Mexico’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations, Vanessa Rubio Marquez visited Minister of Foreign Relations Carlos Morales Troncoso yesterday, Wednesday 5 March and offered to act as a mediator in the talks with Haiti. As reported, Rubio hailed the ongoing bilateral dialogue with Haiti. She said that Mexico believes in non-intervention and respects the talks, but at the same time offered her country’s mediation to contribute to bringing the two nations closer together. The talks are set to continue on Tuesday, 20 March.
The minister highlighted the DR’s good relations with Mexico. She said in the past 10 years bilateral trade has increased 160%, going from US$443 million to US$1.14 billion a year. She added that the DR is the main choice for Mexican investments in the Caribbean, with more than US$6.5 billion. She said that 91% of Mexican investments in the Caribbean have been made in the Dominican Republic. The three leading Mexican companies here are Claro (telecommunications), Cemex (cement) and Aerodom (airport management).
During her visit to the Ministry of Foreign Relations the deputy minister also met with her colleagues in the Dominican Republic, the deputy minister for foreign policy Alejandra Liriano, and the deputy minister for trade negotiations Cesar Dargam to discuss matters relating to the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) the Central American Integration System (SICA), the Ibero-American Summit and the Tuxtla Mechanism for Dialogue and Cooperation. A high level authority, the Tuxtla Mechanism is an instrument for the agreement, political dialogue, and cooperation in the field of integration and sustainable development, involving Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Dominican Republic.
The visiting Mexican government officer also discussed development projects in the framework of the Mesoamerica Project and the role of the Dominican Republic as president of the Special Fund for Cooperation for the Caribbean under the framework of the Association of Caribbean States. Also discussed were economic, trade and investment matters linked to aviation connections and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
There is some concern about how the TPP would disrupt existing intra-American integration arrangements, with some countries and trade blocs left out entirely. The TPP free trade agreement will unite 11 countries – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam.
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