Overview
- Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente reaffirmed Mexico’s commitment to peace, multilateralism and international cooperation during the IV CELAC–EU Summit in Santa Marta, Colombia.
- Mexico urged that Latin America and the Caribbean be upheld as a zone of peace, stressing sovereignty, territorial integrity and the self-determination of peoples.
- De la Fuente said Mexico and the European Union are set to subscribe a modernized Global Agreement updating the 25‑year framework to strengthen political dialogue, development cooperation and strategic investment.
- He called for balanced, modern partnerships that move beyond traditional cooperation to deliver concrete benefits and build cultural, scientific, technological, productive and social capacities.
- He highlighted shared challenges such as widening inequalities, persistent migration flows and the need to regulate the digital space, and he reiterated support for a Latin American or Caribbean woman as the next UN secretary‑general.