Alberto Fernández arrived in Mexico and begins to define the foreign policy of his government

The Peronist leader borrowed the flight AM029 Aeromexico, which took off from the international airport of Ezeiza, "Ministro Pistarini" at 00.15, to get to the terminal "Benito Juárez" in Mexico City.

In the visit to the Aztec country, Fernández will begin to define its diplomacy, in times of tension with Brazil and the possibility of getting closer to the United Statesafter the phone call that he received last Friday from the US president Donald Trump.

The meeting with López Obrador is scheduled to take place on Monday. It will be a private meeting without a protocol because Fernández has not yet taken office.

The agenda of Fernandez also includes meetings with the head of the office of President Alfonso Romo, and the powerful businessman Carlos Slim, one of the richest men in the world.

His stay in Mexico also includes an inaugural lecture Tuesday at 6 pm at the old San Ildefonso School, as part of UNAM's University Studies Program on Democracy, Justice and Society.

The national deputy Felipe Solá took the plane, which accompanied the former chief of staff during each of his trips abroad. The chances that he will be appointed Chancellor of the next government increase so.

On Friday, Solá avoided confirming his appointment but said it would be "a big challenge if it happened".

Addressing Continental Radio, the MP said: "I am gradually getting used to the idea of ​​being chancellor".

In the entourage was also Santiago Cafiero; the former head of Buenos Aires and leader of the Callao group, Miguel "Mike" Cuberos, another habitual companion of the president elected during trips abroad; and the progressive Chilean intellectual and politician Marco Enriquez Ominami.

Fernández was received by the ambassador of Argentina to Mexico, Flavor Ezekiel.

The election of Mexico as the first international destination is due to the geopolitical decision of Fernández to privilege the link with the countries of Latin America, without neglecting the international relations with other states: similarly, the coincidence in the vision of the Venezuelan crisis another of the factors that influenced when choosing the Aztec country.

López Obrador was one of the first presidents to congratulate Fernández by telephone last Sunday when the electoral victory was confirmed: during this telephone conversation, they accepted the visit.