Mexico

China, Mexico Foreign Ministers Open Second Bilateral Meeting
19 May 2006

PEOPLE’S DAILY ONLINE (BEIJING)--The foreign ministers of China and Mexico opened on 18 May 2006, the second meeting of the China- Mexico Permanent Bi-national Commission, a two day meeting analyzing the two nations' progress in diplomacy and trade over the last five years. Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez said that the meeting would examine "the great progress made in the last five years" and how to press forward in new challenges and opportunities. Derbez welcomed the Chinese delegation to the event, which runs until 19 May 2006 in Mexico's Foreign Ministry, then spoke of the importance of collaboration between the two nations, and called for continued fruitful dialog. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said that the two nations had become "great trading partners" and added that the Chinese government had always given relations with Mexico great priority. Source: http://english.people.com.cn/200605/19/eng20060519_266922.html (Reliability: 7)