Claudia Sheinbaum Met with King Felipe VI of Spain at the National Palace
The leaders discussed indigenous peoples and bilateral ties after years of friction over Spain’s colonial-era conquest, officials said.
- Spanish King Felipe met Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at Mexico City's National Palace, marking his first visit in more than seven years and opening a new stage of dialogue between the nations.
- Diplomatic relations chilled in 2019 when then-president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador demanded Spain apologize for 16th-century colonial abuses; Felipe VI never responded, leading Sheinbaum to exclude him from her 2024 inauguration.
- Last March, King Felipe acknowledged "a lot of abuse" during the colonial conquest, a shift that prompted the Spanish Royal House to organize this visit to "reinforce the closeness and affinity that tie both people together."
- King Felipe attended Spain's World Cup match against Uruguay in Guadalajara at Sheinbaum's invitation, then toured the National Palace's Diego Rivera murals depicting Mexican history alongside the President.
- The visit boosts ties ahead of the Ibero-American Summit in Madrid this November, while both nations prepare to mark 50 years since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations in 2027.
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COPE | Noticias y radio onlineThe Spanish king travels to Mexico on the occasion of the World Cup, invited by the Mexican president, in an appointment that takes place after years of differences between countries King Felipe VI has held a meeting this Thursday with the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, in which they have staged the rapprochement between the two countries. Mexican Foreign Secretary Roberto Velasco has been in charge of welcoming Felipe VI upon his arriv…
The Roja match against Uruguay, this Friday 26 June in Guadalajara, is a pretext for King Felipe VI to go to Mexico and reconnect, while progressive Claudia Sheinbaum asks for official apologies for the violence committed during the Spanish conquest.
King Felipe VI and the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, have closed the gap between the two countries with a meeting in the American country. "We agreed to strengthen the bilateral relationship for the benefit of our nations," said the host president after the meeting.The event at the National Palace reflects a rapprochement between the two countries following diplomatic tensions over the Mexican government's request that the Spanish Crow…
El Rey and the Mexican president meet in the National Palace after months of coldness and with the football World Cup on the agenda.
The Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, highlighted the “extraordinary moment” that the relations between Spain and Mexico are going through after accompanying King Felipe VI in his meeting with the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, during the visit of the monarch to the North American country. “Just landed in Mexico, I accompanied S.M. the King in the meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum, at an extraordinary moment of our rel…
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