Tegucigalpa, April 12 (EFE) – Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina confirmed on Tuesday that he will attend a regional meeting on migration with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Panama in mid-April.
“Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will visit Panama, where he will meet with several foreign ministers to whom I have been invited and appointed (Honduran) President Xiomara Castro,” Reina said.
He added that Defense Minister Jose Manuel Zelaia will attend a meeting on migration in Panama.
Reina appeared before the press at the Presidential Palace today after the new US Ambassador, Laura Farnsworth Dogu, presented her credentials to the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro.
Dogu, a career diplomat who served as foreign policy adviser to the army chief of staff at the Pentagon, was named in November 2021 by U.S. President Joe Biden as his envoy to Honduras.
In March last year, Dogu was approved by the United States Senate.
Blinken’s visit to Panama was announced on April 3 by Panamanian Foreign Minister Erica Moyes, who said that the arrival of the US Secretary of State in his country indicates the “strengthening” of bilateral relations after the soft points.
The regional meeting, which will be attended by representatives of foreign relations from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Panama, Peru, Canada and the United States, will be the continuation of the first one last year. 10 foreign ministers, including the US, but practically.
For the Panamanian foreign minister, this is an example of how Panama reflects its regional approach to the migration crisis, as well as “we have excellent relations with the United States at this time.”
The Honduran Foreign Minister also said that a “high-level strategic meeting” would be held in Washington next week to discuss “all priority issues in the relationship between Honduras and the United States.”
“As part of this ‘fruitful relationship’ between Honduras and the United States, ways will be sought to ‘support each other in cooperating on these issues of great interest,'” said the Honduran foreign minister.
Source: El Diario
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