Three Amigos meeting June 29 in Ottawa
President Peña Nieto will be guest of honor at state dinner
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Mexico News Daily | Wednesday, May 4, 2016
The Three Amigos will meet June 29 in Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a press conference today.
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Officially known as the North American Leaders’ Summit, the meeting will bring together Trudeau, Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto and U.S. President Barack Obama. The White House said today Obama will make a day trip to the Canadian capital for the meeting, whose agenda will include security and economic issues.
The Canadian Governor General’s office said today that the queen’s representative will host Peña Nieto at an official state dinner, to be followed by an event in his honor at the National Gallery, CBC News reported.
The president’s office said the visit would take place June 26-28 and also serve to commemorate the 71st anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Canada.
The Globe and Mail newspaper reported that Peña Nieto will probably visit a couple of Canadian cities prior to the summit.
CBC News also reported that Peña Nieto’s visit was strictly dependent on Canada lifting its controversial visa requirement, which has prevented Mexicans from entering Canada without a visa since 2009. The president’s office made no mention of the visa, which Prime Minister Trudeau has promised to repeal.
The last Three Amigos summit was hosted by Peña Nieto in Toluca in 2014. Last year’s was canceled by former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, presumably because of tensions over some key issues such as the Keystone pipeline, which was vetoed by Obama.
Source: Radio Fórmula (sp), CBC News (en), Globe and Mail (en)
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