Top U.S. and Canada officials to attend Mexico summit

MEXICO CITY, Jan 5 (Reuters) – A bunch of high cupboard officers from the USA and Canada will participate in a North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico Metropolis subsequent week, Mexican Overseas Minister Marcelo Ebrard stated on Thursday.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will go to Mexico Metropolis early subsequent week for conferences that can embody local weather change, competitiveness, immigration, safety and fairness, Ebrard stated. The summit would be the first in individual encounter between the three leaders since late 2021.

Biden and Lopez Obrador would meet for personal talks on Monday afternoon, after which excessive degree conferences would happen between Mexican and U.S. officers, Ebrard advised a information convention alongside the Mexican president.

These would come with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Homeland Safety chief Alejandro Mayorkas, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan and Particular Presidential Adviser for the Americas Chris Dodd and others, he added.

Mexico’s ministers of the inside, finance, financial system, atmosphere and safety, in addition to the nation’s migration chief can be on the talks too, he added.

The leaders of the three international locations would meet for dinner on Monday night with their wives, Mexico’s authorities stated.

On Tuesday, a trilateral assembly between Biden, Trudeau and Lopez Obrador would happen, in addition to a working lunch for the federal government delegations. Afterwards, Biden would depart for the USA, in accordance with Ebrard.

On Wednesday, Lopez Obrador would maintain bilateral talks with Trudeau, who can be joined by Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Overseas Minister Melanie Joly and Worldwide Commerce Minister Mary Ng, Ebrard stated.

“Extra confirmations from Canada ought to come by way of immediately,” he added.

Reporting by Kylie Madry; Enhancing by Aurora Ellis

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