Overview
- Emmanuel Macron is due to arrive in Mexico within hours and will hold a private meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace on Friday.
- Sheinbaum says the talks will prioritize the return or temporary transfer of pre-Hispanic codices, with Mexico seeking to activate a commission to enable the Azcatitlán codex to be sent for study.
- Officials note the Borbónico codex follows a separate legislative process in France’s National Assembly after a formal petition from a Ñañu community.
- The agenda also includes bilateral economic relations, the 2026 modernization of the Mexico–EU trade agreement, and collaboration in science, culture and innovation.
- Mexico’s delegation will include the foreign, economy, culture and finance chiefs, INAH and the ambassador to France, while Macron is traveling with a group of French business leaders.