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The Mexican president reiterated that his American counterpart confirmed his assistance to Mexico at the next North American Summit, within the framework of the T-MEC, although he said that the date and place were not defined.
Migration, security and T-MEC: the issues addressed by López Obrador and Biden in a phone call
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, detailed this Wednesday the issues he addressed with the US president, Joe Biden, during a telephone conversation held between the two leaders the day before.
The dialogue took place after a high-level meeting between officials of the two governments on security matters and in the midst of a commercial controversy in energy matters, derived from the free trade agreement between Mexico, the US and Canada, better known as T-MEC.
According to Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, who was present at López Obrador’s conference, the three main topics discussed in the leaders’ conversation were: migration, security and trade relations bilateral.
Migration
One of the topics addressed was the recent decision of the USA to grant 24.000 0 visas to migrants from Venezuela, López Obrador highlighted.
“We celebrate that the decision has been made to grant temporary visas to Venezuelan brothers and also that they are considering doing the same with Central American brothers,” said the president, who said that it is It is important to continue promoting investment in the region.
“So that people do not see the need to leave their towns (…) due to lack of opportunities in places of origin, lack of work, or violence,” said López Obrador.
In March 2022, justifying the pandemic, The Government of Donald Trump decided to start applying the Title 42, which returns migrants who have entered irregularly through the southern border of the United States to Mexican soil, a measure extended by the Joe Biden administration.
To counteract the saturation in Mexico and prevent migrants from crossing the entire country, exposing themselves to risks, the Government of López Obrador proposed to Washington to change the mechanism for applying for work visas and asylum, Ebrard explained at the conference and thanked the White House for adopting the online application.
“Anyone who knows this, will be able to do their paperwork. Why go all that way? You put yourself at risk. You have to go through many countries. And you arrive in the US .and they come back to you again, by the title 16 famous “said the chancellor.
According to data from the secretary, during the first four days of the new provision, returned to Mexico at 1.768 Venezuelans who had entered irregularly to that they can request their asylum electronically.
Security
After the second High-Level Dialogue on Security between the US and Mexico, López Obrador and Biden discussed by phone the results and actions against organized crime agreed by both countries.
Was highlighted , in particular, the joint fight against fentanyl and other chemical substances, the fight against arms trafficking from the US to Mexico and the adoption of a large-scale binational campaign, proposed by López Obrador, to raise awareness among young people about drug use, Ebrard explained.
North American Trade Agreement
The third topic discussed by the leaders was the commercial. In this regard, López Obrador said that in the conversation with Biden it was celebrated that “Mexico is the US’s first trading partner,” while Secretary Ebrard stressed that the bilateral relationship is one of “the largest in the world , due to commercial issues”.
López Obrador reiterated that Biden confirmed his attendance in Mexico at the next North American Summit, within the framework of the T-MEC, although he said that neither the date nor the place were defined.
He announced that Joe Biden’s wife, “who has a good relationship with my wife” was invited to the Summit and that it will be the same with the spouse of the president of Canada, Justin Trudeau, “so that in addition to dealing with all these issues, we can have a more familiar coexistence.”
Ebrard denied that the subject of consultations on energy matters
be addressed with President Biden, a non-contentious resolution mechanism established in the T-MEC initiated by the US Government against Mexico.
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