While condemning the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and providing considerable relief aid to the U.S. after Hurricane Katrina , the Mexican government , pursuing neutrality in international affairs , opted not to actively join the controversial War on Terror and the even more controversial Iraq War , instead being the first nation in history to formally and voluntarily leave the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance in 2002 , though Mexico later joined the U.S. in supporting military intervention in the Libyan Civil War
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