In March, President Joe Biden met with López Obrador virtually.
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The mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed Wednesday that he invited the president Joe biden to visit Mexico in September.
“There is that possibility. We formulated an invitation for him to visit Mexico, and have a meeting. It is being proposed for the end of September “AMLO said in his morning lecture.
López Obrador’s revelation occurred a day after he met with a delegation from the US government, led by the National Security adviser, Jake Sullivan.
But nevertheless, To the express question of this newspaper, the White House did not confirm that there is a formal invitation from Mexican President López Obrador.
“Ask the Mexican Government,” was the terse response of a White House spokesperson to this journalist.
In Mexico, The spokesmen for the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE) also did not confirm that there is a formal invitation to President Biden, in what appears to be a “crossing of cables.” for the announcement made by the Mexican president publicly without a diplomatic route.
Officially, the White House adviser, Emily Horne, said Sullivan was accompanied by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, and the undersecretary of state, Uzra Zeya.
There was also the Vice President’s National Security Advisor, Juan Gonzalez, the ambassador Nancy McEldowney, the ambassador Julissa Reynoso, the senior official of the Western Hemisphere Office of the State Department, Ricardo Zuniga, and the undersecretary of DHS, David Shahoulian.
The Mexican side was led by Mexican President López Obrador, the Secretary of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, the attorney general Alejandro Gertz, and the Secretary of Finance Ramírez de la O, and the chief for North America, Roberto Velasco.
“US and Mexican officials reaffirmed the strategic relationship between our two countries,” Horne said.
He added that he made progress in the preparations for the relaunch of the High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) between the United States and Mexico, to be held in Washington on September 9.
“Officials underscored the importance of fostering development in southern Mexico and Central America to address the root causes of irregular migration,” it said.
A new agreement on a regional approach to migration was signed but no details were provided.
Given the security profile of both committees, it was recognized that there was a dialogue on “strategic cooperation” in this matter, since the Lieutenant General of the Army and Commander of Military Operations, General Guillermo Briseño, also attended; the Rear Admiral of the Mexican Navy and the Vice Admiral Undersecretary of Administration, Benito Galeana, as well as the Undersecretary of Public Security, Ricardo Mejía.
Before the publication of this article, the SRE was insisted on the formal invitation to President Biden, but the spokesmen of that agency did not provide further information.
The high-level meeting occurred one day after López Obrador had a telephone dialogue with Vice President Kamala Harris, and a week after the Mexican government sued US arms producers for the violence in Mexico, demanding $ 10 billion in damages. This action is part of President López Obrador’s strategy against arms trafficking.