Mexico president calls Argentina's election of Milei an "own goal"

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a press conference, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday called Argentina's election of Javier Milei as its new president an "own goal", even as he said that he respected the decision that voters had taken in the South American country.

"To put it in one word, with all due respect, it was an own goal," Lopez Obrador said when asked about the election victory of the radical right-wing libertarian on Sunday.