López Obrador: "We will not fall into any confrontation, neither with the Spanish government nor with any government"

The Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said today to be his press conference, that relations with Spain are not in danger, After the controversy born of the letters that he sent to the Spanish Crown and to Pope Francis, he asked them to apologize for the abuses of the Conquest, to which Spain responded with "firmness " that no.

López Obrador also said that it was not his government that made these letters known., only generally informed of what they were dealing with. He said that the intention of the letters is the reconciliation and the greater union of peoples.

"Yesterday, the Spanish Government responded to a letter we sent and that we did not disclose, as they argue, with which it failed, in this regard, with all due respect. " Yes, I sent the letters to King Philip VI of Spain and to Pope Francis, but they say it was disrespectful to publicize the letter. Anything else that clarifies that, it's a top-of-the-line affair, but sometimes the form is down, "said Lopez Obrador.

He emphasized that his request did not wish to seek confrontation,to bring this part of the story to the surface and "We can all ask for forgiveness and be reconciled."

"Then they rejected what we propose in the letter that we did not publish", he added.

He pointed out that Pope Francis had already asked for forgiveness before, for example in Bolivia. He said this morning that as a representative of the Mexican state, he would apologize to the Yaqui communities, the Maya people and the Chinese migrants persecuted in Mexico during the Porfiriato.

López Obrador also clarified that the letter was not known."out of respect for those who have the time to see it again, to badyze it, then to give us an answer".

"We will not fall into any confrontation, neither with the Spanish government nor with any government, it is an approach that we believe is appropriate to bring our people closer, the power is synonymous with humility and not arrogance. Please specify that we are sending the letters and, out of respect, we have not disclosed them and we will not do so until it is considered prudent out of respect for the Spanish government and Pope Francis "he insisted.

He explained that seeks to integrate a mixed group to report on what has happened and from there "accept our mistakes, ask for forgiveness and reconcile us all. "

Yesterday the Government of Spain deeply regretted that the letter was made public that the President of Mexico addressed King Felipe VI on March 1st, which we reject the content "with all the firmness".

He felt that the good thing to do is that "it reminds us, drives our historical memory". He criticized the fact that, during the neoliberal period, "they did not even want us to recognize our history".

"We care about historical memory and with that we will know what happened 500 years ago.; how the facts were seen; if there were any grievances or if there were none; If, as we propose, it is necessary to ask for forgiveness and begin a new stage of reconciliation and fraternity.; if we think everything was accidental, that there was no violation of what we now call human rights "said the Mexican president.

He explained that the 500 years of taking Tenochtitlan and 200 years of independence will be accomplished.

"We will celebrate? Why do not we first get acquainted with what happened?? And without asking anything other than the pardon of grievances, we are reconciled, he said. It is time to say that we will reconcile, but we ask for forgiveness first, said the Mexican president. He baderted that he would also apologize on behalf of the Mexican state for "the repression of indigenous peoples" that followed the country's independence.

"It's the will and the conscience of everyone", concluded the President of Mexico.