Ebrard appreciates support and announces that “soon” he will return to his activities after covid

Fernando Camacho Servin

Newspaper La Jornada
Friday June 24, 2022, p. 8

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), Marcelo Ebrard, sent a message on social networks this Thursday to report that he is progressing favorably after contracting covid-19 and to announce what his next activities will be when he returns to his work. normal way.

The chancellor thanked on his Twitter account comments and affection of those who have written to him and assures that he will soon be back in the officealthough at the moment it is studying and workingin addition to do things that you can’t at other times, such as finish readings that are relevant and inform yourself better about some topics, in depth.

He indicated that among the issues he is currently working on is the next meeting between President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, after the one held at the last Summit of North American Leaders, in November 2021. .

Also, the preparations for the trip to South Korea. I’m going to Seoul from July 2 and from there to Indonesia, because it’s going to be the meeting of the G-20 foreign ministers, with many issues to discuss, such as food security, economic recovery and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as other very relevant issues, such as the possibility of a global recession and what we can do to avoid it.

Last Monday, Ebrard announced that he had been infected with covid-19 and clarified that that day he did not attend the meeting of the security cabinet, headed by López Obrador, for which he ruled out having transmitted the virus to more people.

He was one of the few cabinet members who had not contracted the disease. Just last May, he had a meeting with his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken, who announced a few hours later that he had tested positive. At that time, the chancellor reperformed a PCR test, which ruled out contagion.