Mexico’s good relationship with the US, only if sovereignty is respected: the Executive

Arturo Sánchez Jiménez and Alonso Urrutia

The newspaper La Jornada
Friday, August 30, 2024, p. 4

Only with respect for the sovereignty of each country will the future be beneficial for the relationship between Mexico and the United States, as well as for North American economic integration, warned President Andrés Manuel López Obrador yesterday.

Referring at his daily press conference at the National Palace to the recent statements by the U.S. ambassador, Ken Salazar, against judicial reform and the popular election of judges, the president pointed out that the Washington envoy They gave him instructions of come to say that what is wrong is what is up to the people to decide.

This, he noted, It is not good neighbors, because it does not mean respect for sovereignty; that is an act of arrogance and there is no equality, what it claims is not fulfilled. I believe President Joe Biden (his statement) that our relationship must be on an equal footing..

López Obrador, who announced earlier this week that relations with the embassies of the United States and Canada are on hold following statements by both ambassadors against judicial reform, said that “every cloud has a silver lining; all of this helps a lot to put things in their place.”

“I maintain that the relationship with the United States going forward will be very good, and it is also in the interest of both countries, both peoples, especially because of our borders, because we complement each other; because of economic integration, because the region is strengthened in the face of the advance of other latitudes in the world.

“Economically and socially, it is fundamental; the only issue, as the philosopher Cantinflas would say, ‘that’s the detail’, is that we learn, not to mention them, but also about ourselves, that we learn to respect our sovereignties; that is the only thing,” he stressed.

If this is achieved, the region will be greatly strengthened going forward, things will go very well for the people of the United States, for the people of Mexico, for both nations, but everything will depend on respect for sovereignty.he warned.