France declares that it was only the link between AMLO and Navblue for Saint Lucia's study

The French government in Mexico announced Monday that its role in the study presented by the company of his country, Navblue, on the Santa Lucia airport was only to share the contact with the team of the president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

"Subsequently, the transition authorities directly asked this company to conduct a technical study," said the embassy in a statement to the press.

This morning, López Obrador announced that he had solicited the help of the French government so that a prestigious company could present an opinion on the feasibility of the Santa Lucia operation and the l current airport of the capital.

In addition, the president-elect disclosed part of a letter that he received during the weekend of French President Emmanuel Macron.

"The speed with which we responded to their requests, especially in the air, shows how much we wish the intensification of the Franco-Mexican relationship to be a priority, a relationship that I wish to be exemplary", declared the letter Macron, According to AMLO:

Last week, the designated Secretary of Communications and Transport, Javier Jiménez Espriú, presented a Navblue study which, he says, supports the viability of simultaneous commercial operation of the current Santa Lucia Air Force Base. and from the Mexico City International Airport (AICM).

In this regard, the French Government stated that, according to the same study, "many other parameters should be taken into account".

The French government embassy concluded that on the new airport project, as in any other infrastructure project, "corresponds to Mexico, you make your own decisions".

On Monday morning, López Obrador confirmed that he would cancel NAIM's work in Texcoco and continue his plan to allow Santa Lucia and reshape the current terminals of the AICM and Toluca.