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 News from Around the Americas | July 2007 
US, Canada, Mexico Ministers Meet Prior to August Summit
 Agence France-Presse
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| | US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (C), Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay (R) and Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (L) met in Washington to discuss the environment, border security and corruption prior to a summit set for August in Quebec. (AFP/Mandel Ngan) |
US, Canadian and Mexican foreign ministers met Friday in Washington to discuss the environment, border security and corruption prior to a summit set for August in Quebec.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay and Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa "had a good discussion about a whole variety of different issues," US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.
"They talked about some of the environmental issues between the US and Canada" McCormack said, as well as "challenges to good governance and promotion of democracy in the hemisphere."
They also "talked a little bit about the upcoming summit in Quebec at which the presidents and the prime minister of Canada will meet," he said.
US President George W. Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper are scheduled to hold a summit on August 20-21 in Montebello, Quebec.
MacKay said he spoke with Rice about Omar Khadr, the only Canadian held at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"We had a very brief discussion about Mr. Khadr," MacKay said.
"We've obviously expressed our interest with respect to his treatment, his well being, his access to legal counsel and family as well as educational materials which he's expressed an interest in having."
"So I've raised this issue consistently. We'll continue to obviously express the concern for those items and be in contact with the Americans on the subject."
Khadr was 15 when he was captured five years ago in Afghanistan where he is alleged to have killed a US soldier during a grenade attack.
The United States, Mexico and Canada in 1994 formed a trade zone under the North America Free Trade Agreement. |
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