After completing her diplomatic representation at the United Nations General Assembly, held in New York, Chancellor Erika Mouynes begins an official visit to the United States on Monday, which includes meetings with authorities from the administration of President Joe Biden, Democratic and Republican members. the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee and congressmen with special influence on the issues on the bilateral agenda.
With these meetings, the Panamanian minister has declared her intention to “raise the level of the country's international relations, make visible the goals of Panamanian foreign policy in Washington and recover the natural role of Panama as the main strategic partner of the United States in the region".
Among other meetings, Minister Mouynes will be received on Monday by the senior director of the National Security Council for the Western Hemisphere, Juan González, and by the Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere of the State Department, Brian Nichols, meetings at the That will follow an appointment, on Tuesday, with the Secretary of National Security (DHS), Alejandro Mayorkas.
With this working visit to the United States, the Foreign Minister stressed, “Panama wants to regain the speed and dynamism that have characterized our bilateral relations, within the framework of law and sovereignty, knowing that direct contact has been essential to achieve the goals that we have identified of mutual interest, such as the safeguarding of democracy in the region, respect for individual freedoms and human rights and the fight against climate change, which must be faced with criteria of sustainable development ”.
9/27/2021 3:07:48 PM