Mexico: presidents participating in the Summit to tour important historical center
As part of the activities prior to the Summit on Migration that will take place today in Mexico, the attending presidents toured an important historical center of the country. teleSUR
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00:00 We go live to Mexico as the heads of state participate in the important migration summit
00:10 held in Chiapas, continuing with their agenda for the day.
00:15 It's an important summit that is being carried out right now in Chiapas, Mexico, with the
00:22 aim of addressing the migratory flows that have reached unprecedented levels.
00:28 We are watching images from Mexico as the Venezuelan president and other officials are
00:35 taking part in this walk of the Archaeological Center of Chiapas as part of the agenda, of
00:42 the work agenda, of this summit that was convened by the Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López
00:49 Obrador.
00:50 It is an important summit that the Mexican head of state convened so that they, together,
00:55 the countries of the region, can create a joint proposal that favors the situation to
01:02 tackle the issues from the roots, to tackle the reason why this year we have, these countries
01:09 are seeing an unprecedented number of migrations, leaving the country, traveling to Mexico to
01:14 try to reach the United States.
01:16 We're seeing the images of the Mexican President López Obrador addressing the different heads
01:21 of states that are present during this tour of the Archaeological Site of Chiapas as part
01:27 of the agenda of this summit that is being held in Mexico.
01:33 In previous days, the Mexican President addressed that the reasons, in many cases, for these
01:39 migratory flows that are unprecedented are not the lack of opportunities.
01:46 Opportunities in the countries affect the reasons, affect the decisions of the people,
01:51 and also, for example, in the case of Cuba and Venezuela, he made special note of the
01:56 coercive sanctions imposed against these two countries by the United States that affect
02:02 directly the people and force them to travel abroad to look for better opportunity for
02:07 them and their families.
02:12 As we were mentioning, this is part of the work agenda of the summit that was convened
02:17 by the Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Venezuelan President, Colombian
02:22 President Gustavo Petro, they're all there taking part of this tour of the Archaeological
02:26 Site that is being led by the Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
02:32 It is a summit, as we have been addressing, that will deal and try to find a solution
02:38 to tackle the unprecedented migratory flows that have come from the different constable
02:43 regions that travel to Mexico with the attempt to reach the United States, which has created
02:51 a great migratory crisis that has not been seen in years in the region.
03:00 We continue to see the images of the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, as he toured
03:10 as part of the working agenda of this Archaeological Site.
03:17 From here, they will carry on to the summit, which will be closed for the public, but it
03:23 is expected that later in the day at 2 p.m. local time in Mexico, 4 p.m. Caracas time,
03:29 we will have access to a press conference where the participants will express the points
03:36 that they reached and what they discussed on this key summit held in Mexico, convened
03:41 by the Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
03:57 The main issue is that 11 heads of state are present here in Mexico for this summit held
04:02 in Chiapas, and the idea is to try to reach a consensus, a joint plan of action to tackle
04:10 the unprecedented migratory flows that have hit the region.
04:14 As the Mexican President said on several occasions, in many cases people are traveling illegally,
04:22 at broad risk in their lives and their families, just to try to look for better opportunities,
04:28 because at times security and economic crisis are the ones affecting them.
04:32 He made special mention of the cases of the effects of the unilateral, coercive and illegal
04:39 sanctions imposed by the United States against several countries in the region, like Cuba
04:44 and Venezuela, and how they affect directly the people and their economies and are unable
04:51 to develop, and so they have to do these dangerous trips across borders to try to find new opportunities
05:01 and try to reach a new destination that can help them out in their lives.
05:07 What we are currently seeing on the images are the tours that the participants of this
05:13 summit took earlier in the day, before entering the summit, by the archaeological site of
05:20 Chiapas, seeing ancient pyramids built in pre-colonial times by the civilizations that
05:30 inhabited the region.
05:34 Mexico is a rich country in terms of culture.
05:43 The participants of the summit are learning all this history first-hand from specialized
05:49 guides and officials that are there doing the presentations, as we are seeing on the
05:53 images.
05:54 This is all part of the work agenda, as we have been mentioning several times, that the
06:04 11 heads of state present and represented from organizations are here to try to find
06:10 a solution to the migratory crisis that is affecting the region.
06:15 A summit that was convened by the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel López Obrador.
06:35 Images of different archaeological areas that are found in this region of Mexico, as they
06:41 continue to tour the area and learn about the rich history and culture of the civilizations
06:46 that were present here before pre-colonial times, and the traditions and beliefs that
06:53 they practiced back in those years.
06:58 All this is important to remember, that is, as part of the work agenda of the important
07:05 migration summit that is being held right now in Mexico City, with the presence of 11
07:13 heads of state, including Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Venezuela's President
07:18 Nicolás Maduro, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, Prime Minister of Haiti, Henri Henry,
07:27 and many others, are taking part in this important summit that is held here in Mexico to try
07:34 to find solutions to the migratory crisis that is hitting the region.
07:42 Remember we'll have later in the afternoon an important, that we will try to cover live,
07:47 an important press conference referring to the results of the summit that were addressing
07:53 these migratory issues, these migratory flows.
07:56 So stay tuned with Treasure English for that information and for much more.
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