The Spanish Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Diaz, today, Friday, celebrated “positively” the “quiet steps” being taken with Mexico to normalize relations, stressing that it is important A “shared rereading” of history Where “injustice is acknowledged and illuminated.”
“I think the steps we are taking are very positive. The challenge we face now is to participate in a re-reading of history that must be shared. It is true that there is injustice “Rereading the history in which there is chiaroscuros, without a doubt,” Diaz said at a press conference in Mexico City, where he is visiting.
Diaz met in the Mexican capital with the Minister of Labor. Marath Baruch BolañosTomorrow, Saturday, she intends to participate in the International Book Fair (FIL) in Guadalajara, western Mexico, which is the largest publishing event in the world in the Spanish language and in which Barcelona will be a special guest.
The Spanish Vice President’s words come in the midst of the resulting tensions He asked for a pardon from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaumto Spain due to violations committed during the invasion and the failure to invite King Felipe VI to the presidential inauguration in 2024.
“It seems to me that these quiet steps being taken today, taken by the Prime Minister (Pedro Sanchez) and the Foreign Minister (José Manuel Albarez), “They are essential for us moving forward.”He pointed out.
A few weeks ago, Sánchez stated that “normalizing” relations with Mexico was a priority for his government, while Albarez stressed that ‘There was pain and injustice’ towards the Mexican indigenous people and that “it is fair to acknowledge and regret it.”
He added: “We are moving forward calmly, and… “This is what we should do” Diaz added.
For his part, Sheinbaum said Celebrated as ‘important’ The Foreign Minister’s statements were a “first step” on Spain’s part.
“It is the first time that an authority in the Spanish government has spoken of remorse for injustice. It is important. From my point of view, It’s a first step “It speaks to the importance of what we have always said,” Sheinbaum said in his daily press conference, commenting on Albaris’s speech during the opening of the exhibition “Half a World: Women in Indigenous Mexico” in Madrid at the end of October.
Although he offered “congratulations on this first step to the Spanish government advisor,” Sheinbaum repeated Spain’s request for clemencyIn his mind, he owes it to Mexico.
The Mexican President formulated this gesture in the first results of the request submitted in 2019 by then-President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (2018-2024) for the injustices of Al-Fateh.
Relations between Mexico and Spain witnessed moments of tension after the death of King Felipe VI He was not invited to Sheinbaum’s inauguration in October 2024This was justified by the Mexican President because Madrid did not respond to the request for amnesty, to which the Spanish government decided in response not to send any representative in an unprecedented event.