Mexico responds to Ukraine's request to arrest Putin if he visits
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that the government has declined Ukraine's request to arrest Russian leader Vladimir Putin if he visits Mexico
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Reuters reported the information.
"We can't do that. It's not up to us," the Mexican president told reporters.
Background
On June 2, Claudia Sheinbaum, a physicist with a doctorate in energy, former mayor of Mexico City, member of the UN panel on climate change, and Nobel laureate, won the presidential election in Mexico—the first time a woman has achieved this in the country's history.
Subsequently, Mexico invited Vladimir Putin to the inauguration of the newly elected president.
At the same time, Ukraine appealed to Mexico to arrest Vladimir Putin if he came to the country.
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