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News Around the Republic of Mexico | January 2005
China, Mexico Sign 7 Cooperation Accords China Daily
China and Mexico signed seven cooperation accords to facilitate their trade, tourism and judiciary exchanges.
The accords included a treaty on criminal judicial assistance, an agreement on maritime transportation, a memorandum of understanding on the implementation of a plan on Chinese traveling to Mexico, a memorandum of understanding on sanitation and plant sanitation measures, and a protocol on quarantine requirements for fruits exported by the two countries to each other, and a framework agreement on offering loans to each other.
Mexican President Vicente Fox and visiting Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong attended the signing ceremony of the accords, which are expected to give a new impetus to the mutually beneficial cooperation between the two nations.
Before the signing ceremony, Zeng and Fox held talks and reached important consensus on boosting bilateral ties.
Zeng arrived here Sunday for a three-day official visit to Mexico, the first leg of his five-nation tour of Latin America andthe Caribbean. He will also visit Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica.
Zeng is also to attend the opening ceremony of the first ministerial-level meeting of the China-Caribbean Economy and TradeCooperation Forum 2005 on Feb. 2 in Kingston, capital of Jamaica.
Zeng is leaving for Cancun in southeastern Mexico Tuesday before winding up his Mexican trip on Jan. 26. |
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