JAKARTA - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico would not participate as a full member of the US-led Peace Council overseeing the Gaza ceasefire plan due to a lack of Palestinian representation.
"Given that we recognize Palestine as a state, the participation of both countries, Israel and Palestine, is important. However, the system was not designed like that," he said at a press conference reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Wednesday, February 18.
Sheinbaum said her country would send a Mexican ambassador to the United Nations as an observer.
"They invited us to attend as observers; if we were not going to participate, then we would attend as observers. And together with the foreign minister, we decided that our ambassador to the United Nations would attend as an observer," he continued.
The statement was made ahead of the council's first meeting on Thursday in Washington, DC.
Sheinbaum has expressed support for Palestine, describing Israel's ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian people as genocide and calling for a two-state solution.
Although the US has provided $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7, 2023, in which Israel has killed more than 71 thousand Palestinians, Trump announced a US-led body aimed at restoring peace in the region.
The Peace Council is made up of loyal allies of the US in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, and Latin America.
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