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Obama, after meeting Mexican leader, praises Mexico as critical partner

July 22, 2016 12:21 PM EDT

US President Barack Obama and Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto (R) hold a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S. July 22, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday after meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto that Mexico is a critical partner to the United States on a host of issues, including security and climate change.

"I am proud of what we've achieved together," Obama told the Mexican leader, noting that with the heated rhetoric of the U.S. presidential election campaign, Mexico's importance to the United States as a major trading partner and neighbor is often not acknowledged.

(Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe; Writing by David Alexander; Editing by Eric Walsh)



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