Mexican president says he offered friendly relations with Trump in call

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump, offering him friendly ties and a commitment to dialogue, a day after a deal was reached that avoided tariffs on Mexican goods threatened by the U.S. leader.

Lopez Obrador was set to speak later on Saturday at a rally in the border city of Tijuana, just south of the U.S. city of San Diego.

"I told (Trump) that in Tijuana I will not raise a closed first, but an open and frank hand," the Mexican president said in a post on Twitter. (Reporting by David Alire Garcia; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)