Mexico Refuses Full Membership on US-Led Gaza Peace Board
“Given that we recognize Palestine as a state, it’s important that both states, Israel and Palestine, participate. It isn’t set up that way,” she said at a press briefing.
Instead, Mexico will be represented by its ambassador to the United Nations as an observer.
“They invited us to attend as observers; if we were not going to participate, then to attend as observers. And together with the foreign minister, we decided that our ambassador to the United Nations would attend as an observer,” Sheinbaum added.
Her comments came ahead of the board’s inaugural meeting on Thursday in Washington, DC. Sheinbaum has publicly voiced support for Palestine, describing Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza as genocide and advocating for a two-state solution.
The Board of Peace, announced by US President Donald Trump, aims to oversee a ceasefire plan in Gaza. Despite the US providing at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since the start of the Israeli-Hamas conflict on 7 October 2023—during which more than 71,000 Palestinians have been killed—the board is composed primarily of US allies from Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, and Latin America.
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