Spanish President Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón has begun his official visit to Mexico

The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, has today begun an official visit to Mexico to meet the Mexican Prime Minister, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The Spanish president arrived at the Benito Juárez International Airport of Mexico (AICM) after 11 hours.. Then Sánchez Pérez-Castejón He went to the National Palace, where López Obrador greeted him at the door.

After the official welcoming ceremony, López Obrador and Sánchez Pérez-Castejón met privately their respective delegations in the Hall of Ambbadadors, where they discussed cooperation, trade and bilateral relations.

At the end of the private meeting, The presidents issued a joint message in which the Spanish President, Pedro Sanchez, thanked his Mexican counterpart for the warm welcome and distinction that he bestowed upon him as the first foreign government that he received, at the head of the executive.

"I want to thank from the heart the hospitality and brotherhood we feel since our arrival, the honor of being the first foreign government to receive, is not a coincidence, It is a statement of intent, to revive bilateral relations, "said the Spanish president.

Similarly, López Obrador welcomed him and recalled the friendship and coincidence between Mexico and Spain. We are very pleased that you have seen a Spanish president, whose movement has promoted these social protection policies, which identifies us among others and that is why we welcome our country and we will strengthen our political, cultural and also economic ", said the Mexican president.

The political crisis in Venezuela was one of the central themes of this common message.

In this regard, the Mexican President stated that both countries agree that the solution must be peaceful and through dialogue, "We talked, we understand and understand the policy we follow, tthe government of Spain as the government of Mexico, each government according to its situation, its history and its laws. "

López Obrador reiterated that Mexico would continue the policy of non-intervention so that "the Venezuelan people solve the crisis" that exists, including "We would be able to participate, on request, so that both sides in conflict can sit and talk unconditionally, we act in the case of Venezuela"said the Mexican president.

He added that the position taken by the Mexican government in the crisis Venezuela is going through is also due to geopolitics ".For geopolitical reasons, we must be very careful not to interfere in the affairs of other countries, because we do not want foreign governments to intervene in our domestic politics. "

For his part, Sánchez Pérez-Castejón pronounced for "free, fair and equitable elections".s ", added that the bilateral relations between Mexico and Spain "From a global point of view, it transcends, by far, specific crises such as that of Venezuela"since both countries have been the main drivers of the strategic relationship with the European Union.

The government of Spain "What it wants is that by democratic methods, with just, clean and transparent elections, the Venezuelan society finds a way out of the crisis that has raged for many years "said the Spanish leader.

After the joint press conference, theThe presidents went to the white Jetta of López Obrador, at the old school of San Ildefonso, where the meal was organized in the honor of Sánchez Pérez-Castejón. There, the Spanish incumbent revealed the gift that his government had made to the Mexican president.

"President López Obrador will allow me to share with you an indiscretion. With the gift I gave him, which consists in handing over the birth certificate of his grandfather born in 1893 in Cantabria, we justify the ties that unite the Mexican people and the Spanish people ".

Tomorrow, the president Sanchez will lead the ceremony of depositing the offerings on the altar of the motherland and will hold a meeting with the head of the government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, who will appoint him distinguished guest. The same day, he will meet businessmen and the Spanish community of our country.