The Mexican government thanks and welcomes the international support for the Comprehensive Development Plan (PDI), which was prepared by the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico with the participation of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Prior to the event of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, hailing the beginning of the implementation of the PDI, and after the visit of Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to the United Nations, several international organizations announced their support for the Plan.
The support expressed by Germany, Spain and Chile is now joined by the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, who reaffirmed, through his spokesman, the commitment of the entire United Nations ecosystem to support the actions of the agencies, funds and programs involved in ensuring that the Plan is implemented in the four countries involved.
In addition, the High Representative of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, announced today that the European Union is ready to support Mexico and the countries of North Central America to promote development in the region. In her statement, she emphasizes the great opportunity that this Plan presents to strengthen bilateral and regional cooperation.
Finally, the Ibero-American General Secretary, Rebeca Grynspan, celebrated the actions of the Mexican government for the promotion and development of the PDl. In a letter sent to President López Obrador, the Secretary emphasized different mechanisms that have the economic resources to promote concrete actions within the framework of the PDI.
The Government of Mexico receives with gratitude and commitment the expressions of support to the PDI, which is focused on preventing forced migration by addressing the structural causes behind it and improving the life quality of the population in their places of origin. The foregoing, with the understanding that migration is a regional phenomenon and therefore needs to be addressed from a multilateral perspective.