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Jos Antonio Meade and Mara ngela Holgun Cullar, the respective foreign

ministers of Mexico and Colombia, met on Sunday to discuss the bilateral agenda

of their countries during a Pacific Alliance summit which was held in Cartagena,

Colombia.

Meade and Holgun Cullar both spoke of the increase in bilateral trade between

Mexico and Colombia since 1994, when the two countries signed a free trade

agreement. Following the agreement, Colombia became Mexicos second most

important Latin American trade partner the most important within the Pacific

Alliance as well as the third-largest destination of Mexican investment in the

region, for an accumulated amount of $7.4 billion.

The foreign ministers agreed to hold the next meeting of the mixed commissions

on educational, technical and cultural issues during the first half of 2014, saying

that the two countries established a high degree of cooperation through current

student and academic exchanges, as well as archaeological and anthropological

projects and cinematographic, literary and diplomatic programs.

According to Meade and Holgun Cullar, the elimination of visa requirements

among Pacific Alliance member countries in 2012 increased the flow of visitors

between Mexico and Colombia, with 98,000 Colombian tourists who visited Mexico

in 2013 alone.

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Jos Antonio Meade and Mara ngela Holgun Cullar, the respective foreign

ministers of Mexico and Colombia, met on Sunday to discuss the bilateral agenda

of their countries during a Pacific Alliance summit which had held in Cartagena,

Colombia.

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Meade and Holgun Cullar both had spoken of the increase in bilateral trade

between Mexico and Colombia since 1994, when the two countries had signed a

free trade agreement. Following the agreement, Colombia had become Mexicos

second most important Latin American trade partner the most important within the

Pacific Alliance as well as the third-largest destination of Mexican investment in

the region, for an accumulated amount of $7.4 billion.

The foreign ministers had agreed to hold the next meeting of the mixed

commissions on educational, technical and cultural issues during the first half of

2014, saying that the two countries had established a high degree of cooperation

through current student and academic exchanges, as well as archaeological and

anthropological projects and cinematographic, literary and diplomatic programs.

According to Meade and Holgun Cullar, the elimination of visa requirements

among Pacific Alliance member countries in 2012 had increased the flow of visitors

between Mexico and Colombia, with 98,000 Colombian tourists who had visited

Mexico in 2013 alone.