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Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon and United States Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar today led the Strategic Border Infrastructure Forum. The meeting in Tijuana Baja California aimed to promote the work carried out by Mexico and the United States to modernize the existing infrastructure and build new ports of entry. This will contribute to the economic growth of the cities on the border strip of both countries.The Forum which was also attended by the Governor of Baja California Marina del Pilar vila Olmeda and the Under Secretary of State for the Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Todd Robinson discussed 13 border infrastructure projects between Mexico and the United States. The projects will boost economic growth and improve living conditions for people living in the border region. In particular the Mesa de Otay IIOtay Mesa East International Crossing project will generate a new high-tech port of entry that will decongest the areas crossing system and significantly reduce inspection times. Likewise on the Chihuahua-New Mexico border the modernization of the San Jernimo-Santa Teresa Crossing and its access roads will speed up the crossing and will represent an alternative to relocate the commercial traffic that currently crosses the Ciudad Jurez-El Paso urban area.During his speech Foreign Minister Ebrard pointed out that the integration between Mexico and the United States is underway thanks to production processes and high-level dialogues to accelerate our supply chains and production capacity in the pharmaceutical medical electromobility and others.As a result of that conversation that President Lpez Obrador had with President Biden Mexico has made some decisions approved projects this is an investment to date of 700 million dollars approved and all are already in stages of varying degrees of progress he emphasized.The objective and the instruction of both presidents he pointed out is that by the end of 2023 everything that I have just said is working because they want this border it is and will be the busiest in the world.For his part Ambassador Salazar expressed that it is an important and historic day and assured that we are at a time where with President Biden and President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador we see the relationship between the United States and Mexico in a very positive way.What has to be done is to ensure that we move forward in what is a joint plan between the United States and Mexico to create a border where people culture commerce security can be seen throughout this border. three thousand kilometers two thousand miles he said.One of the main challenges in the border region is the economic impact of delays at border crossings which can generate losses of billions of dollars for both countries which is why it is essential to speed up waiting times at border crossings. Improving the efficiency and optimization of ports is essential to achieve this goal.The Government of Mexico through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirms its commitment to accelerate supply chains between the two countries and thus seek the well-being of its peoples and the 13.6 million inhabitants who live in the Mexico-United States border region Joined. It is estimated that more than 5 million jobs in the United States depend on trade with Mexico. More than half of total US exports to Mexico can be attributed to the four border states.The Mexican delegation led by Foreign Minister Ebrard was made up of the head of the Unit for North America Roberto Velasco lvarez the head of the Foreign Ministers Office Daniel Milln Valencia the general director of Political Coordination Ximena Escobedo Jurez the consul general of Mexico in San Diego Carlos Gonzlez Gutirrez as well as representatives of the Secretariat of Infrastructure Communications and Transportation Secretary of National Defense National Customs Agency of Mexico Institute for the Administration of Appraisals and National Assets and the Mexican Section of the International Boundary Commission.On behalf of the United States the coordinator of Border Affairs Hillary Quam and the Border Affairs officer Paul Ghiotto both from the Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs participated the US Consul General in Tijuana Thomas Reott as well as representatives of the US Embassy in Mexico US Consulate General in Tijuana Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Office General Services Administration and the Department of Transportation.
