Mexico FM meets ISRO Chairman Somanath; existing relations, future projects discussed

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, who embarked on a two-day India visit on March 30, met with ISRO Chairman Sreedhara Panicker Somanath on March 31. meeting took place in New Delhi where two discussed current relationship between ISRO and Mexican Space Agency (AEM). According to ISRO, discussion was conducted under Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 'Space Cooperation for Peaceful Purposes,' which was signed between two sides in October 2014. 

meeting also involved discussions over potential opportunities for enhancing space coordination between India and Mexico as well as establishing cooperation channels to ensure ISRO's support to Mexican space projects. In dition to this, Mexican diplomat also called on Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh for strengning existing collaboration between two countries in new areas such as vaccines, Information Technology, green revolution, health, and biotechnology.

"A number of joint projects have been implemented between two countries in different fields of science & technology to foster collaborative research. This has helped expand networking between scientific communities of both countries", Dr. Singh said, as per Ministry of Science and Technology's official release. It is pertinent to mention here that Mexico is India's second-largest economic partner in Latin America and both countries clocked in bilateral tre of $10 billion in year 2021. 

Mexican Foreign Minister meets EAM S Jaishankar

Prior to meeting ISRO Chief, Casaubon interacted with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar to discuss tre, investment and UNSC cooperation between two nations. Taking to twitter, Jaishankar revealed that interaction also involved reflecting on bilateral relations including health, science and technology, and space sector.

Mexican FM also tweeted about his meeting with Jaishankar saying, "Very cordial conversation about bilateral relationship, investments, cooperation for drugs and vaccines, international order and multilateralism. We are moving towards a strategic and increasingly close relationship."

Both representatives h previously met in September 2021, when Jaishankar embarked on a trip to Mexico. Casaubon's visit to India is an dition to a long list of foreign delegates who are arriving in New Delhi in recent days. Currently, India is also hosting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his counterpart from UK, Liz Truss, who are both trying to lure India into ir camp amid Ukraine crisis.

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