President Xi touches down in Mexico
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June 5, 2013, Wednesday
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CHINESE President Xi Jinping arrived in Mexico yesterday after a successful visit to Costa Rica.
Xi is scheduled to meet President Enrique Pena Nieto, deliver a speech to congress today, and visit the ancient Mayan archeological site of Chichen Itza tomorrow, according to Mexican officials.
Xi's trip to the Americas began at the weekend in Trinidad and Tobago, where he met with leaders of English-speaking Caribbean nations. After Mexico, Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan will travel to California for a meeting with US President Barack Obama.
On Monday, Xi and Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla signed agreements on projects worth nearly US$2 billion, including upgrades of an oil refinery, a key highway and public transport.
"Relations between China and Costa Rica could well become a model of cooperation between countries of different sizes and national conditions," Xi said after talks with Chinchilla.
The biggest project will be the modernization of an obsolete oil refinery in the Caribbean port El Limon, which will be replaced with a new refinery capable of processing 65,000 barrels of oil a day.
Xi briefly got away from the formalities to visit a coffee plantation in Santo Domingo de Heredia where he enjoyed a tour of the ranch, coffee and a light lunch.
"All week I was very nervous, but I'm happy that it turned out well," said Ruth Calvo, who hosted Xi along with her husband Marco Tulio Zamora.
Xi is scheduled to meet President Enrique Pena Nieto, deliver a speech to congress today, and visit the ancient Mayan archeological site of Chichen Itza tomorrow, according to Mexican officials.
Xi's trip to the Americas began at the weekend in Trinidad and Tobago, where he met with leaders of English-speaking Caribbean nations. After Mexico, Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan will travel to California for a meeting with US President Barack Obama.
On Monday, Xi and Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla signed agreements on projects worth nearly US$2 billion, including upgrades of an oil refinery, a key highway and public transport.
"Relations between China and Costa Rica could well become a model of cooperation between countries of different sizes and national conditions," Xi said after talks with Chinchilla.
The biggest project will be the modernization of an obsolete oil refinery in the Caribbean port El Limon, which will be replaced with a new refinery capable of processing 65,000 barrels of oil a day.
Xi briefly got away from the formalities to visit a coffee plantation in Santo Domingo de Heredia where he enjoyed a tour of the ranch, coffee and a light lunch.
"All week I was very nervous, but I'm happy that it turned out well," said Ruth Calvo, who hosted Xi along with her husband Marco Tulio Zamora.
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