The United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, today inaugurated the new, modern and sustainable building of the Consulate of his country in the residential and commercial area of Via Montejo in Merida.
This with the full confidence that good relations and bilateral cooperation will be maintained despite the change in the presidency on January 20, 2025.
Ken Salazar in Merida, inaugurates new US consulate
The charismatic American ambassador with his typical hat and with signs of affection for the southeast of Mexico recognized that it is not possible to know everything that will happen from January 20 when Joe Biden hands over the presidency to Donald Trump.
However, he has full confidence that this integration, unity, mutual respect, respect for sovereignty and the course set by both countries will survive because it is what the people require.
He recognized that the thousands of Mexicans who live in the United States are like brothers, like family and contribute to the prosperity of that nation.
He highlighted the specific case of the brother of Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena, who is an official in the state of Mississippi.
“The path is very clear to me where we are going, the stars are aligned and guide us very well and in this consulate we are going to grant many visas and we are going to help people,” he said.
“Here in front of me is the Secretary of Security of Yucatán, referring to Commander Luis Felipe Saidén Ojeda, and everyone knows that Yucatán and Campeche are the safest in Mexico,” he said.
“They are an example of security that we want to see throughout Mexico, even in difficult places,” the ambassador emphasized.
At the ceremony, the governors Díaz Mena, Layda Sansores San Román (Campeche), the Secretary of Government of Quintana Roo and the mayor of Mérida, Cecilia Patrón Laviada, gave a speech.
The U.S. Consul for the Yucatan Peninsula, Justin Thomas, also spoke, surprising everyone because he began his speech in the Mayan language.
Finally, the Director of Planning for the Office of Overseas Building Operations of the State Department, Victoria Hartke, said a few words.
Source: yucatan
