On September 10, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves for the first state visit to South America: Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.
"Today I am on a historic visit to the countries of Latin America. For the first time since the founding of the State of Israel, the current Israeli Prime Minister has visited South and Central America. I will visit Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and also meet with the President of Paraguay. In Argentina and Mexico, I will be accompanied by a delegation of Israeli entrepreneurs to develop mutually beneficial economic relations between countries. This is, in principle, a repetition of what we are doing in Asia, Africa, Australia, Eastern Europe, the countries of the eastern Mediterranean, in fact, all parts of the world, "- Netanyahu in his Facebook.
The head of the government on behalf of Israel expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the earthquake in Mexico. "We understand that this is a very difficult time for this country and the Mexican people. In my talks with the President of Mexico, I will offer assistance in rebuilding the destruction and any other help that we can provide, "Netanyahu wrote.
After visiting the three South American countries on September 15, Netanyahu will go to the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York, where he is scheduled to meet with US President Donald Trump.
As Cursor reported, in the middle of January this year, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray strongly condemned what he called "supporting the construction of a wall on the border of Mexico and the United States." Netanyahu explained that the "left press" was to blame for everything, and he did not mean the wall on the border with Mexico, but the wall on the border with Egypt.
This explanation, however, Mexico found unconvincing. In his tweet Netanyahu does not really specify which wall he called the "Great Idea", but in the text there is the phrase "Trump of Rights", and the tweet itself appeared immediately after the US President announced the beginning of the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico.
"Cursor" reported on the intention of the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin to settle the conflict with the President of Mexico in a personal conversation. This conversation took place, and the conflict between the two countries can be considered exhausted. President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, thanked Rivlin for his willingness to settle the contradictions between the countries.
"I'm sure that no one wanted to compare the state of Israel and the state of Mexico," Rivlin said, commenting on Netanyahu's words that his laudatory tweet was not a wall on the border between the US and Mexico, but a wall on the border between Israel and Egypt. The President of Mexico took note of this, but again stressed that the explanations given by Netanyahu did not inspire confidence from Mexico.
"You can be sure that Mexico wants to maintain strong ties between the two countries, and I really hope that this conversation and the provided clarifications will help us maintain relations between our peoples," the Mexican president said at the end of the conversation.
