China, Mexico talk up strategic ties
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June 6, 2013, Thursday
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Mexican counterpart vowed to work jointly to access international markets as part of a new strategic partnership.
Xi was to begin his second day of a three-day visit to the Latin American economic powerhouse later yesterday. It will include a speech before Mexico's congress.
The Chinese president arrived in Mexico on Tuesday after visiting Costa Rica and meeting Caribbean leaders in Trinidad and Tobago. Xi will travel to the United States tomorrow for a much-anticipated weekend summit with US President Barack Obama.
On Tuesday, Xi and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged to enhance diplomatic and trade ties between the two countries, and to smooth over their long-standing rivalry on exporting products to the United States.
"We expect to broaden investments of Chinese capital in our country," Pena Nieto told reporters late on Tuesday, a move that will create more jobs and make Mexico "an important platform for exports to the countries with which we have free trade agreements."
Mexico is a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement along with the United States and Canada.
Xi, in turn, praised the "comprehensive strategic partnership" between the two countries.
In a joint statement, Mexico and China agreed to increase talks at various government levels "to deepen mutual trust and conduct bilateral dialogues on strategic issues," Xinhua news agency reported.
Closer ties include more coordination in forums like the United Nations and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation grouping, Xinhua said.
Mexico also reiterated its support for the "One China" policy.
Mexico said it considers that "Taiwan and Tibet form an integral part of Chinese territory," and that issues regarding Tibet "are internal Chinese affairs."
Pena Nieto capped the day by welcoming Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan to a gala reception at the National Palace, the executive offices located in Mexico City's storied Zocalo plaza. The reception included performances by top Mexican dancers and a star female ranchera singer.
Earlier in the day Peng and Mexico's first lady, former telenovela star Angelica Rivera, toured a children's hospital in Mexico City. Rivera said that China had donated funds to buy it an X-ray machine.
China is Mexico's second-largest trading partner after the United States, and Mexico is Latin America's second largest economy after Brazil.
In Costa Rica, Xi and President Laura Chinchilla signed deals on projects worth nearly US$2 billion, including upgrades of an oil refinery, a highway and public transport.
Xi was to begin his second day of a three-day visit to the Latin American economic powerhouse later yesterday. It will include a speech before Mexico's congress.
The Chinese president arrived in Mexico on Tuesday after visiting Costa Rica and meeting Caribbean leaders in Trinidad and Tobago. Xi will travel to the United States tomorrow for a much-anticipated weekend summit with US President Barack Obama.
On Tuesday, Xi and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged to enhance diplomatic and trade ties between the two countries, and to smooth over their long-standing rivalry on exporting products to the United States.
"We expect to broaden investments of Chinese capital in our country," Pena Nieto told reporters late on Tuesday, a move that will create more jobs and make Mexico "an important platform for exports to the countries with which we have free trade agreements."
Mexico is a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement along with the United States and Canada.
Xi, in turn, praised the "comprehensive strategic partnership" between the two countries.
In a joint statement, Mexico and China agreed to increase talks at various government levels "to deepen mutual trust and conduct bilateral dialogues on strategic issues," Xinhua news agency reported.
Closer ties include more coordination in forums like the United Nations and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation grouping, Xinhua said.
Mexico also reiterated its support for the "One China" policy.
Mexico said it considers that "Taiwan and Tibet form an integral part of Chinese territory," and that issues regarding Tibet "are internal Chinese affairs."
Pena Nieto capped the day by welcoming Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan to a gala reception at the National Palace, the executive offices located in Mexico City's storied Zocalo plaza. The reception included performances by top Mexican dancers and a star female ranchera singer.
Earlier in the day Peng and Mexico's first lady, former telenovela star Angelica Rivera, toured a children's hospital in Mexico City. Rivera said that China had donated funds to buy it an X-ray machine.
China is Mexico's second-largest trading partner after the United States, and Mexico is Latin America's second largest economy after Brazil.
In Costa Rica, Xi and President Laura Chinchilla signed deals on projects worth nearly US$2 billion, including upgrades of an oil refinery, a highway and public transport.
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