Mexican President proposes commission for global truce, led by PM Modi, Pope Francis and UN chief

New York: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador earlier this week announced that he will propose to the United Nations (UN) for setting up a commission comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pope Francis, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to stop the war in places like Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. He said he will make the proposal in writing to the UN.

Obrador said this during a press briefing where he was asked to share his thoughts about the ongoing crisis between Russia and Ukraine; China and Taiwan; and Israel and Gaza. In Ukraine, thousands of people have been killed and lakhs have been displaced. The Mexican President said he agreed with the UN Secretary-General who said that "we must stop the military confrontation, we must opt for dialogue, not the use of force, confrontation must be avoided".

"I feel that it is necessary that the three governments of the three great powers, Russia, China, and the US, hopefully, listen to it and accept an intermediation like the one we are proposing, that the Prime Minister of India, Modi; the Secretary General of the UN, Guterres: and Pope Francis, the three of them, meet and present a proposal soon to stop the war everywhere and reach an agreement to seek a truce of at least five years," Obrador said as per his official website.

The Mexican President said that it can be done if there is the will of the three governments (US, Russia, and China), of these three powers because the instruments exist, the UN Security Council exists and they have the right to veto. "If there is agreement and there is no veto on a proposal of this type, it can move forward," he added.