Mexico Welcomes High-Level Delegation from the United States
Secretary, Marcelo Ebrard receives a high-level delegation from the United States to advance bilateral and regional agenda.
Secretary of Foreign Relations, Mexico
August 10, 2021
Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard , accompanied by a large high-level delegation from the Government of Mexico, led a working meeting to advance the issues of migration in the region, border security and economic development. This meeting follows up on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s dialogue with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the priority issues on the bilateral and regional agenda.
The meeting analyzed the most recent data on irregular migratory flows in the region. The delegations agreed to expand cooperation in order to manage orderly, safe and regular migration flows with respect for the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers.
Foreign Minister Ebrard emphasized the importance, not only of bilateral cooperation, but also of investing in specific public policies that generate employment in the countries of northern Central America, in the short term.
Agradezco a Jake Sullivan, Asesor del Presidente Biden en Asuntos de Seguridad Nacional, al Secretario Mayorkas y a toda la misión de los EU que hoy visitó nuestro país,su compromiso y buena voluntad para estrechar la relación bilateral. Buen retorno!! Fue un éxito. pic.twitter.com/Fu66vPv5zW
— Marcelo Ebrard C. (@m_ebrard) August 11, 2021
The US delegation, for its part, said it agrees with expanding collaboration between the two countries and analyzing policies that are effective in order to implement them in the region. The delegation also expressed interest in working with Mexico to advance the management of migration from a regional perspective, as well as to implement cooperation policies for Mexico and the Central American countries.
Both countries agree on the importance of relaunching the High Level Economic Dialogue (DEAN), which has been announced for September 9 of this year. Through DEAN, the two countries will advance together on a range of projects with a view to strengthening and accelerating the economic recovery of Mexico, the United States, and North America.
Likewise, the delegations pledged to continue working towards a high-level dialogue on security, which will be held in the coming months and which constitutes a fundamental axis of the bilateral agenda.
Subsequently, a meeting was held at the Foreign Ministry with Julio Scherer, head of the Legal Counsel of the Presidency of the Republic, and Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, coordinator of the President’s Advisors. At the meeting, officials of the Government of Mexico presented the priorities of the administration of President López Obrador, such as the fight against corruption and the pursuit of a just and egalitarian economic development model.
The US delegation emphasized the multiple coincidences in the work programs of Presidents Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The meeting was also accompanied by Raúl Mauricio Segovia Barrios, deputy councilor for Constitutional Control and Litigation, and Juan Carlos Reyes García, deputy councilor for Consultation and Constitutional Studies.
At the initial meeting, the Chancellor was accompanied by Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, Undersecretary of Public Security; Maximiliano Reyes, Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean; Roberto Velasco Álvarez, head of the North America Unit; Francisco Garduño Yáñez, commissioner of the National Institute of Migration; as well as by General Vicente Antonio Hernández Sánchez, commander of the National Guard on the Southern Border; General Guillermo Briseño Lobera, deputy chief of the Sedena General Staff; Vice Admiral Benito Galeana Abarca Deputy Administrative Chief of the Semar General Staff; Rodrigo de la Riva Robles, head of the office of the Secretariat for Citizen Security and Protection, and Armando López Cárdenas, advisor to Commissioner Garduño.
The US delegation, meanwhile, was led by Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s adviser on National Security; who was accompanied by Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of National Security; Juan Gonzalez, Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere of the National Security Council; Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy in Mexico; Julissa Reynoso, Chief of Staff of the First Lady of the United States; Nancy McEldowny, Advisor to the Vice President on Homeland Security; Uzra Zeya, undersecretary of Civil Security, Democracy and Human Rights of the Department of State; Ricardo Zúñiga, special envoy for the Northern Triangle of Central America, and David Shahoulian, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
