Guatemala and Mexico agreed to strengthen efforts to combat drug trafficking
Drug trafficking, organized crime, trafficking and traficode persons, money laundering and arms trafficking are not only impact fenomenosque security but bienestarde development and states and their peoples, the leaders said in a joint unadeclaracion signed the end of a meeting.
The declaration was signed in the framework of the fingers-day official visit Tuesday in Guatemala Calderon initiated with the objective to follow the guidelines agreed to elfortalecimiento of the bilateral relationship, according to Presidenciamexicana.
Now more than ever, Guatemalans and Mexicans should trabajarjuntos to strengthen our democracy and achieve, through deella, sustainable human development, which expand freedoms andthe capabilities without compromising the heritage of future lasgeneraciones Calderon said during the official ceremony debienvenida.
Meanwhile, Colom said that in so far as yMexico Guatemala have an integral relationship will make its fronteracomun, in a medium-term future, is an example of development.
In the commercial field, the leaders agreed to step in lacompetitividad countries of Central America and Mexico, through the negotiation process to reach Convergence of the Free Trade Agreements have been signed porseparado, and integrating them into one.
As indicated in the statement, the goal is eseesfuerzo culminate in 2010, so that the new instrument comercioregional becomes effective from 2012.
The leaders also pledged to strengthen respect to deformation mechanisms involved in human rights of immigrants, mostly Guatemalans who are employed in productive activities endiversas Mexico.
The mobility benefits both to the place that receives losinmigrantes as the communities that receive income from them. Yen Mexico greatly value the contribution that thousands of Guatemalans ymiles economic development of our country, said the Mexican president.
Calderon announced that from 2010 the country will all motels and Red Guatemalans without a visa or passport or Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche and Quintana Roo, border with Guatemala, a situation that actually occur in practice.
Prior to his arrival to the Guatemalan capital, with Colom participojunto Calderon at the opening of the interconnection electricaentre Guatemala and Mexico in the substation The Shining southerner in the department of Retalhuleu.
This substation, which was a cost of $ 55 million, was connected with another that is located in the city of Tapachula (Mexico) and have a capacity of 200 megawatts (400 kW) which will enable Guatemala meet its growing demand.
After concluding his meeting with Colom in the National Palace laCultura, Mexican President headquarters moved to delParlamento.
Calderon is also expected to meet with Judicial losmagistrados headquarters of the Supreme Court Dejusticia, and later with the Mayor of the City of Guatemala, Ãlvaro Arzu.
On Tuesday, travel to Calderon and Colom indigenade Xalbal community in Ixcan area of the department of Quiche, an act made popular dondese thank you to Mexico, Part of the administrative by Guatemalans who found shelter in that country's internal war's over 36 years (1960-1996) suffered Guatemala.
Then move towards the Ceibo, department dePeten (northern) border with Mexico, where he will inaugurate lacarretera Lagunitas The Ceibo , which join with estadosmexicanos Peten Chiapas and Tabasco. EFE
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