Mexican football authorities have come to an agreement with the South American football confederation and will again take part in the Copa Libertadores and Copa America.

"We had a conversation among friends," said South American confederation president Nicolas Leoz, adding that the temporary split between the parties was the fault of neither, but rather the result of "exceptional circumstances."

"Mexico have been reintegrated and will compete in the 2011 Copa America in Argentina, and their clubs are reincorporated in the tournaments," he said.

Mexico, which is in the North and Central Americas and Caribbean confederation, has traditionally had strong links with the South American confederation.

But it broke off ties on 8 May after clubs from Uruguay and Brazil refused to play scheduled Copa Libertadores matches in Mexico because of fears about the swine flu outbreak.

"Everything has been resolved," Mexican federation president Justino Compean said, adding that Chivas and San Luis, the two Mexican clubs that withdrew from this year's Copa Libertadores, will advance directly into the round of 16 at that event next year.