They reiterate their commitment to good neighborliness – El Financiero

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) reported this Monday that he met with a group of congressmen from the United States, from the Democratic and Republican parties, at the National Palace.

“We received a visit from legislators from the United States from the Democratic and Republican parties at the National Palace,” López Obrador said in a message on social media.

“We agree that we must maintain the policy of cooperation and good neighborliness that has been beneficial to our peoples and nations,” he added.

The meeting, which lasted almost three hours, was also attended by the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), Alicia Bárcena.

“We discussed everything. The president (López Obrador) gave them a complete overview of what he has done, what is being done, and the very good relationship we have with the United States,” Bárcena told the media when questioned following leaving the meeting.

In addition to Ken Salazar, the head of the Foreign Ministry, Mark Johnson, was in attendance, along with the legislative representation, including the Democratic Senator for Delaware, Tom Carper, who led the delegation to the United States Congress.

Also in attendance were Democratic Senators Mark Kelly of Arizona and Laphonza Butler of California; Representatives Jesus Garcia of Illinois District 4; Greg Stanton of Arizona District 4; and Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California District 37.

Representatives for District 46 of California are Lou Correa; Representatives for District 52 of California are Juan Vargas; Representatives for District 2 of Texas are Joaquin Castro; Representatives for District 34 of Texas are Vicente Gonzalez; and Representatives for Indiana are Todd Young.

AMLO speaks out once morest Donald Trump’s attack

On Monday, at his daily press conference, López Obrador referred to the attack on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday.

Asked if the attack would have repercussions in Mexico, López Obrador said “no,” because “fortunately, former President Trump was not assassinated.”

“Perhaps it would have affected us, it would have generated a lot of uncertainty in the United States and in the world, because it is something terrifying and has a lot of impact,” he said.

Trump, the Republican candidate for the White House in the November elections, was slightly injured in one ear in an attack that took place during a rally last Saturday in Butler (Pennsylvania), where two people died, a member of the public and the attacker, Thomas Matthew, a 20-year-old who was shot dead by security forces.

The official presidential candidate was carried off the stage on foot, but with traces of blood on his right ear.

The assassination attempt has further united Republicans around Trump, whom many in the party consider a hero for his quick reaction following surviving the shooting, since, as the Secret Service evacuated him, he raised his fist in victory, in an image that will go down in history.

López Obrador was one of the first leaders to condemn the attack on Trump with a message on his social networks a few minutes following the news broke last Saturday: “In any case, we condemn what happened to former President Donald Trump. The violence is irrational and inhumane.”