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After a five-day crisis and many humiliations endured, 140 Romanian tourists were accepted into Mexico. Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said that the negotiations between the two countries were “a complicated period” and that the security alert was linked to the fight against cross-border crime.
“It was a complicated period of intense diplomatic efforts. I am glad that we have managed to solve this complicated situation and, in fact, last night’s discussion was decisive in obtaining a solution. The most delicate, here, was the existence of a security alert general, based on Romanian citizenship. Such general security alerts are contrary to international practice and this is a call that I made very clear to my Mexican counterpart, “Bogdan Aurescu told Digi24.
“In the end, the Mexican authorities decided that it was a complicated issue that could seriously affect the bilateral relationship. This situation has affected the credibility of Mexico as a travel destination for tourism, in any case for Romanian citizens. After the cancellation of this general alert, from now on all the processing of Romanian citizens arriving in Mexico will be done individually. If there are problems, let’s say that people who argue with the law, as we know they have been before, will be treated individually, “he added.
Aurescu says Mexican authorities did not provide specific details about the security alert.
“He did not have specific details. From the information we have, what we do know is that it is a security alert that refers to the efforts of the Mexican authorities to combat cross-border organized crime. They were at the airport and waiting to return to the country, all of them entered, except for five people for whom there were indeed individual alerts. Those people are in the process of returning to the country;
Editing: Monica Bonea
