President Obama will travel to Mexico and Costa Rica from May 2-4 on a trip to “reinforce” the United States’ ties with the region and engage in discussions on economic development, the White House announced Wednesday.
Press Secretary Jay Carney released the following statement explaining the trip:
In Mexico, the President looks forward to meeting with President Peña Nieto, with whom he spoke by telephone today. The President welcomes the opportunity to discuss ways to deepen our economic and commercial partnership and further our engagement on the broad array of bilateral, regional, and global issues that connect our two countries. In Costa Rica, the President looks forward to the opportunity to meet with President Chinchilla as well as heads of state of the other Central American countries and the Dominican Republic, whom President Chinchilla has graciously offered to host. The trip will be an important chance to discuss our collective efforts to promote economic growth and development in Central America and our ongoing collaboration on citizen security.
