Saturday, January 29, 2005
Fox Says U.S. Travel Alert Won't Harm Ties
"I believe that the relationship with the United States is strong enough and deep enough that it permits us to speak truthfully, and to stand by our respective positions when it is necessary to do so," Fox said during an interview with Spanish journalists.
A transcript of the interview was released publicly.
Mexican officials reacted angrily after the State Department issued a travel advisory on Wednesday alerting citizens of recent drug-trafficking and kidnapping violence on the Mexican side of the shared border.
"All of the issues on the bilateral agenda are still alive," Fox said, adding that he hoped for "important advances" on a migration accord that would grant legal status to millions of undocumented Mexicans living and working in the United States.
A transcript of the interview was released publicly.
Mexican officials reacted angrily after the State Department issued a travel advisory on Wednesday alerting citizens of recent drug-trafficking and kidnapping violence on the Mexican side of the shared border.
"All of the issues on the bilateral agenda are still alive," Fox said, adding that he hoped for "important advances" on a migration accord that would grant legal status to millions of undocumented Mexicans living and working in the United States.
