| Author (Corporate) | Council of the European Union: General Secretariat |
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| Series Title | Meeting |
| Series Details | 12.06.15 |
| Publication Date | 12/06/2015 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Union and Mexico wheld the 7th EU-Mexico summit in Brussels on 12 June 2015. This was the first bilateral summit since 2012, and the first one to be chaired by Donald Tusk, President of the European Council. Leaders of the EU and Mexico agreed to foster a closer and stronger strategic partnership by: + launching the process for negotiations to modernise the EU-Mexico global agreement and to reinforce the strategic partnership + strengthening political dialogue on global and regional issues of common concern such as climate change and environment, the post-2015 sustainable development agenda, security and peace-keeping operations, the world drug problem and the fight against transnational organised crime, as well as migration The summit launched negotiations to modernise the bilateral legal framework between the EU and Mexico and to review and expand existing bilateral mechanisms/dialogues. Leaders discussed: + an adapted framework for bilateral trade and investment Foreign and security policy issues Leaders exchanged views on the situation in their respective neighbourhoods (Ukraine, Syria, Cuba, Venezuela, and Central America), and the participation of Mexico to UN peace keeping operations. They seized the opportunity to discuss migration and in particular the establishment of an EU naval operation to disrupt the business model of human smugglers in the Mediterranean. They also discussed security and rule of law challenges in Mexico, and the issue of human rights. The EU will support the Mexican government's efforts to ensure the security of its citizens and the respect for human rights. The summit was a timely opportunity to discuss climate change, and the post-2015 development agenda. It comes before a series of important international gatherings, in particular the UN summit on sustainable development in September and the UN climate conference in Paris at the end of the year, for which both Mexico and the EU have submitted ambitious targets. In terms of environment, the EU welcomes the organisation by Mexico of a convention of biodiversity in December 2016. The summit also recognised the importance of anti-drugs policies. The EU and Mexico repeated their commitment to a strong cooperation and coordination in view of the 2016 UN conference on the World Drug Problem. |
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| Source Link | http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-summit/2015/06/12/ |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, South America |
