President. this conference. which was the 34th meeting of the United States and Mexican parliamentarians. covered a wide range of topics. It focused in two general areas: On the economic and political issues. On the economic issues. matters that were discussed included the implementation of NAFTA and other hemispheric freetrade issues. the issues regarding economic stabilization for the Mexican economy. border cooperation in a whole variety of different ways. problems relating to immigration and. most important. combating illegal drugs. I might note just in that regard that the communique notes in the strongest possible terms. the delegates believe that both countries need to work even more closely together to solve this problem that is so critical to both of our countries. We also included in the communique followup mechanisms that would enable us to continue our work together as parliamentarians. including the possibility that we would meet with our Canadian counterparts as well in a threepart kind of meeting.
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