USA.- Blinken initiates its international contacts in Canada, Mexico, Japan and South Korea

MADRID, 27 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The new Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, who on Tuesday was confirmed in the position by the Senate, has initiated by Canada, Mexico, Japan and South Korea his round of calls with international governments, countries with whose leaders he has also spoken by the American president, Joe Bien.

As Biden did, Blinken’s first call was directed to Canada, to speak with his counterpart Marc Garneau, with whom he wanted to highlight the “close alliance” and advocated for collaborating to tackle common challenges, according to the State Department. .

The head of US diplomacy has completed the round of talks with neighboring countries by speaking with the Mexican Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, with whom he has discussed issues such as security or economic integration. With Biden’s arrival in the White House, Washington wants to have “an orderly and humane approach” to immigration.

Already focused on Asia, Blinken has spoken with America’s two main partners in the region: Japan and South Korea. He has reiterated to both governments his will to maintain this close alliance and, in the case of his conversation with the South Korean Minister, Kang Kyung Wha, the US Secretary of State expressly alluded to the “need” to achieve the “denuclearization” of Korea. from North.

Blinken, 58, received the endorsement of the Senate Tuesday, where he obtained 78 votes in favor and 22 against, making him the formal successor to Mike Pompeo. He began his career at the State Department in the 1990s, during the Bill Clinton Administration, and previously served as Biden’s national security adviser between 2009 and 2013.

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