(7 May 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Guatemala City – 7 May 2024
1. Guatemala’s president Bernardo Arévalo walking with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
2. Arévalo, Blinken and delegations sitting for meeting
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State:
"Together, Guatemala and the United States are really key partners in building a hemisphere that is genuinely secure, full of opportunity in which all of its citizens are treated with dignity."
4. Meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State:
"We strongly support the efforts that you’re leading to combat corruption because absent of that it’s very hard to attract the investment necessary to ready move the country forth, absent of that, it’s hard to have the confidence and faith of the citizens in government and the institutions."
6. Meeting
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Bernardo Arévalo, President of Guatemala:
"It’s a meeting (referring to the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection meeting) where we will be able to explore collaborative solutions to shard problems, shared challenges."
8. Blinken talking with someone at meeting
9. Arévalo greeting people
10. Various of family photo with Blinken and others attending the regional migration meeting
STORYLINE:
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with President Bernardo Arévalo Tuesday in Guatemala City.
Blinken is on a two-day visit to the country where he is also participating in a regional meeting on irregular migration.
During his meeting with Arévalo, Blinken reiterated their efforts in addressing security and migration.
"Together, Guatemala and the United States are really key partners in building a hemisphere that is genuinely secure, full of opportunity in which all of its citizens are treated with dignity," Blinken said.
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