MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated on Tuesday her opposition to any form of foreign intervention in the internal affairs of sovereign countries, referring to recent tensions between the United States and Venezuela.
"We will never be in favor of foreign government intervention in a sovereign country," the president said at her daily press conference, as tensions in the Caribbean Sea escalated after the United States deployed warships near the coast of Venezuela, which Washington describes as part of its strategy to fight the international drug cartels.
Sheinbaum stressed that Mexico will maintain a foreign policy based on respect for sovereignty, the self-determination of peoples and peaceful resolution of conflicts, in line with the constitutional principles guiding Mexican diplomacy.
"Mexico's foreign policy clearly states 'no' to interventionism and 'yes' to the defense of the self-determination of peoples. That will always be our position," she said. ■
