Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:10
THE NEWS
Foreign Relations Secretary José Antonio Meade traveled on Tuesday to
Quito, Ecuador, to discuss bilateral issues with his Ecuadorian
counterpart Ricardo Patiño Aroca.
While at the fourth Mexico-Ecuador Mutual Interest Issues
Consultation Mechanism meeting today, the two secretaries will discuss
the legal framework within both countries share relations and explore
the different ways in which this could be updated. They will also
analyze new possible additions to the agreement, including areas such as
finance, culture, sports, social development and education.
A Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretariat (SRE) press release said that a
chapter will be added to the agreement to revise bilateral cooperation
on the subjects of technology, science, education and culture.
Mexico offers annual scholarships to Ecuadorian students for postgrad
education and research, a scholarship program in Latin America through
the Education and Training Alliance Program (PAEC) provided by the
Organization of American States (OAS) and the National Science and
Technology Council (CONACYT).
The meeting will also begin to explore ways to increase economic and
commercial relations between the two countries with the goal of raising
investment flows from both directions.
Presidents Enrique Peña Nieto and Rafael Correa met recently at the
Latin American Community Summit (Celac) in Havana, Cuba, where they
outlined priorities increase cooperation between the two nations.
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