AMLO hopes to meet with Arévalo soon to discuss cooperation and migration

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorstated this Monday that he hopes to meet soon with his counterpart from Guatemalathe newly invested Bernardo Arevaloto address cooperation and migration amid the unprecedented migration flow across the common border.

“Yes, we will meet for sure, I don’t know (when), but we will talk (chat), but the relationship is good and let’s support each other“There will be cooperation.”the president answered questions from the press in his morning conference.

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The Mexican president did not specify a date for the meeting with Arevaloalthough he wished the best for the Guatemalan people and the new president.

“Of course we will work together, We will improve cooperation in all aspects, economically, socially, culturally, in everything”, he concluded.

Arévalo, symbol of the fight against corruption, took power this Monday morning after the Congress The outgoing party delayed several routine procedures for more than 10 hours to sabotage the inauguration.

This was the umpteenth attempt so far former officialdom make Arévalo’s seizure of power unfeasible after months of judicial persecution led by the Public Ministry that generated sentences of United States, the European Union and the Organization of American States (OAS).

This academic won the 2023 presidential elections with the progressive party Seed Movementborn from the anti-corruption demonstrations that took place in Guatemala in 2015, and manages Alejandro Giammattei.

Despite being a neighboring country, López Obrador He did not attend the ceremony, unlike other progressive leaders in the region, such as Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, and Colombia’s president, Gustavo Pedrowho defended Arevalo of attempts to prevent his possession.

López Obrador now congratulated the people of Guatemala why, “even late”the new president managed to take office.

“I’m glad he protested Bernardo Arevalois already the president of our sister republic of Guatemala“Indeed, neighbors, friends, and we are very happy,” appointed the Mexican president.

Likewise, he said he was happy that Guatemala passed this test “so difficult and the truth is even painful, because it is not possible to hold an election, have the candidate win with a 20 point advantage and start putting up obstacles so that he does not assume the mandate of the people”.

Arevalo takes over the migratory flow “unprecedented” in Mexico It is Central America in 2023, as warned by International Organization for Migration (IOM), which in early November reported an annual increase of more than 60% in irregular migration crossing Mexican territory.

Source: Elcomercio

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