AMLO talks to EU Vice President Kamala Harris about migration

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

“We spoke with Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States and in charge of migration in Central America. At our disposal to add wills in the fight against human trafficking and the protection of human rights, especially of girls and boys, “he wrote on Twitter.

The president shared a photograph that also shows the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE), Marcelo Ebrard.

In the conversation, Kamala Harris thanked President López Obrador for his cooperation on migration issues alreadycordaron continue to work together for 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 opportunities.

It was reported that they talked about the cooperation projects for southern Mexico and northern Central American countries. In addition, they addressed projects arising 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 with the purpose of combating transnational networks of human traffickers who endanger the security of migrants.

In January, the president spoke with his US counterpart, Joe Biden, about issues related to migration, covid-19 and development and welfare cooperation between the two neighboring countries, a call in which López Obrador described him as “kind and respectful”.

Vice President Kamala Harris was named by Joe Biden as the responsible for directing U.S. efforts with Mexico and Central America to control migratory flows.

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