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The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, considered that a apology from the Spanish State for the massacres committed at the time of the conquest, It would improve the relationship between the two countries.
However, the president He specified that there is no suspension in diplomatic relations with Spaineven though the government of that country has not officially responded to the letter he sentAndrés Manuel López Obrador in March 2019 in which proposed that forgiveness be offered for abuses committed 500 years ago.
“The conquest was a violent act, Let’s just talk about the Cholula massacre and the Templo Mayor, obviously they are not the Spaniards of today, but, What allows that? Reconstruct the past, from a recognition that there were things that were not right.
“That would strengthen the Mexico – Spain relationship, It would not be a detriment, but a strengthening. Now that relations with them are broken, no, not at all. There is the chancellor who meets and the relationships of all kinds that exist with the government of Spain, its people, obviously and with the Spanish companies that have investments here in Mexico,” he highlighted.
Sheinbaum Pardo added that there is a great business relationship and tourism with Spain“a few former presidents live there, there are cultural relations, There are many Spaniards who live in Mexico, There are children of Republicans who made their lives in our country, “There are many relations with Spain.”
At the morning conference in the National Palace, he maintained that agrees with the Spanish State offering said apology. “Because? First, the non-invitation to the King of Spain has to do above all with the way they responded to the letter.”
The President recalled that in the last part of the letter López Obrador even stated that the The Mexican state also offered its own apologies.
“Then send the letter in a very cordial manner, What could have happened?, as should happen in diplomatic relations, a reply in a letter. It could have been the King or the Foreign Office in a bilateral relationship that was private until that moment.
“So they don’t answer, but not only do they not answer, but they make public a part of the letter, They leak it, and after that a statement comes out in a Foreign Ministry media outlet, and then v“There is an orchestrated campaign against the president of Mexico in Spain.”he highlighted.
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