CANCUN, Mexico, March 20 (Reuters) - Mexican state-run

oil firm Pemex is waiting to see how oil prices behave

in the mid-term before altering its strategy on crude exports,

Finance Minister Edgar Amador told Reuters on Friday.

"Our perspective is that this should be a relatively

temporary effect," Amador said in an interview at Mexico's

annual banking convention, referring to the recent climb in

prices tied to the conflict in the Middle East.