Washington - The Presidents of the United States, Barack Obama, and Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, met on Thursday to review the bilateral alliance six months before the US leader leaves power, just after the end of the Republican National Convention, confirmed that Donald Trump as the party's candidate in the November elections.
Sitting side by side in the Oval Office, Obama and Peña Nieto began what may be the last official meeting between them in Washington, which will be followed by a press conference.
The meeting comes a day after Trump had accepted the Republican nomination at the party convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, in which it reiterated the anti-immigration speech that angered the Mexican government.
The manager even confirmed the proposal to build a wall on the border between the two countries.
The White House said the Republican candidate projects are not on the meeting agenda.
According to the US government, the purpose of the meeting is "to highlight the bilateral alliance" with Mexico in recent months of Obama's presidency.
Already Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, he said one of the most important jobs that the government of his country has to play in the US is obliged to inform the American public about the importance of the bilateral relationship.
border issues, climate change, energy and regional cooperation are some of the topics to be discussed by Obama and Peña Nieto at the meeting, in addition to the trade between the two countries, according to a statement issued by the Mexican government.
Outside the White House, about ten protesters were a protest calling for the resignation of Peña Nieto the case of 43 missing students Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero, in September 2014.
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