President Clinton's Trip to Mexico, Costa Rica, and Barbados


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Mexico City, Mexico)

For Immediate Release
May 6, 1997

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON
AND PRESIDENT ZEDILLO

IN PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Los Pinos Presidential Palace Residence
Mexico City, Mexico

Q President Zedillo, could you --

PRESIDENT ZEDILLO: The press conference will be later on, and I'll be delighted to answer there any questions.

Q Well, while we've got this opportunity, let me

just clarify what the Mexican government's position is on DEA agents being allowed --

PRESIDENT ZEDILLO: No, we'll talk about that in the press conference. Now we have to have our private conversation, and I have spoken about that before. Thank you.

Q Do you want DEA agents to stay here --

PRESIDENT ZEDILLO: We'll speak about all of those issues later.

Q Mr. President, are you sorry you waited until the fifth year of your presidency to come to Mexico?

PRESIDENT CLINTON: I'm just glad to be here now. You know, we've had -- I'm coming to Latin America three times in less than a year, and in the first term I did a lot of work on it. You know, we had the Summit of the Americas and we had a lot of involvement with Mexico, with NAFTA and the difficulty with the peso, so I think we've had a lot of very close contact. And I'm glad to be here; I like it here.

Q Mr. President, can you assure DEA agents that they'll be safe here?

PRESIDENT CLINTON: We're going to have a press conference later. We'll answer all on all of the decisions and

stuff.

Q What do you think of the stock market soaring past 7,000?

PRESIDENT CLINTON: Americans are happy; they ought to be. The country's doing well, we're going to do better.

Q Do you think your budget deal is responsible?

PRESIDENT CLINTON: It didn't hurt. (Laughter.)

THE PRESS: Thank you.

President Clinton's Tour of Mexico, Costa Rica, and Barbados


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