French envoy to visit Mexico
Visit to follow-up accords signed last year
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Special French envoy Philippe Faure will visit Mexico on Monday to follow up on the 41 accords signed during French President François Hollande’s visit to the country last April.
During the last meeting of the two countries, President Hollande and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed bilateral agreements on issues such as security, trade, energy, healthcare, aeronautics, space, education, science and technology. Specifics included the training of Mexican police forces by the French Gendarmerie and Hollande’s desire to double bilateral trade with Mexico.
Peña Nieto also encouraged Hollande to make use of Mexico’s energy sector, which the Mexican president said was a leader in the peaceful use of nuclear power, oil exploration and production, and the fight against climate change.
According to a press release from the French Embassy in Mexico, Faure, who is also co-president of the Franco-Mexican Strategic Council (CSFM), will place special emphasis on the subjects of aeronautics, health, training and culture between the two countries.
Although Faure’s two-day visit will be centered around the implementation of the 41 accords signed by the Mexican and French governments, the French envoy will also look for new means of cooperation, as well as revise the implementation of the recommendations made by CFSM, together with his Mexican counterparts.
The French official will also be in Mexico to help prepare for President Enrique Peña Nieto’s upcoming visit to France on July 14, which comes as a personal invitation by President Hollande during their meeting last April.
On the Mexican side, CFSM is co-presided by Jorge Castañeda, a former foreign affairs secretary. The entity relies on the participation of prominent businesses and public officials, from Mexico and France, alike.
Castañeda is in charge of establishing firm proposals to reinforce bilateral cooperation between the two countries. He delivered his first report to Hollande and Peña Nieto on April 10, 2014.
A new report indicating other means of bilateral cooperation is expected to be delivered after Faure’s visit to Mexico concludes.
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