Mexico President Slams US Military Support for Ukraine
By Reuters
Oct. 2, 2023,
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres
Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday panned U.S. military aid to Ukraine, suggesting
it was "irrational," and stepped up criticism of the war effort as he
urged Washington to devote more resources to helping Latin American countries.
Lopez Obrador has long called on the United States to
devote more funds to helping economic development in Central America and the
Caribbean in order to ease migratory pressures.
During his regular daily press conference, Lopez
Obrador criticized the U.S. Congress for not freeing up money for the region,
before making reference to wrangling last week on a stopgap funding bill that stripped
out further aid for Ukraine.
"I was just looking at how now they're not
authorizing aid for the war in Ukraine," he said. "But how much have
they destined for the Ukraine war? 30 to 50 billion dollars for the war. Which
is the most irrational thing you can have. And damaging."
"So they do have to modify their strategy and
learn respect. It's not the time for them to ignore Mexican authorities,"
Lopez Obrador added.
The Ukrainian embassy in Mexico declined to comment.
The U.S. State Department did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The leftist Lopez Obrador has sought to keep Mexico
neutral in the war, and criticized Western military aid for Kyiv. He has also
proposed peace talks to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Two weeks ago the president defended the presence of a
Russian military unit in a weekend parade marking Mexico's independence day,
following sharp criticism that his country had given a platform to forces that
invaded Ukraine.
Nonetheless, his government has backed some major U.N.
resolutions criticizing Russia's role in the conflict.
(Reporting by Dave Graham; Editing by Deepa Babington,
Jonathan Oatis and Bill Berkrot)
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