Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated on Monday that her country is working to reactivate oil shipments to Cuba. Amidst the tightening of the US embargo against the Caribbean nation.
In response to a question about the arrival of a Russian tanker carrying crude oil to the island. The president mentioned during her regular press conference that her country has been sending material aid, which it will continue to do.
“And also,” she added, “the work we are doing with Cuba on trade agreements, which is separate. Humanitarian aid is one thing, and the trade agreements we have with Cuba are another. And that also relates to oil shipments.”
“Because one part is humanitarian aid, and the other part involves trade agreements that, as I’ve said, have been in place for decades. It’s not something new. And we are working with them on both issues,” the president added from the National Palace.
Sheinbaum emphasized that Mexico has every right to send fuel. Whether for humanitarian or commercial reasons, but reiterated that she does not want to harm the United States. Since “at one point there were tariffs (imposed by Washington) if fuel was sent.”
“Later, the tariffs were reduced, and we always sought humanitarian aid. It is within this context that we will make the decision. We will always inform the public whether or not oil is sent to Cuba,” she noted.
On another note, she mentioned the existence of private companies on the island that “are looking for private entities willing to transport fuel to them, not necessarily government-to-government.”
“There are private entities that have approached us, for example, to buy fuel from Pemex (Mexican Petroleum) and then transport it to private entities in Cuba. That is one of the requests that private entities have made to Pemex. There are several companies, not just one,” she said.
She emphasized her government’s shipment of various products to the island and reaffirmed its commitment to defending the Cuban people’s right to self-determination.
“No one should interfere, and if there is any problem related to that, there are multilateral organizations. There shouldn’t be one country intervening in another. And the Mexico-Cuba relationship is historic. It’s not new; it’s historical, and we are going to continue supporting the Cuban people,” she stated.
The president reported that, in her personal capacity, she made a donation of 20,000 pesos (about $1,104) to a fundraising campaign published in the prestigious newspaper La Jornada and supported by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to collect resources and purchase supplies for the island.
With information from Prensa Latina
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