Mr. Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and Ambassador Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico agreed to push forward cooperation in the field of climate change and trade during a discussion on 8 April 2011, while the latter was on a visit to attend the UNFCCC Climate Change Talks in Bangkok.
Ambassador Cantellano recounted the result of the 16th UNFCCC Conference on the Parties (COP 16) held in Cancoon, Mexico, between 29 November — 10 December 2010 and urged Thailand to support the implementation of the conference’s outcomes and the next session of the conference (COP 17) which will be held this year in Durban, South Africa. Foreign Minister Kasit praised Mexico for COP 16’s success and agreed to support the meeting’s outcomes. He further noted that following up on the meeting outcomes could be conducted through the sharing of best practices in the area of climate change between the countries involved.
Ambassador Cantellano expressed her admiration for Thailand’s economic development and noted that the promotion of cooperation on trade between Thailand and Mexico should also be encouraged. The two Ministers also agreed to an exchange of trade delegations between the two countries. Ambassador Cantellano further said that economic cooperation in ASEAN, especially the plan to establish ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 and cooperation with dialogue partners, will result in an expanded ASEAN market size. As a result, it will serve as a good opportunity for Mexico to increase trade and investment in this region.
On this occasion, the two Ministers also discussed other areas of potential cooperation, such as in the area of academia. They agreed that the exchange programme for students and scholars should be established. Likewise, Thai Studies in Mexico and Latin American Studies in Thailand should be encouraged in order to promote further understanding and people-to-people cooperation.
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