This agreement will enable the three countries to share positive experiences and work together to provide assistance and protection to their citizens living in other countries.
This agreement will enable the three countries to share positive experiences and work together to provide assistance and protection to their citizens living in other countries.
Foreign ministers Enrique Reina (Honduras), Carlos Martínez (Guatemala) and Alicia Bárcena (Mexico). Photo: Honduran Chancellery
The foreign ministers of Honduras, Mexico and Guatemala signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation, protection and consular assistance that seeks to help migrant communities.
The signing of the agreement was held during the Ministerial Meeting of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, held in Guatemala on Tuesday, May 7.
At this meeting, Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena Ibarra joined her colleagues from Honduras, Enrique Reina, and Guatemalan Carlos Ramiro Martínez, to sign the memorandum.
This agreement will allow the three countries to share positive experiences and work together to provide help and protection to their citizens living in other countries, especially in the United States and Canada. However, it can also be implemented in other parts of the world.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, the main objective of this agreement is to protect the human rights of the people who migrate. This will be achieved through informational events, integration activities and capacity-building for people working in consular offices. All this will benefit the communities of these countries.
In addition, the chancellor announced that Mexico, together with Colombia, will organize a meeting in Mexico City, with the support of the International Organization for Migration. The objective of this meeting will be to discuss the work and its relationship with private companies, as well as to chart a new route for labor mobility in the Americas, in collaboration with international agencies.
Bárcena emphasized that migrants are people who seek work, not criminals, and called for the collaboration of all to achieve safe, orderly and regular migration.
Finally, Mexico reaffirmed its commitment to help the Mexican community abroad and to share its capacities to provide consular assistance and protection with Guatemala and Honduras, for the benefit of their communities.
This article has been translated from the original which first appeered in TeleSurTV