Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum once again condemned the situation in the Gaza Strip, reiterating the call to stop the genocide that Israel perpetrates in the Palestinian enclave.

On Monday, October 6, the president reaffirmed her country’s position in favor of peacebuilding and the two-state solution. “What we are looking for is for both states to coexist, for peace to be built and for this terrible situation of aggression against civilians in Palestine to end,” Sheinbaum said during her usual morning press conference.

The Mexican president stressed the urgency of allowing humanitarian aid access to Gaza, a territory that has suffered constant aggression from Tel Aviv since October 2023, which to date has left a balance of more than 67 thousand Palestinians killed, mostly women and children, and more than 169 thousand injured.

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Claudia Sheinbaum also recalled the international actions undertaken by Mexico, including the complaint filed in The Hague when former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador governed.

He also stressed that “for the first time a Mexican government has an ambassador, in this case an ambassador, from Palestine,” which underscores the country’s sustained commitment to recognition and support for the Palestinian people.

Additionally, Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the recent interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla by Israeli military vessels in international waters.

The flotilla was carrying aid and trying to break the blockade that plunges Gaza into a famine crisis. In the same vein, the president said: “We did not think it was the way in which this group of people who were carrying humanitarian aid was intercepted.”

The president also confirmed that the Foreign Ministry is working on the repatriation of nationals who participated in the initiative. They are Arlin Medrano, Sol González, Carlos Pérez, Ernesto Ledesma, Diego Vázquez and Laura Alejandra Vélez, who are already under protection.

 Claudia Sheinbaum also recalled the international actions undertaken by Mexico, including the complaint filed in The Hague when former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador governed.

He also stressed that “for the first time a Mexican government has an ambassador, in this case an ambassador, from Palestine,” which underscores the country’s sustained commitment to recognition and support for the Palestinian people.

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