Mexico and China sign renewable energy agreement
The Secretary of Energy for Mexico, Pedro Joaquin Coldwell Bachelor and the Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, Xu Shaoshi, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Cooperation, which had as witnessed by the President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto and the President of the Republic of China, Xi Jinping.
The document states that "the National Energy Administration of China and the Ministry of Energy of Mexico held at the Third Meeting of China Energy Working Group in the second half of 2013. Both sides agreed to establish among others, the areas of renewable energies like solar and clean technologies such as clean coal, and CO2 capture and sequestration as priorities for cooperation. The parties also agree to explore additional areas of cooperation in subsequent meetings of the Working Group. "
Note that in the memorandum, signed in the framework of the Chinese president's visit to Mexico, both parties took strategic agreements to start the activities of the Working Group responsible for maintaining this document's outcomes.
The commitments of this agreement last May were defined in the context of the working visit of the Commissioner of the Department of Energy, held in Beijing China, who led the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE), Jose Antonio Meade Kuribreña as part preparatory mission to President Xi Jinping's visit to Mexico, on 4, 5 and 6 June.
During that visit in China, formal relations were negotiated between the Energy Department and the National Development and Reform Commission, through the signing of this memorandum supersedes a previous agreement in 2006.
