Veteran diplomat Roberta Jacobson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Thursday, April 28.
Jacobson, assistant secretary of State for Western Hemispheric affairs, is expected to arrive in Mexico City soon to take up the post that has been vacant for nine months.
U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry called her “one of our finest diplomats.” “I have long relied on Roberta’s wise counsel and good cheer, and I am confident that as ambassador, she will bring her extensive experience and judgment to this critical post.” Mexico’s department of foreign affairs said Jacobson’s confirmation “demonstrates the importance of a bilateral relationship which, given its maturity, transcends internal situations.
Ambassador Jacobson will give a new impetus to our bilateral relations and will contribute to consolidating a new institutional structure, lending more certainty and solidity to this relationship.” Jacobson is widely respected in Mexico due to her knowledge of Latin America, her fluency in Spanish and her abilities as a trade negotiator.