The Foreign Ministry issued a statement explaining that prior to the event at the National Palace of Culture, three parallel events involving the private sector, civil society, the academia and governments will take place.

“In this context, bilateral meetings will be held with the participating States, above all, at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry,” the statement added.

The meeting will also be attended by officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), among others.

“This is a regional effort designed to promote initiatives to achieve safe, orderly, regular and humane migration and the protection of people in the context of mobility,” the Foreign Ministry stressed.

Foreign Minister Carlos Ramiro Martínez confirmed that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will participate in the summit and will hold a separate meeting with President Bernardo Arévalo, at which immigration, security and fighting drug trafficking will be discussed.

Mexican Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena said on Monday that she will meet with the Guatemalan president and Blinken to discuss the migration phenomenon at the regional level.

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