MEXICO CITY, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced on Wednesday that he will meet with his Honduran counterpart Juan Orlando Hernandez to seek greater investment from the United States to solve the immigration crisis.
The meeting will be held on Saturday in Mexican city of Minatitlan, in the western state of Veracruz, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
"We are working to support productive activities in Central American countries," Lopez Obrador said.
"We want to support and continue to insist that the U.S. should help Central American countries, so that there is investment and people are not forced to emigrate," the Mexican president added.
In May, the migratory flow reached its highest monthly figure in a decade, with 144,000 people detained.
The Mexican government promotes the Comprehensive Development Plan initiative, which seeks to change the paradigm of migration, development and cooperation between northern Central America and Mexico.
As part of the initiative, Mexico will allocate 100 million U.S. dollars for the "Sembrando Vida" program, which intends to offer jobs to migrants, especially those from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
The Comprehensive Development Plan is supported by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and other 16 UN agencies.
