The Government of Claudia Sheinbaum has celebrated the restitution of Mexico's bilateral relations with Spain and France, nations with which the Latin American country maintained periods of distance or open hostility due to political disagreements in previous six-year terms, particularly in the Governments of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024, in the case of the dispute with Spain) and Felipe Calderón (2006-2012, in the case of France). Alfonso Suárez del Real, advisor to the presidency and representative of Mexico to the Council of Europe, has attributed the reconciliation to “cultural diplomacy.”
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