Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will lead their respective delegations, which on the US side will also be attended by Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, and White House National Security Advisor Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall.
According to local media reports, the talks will also be open to topics such as the need to stop fentanyl trafficking.
The meeting will serve to resume the talks from December 28 in Mexico City, after the United States closed several border crossings due to the migration crisis.
Last month, both countries reaffirmed their current commitments to promote orderly, humane and regular migration, a statement said at the time. “This includes strengthening our alliance to address the root causes of migration, such as poverty, inequality and violence, and for the initiative of the two countries toward Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans citizens,” they stressed.
Ongoing cooperation also includes intensifying efforts to disrupt human smuggling, trafficking and criminal networks, and continuing work to promote legal migration pathways, rather than irregular ones.
Both delegations also agreed on the importance of maintaining and improving the vital bilateral trade that takes place on the shared border.
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