“We talked about the importance of the Celac meeting that will take place next year, in March. Honduras currently holds the Presidency and it will pass to Colombia, and several related issues,” said the dignitary in response to a question about the meeting held yesterday at the National Palace.

Pointing out that it was not a state visit, Sheinbaum specified that in the context of the G-20 summit held in November in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, both had agreed on an agenda that included educational, cultural and other coordination issues.

She stressed that Colombia is part of the progressive governments of the region, which also include -she mentioned- Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Honduras, Guatemala, Venezuela, Cuba and Mexico itself, in addition to the Frente Amplio that regained power in Uruguay.

“These are progressive governments that have many things in common,” she said.

After the meeting with Petro, the dignitary said yesterday in a message through X that both discussed “the importance of unity between progressive governments, as well as the union of Latin America and the Caribbean.”

Along with the text, Sheinbaum shared a video in which the president is seen arriving at the National Palace and being received by the head of state, then moments of the meeting and later the farewell.

The president had arrived on Sunday at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, where Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente was waiting for him.

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