AMLO talks to US Vice President Kamala Harris about migration

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced he had contacted the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, to talk about the combating trafficking in human beings and protecting human rights of minors.

“We spoke with Kamala Harris, vice president of the United States in charge of addressing the immigration issue in Central America. We are willing to add wills in the fight against human trafficking and the protection of human rights, especially girls and boys, ”he wrote on Twitter.

The president shared a photo on which the Secretary of State Relations (SRE) is also sighted, Marcelo Ebrard

In conversation, Kamala Harris thanked President López Obrador for his cooperation on migration issues andagreed to continue working on together address the causes of migration from countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. In addition to issues related to poverty, violence and lack of economic opportunity.

It was reported that they were talking about the cooperation projects for southern Mexico and the northern countries of Central AmericaIn addition, they discussed the projects that emerged from the dialogue between the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (Amexcid) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

They agreed to strengthen binational mechanisms for sharing intelligence to combat transnational networks of traffickers endangering the security of migrants.

In January, the president spoke with his American counterpart, Joe Biden, about it issues related to migration, covid-19 and cooperation for development and well-being between the two neighboring countries, a call in which López Obrador described it as “friendly and respectful”.

Vice President Kamala Harris was appointed by Joe Biden as the responsible for driving the United States’ efforts with Mexico and Central America to control migration flows.

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