BY MAURILIO SOTO
The News
MEXICO CITY – President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper discussed bilateral issues in Mexico City on Tuesday.
High on the agenda for the leaders’ meeting was the elimination of the visa requirement for Mexicans to enter Canada.
Peña Nieto said that Harper was open to the idea, and that the two would “continue to dialogue and find the formula and mechanisms that allow for the elimination of the visa that has been imposed on Mexicans visiting Canada.”
He said that the subject was approached with the “understanding of the reasons that prompted the decision, and also being open to dialogue that allows us to overcome this issue and have a much a much more fluid transit (between the two countries).”
Peña Nieto and Harper each signed four documents yesterday, including the 2014-16 México-Canada Coordinated Plan of Action. The plan, according to Peña Nieto, defines the economic priorities of both countries to make them more competitive and sustainable.
Harper said that the plan establishes a framework that will deepen commercial relations and increase cooperation in the energy sector. He said that Peña Nieto is reforming his country and energy sector in an incredible manner, and that it is “a pleasure” for Canada to witness these “great advances.”
The two also signed the Mexican-Canadian Air Transport Agreement, the Export Development Canada (EDC) Memorandum of Understanding for Inter-institutional Cooperation, and and the Financial Support Cooperation Agreement signed between the Bank of Montreal and six Mexican financial institutions.
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