Mexico does not need US financial aid, announced Mexico's Interior Minister Angel Osorio Chong, RIA Novosti reported.
The US president requested Angel Osorio Chong to report him on the financial aid they received from Washington during the last five years. Most of these funds, $ 2.6 billion, reached the country under the Plan Merida program. As Angel Osorio Chong replied, Mexico is now stronger than before, when it signed a contract with the United States.
Merida is a financial program that assists Mexico, the countries of Central America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Washington undertook to provide technical aid and equipment for the fight against drug cartels, as well as train Mexican army and police, applying new methods in the fight against terrorism .
As earlier reported, there was a meeting between the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly in Mexico City on February 23. The parties stated that they want to improve their relations.