By: EFE Updated 19 May 2022, 16: 07 pm EDT
The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, insisted this Wednesday before Washington that “there should be no exclusions” at the Summit of the Americas in his virtual meeting with Christopher Dodd, special adviser to the White House for said meeting.
The chancellor, Marcelo Ebrard, affirmed in a video that the president addressed in his virtual meeting with Dodd “the invitation of all the countries of the continent, without excluding anyone” in the midst of the controversy over the alleged absence of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela at the Summit.
“President López Obrador explained what his concepts are, his idea of why this should be so, that there should be no exclusions, that we must enter a new historical stage , lay the foundations for a new relationship”, Ebrard said after the conversation.
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico did not detailed what was Dodd’s response, who participated virtually because he was infected with covid-10, to the request of López Obrador on the Summit of the Americas, which will take place from June 6 to 10 in Los Angeles , California.
“(Former) Senator Dodd also explained why it is important to President (Joe) Biden and his views, and We are going to maintain this dialogue for the next few hours and days, which seems to me to have been very constructive and on very good terms with the government of President Biden ”, said Ebrard.
The meeting raised expectations because the president of Mexico has caused controversy by announcing that he will not attend the Summit if the United States does not invite Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, a position that Bolivia and the nations of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) have supported.
Before the White House official, López Obrador replied to the ideas that he raised last year held on the anniversary 238 of Simón Bolívar before the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), according to the Foreign Minister.
Among his ideas are “leaving behind stages of history symbolized by what has been the Organization of American States (OAS)” and the assumption of “America for the Americans”, in reference to the Monroe Doctrine of the United States.
“He argued that it should go the American continent towards a kind of union, with different rhythms and modalities, but more or less as Europe did at the time, which is now the European Union”, Ebrard reaffirmed.
The The president of Mexico and the representative of the United States also addressed “ the opportunities that this Summit represents for the entire American continent “added the foreign minister.
Among the contents of the Summit, Secretary Ebrard enunciated mobility labor, the health action plan to avoid a new pandemic, economic recovery and supply chains throughout the Americas.
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