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Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
February 15, 2002


Press Briefing on Partnership for Prosperity Meeting, February 19

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Alan P. Larson and Deputy Treasury Secretary Kenneth Dam, and Mexican Presidential Public Policy Coordinator Eduardo Sojo, Deputy Finance Secretary Augustin Carstens, and Deputy Foreign Relations Secretary Miguel Hakim, will hold a press conference to discuss the second "Partnership for Prosperity" conference in Washington, DC.

The "Partnership for Prosperity" is a binational working group -- aimed at stimulating investment and generating job opportunities in Mexico -- first announced by Mexican President Vicente Fox and U.S. President George W. Bush on September 6, 2001. The working group’s first conference was convened in Merida, Mexico in December 2001.

The five officials will deliver brief statements followed by Q & A.

The press conference will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, in the Treasury Department’s Diplomatic Reception Room (room 3311).

The room will be available for pre-set at 1:30 pm.

Members of the media without Treasury or White House press credentials need to contact the Treasury Office of Public Affairs at (202) 622-2960 with the following information: full legal name, social security number, and date of birth. This information may also be faxed to (202) 622-1999.


Released on February 15, 2002

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