Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says it is too
early to congratulate Joe Biden, president-elect of the United States.
After securing more than the 270 required votes to win the
presidency, leading American media organisations projected Biden as the next US
president.
But President Donald Trump, who has refused to concede the
election, filed multiple lawsuits to challenge Biden’s victory.
Speaking with reporters on Saturday, Obrador said he would
wait for “all legal issues” in the US presidential election to be resolved
before congratulating the winner.
“We don’t want to be imprudent. We don’t want to act lightly
and we want to respect people’s self-determination and rights,” Obrador said.
“We have a very good relationship with the two candidates.
President Trump has been very respectful with us and we have reached very good
agreements, and we thank him because he has not interfered and has respected
us. And the same goes for Biden.”
Canadian leader Justin Trudeau; Irish Prime Minister Micheál
Martin; Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Nigerian President
Muhammadu Buhari are among the world leaders who have congratulated Biden.
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