What did Mexico propose at the Peace Summit in Ukraine?

The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Alicia Bárcena, asked that diplomatic efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine involve Russia and be carried out “under the umbrella of the United Nations”, in her speech at the Bürgenstock Peace Summit (Swiss).

“There must be gradual negotiations to build trust,” said the head of Mexican diplomacy, who also He stressed that “one cannot talk about peace without mentioning other current humanitarian tragedies.” like what is happening in Gaza.

“In each of these cases, international law and the Charter of the United Nations must be respected, or else we can end up in the same situation in which the world was in 1939,” Bárcena warned.

At the beginning of his speech at the leaders’ plenary, He stated that the war in Ukraine “constitutes a global existential threat, not only for Europe”since also “the global south is suffering its consequences in food and energy security.”

To end the conflict “several peace initiatives have already been presented but none have achieved the necessary international support, and on the contrary we see an escalation of the deployment of weapons and military equipment, with a high cost for civilians,” he said.

Mexico, he added, “is deeply concerned by the nuclear threats that have been launched in this conflict, and we condemn them in all circumstances.”

He stressed that the permanent members of the UN Security Council (USA, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and China) “They have the historical responsibility of maintaining the United Nations Charter and avoid irresponsible actions that endanger peace.”