Mexico foreign minister to visit Washington after Biden-Lopez Obrador call

FILE PHOTO: Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard gives a speech before attending a meeting with U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry at the foreign ministry building (SRE) in Mexico City, Mexico February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he had agreed to send his foreign minister to Washington on Monday for talks following a call earlier in the day with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden.

Lopez Obrador said in a tweet he had a "cordial" conversation with Biden, and that Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard would visit Washington to discuss the Summit of the Americas, which is due to take place in Los Angeles in June.

(Reporting by Diego Ore; Writing by Kylie Madry)