Oval Office
11:26 A.M. EDT
PRESIDENT BIDEN: Mr. President — my friend, my partner — it’s good to have you back to the White House.
Over the last year and a half, we’ve devoted our teams to whole-of-government efforts focused on rebuilding the solid framework of the U.S.-Mexico relations.
As I told you from the beginning — and I mean it — I see, we see Mexico as an equal partner. Our nations share close ties in family and friendship, and we’re united through our values and our history.
And for me and my administration, the U.S.-Mexico relationship is vital to achieving our goals of everything from the fight against COVID-19, to continuing to grow our economies, to strengthening our partnerships and addressing migration as a shared hemispheric challenge.
And addressing migration is a hemispheric challenge, a commitment captured in the Los Angeles Declaration adopted by the Summit of…
