Overview

• Speaking to Morena’s parliamentary plenary, Juan Ramón De la Fuente lauded President Claudia Sheinbaum’s growing recognition at forums such as the G20, CELAC and the G7.
• He said engagement with the United States is guided by four principles: mutual trust, shared responsibility, coordination without subordination, and strict respect for sovereignty.
• He reported that Mexico operates 53 consulates in the United States and that a new attention model published in the Diario Oficial is being applied to digitalize, simplify and accelerate procedures.
• He emphasized defense of nationals’ rights, rejected the criminalization of migration and said actions will adhere to international conventions, particularly the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
• He highlighted coordination with lawmakers, citing a remittance levy reduced from 5% to 1% and thanking senators for support toward ratifying a United Nations Law of the Sea framework.