Kuchma's state visit to Mexico strengthens bilateral relations (10/05/97)

Kuchma's state visit to Mexico strengthens bilateral relations

WASHINGTON - Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma paid his first state visit to Mexico on September 24-26 to strengthen Ukraine-Mexico bilateral and trade relations.

During the course of his two-day visit, President Kuchma met with Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon to discuss expanding bilateral trade and facilitating cooperation between Ukrainian and Mexican companies in the manufacturing and technology fields.

According to the Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S., the two presidents also discussed the importance of their respective countries actively participating in the work of the United Nations and other international organizations.

Both presidents hailed their meeting as a triumph in the process of diversifying the foreign policy of both countries.

The Ukrainian president also held meetings with Mexico's energy, tourism and foreign affairs ministers, and addressed Mexico's 64-member Senate and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' diplomatic academy. During a meeting with the mayor of Mexico City, President Kuchma was named an honorary guest of Mexico's capital city.

In an effort to strengthen bilateral relations, Ukraine and Mexico signed numerous agreements: a declaration on the principles of relations and cooperation between the two countries; a memorandum of understanding on creating a mechanism for consultation on mutual interests; an agreement on visa-free travel for diplomats; an agreement on educational and cultural cooperation; an agreement on scientific, technical and technological cooperation; an agreement between Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade and Mexico's Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development on the creation of mechanisms of consultation; and an agreement on friendship between the cities of Kyiv and Mexico City.

Both sides agreed to continue working on expanding the foundation of Ukraine-Mexico relations. President Kuchma invited President Zedillo for an official visit to Ukraine.

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