Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attends a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Str)
"Mexico is going to invest 100 million U.S. dollars. If it is proportional, the U.S. would have to invest 2 billion U.S. dollars... with that amount we could create 200,000 jobs, an incredible figure," said the Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
MEXICO CITY, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Mexico will persuade the U.S. government to give resources to the Comprehensive Development Plan initiative, which seeks to curb immigration from Central America.
The initiative, launched by Mexico, aims to create 60,000 jobs this year in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, through an investment of 100 million U.S. dollars.
The United States agreed to support the initiative, according to the agreement signed by both countries on June 7, the Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.
"Mexico has already fulfilled its part of the agreement ... So we are also going to tell the U.S.: you have to fulfill what you said you were going to do," Ebrard said.
"We are going to invest 100 million U.S. dollars. If it is proportional, the U.S. would have to invest 2 billion U.S. dollars... with that amount we could create 200,000 jobs, an incredible figure," the minister said.
On June 7, the Mexican and U.S. governments reached an agreement in a bid to drastically reduce the influx of undocumented Central American migrants.
In exchange, Washington removed threats of applying taxes on all Mexican imports.
The number of immigrants entering Mexico fell from 144,278 in May to 87,648 in July, according to the most recent figures.
