Emir Olivares Alonso
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Thursday, October 20, 2022, p. eleven
Ciudad Victoria, Tamps., The telephone conversation he had with his American counterpart Joe Biden was affectionate and respectful
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asserted.
There were three points discussed: the economic-commercial relationship, migration and security; and the next summit of North American leaders, to be held in December in Mexico, with no date yet set, and to which the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, will join.
Yesterday, in the morning, the Mexican president was questioned about the telephone exchange he had on Tuesday afternoon with the head of the White House. It was a very good interview, President Biden was very affectionate, very respectful, grateful for the good relations between our governments.
Lopez Obrador explained.
In the dialogue, he said, it was highlighted that Mexico has become the main commercial partner of the United States; while on the immigration issue, the Mexican showed his agreement with the fact that Washington has decided to provide 24,000 humanitarian visas for Venezuelans and expand temporary work endorsements for Central Americans and Mexicans to 65,000.
He (Biden) is very aware that there must be migration due to the desire to improve, for pleasure, that it is not compulsory, that it is not due to lack of opportunities in the places of origin, that it is not due to lack of work, due to violence. That is why we are insisting that investment be made in development plans. This topic was discussed yesterday.
exposed the Tabascan from the military region 77, in this capital, where the conference was held.
In terms of security, he added, they discussed arms trafficking, strategies to combat fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, and a binational campaign -proposed by the Mexican- that will be launched to discourage the use of these illicit substances.
As part of the activities of the summit of North American leaders, López Obrador reported that the wives of the three leaders will be present: Beatriz Gutiérrez, Jill Biden and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. This for that in addition to dealing with all these issues we can have a more familiar coexistence
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Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard gave more details of the dialogue between López Obrador and Biden: Regarding the tone and nature of the conversation, they give an account of a moment of great closeness between both presidents, of a very good moment in the bilateral relationship
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Present in the morning, Ebrard said that the White House accepted Mexico’s approach to move towards the regulation of labor and humanitarian mobility, so that there are ways to access these permits without the need to undertake the risky migratory route and run the risk of being sent to Mexico under the so-called Title 42 or deported.
He reiterated that the procedure for Venezuelans to access humanitarian visas is done online, from their country and fulfilling a (considerable) series of requirements.
(With information from Alonso Urrutia)
