One of Biden’s measures was to paralyze the deportation of migrants
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US President Joe Biden held his first talks on Friday night since taking office, speaking by phone with leaders of neighboring countries, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his colleague from Mexico, Andrés López. Obrador.
In the conversation between Biden and the Mexican president, López Obrador conveyed the need to promote “development in the communities of origin” to stop emigration to the United States.
López Obrador was one of the leaders who took the longest to congratulate Biden after his electoral victory, which was slow to be confirmed due to the tightness of the election and the allegations of fraud and challenges made by former President Donald Trump.
During the talk, they agreed to “strengthen cooperation” between the two countries, after the approval in Mexico caused by Biden’s decision to paralyze the construction of the wall on the common border that Trump had extended.
Another of Biden’s first measures was to paralyze the deportation of migrants, many of them Mexican, for 100 days and his presidency is expected to be more open-minded and less belligerent with his neighbors than his predecessor.
Another of Biden’s first measures was to paralyze the deportation of migrants, many of them Mexican, for 100 days and his presidency is expected to be more open”
For his part, the Canadian prime minister announced an agreement to meet for the first time with Biden next month, the DPA news agency reported.
In the conversation, Trudeau expressed his “disappointment” at the decision of the new US president to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which ran from the Canadian province of Alberta to Texas.
Trudeau pointed out the “economic and energy security” importance of the two countries’ energy relationship, although he has also highlighted the commitment in the fight against climate change, his office said in a statement.
In addition, the two have agreed to work together on the “arbitrary detention” of two Canadian citizens in China, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, which took place after Canada detained the vice president of the Chinese telephone company Huawei.
They have also debated the policies of working with Native Americans and the modernization of the North American Air Defense Treaty (Norad, for its original acronym).
The White House reported that during their half-hour call, Biden and Trudeau “highlighted the strategic importance” of the link.
They also spoke about how to strengthen “bilateral cooperation with a broad and ambitious agenda” that includes the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, strengthening economic and defense ties and the challenge of global warming.
For his part, López Obrador said on Twitter that in his conversation with Biden, the US president was “friendly and respectful” towards Mexico.
“We deal with issues related to migration, # COVID19 and cooperation for development and well-being. Everything indicates that relations will be good for the good of our peoples and nations,” López Obrador wrote.
The Mexican president reiterated his government’s position that the solution to the migration phenomenon “involves promoting development in the communities of origin.””
A statement from the Mexican Foreign Ministry detailed that López Obrador celebrated that Biden had recognized “the contributions of the Mexican migrant community in the United States.”
The Mexican president reiterated his government’s position that the solution to the phenomenon of migration “involves promoting development in the communities of origin,” the statement said.
Regarding the coronavirus, the presidents stressed the need for “effective cooperation” and agreed that their governments will collaborate to face the challenges arising from the global health situation.
Both countries have thorny issues to deal with on the agenda: from the migratory flow, through the fight against drugs, to the trafficking of US arms to Mexican territory.
The reformulation of the fight against drug trafficking is one of the most intricate issues.
The strategy that involved the Mexican Army seems exhausted, and the Mexican president seeks to do without the Merida Initiative, a cooperation agreement between the two countries.
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