Mexico Reaffirms Commitment at XXX Ibero-American Summit and Strengthens Ties With Spain, Digi Mart USA News (Madrid, Spain): Thirty-five years after the first summit in Guadalajara, Mexico reaffirmed this Thursday in Madrid its commitment to achieving objectives across Ibero-America that produce concrete results and well-being for the population.
In an interview with Grupo Imagen, Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco said that despite ideological differences among the countries of the region, the spirit of joint work on matters of importance had been preserved. In his remarks at the session held inside the Royal Palace, and later at the Mexican embassy in the Spanish capital, he added Mexico’s voice to the appeal made by King Felipe VI to put working harmony in the region ahead of discord, which he said is currently reflected on the international stage.
Regarding the bilateral relationship with Spain, Velasco said it is in an excellent moment, citing recent meetings between Mexico’s president and the Spanish president and monarch. That same day, the foreign minister met with his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares.
Velasco also referred to President Sheinbaum’s confirmed visit to China for the APEC summit, a possible meeting with President Trump if he attends, and preparations for the G20 in Miami in December. Without commenting directly on the electoral process in the United States that gave the Democratic Party a broad majority in the chambers, he highlighted that two people whose parents are of Mexican origin won governorships in states with large Mexican populations.
The foreign minister reiterated his solidarity with the Spanish people and with the countries whose nationals were victims of the railway accident on October 28. In the case of Mexican national Fernando Calvillo, whose identity was confirmed only days after the tragedy, Velasco pledged full support to the family in the process of repatriating the body.
Calvillo, originally from Aguascalientes but residing in Oklahoma, United States, was traveling as a tourist with his partner on one of the trains that collided. His death was confirmed days later, after a DNA test was required of a relative who remains in Spain while legal procedures are completed.
