India, Mexico sign five agreements
The India-Mexico Joint Commission, which met on Friday after nine years, produced five agreements in foreign service training, culture, scientific cooperation, education and diplomatic and official visa exemptions.
Talking to this correspondent after the meeting here, Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Lourdes Aranda Bezaury, who headed an 18-member delegation, said she also had an exchange of views with Minister of State for External Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh.
Need to work closely
Ms. Bezaury said there was need for the two countries to work closely on a wide range of issues given their size and power.
Already, they were coordinating positions on World Trade Organisation matters through the G-20 grouping.
Mexico, as part of the Uniting for Consensus grouping in the United Nations, is opposed to the expansion of the Security Council but maintains that it is a principled position and has nothing to do with India, which seeks permanent membership in the body.
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India, Mexico sign five accords
India and Mexico today signed five agreements for enhancing cooperation in education, science and technology and other areas, providing major impetus to bilateral ties.
The accords are on cooperation between diplomatic academies, cultural and educational exchange programmes for 2005-07, programme for cooperation in science and technology and for exemption of visa requirements for official and diplomatic passport holders.
They were signed after wide-ranging discussions between Minister of State for External Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh and visiting Mexican Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Lourdes Aranda Bezaury who led their respective delegations at the fourth India-Mexico Joint Commission
India, Mexico to hold joint commission meeting on Oct 21
India and Mexico will hold their two-day joint commission meeting here from October 21 to explore avenues for enhancing bilateral cooperation in diversified areas.
A number of agreements for cooperation are expected to be signed during the meeting.
The 20-member Mexican delegation, led by Lourdes Aranda Bezaury, vice Minister for foreign affairs, consists of officials of the ministries of trade, investment, culture, energy, tourism and science and technology. The Indian side will be led by Minister of state for external affairs, Rao Inderjit Singh.
Mexico has emerged as the largest destination for India's
Team India to miss A1 GP Mexico race
Team India is all set to miss the next race of the A1 Grand Prix to be held in Mexico this weekend.
A1 Grand Prix was expected to find sponsors for the Indian team which had lost its backing of Sahara Computers a few days ago but apparently the plan has not worked out.
The team, including driver Armaan Ebrahim and manager Akbar Ebrahim, were slated to leave for Mexico today but did not take the flight following the development.
Armaan has subsequently headed to the United Kingdom to take part in the Formula
Indo-Mexico trade set to reach new high
Bilateral trade between India and Mexico is expected to grow exponentially with exports from India poised for major growth in the coming years.
Aiming to boost trade ties between the two countries and diversify India's exports, businessmen from India and Mexico held several interactions during a three-day exhibition here, showcasing Indian engineering products, services and technologies. Besides issues relating to bilateral trade, they also explored possibility of joint ventures and the factors that inhibit the expansion of trade between the two countries.
Organized by Indian Export Promotion Council, the exhibition generated direct business
India-Mexico: A new high
India's new ambassador to Mexico Rajiv Bhatia was able to present his credentials to President Vicente Fox on September 28, barely three weeks after his arrival, and that too despite the fact that Fox was to leave for an official visit to Canada the next day.
"The fact that I was able to present my credentials so soon after my arrival is an indicator of the warmth and mutual respect in our relationship," Bhatia said in a telephone interview. "Our initial impressions are very positive. Clearly, Mexico is an important and influential country for India, very
Mexico, Chile to sign strategic association accord
Chile and Mexico will sign a strategic association accord in January in an effort to bring the two countries closer politically, culturally and technically, presidents of the two countries said at a joint press conference on Friday.
The visiting Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his Mexican counterpart, Vicente Fox, said in the eastern city of Veracruz that the agreement would be formally signed during Fox's visit to Chile next month.
Legislators of the two countries will be able to contribute to the text of the accord
US, Mexico sign radio interference protocol
The United States and Mexico have signed protocols to "significantly reduce the potential of life-threatening cross-border interference in critical radio networks."
The protocols will be applicable for networks used by emergency personnel, federal law enforcement officials, military security networks and other essential communication networks in the US border area, the US State Department said.
In a media note issued yesterday, it said that the signing of protocols "is the culmination of several years of bilateral discussions to find the appropriate technical mechanisms to achieve cross-border compatibility for both countries." - PTI
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Mexico to issue visas in 24 hours
The Mexican Embassy in New Delhi has been authorised to issue three-year multiple entry visas to Indian businessmen within 24 hours of their filing the application, said Lourdes Aranda, Mexican Deputy Minister for Foreign Relations, here.
Addressing an interactive meeting organised by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, she said Mexico was keenly looking forward to scaling its trade and economic relations with India and towards this end, "we have started negotiations with the Indian Government on a Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement and a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, which
Slim Persuades Mexico's Roberto Madrazo to Sign National Accord
Carlos Slim, Mexico's richest man, persuaded presidential candidate Roberto Madrazo to sign a national accord that ha backing from both union and business leaders.
The 12-page National Accord for Unity, Law, Development, Investment and Employment calls for cutting energy costs, overhauling the legal system and investing more in roads, said a spokesman for the accord. Slim, 65, is asking candidates to endorse the program to spur economic growth in Latin America's second-biggest economy.
Madrazo is running second to Andres Lopez Obrador according to a November Consulta Mitofsky poll. Lopez Obrador, the former
Fox wants Mexico in the Mercosur in 2006
- On the final day of the 4th Summit of the Americas, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, said that he is negotiating his country's entry into the Mercosur in the middle of next year. "The Mercosur is a good example of trade. If it were not a success, we would not be knocking on the door to enter," he commented.
Fox defended free trade and mentioned Chile and Mexico as examples of integration. In his view, the two countries have stable economies and managed to diminish poverty and
