Ibero-American Summit Mexico shared well-being cooperation without subordination, Digi Mart USA News (Madrid, Spain): Mexican Foreign Secretary Roberto Velasco Álvarez said shared well-being and cooperation guide Mexico’s actions during his address at the XXX Ibero-American Summit, held in Madrid, Spain. He spoke on behalf of President Claudia Sheinbaum before high-level delegations from 22 countries.
Velasco outlined three convictions of Mexican policy: caring for the population, opening opportunities for young people, and jointly confronting problems that no single country can solve alone. He argued that economic growth must generate well-being and that State decisions can reduce inequality.
“That is the principle that drives this Summit: serving people through collaboration,” he said.
Four agreements reached at the meeting align with Mexico’s priorities: care, academic mobility, disaster protection, and artificial intelligence in the service of people. The Foreign Ministry said these commitments help orient Ibero-American cooperation toward concrete results for its peoples.
Velasco greeted King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain and extended the greetings of President Sheinbaum and the Mexican government.
“We believe in understanding among sovereign nations, in international law, in democracy, in the self-determination of peoples and in the peaceful resolution of disputes,” Velasco said, adding that these principles are enshrined in the Mexican Constitution.
On security, he explained that Mexico maintains its international relations on four bases: respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity; shared and differentiated responsibility; mutual respect and trust; and sustained cooperation without subordination.
“On that basis we engage with firmness and work together to achieve concrete results,” he said.
Velasco also recalled that in 1939 President Lázaro Cárdenas opened Mexico’s doors to thousands of Spaniards seeking refuge from Francoism. Among them were scientists, teachers, artists and workers who enriched the country’s universities, science and culture.
“Yesterday’s hospitality is today’s friendship,” he added.
The meeting was presided over by King Felipe VI, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and Ibero-American Secretary-General Andrés Allamand.
Mexico, together with Spain and Brazil, launched this dialogue and cooperation mechanism among Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries 35 years ago in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
