Consular Protection --- Regularly, consular protection is focused on protecting the interests of citizens abroad. However, this task might also include protecting a national company´s interests in a foreign country. In this regard, the economic section involvement in consular duties might actually be convenient. But, this shouldn´t be something that distract the responsibility of economic officers in other areas.

Source author: Ricardo Daniel Delgado Muñoz rdelgado@sre.gob.mx