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During 2013, Mexico has strengthened its presence in the world thanks to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s 16 official visits to countries which together represent 55 percent of the world’s population and 89 percent of the world Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) said in a Wednesday press release.
According to the press release, this focus on foreign relations is in line with the four foreign policy goals indicated in the Peña Nieto administration’s National Development Plan: consolidating Mexico’s presence on the world stage, strengthening development-oriented international cooperation, promoting Mexico through a worldwide advertising campaign and promoting the interests of the country and its citizens abroad.
The foreign policy achievements of Peña Nieto’s first year in office include improving relations between Mexico and Asia, a new focus on Europe, increased cooperation with the United States and Canada, and renewed ties with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, the press release went on to say.
In Latin America, the press release said that the Pacific Alliance — which also includes Chile, Colombia and Peru — has been further consolidated, while Mexico has also deepened its strategic relationship with Cuba and institutionalized its relationship with Central American countries through the establishment of the Mexico-SICA (Central American Integration System) Summit.
Peña Nieto was also invited to participate in the 2013 G-8 summit alongside major world powers and participated in the formation of the MIKTA group — representing Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia — during the G-20 summit in Russia.
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