The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorassured that in the meeting held by Mexican and American officials, led by the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenwere achieved “important agreements” in economy, security and migration since “Now more than ever, a good neighbor policy is essential”.
“We ask President Biden to meet with the secretaries Anthony Blinken, Alejandro Mayorkas and the presidential advisor for National Security, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randallto directly address issues of economic cooperation, security and migration“Lopez Obrador said in a message on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
“Important agreements were reached for the benefit of our people and nations. Now more than ever, a good neighbor policy is essential”he added.
For his part, Blinken, in another message on the same social network, highlighted that the association between USA and Mexico “It is crucial for prosperity and security” in both countries and “throughout the American continent”.
“Good to discuss these issues and our shared efforts to reduce irregular migration with López Obrador today at the Mexico City“said the US official.
“We are committed to partnering with Mexico to address our shared challenges, including managing a irregular migration unprecedented in the region, the reopening of key ports of entry and the fight against illicit fentanyl and others synthetic drugs“Blinken said in a second message.
Previously, the Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcenain brief statements with the media at the gates of National Palacedescribed the meeting as “excellent” and said that at the meeting “We reaffirm friendship, commitments, joint work”.
Bárcena explained that, in the almost three hours of conversation, the topic of migration was addressed but also the economic relationship between both countries and “the importance of reopening border crossings”.
“For us it is a priority“, said.
Furthermore, he emphasized that the American delegation did not make any request “in particular” on the reinforcement of immigration measures to control the flow of undocumented immigrants that has reached record numbers in the last year.
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In this sense, he endorsed the interest in continuing to work together and announced that a joint work team will be formed with authorities from the United States, Guatemala and other countries of the Center and South America to address this problem, who will meet at the end of next January.
The visit occurred while this December there have been historic numbers of people seeking to enter the United States at the border with Mexico, where the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed on Tuesday the arrival of more than 2.2 million migrants from January to November.
Furthermore, this happens during the advance of a migrant caravan that left in Christmas Eve with almost 10,000 people, the largest of the year.
