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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | July 2007 
Calderon Praises Ties with Argentina
 Prensa Latina
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| | Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner, left, and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, pose for photos after signing documents during a ceremony at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, July 30, 2007. Kirchner is on a four-day official visit to Mexico. (AP/Alexandre Meneghini) |
Mexican President Felipe Calderon noted on Monday the importance of the visit by his Argentine counterpart, Nestor Kirchner, to strengthen bilateral ties.
Relations have been boosted "through frank and cordial dialogue at the height of the friendship, cooperation and solidarity that binds our peoples", Calderon said at the signing ceremony of a Strategic Association Agreement in this capital.
He added that over the past few years, "relations between our nations have been characterized by a notable increase in trade, cooperation programs and coincidences in the regional and international agendas".
Calderon pointed out that in 2005 and 2006, bilateral trade grew 40 percent, to 2.75 billion dollars a year.
"Today", he added, "thanks to the Strategic Association Agreement that we have just signed, we will multiply trade and reciprocal investment, so that number will increase in the future with the benefits for our fellow countrymen".
The Mexican president noted that cooperation and coincidences on global issues will also be strengthened, including the two countries' participation in major international organizations and collaboration in the fight against transnational organized crime.
In addition to that instrument, said Calderon, our two governments "will work together to give another boost to the economic and social development of our countries through cooperation in such fields as education, culture, science and technology".
Thanks to this agreement, "Argentina and Mexico see the future from a new solid platform, from which we will deepen the process of Latin America and Caribbean integration and will achieve a new and better position for our continent", Calderon pointed out.
Mexico In Mercosur ‘Essential’
Buenos Aires Herald
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Mexico’s entry to Mercosur is “essential,” President Néstor Kirchner insisted yesterday after a meeting with his Mexican peer Felipe Calderón in Mexico City. He later added that “all those who make up Mercosur” felt the same way.
President Calderón replied that his country “looked kindly on Argentina’s leadership within Mercosur,” and that he planned to “move closer to Argentina and to all the countries that make up Mercosur.” He refrained from saying that Mexico, a partner with the US and Canada in the NAFTA treaty, would seek participation in the southern trade bloc.
President Kirchner is in Mexico on a state visit accompanied by his wife, presidential candidate Cristina Fernández.
The remarks by the presidents were made after they signed a deal, the Strategic Association Accord, aimed at strengthening the ties between the two countries. The signing at Mexico’s National Palace heralds the “taking shape of a new era”, Kirchner stressed. He said he was sure the deal represented “a point of reference” that will be “very important for the integration of Latin and South America.” The agreement, Kirchner said, made the relationship between the two countries “deeper and stronger” and would promote bilateral trade and investment.
The presidents discussed working together within international bodies, such as the UN, and agreed on “mutual backing,” in effect to support each other’s candidacy for one of the rotating seats on the Security Council. Mexico will launch its bid for the 2009-2010 period. Argentina hopes to join the Council for 2013-2014. Both countries would “continue to contribute to a comprehensive integral reform of the United Nations,” Calderón said. |
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