Mexico will present a proposal for a truce in the conflict in Ukraine to the UN.
The Latin American country will present an initiative to the United Nations to form a dialogue committee to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Sputnik World - Last May, the Mexican government warned that the United Nations (UN) had fallen into "paralysis," preventing it from being a good mediator between Kiev and Moscow. Three months later, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is ready to present his truce proposal to the international community.
This was stated by the Mexican ambassador to the United Nations, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, in a meeting with the media outside the National Palace in the Mexican capital.
"I was talking to the president. He told me about the initiative that will be presented at the United Nations to form a committee to strengthen mediation and dialogue efforts regarding the conflict in Ukraine," said the head of diplomacy from the Latin American country.
As he had already announced, this committee would be composed of three leaders whom President López Obrador considers essential to mediate not only tensions in Eastern Europe, but also any international conflict. These figures are the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and Pope Francis.
After presenting the initiative, the Mexican government will reinforce its proposal with the intervention of Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard at the next United Nations Security Council assembly, which will take place in mid-September, De la Fuente highlighted.
"[Things at the UN Security Council] are very complicated, the world is very polarized, very divided. Besides the war in Ukraine, there are armed conflicts in many other countries, mainly in Africa. In the region, there is a very delicate situation in Haiti, where we have a failed state. In general, the environment in the world is complicated," observed the Mexican ambassador.
In early August, President López Obrador proposed a "five-year global truce," in which all powers would agree to a ceasefire and ease tensions, as the planet goes through difficult times, such as the economic crisis, rising energy prices, inflation, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and famine, especially in Africa.
According to the President of Mexico, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, is a suitable politician to form the United Nations dialogue committee, as he is one of the most approved leaders in the world.
"India has about 1,3 billion inhabitants. China already has 1,4 billion. The second most populous country is India, and this leader [Modi], in the polls, in the polls that are done around the world about leaders, occupies first place, that is, he is the most qualified by his people. Imagine that 1.300 billion support him... He has an approval rating of 75%. I was only above him once, by half a point. This man is governing well and has, according to my reports, a good relationship with the United States, with Russia, and with China," explained López Obrador.