Belmopan, 16 December 2021 (TDI): The Prime Minister of Belize, John Antonio Briceño received the Ambassador of Mexico in Belize, Martha Zamarripa Rivas, and the President of the local employers confederation of the Mexican Republic (Comparmex) Quintana Roo, Sergio Leon.
Ambassador Martha Zamarripa Rivas and the President of Comparmex came to invite Belize to the next business summit in Mexico and the Caribbean. The summit is named Latam Summit.
Mexico has been a strong regional bilateral partner to Belize over the years. Today, I had a visit from Mexican Ambassador H.E. Martha Zamarripa Rivas and the President of Comparmex Quintana Roo Sergio Leon. Belize has been invited to participate in their upcoming business summit pic.twitter.com/TfnXtzafuO
— Johnny Briceño (@JohnBricenoBZE) December 15, 2021
The Latam Summit will occur in the Riviera Maya from January 26 to 29 of 2022. The organizers of the Event are Comparmex in collaboration with business integrator Bumerang.
Apart from Belize, other countries such as Colombia, Panama, China, Italy, Nicaragua, Thailand, and more will be present. More than 90 international entrepreneurs and 60 Mexican entrepreneurs of Quintana Roo, Jalisco, Nueva Leon, and Chihuahua.
To have a diplomatic perspective, Mexican Embassies located in different areas of Latin America will assist the summit. For instance, it will be the Embassy of Mexico in Belize, Panama, Colombia, and Cuba.
Belize and Mexico relationship
Belize and Mexico started diplomatic relations in 1981. Both countries have their respective embassies in the other state. Their relation revolves around technical, scientific, educational, and cultural cooperation.
Later both parties created a program that contains the areas mentioned earlier. The program is named Agency for International Development Cooperation.
Moreover, there is an emphasis on the tourism sector, since both countries have good potential in that sector, and the Latam Summit will be about this sector.
In addition to that, Mexico is a key partner to Belize in the economic sector. For instance, in 2017, Mexico was the second-largest import partner of Belize with $140 million.
Belize imports electric power, cakes, and residues of oils and products of the textile industry from Mexico. Whereas Mexico imports alternating and single-phase engines, iron, lobster, and tilapia from Belize.
