![Date: 10/22/2008 Location: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Description: Secretary Rice waves as she arrives in Puerto Vallarta in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. She is on a two-day visit to Mexico. [©AP Image] © ©AP Image Date: 10/22/2008 Location: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Description: Secretary Rice waves as she arrives in Puerto Vallarta in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. She is on a two-day visit to Mexico. [©AP Image]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104004530im_/http://www.state.gov/img/08/29062/2008_10_22_arrive_mexico_250_1.jpg)
U.S.-Mexican Relationship
Secretary Rice (Oct. 22): " We are doing things together with Mexico, things together with Mexico and Canada that I think would have been really unimagined a number of years ago. Merida is one of those initiatives." |
At the invitation of Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice traveled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico October 22-23. While in Mexico, the Secretary will discuss a broad range of bilateral and international issues of mutual interest, including U.S.-Mexico cooperation in combating criminal groups under the Merida Initiative and joint cooperation to improve North American competitiveness.
![Remarks made during the trip](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104004530im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/travel_remarks_lines.jpg)
--10/23/08 Interview with Leonardo Kourchenko
--10/23/08 Remarks with Mexican Foreign Relations Espinosa
--10/22/08 Remarks En Route to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
--10/22/08 Remarks at The Women's Conference 2008
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