US President-elect Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

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Biden pledged to build the regional and border infrastructure and capacity needed to facilitate a new orderly and humane approach to migration that will respect international norms regarding the treatment of asylum claims. The President-elect emphasized the need to reinvigorate US-Mexico cooperation to ensure safe and orderly migration and contain COVID-19.

"We reaffirmed our commitment to working together for the well-being of our peoples and nations," Lopez Obrador said on Twitter.

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard tweeted: "There will be extensive bilateral cooperation and a very good relationship between the presidents of Mexico and the United States."