Ukraine has asked the Mexican Senate for weapons and humanitarian aid

Senator Emilio Álvarez Icaza announced that the Plural Group met with the Ukrainian Ambassador to Mexico, Oksana Dramaretska, who delivered a letter from the Ukrainian Parliament to the Mexican Senate, which was delivered to the President of the Board of Directors, Olga Sánchez Cordero.

The letter was written for the former head of the Ministry of Interior ( Segob ) and in said text it can be read that the European legislators present the event that is currently taking place in their cities, for which they have requested the Mexican military and humanitarian aid. .

“We believe that only massive military support from our allies can help us push back the enemy. We are fighting battles every second in almost every corner of Ukraine. Russia is bombing civilians, women and children »

In a list of their urgent needs, they specify that they require anti-tank guided weapons; FIM-92 Stingers -surface-to-air missiles with infrared-; small arms, grenade launchers and other modern and Soviet Union ammunition; all types of communication devices, mainly military portable radio devices; bulletproof vests and helmets.

In addition, they asked that Mexico intercede, to the extent of its possibilities, with its European partners so that they deliver fighter planes to Ukraine.

“If you can provide any other type of military and humanitarian assistance, we would greatly appreciate it.”

Finally, they assured that by supplying this type of armament to the Ukrainian military forces, they will be able to contribute to preventing the increase in the number of victims of attacks against civilians, as well as to blocking the Russian armed forces which are on the territory. of the European country.

“Today we went to the Ukrainian Embassy in Mexico @UKRinMEX to condemn the invasion of #Russia. There Ambassador Oksana Dramaretska @OkDramaretska asked us to hand over to the President of @senadomexicano, @ M_OlgaSCordero, a letter from parliamentarians from #Ukraine,” the lawmaker wrote on his Twitter account.

Moments later, he said that he and Senators Gustavo Madero and Germán Martínez believed that Mexico should, without hesitation or ambiguity, support the defense of freedom and democracy in Ukraine, for which they delivered the letter to Sanchez Cordero.

They also clarified that as members of the chamber responsible for the country’s foreign relations, they will demand that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) apply what is dictated by Article 89 of the Political Constitution of the United States Mexicans (CPEUM) in the face of a threat of war.

“@GustavoMadero, #GermánMartínez and @EmilioAlvarezI as senators of the Republic, we demand respect for art. Constitutional 89 which establishes the prohibition of the threat or use of force in international relations”, he detailed.

The article to which the legislator refers details the powers and obligations of the President of the Republic. Section X explains that the external relations of the country should be governed by certain normative principles such as the self-determination of peoples; non-intervention; the peaceful settlement of disputes; the prohibition of the threat or use of force in international relations; the legal equality of States; international cooperation for development; the respect, protection and promotion of human rights and the struggle for international peace and security.

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