Mexican officials discuss trade issues

Minister of Foreign Affairs Godfrey Smith this afternoon hosted his Mexican counterpart, Doctor Luis Ernesto Derbez, to a meeting in Belize City. The session was closed to reporters, but a release from the Government Press Office says that the meeting, which also had the participation of Prime Minister Said Musa and Mexico’s Under Secretary of Foreign Relations explored cooperation on investments, trade, and border commerce between the two countries. The delegations also talked about the construction of a new bridge connecting Belize and Mexico, cooperation in education, and new developments in the Plan Puebla Panama initiative. At the conclusion of the meeting, the visiting Mexican Government officials were taken on a tour of the renovated House of Culture. Tonight, the delegates will attend the opening of the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. Both the House of Culture and the Bliss were funded under a cooperation programme between Belize and Mexico, with support from the San Jose Accord.