Monday, January 5, 2015
Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In
2014, Mexico and Canada marked their 70th anniversary of
diplomatic relations, the
40th anniversary of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP),
and the first ten years of
a partnership with shared
goals. Both countries agreed to further deepen their relationship and to
join together to strengthen
cooperation mechanisms with
a strategic reach.
In
February, Prime Minister Stephen
Harper made his first
official visit to Mexico, during which the following were signed: the
third Mexico-Canada Joint Action
Plan 2014-2016; a
Memorandum of Understanding for the Exchange of Resources for the
Management of Forest Fires; an Air Transport
Agreement; and the Export
Development Canada-BANCOMEXT Memorandum of Understanding and Master
Cooperation Agreement on commercial
financing activities.
In
education, various student mobility agreements were signed
to train young people in
areas of interest to both countries, including: a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Education
Ministry and the University
of British Columbia to develop a cooperation program to promote the
mobility of researchers and
students; a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Association of Universities and Colleges of
Canada (AUCC) and the National
Association of Universities
and Higher Education Institutions (ANUIES); and a Memorandum of
Understanding on Educational Cooperation
between the Mexican Foreign
Ministry and the Governors of the University of Calgary, Canada.
During
the sixth meeting for
consultations with Canada on new and traditional security issues, good
progress was made on facilitating
the exchange of
information, experience and best practices among government officials of
the two countries to effectively
address common challenges.
The
Canada-Mexico Partnership was also restructured and an
Executive Committee was
created to make the partnership more dynamic. A High Level Dialogue on
Best Practices and Consular
Protection was also begun.
The
Mexican government has also maintained an ongoing and
proactive dialogue with
Canadian authorities to discuss eliminating visas for Mexican citizens.
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Press
release, Dec. 31, 2014,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), Mexico, DF; translation by SRE
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