.
“There are talks to see if it is feasible, but it depends on the two governments,” said the president. in his usual morning conferencein response to a Telesur reporter, who asked if the US State Department had “formally responded” to Mexico’s offer to be an intermediary in possible talks between Washington and Havana.
It not only depends on the will of Mexico, he added, but on those of the other two parties “and on the conditions that the Government of Cuba could be establishing within the framework of its self-determination.”
Without offering more details in this regard, Sheinbaum added that Mexico will continue to support the Island and called on other States to join. “Hopefully more countries will join. We are going to continue sending help and support,” he said.
Despite criticizing the sanctions announced by the United States, Mexico has acknowledged that it has stopped fuel shipments to the Island “for now.”
He also stressed that cooperation includes citizen initiatives in addition to government initiatives. “Not only is the Government supporting the people of Cuba, but there are also many citizen initiatives. Mexico has always been supportive, and it will not be the exception,” he insisted.
The president framed these actions in constitutional principles of Mexican foreign policy such as “the self-determination of the people, non-intervention and the peaceful solution of conflicts.”
Along these lines, he reiterated that political decisions correspond to each nation and stressed that “the only ones who can decide the government of Cuba are the Cubans. The only ones who can decide the Government of Mexico are the Mexicans. No one else. There should be neither interference nor invasions.”
Last week two Mexican ships arrived in Havana loaded with more than 814 tons of food and other goods in the form of humanitarian aid.
Sheinbaum has indicated that there will be a new shipment of aid although he has not specified when it will occur. It will be the second that Mexico will carry out in the face of the worsening humanitarian situation in Cuba due to the announcement of United States sanctions on countries that supply oil to the island.
Despite criticizing the sanctions announced by the United States, Mexico has acknowledged that it has stopped fuel shipments to the Island “for now.”
