San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
A committee of Honduran officials will travel to Washington to participate in high-level workshops and address a variety of issues, including migration.
The meetings start on Friday and Ricardo Zúñiga will also participate, the Honduran authorities say.
The Chancellor of the Republic, Lisandro Rosales, explained that the work tables were already planned and it is that is why Ricardo Zúñiga He will not be coming to Honduras as of today during his visit to the Northern Triangle of Central America.
The United States Special Envoy will visit Guatemala and El Salvador from today to next Thursday to address the causes of migration.
The State Department said in a statement that Zúñiga will be accompanied by the senior director of cross-border security National Security Council, Katie Tobin.
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The US envoy is not scheduled to visit Honduras, so the Secretary of State explained the reasons why he will not arrive in the country.
Rosales said the Honduran representation met with President Joe Biden’s chief adviser to Latin America in February, Juan Gonzalez, and other officials from that country.
“We met them and agreed to set up working groups in the different areas of interest that Honduras has, mainly national reconstruction, migration, economic development, security in the hemisphere, and we have already worked with them.”
“We had a talk with Ricardo Zúñiga to finalize the details of these high-level working groups and they will be in Washington. I will participate, Ambassador Luis Suazo, Minister (Carlos) Madero and others for the different activities we have ”.
He added that it is a job they have progressed in, “we were the first in CA to make progress and we met them and we have made progress in the dialogue ”.
Rosales stressed that it is clear that Zúñiga will not be coming to Honduras as they will start working on the work tables with him and other agencies from Friday in the US capital. “We have already worked on this issue.”