Mexico's Foreign Ministry also thanked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott,a Republican who promised to "stand with Mexico and offer whatever aid and assistance we can" after the earthquake. And it expressed "full solidarity" with the victims of Hurricane Irma. "Mexico will be aware of the development of this phenomenon in the following days, and hopes that soon the state of Florida as well as the state of Texas and the state of Louisiana will recover from the damages caused by the hurricanes that have impacted them," the statement said.