Mexican president says discussed joint programme on migration with Trump

By Reuters • last updated: 09/12/2019

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a news conference at National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico Dec. 3, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo - Copyright Edgard Garrido(Reuters)

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MEXICOCITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spoke by telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday and discussed the issue of migration, he said in a tweet.

The two leaders discussed the possibility of creating a joint programme for development and job creation in Central America and Mexico, Lopez Obrador said.

(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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