Mexico’s OECS ambassador meets Director General

The Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States has met with the Mexican ambassador, who presented his credentials earlier this week.

At a lunch hosted by Oscar Esparza-Vargas, the OECS’s Didacus Jules and the diplomat discussed a range of ongoing and future collaborations at both bilateral and multilateral levels

Esparza-Vargas reiterated the deep friendship and commitment of Mexico to bilateral and multilateral solidarity with the Eastern Caribbean States, as well as to the ideals of integration between them embodied and implemented by the OECS.

“Mexico is profoundly interested in the process of political and economic integration currently underway in the Eastern Caribbean states through the OECS and considers that unity between likeminded countries is fundamental in ensuring our capacity to face international and regional challenges, including the efforts to increase resilience to climate change,” he said.

“In that sense, Mexico shares with the OECS and its Member States the values of democracy, integration and solidarity, and is ready to be a reliable development partner for the OECS and its Member States”.

Both parties agreed to meeting again in early 2018 for further discussions on potential cooperation.

The embassy of the United Mexican States was established in St Lucia in 2005 and covers all of the OECS member states.

In 2014, Mexico and the OECS signed an Agreement for Technical and Scientific cooperation that will serve as a framework for future initiatives.