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Prime Minister Victor Ponta met with the Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the National Palace in Ciudad de Mexico
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, currently on a visit to Mexico, where he is participating in the Open Government Partnership Global Summit (OGP), has met on Thursday with the Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, EFE reports.
According to a statement sent by the Mexican presidency, the meeting took place at the National Palace in Ciudad de Mexico, the seat of the government, and had the objective to reaffirm the commitment of the Mexican and Romanian governments to strengthen friendship relations, political dialogue, trade and cooperation for the benefit of the Mexican and Romanian societies.
President Pena Nieto expressed to the Romanian PM the full availability of his government for the celebration of the 80th anniversary from the establishment of diplomatic relations between Romania and Mexico. Moreover, the Mexican head of state praised the activities initiated by the embassies of the two countries to mark this event which "highlights the cultural richness of the two nations and stimulates the development of relations" between them.
In his turn, Ponta proposed the start of negotiations for updating the bilateral legal framework and the deepening of the strategic relation between the two countries. Ponta assured that his visit to Mexico will contribute to the initiation of a more active stage in bilateral relations and voiced his appreciation to the Mexican president and government for the initiated reforms.
The two high officials committed to intensifying the analysis and information exchange on the bilateral agreements still under negotiation, namely the agreement on tourism and that on extradition, and appreciated the dynamism of cooperation between the two countries, especially in the fields of education and culture, the Mexican presidency stated. Moreover, Pena Nieto and Ponta highlighted the increase in trade and tackled topics such as the availability of opportunities such as commerce in the automotive, energy and information technology sectors.
PM Victor Ponta participates on Wednesday and Thursday at the Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Mexico. OGP is a multilateral initiative launched on 20 September 2011 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly by the U.S. and other seven states (the UK, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, South Africa), aimed at increasing government transparency, using new technologies and open data to involve citizens in decision-making. The Romanian government joined the OGP in 2011 and was elected in OGP's Steering Committee in July 2015 by a vote of the 65 member states.