Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday pledged to stick by his government's decision to give asylum to several people in Mexico's embassy in Bolivia, which has sparked a dispute with the interim administration in La Paz.
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"It's a matter of principle," Lopez Obrador told reporters at a regular government news conference.
To hand over the people would mean abandoning what
Mexico regards as a "sacred" right to grant asylum, he added.