Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary to discuss aviation security with Mexico
February 13th, 2010 - 3:49 am ICT by BNO NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Mexico City to discuss security tactics in global aviation, the DHS announced Friday.
Secretary Napolitano will meet her North, Central and South American and Caribbean counterparts and officials from the International Civil Aviation Organization after Mexico’s Interior Secretary Fernando Francisco Gomez Mont’s invitation.
Her trip is scheduled to take place next week, from February 16 to 18 and is the second, after visiting Toledo, Spain, in a series of major international meetings focused on the development of consensus on strengthening global aviation security, categorizing specific procedures that nations can take individually and collectively to protect all passengers.
Secretary Napolitano has shown constant commitment to reinforcing coordination with international colleagues to implement stronger and more effective measures to protect the integrity of the global aviation network.
In Mexico, she also plans to discuss topics regarding transnational threats and streamlining legitimate travel and trade with top Mexican officials.
After Secretary Napolitano’s trip to Spain, the United States and the European Union declared a joint effort to strengthen the international civil aviation system through enhanced information collection and sharing, cooperation on technological development, and modernized aviation security standards.
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