The secretary of Foreign relations, Marcelo Ebrard, reported, from Washington DC, the agenda that the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, with their counterparts from United States and Canada during the meeting of “The three friends“And although he assured that the issue of energy reform would not be addressed, he did not rule out that there could be differences in their positions.
“Our perspective is that we will have positive results, we have an optimistic view of this meeting. This does not mean that a subject in which there are different positions cannot arise, but I want to say that the atmosphere is very positive “, underlined the Chancellor.
During a press conference in front of the embassy of Mexico in Washington, Brard confirmed that the presidents López Obrador, Joe Biden (EU) and Justin Trudeau (Canada) will speak at their meeting on three central pillars: the pandemic of Covid-19, Ieconomic integration and migration.
Asked about the possibility of addressing the issue of energy reform in Mexico, which has been criticized by some private sector actors and members of Congress of me, Ébrard was adamant in stating that there was no other topic to discuss on the table, although he said if it arose, Will inform.
The Mexican Foreign Minister detailed the issues on the agenda of the trilateral meeting and said that Mexico will research around the issue of the pandemic to address aspects of medical equipment, research and development and vaccine production in North America.
Regarding the issue of immigration, Lopez Obrador will focus on the development of the south Mexico and Central America to respond to migratory phenomena.
Ebrard confirmed that the president Lopez Obrador will hold a separate meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which he said will be their first.
He assured that the main issues with Canada relate to the reconciliation of indigenous peoples, as well as the initiative that Mexico presented to the UN Security Council.
He also confirmed the meeting with the president Biden, which he says will last about an hour, and in which the Mexican president will insist on program support Sow life and youth Build the future.
He also confirmed the meeting with the vice-president of United States, Kamala Harris.
Marcelo Ebrard said that after the meetings, and mainly after the trilateral, the three leaders will come up with a joint statement, but he dismissed any message from López Obrador.
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