For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 30, 2002
President to Travel to Mexico in March
Statement by the Press Secretary
The President will travel to Monterrey, Mexico to participate in
the International Conference on Financing for Development on March 22
and to meet with President Fox.
The meetings with Mexico's President will be an opportunity to
discuss regional issues of interest to both countries and to review
progress in key areas of the bilateral relationship. These
include our ongoing cooperation on border security, trade, economic
development, and immigration. The President is particularly
interested in exploring with President Fox concrete steps we can
undertake together to ensure that our shared border serves our
countries' human and economic interests, upholds our laws, and protects
our two societies from threats to their well-being.
In a speech at the World Bank in July of last year, President Bush
called for expanding the circle of development to include all of the
world's poor. The Monterrey conference provides a forum for
discussing steps to be taken to remove obstacles to economic growth and
development. The President's participation in the UN conference
demonstrates the U.S. commitment to work in partnership with
developing countries.
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