{"id":32052,"date":"2021-02-25T12:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T20:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32052"},"modified":"2021-02-25T12:28:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T20:28:58","slug":"secretary-blinkens-virtual-travel-to-mexico-and-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32052","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Blinken\u2019s Virtual Travel to Mexico and Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>02\/25\/2021 07:21 AM EST<\/div>\n<p>Ned Price, Department Spokesperson<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will embark tomorrow on his first \u201cvirtual trip,\u201d visiting Mexico and Canada on February 26.\u00a0 Secretary Blinken\u2019s virtual travel prioritizes the health and safety of everyone involved, while demonstrating the significance of our partnerships with our neighbors and some of our closest partners.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and Mexico enjoy a strong partnership, and this trip reinforces the importance of that relationship under the Biden Administration.\u00a0 During his trip to Mexico, Secretary Blinken will meet individually with\u00a0Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard and Secretary of Economy Tatiana Clouthier.\u00a0 He will speak with his Mexican counterparts about our bilateral trade relationship, shared security challenges, regional migration, climate change, and other issues of mutual interest.\u00a0 During a visit to the Paso Del Norte port of entry \u2014 which links El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico \u2014 Secretary Blinken and Foreign Secretary Ebrard will discuss cooperation between Mexico and the United States to manage migration flows and travel across the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>From Mexico, Secretary Blinken will travel virtually to Canada, with whom we enjoy a close a comprehensive bilateral relationship.\u00a0 We are neighbors, friends, and allies.\u00a0 During his visit, Secretary Blinken will follow up on the outcomes of President Biden\u2019s meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau \u2014 his first virtual bilateral meeting as President \u2014 including the U.S.-Canada Partnership Roadmap the leaders jointly announced on Tuesday. Secretary Blinken will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Minister Marc Garneau and other cabinet members.\u00a0 They will discuss a common approach to global challenges such as protecting our citizens from the pandemic and reinvigorating our economies, taking bold action on climate change, defending human rights in the Western Hemisphere and around the world, and bolstering our shared defense and security.\u00a0 Secretary Blinken will also meet with students to discuss opportunities and policy options for our two nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02\/25\/2021 07:21 AM EST Ned Price,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32053,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32052\/revisions\/32053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}