U.S. "will not intervene" in Mexico's elections: says Republican rep

The United States "will not intervene" in Mexico's 2018 presidential elections, the local representative of the U.S. Republican Party, Larry Rubin, said on Monday.

Rubin held a press conference to pledge Washington will stay out of next year's race, after Rep. Senator John McCain last week publicly expressed concern at the possibility of a left-leaning candidate taking office in Mexico.

Polls show longtime leftist leader and two-time presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, head of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) Party, currently enjoys ample support among the electorate.

"We believe whoever is elected president of Mexico in 2018 will be the right one, whether from the left, right, center or any other (political) current," said Rubin.

"We believe it is important to support Mexico's next president, and the United States will definitely not intervene in these elections," added Rubin.

Regarding McCain, Rubin said "different senators can have different opinions, hopefully not publicly, about who would be the best leader in 2018."

Rubin also reported that U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto in late summer or early fall.

"The meeting should take place in the third quarter. I think conditions have changed for the better in Mexico-U.S. relations," he said. Endit