墨西哥外长：美墨关系良好，拒绝联合军事行动并强调主权

Afternoon, Canada's top diplomat will deliver her address to United Nations General Assembly. Well, Canada has been the focus of president Trump's ire as of late. He has praised his relationship with Mexico and its new president when it comes to immigration and drug enforcement. I spoke with Mexico's foreign minister just before his UN address on Friday. How do you assess the the state of The US Mexico relationship right now?

Well, we have a relation, that has a lot of dialogue. We have a relation, with deep cooperation on many different areas, including security based, on what we view as core principles, like respect to our sovereignty and territorial integrity. But, taking all of that, I think it's, overall a good relation, a strong relation. No doubt you heard the president of The United States speaking here. He talked about Mexico as the epicenter of cartel violence.

He said it was unacceptable that The US could have a 2,000 mile border with a country that is, in his estimation, controlled by cartels. How do you respond to that? Well, what I can tell you is that in the past two years, the homicide rate in Mexico has halved. There's a 51% reduction in homicides in Mexico. Most crimes are also in a downward trajectory. There's a lot of progress given the new government security strategy that includes a new focus on intelligence and investigations.

There's also, as I said, cooperation with The United States based on these, four principles that, we also, include, what we call cooperation without subordination. Is there, total alignment with The US when it comes to its approach to violence in in the region, or do you do you differ with The US in some way? No. I think, The US has a different approach with other countries. We have our own approach to cooperation. As I said, these principles for us are fundamental.

They are in our constitution. We have to respect our legal framework. But, with that, considered, I think we have, good work. We have good progress, and we've had good achievements. I mean, if you look at, for example, the numbers at the border, there's a 60% reduction in the fentanyl that is reaching the border. The White House has recognized that. There's also a historic reduction in the, figures of, irregular migration that we've seen in the border in the past, couple years.

So, I think we are, in a different situation from where we were before. Before. We've seen other countries enter into joint military operations with The US. Seems that's a red line for for you. Is that something that you wouldn't consider? Well, for Mexico, as I said, there has to be respect for our territorial integrity, for our sovereignty, and that entails that, operations in Mexico only correspond to Mexican authorities.

We've seen the deportation of more than 200,000 Mexicans, during the start of the this the president's second term. What's the impact of that been on your country having that influx of of Mexicans returning to Mexico? A a strategy to receive our citizens when they are returned from The United States. It's called Mexico Tia Braca, and we provide access access to social programs. We provide, basic resources so they can, reintegrate to Mexico, and they can get jobs.

They can get access to health care. And, so far, I think, we've been successful in receiving, our Mexican fellows, you know, as what they are part of our country. There's a Mexican fellows, as you put it. There are also these third country deportations as well, thousands of people not from Mexico being sent sent there. I'm curious. Do you welcome that, these third country deportations? Well, there is a number of people that are rejected, at the border, in The United States and, out of humanitarian grounds.

We have, received some of, these individuals, and, we provide them with an opportunity to return to their countries of origin or in cases where they require protection in Mexico, we offer them pathways as well. Give us an update on trade negotiations. We had Jameson Greer, The US trade representative here at the Council on Foreign Relations saying the trade deficit is exploding, in his words. How how close are those negotiations as you see them?

Well, I'm always cautiously optimistic. We continue to have constructive conversations. We continue to have positive engagements. We don't have yet an agreement. Obviously, we're talking about the, different two thirty two tariffs that have been implemented, particularly, the car industry and the steel, sector, out of, worry for Mexico. We continue to talk about what The US describes as, non tariff barriers. I think we've made a lot of progress, and, hopefully, we will get to an agreement in the not so distant future.

Likely to see reductions on steel and car tariffs, do you think? Well, that's our hope. Optimistic still? Again, cautiously. Cautiously optimistic. You studied at the University of Chicago. Yes. There was political theory with Martha Nussbaum and the like. Also spent a lot of time with David Axelrod. So you understand US politics. Given that, I'm curious how you think about the timeline The US is operating under right now, the administration's operating under with the midterm elections here many weeks away.

Do do you see that as a forcing mechanism or something that's shaping conversations about trade in particular? Well, you know, we try to be very careful about not getting ourselves entangled with US politics. What I can tell you is that we're obviously watching the the elections like everybody else everybody else and that we will continue to engage with The US before and after because that is responsibility of any government that shares such a big border, that shares so many interest including the trade that you just mentioned.

USMCA not renewed with a rubber stamp. These negotiations are are ongoing. What would it mean for North America were there to be a deal, say, between Mexico and The United States, but not one with with Canada, not one between The US and and Canada? Well, I mean, the the framework of the USMCA continues to be trilateral. There are some aspects that will need to be discussed trilaterally. But, of course, there are issues that are bilateral.

There have always been aspects of the, USMCA, previously, the NAFTA, that were bilateral in their nature. And, it's natural for, the countries have also bilateral engagement and to, reach some agreements in that manner. Few questions about Asia, if I could. You've been shuttling around New York, but you also went back to Mexico. There was a state visit by, South Korea's leadership. How do you assess the prospects of a a Mexico South Korea trade deal?

Well, I don't think, we will get, to a free trade agreement. We're looking more at, different agreements, that show the complementarities, between the economists. Of course, the conversations will continue to see, where we end. But, in the meantime, what we are deepening is our cooperation in several different areas, including science and technology, artificial intelligence, obviously, the different investments of the Korean companies that are, in Mexico, Mexico, including also Korean culture, k pop, that is of great interest.

You're telling a lot people in Mexico. Yeah. Yeah. World. It's Mexico. Largest market for k pop. So we're exploring the the opening of K pop or case culture center in Mexico City and the opening of a Mexican culture center in South Korea. How about that? It's gonna be interesting. Our focus here so much this week is on The US China relationship, and I'm curious how Mexico's tack toward China has has changed under this this administration.

Well, obviously, we have had throughout the decades a friendly political relation with China. We intend to keep it that way. We have an ongoing dialogue with the Chinese government. We also have obviously an interest as the rest of the world in looking at the relation between The US and China going in a positive direction. So we expect these conversati