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☷Secretary Antony J Blinken and Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard Before Their Meeting United States Department of State
U.S. Department of State ( By Press Release office)
May 03,2022
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SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well , good afternoon , everyone . It’s a great pleasure to be here with my colleague , my friend , Marcelo Ebrard , the foreign minister of Mexico . We have been working together very closely since almost day one of our administration , and it’s no surprise our countries – the United States and Mexico – have a partnership that dates back many , many years . We’re about to celebrate our – soon our 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations . But beyond that , we are drawn together by the profound connections between our countries , and a shared agenda in our own hemisphere and around the world . Of course , we’re working together closely to deal with what is an unprecedented migration challenge throughout our hemisphere , and for that matter around the world , and the collaboration with Mexico is absolutely vital . Also vital to building , helping to build a better future and better opportunity for people throughout the Americas , which ultimately will have the greatest impact on migration in the longer run . We come together to build strong North American economic competitiveness , including by building more resilient supply chains and dealing with other issues that are going to actually enhance the livelihoods of Mexicans and Americans alike . And from energy security to climate to so many other things , we’re working hand in hand every day . Finally , one of the tasks but also opportunities that we have before us – and this is the focus of conversations today – is preparing for the Summit of the Americas coming up very soon in Los Angeles , the first Summit of the Americas since 1994 – which I actually was at the very first one – hosted in the United States . The United States and Mexico together will be working on shaping and sharing with all of our partners a strong agenda that ultimately has the goal of demonstrating that our democracies can deliver effectively for our people . So I think this is a very timely moment to compare notes and to keep getting down to work . Marcelo . FOREIGN SECRETARY EBRARD: Thank you . Thank you , Antony . How are you Good afternoon . Thank you very much for having us this afternoon to have a meeting following the conversation past Friday between President Biden and President López Obrador . As mentioned , we have a very close ties . We have design about the future we share . It’s about democracy , prosperity in the Americas . We see the next summit as a very positive location to share those views about the future , and to start to work together not only North America , which already we have a very close ties , and we are working together; but with the rest of America , with everyone in the Americas . And we are going to share in this location those views . Also competitiveness and prosperity between Mexico and the United States and the rest of Americas , and also about the global geopolitical and economic new situations , and geopolitical risks that we should pay attention that and share views how to solve the conflicts all over the world , and strengthen stability of the multilateral [inaudible] and United Nations strength in order to find peace solutions and prosperity for everyone . So thank you very much , Antony . We are going to have a meeting , and we are going to follow the conversation between President Biden and President López Obrador in the next days . Thank you very much . SECRETARY BLINKEN: Down to work . Thank you .
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