Sierra Rayne: Mexico Straddles the Fence Between the West and Russia Sierra Rayne - Canada Free Press
go to original June 23, 2015

Mexican Ambassador to Russia Ruben Beltran (RIA Novosti)

As the United States and Canada struggle with geopolitical challenges abroad, the potential weak link in continental defense sits at the U.S. southern border. For too long has Mexico forged a political path that often acts at cross-purposes to the goals of its democratic northern neighbors. And the problems run far deeper than just Mexico’s internal difficulties with the drug cartels. The nation’s true allegiances remain undefined.

The Mexican ambassador to Russia - Ruben Beltran - has recently come out with some recent statements to Russia’s official media channels that should cause concern in American and Canadian diplomatic circles:

“Russia has all the elements and relations [needed] to successfully counter the current economic crisis ... Many are talking about Russia’s turn towards China, but we see that Latin America is also playing a very important role in these relations and we also see that countries such as Myanmar and Bahrain have very promising relations with Russia and so do some of the German companies,” Beltran said ... Beltran added that Russian business circles are “developing appetite” for strengthening ties with the countries of Latin America. He also noted that Mexico and Russia are bonded by “very close friendship” and this should be celebrated, especially given the fact that the year of 2015 marks 125th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.”

During almost any other time, such comments would be either benign or even welcome in Western circles. But after the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea and its ongoing invasion of eastern Ukraine, Beltran’s views - which represent the official position of the Mexican government - are directly at odds with the West’s position on Russia.

The West has imposed sanctions on Russia for the purpose of harming the Russian economy to such an extent that Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine will cease, and ideally, that Russia will return the Crimea to Ukraine (however unlikely either of these two ideas, particularly the latter, may seem to the geopolitical realists). Thus, by noting that “Russia has all the elements and relations [needed] to successfully counter the current economic crisis,” Mexico is taking sides - and not with the West, but instead with Russia.

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