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MEXICO CITY – Mexico is looking to boost ties with the energy-rich Persian gulf nations with the visit of United Arab Emirates vice-President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammd bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who arrived in Mexico City on Sunday is scheduled to present a wreath at the Altar a la Patria, in the capital’s Chapultepec Park before being received in an official ceremony at President Enrique Peña Nieto’s Los Pinos residency.
The two leaders will review the state of affairs between the UAE and Mexico as well as issues on the international agenda, hold bilateral talks aimed at further strengthening the bilateral relationship and discussing issues of cooperation.
This visit is taking place at the invitation of President Enrique Peña Nieto, after Foreign Secretary José Antonio Meade visited the United Arab Emirates in March. Sheikh Mohammd bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s visit to Mexico is to follow-up on the issues and agreements reached during Meade’s visit.
Mexico and the UAE established bilateral relations on September 12, 1975. Mexico’s consulate in Dubai was opened in 2007, later replaced by the embassy in the capital Abu Dhabi in 2012. The current Mexican ambassador in the Emirates is Francisco Alonso Escobar.
The UAE established a resident embassy in Mexico City in 2010.
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