The State Secretary for Ibero-America and the Caribbean and Spanish around the World, Juan Fernández Trigo, and the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Carmen Moreno Toscano, have just held the 1st Meeting of the Standing Bilateral Political Sub-Committee, which reinforced the close relations between the two countries that share a common history, language, interests and values.
The meeting, held on Wednesday, 19 October, is framed within the preparatory work for the 13th Binational Commission. The two delegations discussed a series of priority headings for bilateral relations, including bilateral, regional and multilateral political affairs, trade, investment and infrastructure.
The broad work agenda also focused on such issues of mutual benefit as technical cooperation, education, culture and tourism, science and technology, consular and migratory affairs, along with security issues and the fight against crime.
The1st Meeting of the Standing Bilateral Political Sub-Committee stems from the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 9 March between the Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, and his counterpart, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, on the occasion of the visit by the Spanish minister to Mexico.
The dynamic relations between Mexico and Spain are interlinked with the strong existing ties in different areas, which range from our societies to economic and cultural relations.
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