translated from Spanish: AMLO stresses that bilateral agreement averted an economic crisis

Mexico.- Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, stressed on Monday that the immigration agreement with the United States reached on June 7 to avoid tariffs prevented a possible economic and political crisis.” We have established a friendly and respectful relationship with the people and the Government of the United States. This has allowed us to avoid confrontation, which we do not consider suitable for anyone,” he said at the presentation of his Activity Report, at a massive event in the Zocalo of Mexico City.

On Monday, the president of Mexico celebrated his great election triumph a year ago and assured that in seven months of government, he managed to transform the public life of Mexico. economic and political agreement through a migration agreement that forces us to be stricter in law enforcement in the matter (migration) but without violating human rights,” he added.
He said that Mexico will address the growing migration phenomenon “without using force, or coercive measures but creating opportunities for work and well-being for people in their places of origin, that is, in the sister countries of Central America and in our country”. It recalled that at the G20 meeting in Osaka, Japan, and in the final document presented, member countries adopted the Mexican proposal to address migration through development cooperation. Through the June 7 agreement with the United States, Mexico has intensified anti-migration efforts with the presence of the National Guard – a new security force made up of military, marine and police – and more immigration agents in the borders, to avoid the imposition of tariffs by the northern neighbor. Prior to the President’s speech at 17:00 local time (22.00 GMT), which has been extended for almost an hour and a half, thousands of people have been arriving at the massive event where music, banners and chants have not been lacking to slow the wait.

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