Readout of Vice President Harris's Meeting with President Lopez Obrador of Mexico

Vice President Kamala Harris hosted President Lopez Obrador of Mexico for breakfast at the Naval Observatory today to deepen the longstanding cooperation between the United States and Mexico. The Vice President conveyed her appreciation for the close friendship and shared values between Mexico and the United States. Vice President Harris and President Lopez Obrador had a wide-ranging discussion about our common challenges and opportunities as neighbors, partners, and friends. They discussed our shared work to address the root causes of migration from Northern Central America and the need to collaborate on concrete next steps in this effort. The leaders discussed the importance of public-private partnerships in generating investment-led growth, and agreed to explore further cooperation in this area under the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED), with a particular focus on economic development initiatives in southern Mexico.