Mexico and the European Union reached the water agreement; There will be immediate shipments

Minister of Agriculture USABrock Rollins said on Monday that Mexico would increase it Water shipments To Texas to help compensate the deficit, according to the 1944 treaty that determines the distribution of water between countries.

American and legislative officials complained that the violation of the Latin American country of their obligations under the treaty would harm Texas farmers.

Mexico argued that under the drought conditions that tested national water resources.

“After weeks of negotiations with Mexican Cabinet officials with the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Christopher Landau, we have reached an agreement to give Texas producers the water they need to prosper,” Rollins said in a statement.

“Although this is an important step forward, we welcome the continuous cooperation of Mexico to support the future of American agriculture,” he added.

Later, the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the agreement between the two parties, in a statement.

He said, “Mexico agreed with the United States to implement a series of measures with the aim of alleviating the capabilities lost in the water delivery operations in Mexico at the end of the session, which provides immediate water transfers, as well as during the upcoming rainy season,” he said.

In addition, he detailed his willingness to “generate a plan for the next session of the 1944 treaty that guarantees compliance with Mexico’s obligations derived from this and the next session, including a mechanism for high -level annual consultations.”

Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the issue of water had appeared as a possible new front in commercial negotiations between the two countries.

JCP