MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday panned U.S. navy spending on Ukraine as “irrational,” stepping up criticism of the warfare effort as he urged Washington to dedicate extra sources to serving to Latin American international locations.
Lopez Obrador has lengthy referred to as on the US to dedicate extra funds to serving to financial improvement in Central America and the Caribbean as a way to ease migratory pressures.
Throughout his common each day press convention, Lopez Obrador criticized the U.S. Congress for not releasing up cash for the area, earlier than making reference to wrangling final week on a stopgap funding invoice that stripped out additional assist for Ukraine.
“I used to be simply how now they are not authorizing assist for the warfare in Ukraine,” he stated. “However how a lot have they destined for the Ukraine warfare? $30-50 billion for the warfare. Which is essentially the most irrational factor you may have. And damaging.”
The leftist Lopez Obrador has sought to maintain Mexico impartial within the warfare, and criticized western navy assist for Kyiv. He has additionally proposed peace talks to finish the Russia-Ukraine battle.
Two weeks in the past the president defended the presence of a Russian navy unit in a weekend parade marking Mexico’s independence day, following sharp criticism that his nation had given a platform to forces that invaded Ukraine.
Nonetheless, his authorities has backed some main U.N. resolutions criticizing Russia’s position within the battle.
(Reporting by Dave Graham, enhancing by Deepa Babington)