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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that he will avoid appearing in photos with Peru’s President Tina Polwart at next week’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in the United States.

“I don’t have to be photographed, I hope I don’t want this, I say this with all my love, with all my goodwill, I don’t want to be photographed with the president of Peru, I’m not going to look for her to be photographed.”, López Obrador revealed in his morning press conference.

The Mexican president will travel to San Francisco on Thursday and Friday next week to attend the APEC meeting and seek a meeting with US President Joe Biden to address the current wave of migrants in the region.

López Obrador canceled his visit in September because of the presence of Bolvarte, whom he considers presidential.Fake“After then-President Pedro Castillo was impeached last December, but he was corrected in October under “persuasion” from the White House.

Even so, he reiterated his criticism of Peru in December 2022 after the expulsion of Pablo Monroy, the Mexican ambassador in Lima.Interference in internal affairs” The Mexican government offered support to Castillo and his family, who now have asylum in the country.

“Relations were not broken, however, the behavior towards our ambassador was rude and insultingLopez Obrador said.

The Mexican president created tensions in international forums months ago because of his disagreements with Polwart, such as his refusal to offer him the temporary leadership of the Pacific Alliance of Chile and Colombia.

López Obrador’s participation in the APEC forum represents only his seventh foreign trip in nearly five years, during which he has visited the United States four times, Central America and Cuba once, and South America, including Chile and Colombia in September.