TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- Lisandro Rosales, head of the Foreign Relations Department, met with the diplomat this Friday Ricardo Zuniga, appointed by US President Joe Biden to handle immigration issues in the Northern Triangle.
Via a tweet from the Honduran Embassy in the United States, authorities confirmed the high-level meeting, which also includes the presence of Katherine Dueholm, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mexico and Central America, and Patrick Ventrell, Director for Central America. .
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“It is the first political dialogue with Mr Ricardo Zúñiga, Mr Juan Gonzáles and other representatives of the Biden government. Subsequently, various working groups will be established during the day, where the United States will also include high-level representatives,” explains Lisandro from.
Likewise, they have set out that within the agenda items five priority areas will be discussed, including transparency and anti-corruption, security, reconstruction, climate change, economic opportunities and human rights.
“ In this bilateral dialogue (between the United States and Honduras) that we are starting today in Washington with President Biden’s administration, priority is given to issues of common concern that affect the development, security and stability of the region. the head of foreign relations said via Twitter.
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For his part, Carlos Madero, the government coordinator, explained that these five issues “are of common concern to both countries” so they will begin mutual work discussions. “A little bit of how we come in, how we’re going to structure and is part of the dynamics of this dialogue,” he said.
Exclusion?
At the beginning of the week, with the visit of Ricardo Zúñiga Guatemala and El SalvadorVarious Honduran sectors began to speculate about their transit through Central America without including the Honduran nation as one of their destinations.
In this sense, the Secretary of State assured that several meetings had been held for several days with representatives of the North American country.
“The work tables have been scheduled since February and they are already reaching their main point of starting the agenda, as well as the cooperation that must exist between both countries at the highest level,” he reiterated.
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