The new New Zealand Ambassador to Mexico, H.E. Christine Bogle, presents her Letters of Credentials to President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa.

Newly appointed New Zealand Ambassador presents credentials

On 20 January 2011, Ms Christine Bogle had the honour to present her letters of credentials to President Calderón. In doing so, Ms Bogle was officially accredited as the Ambassador of New Zealand to Mexico.

Ambassador Bogle, who noted that her interest in Mexico went back many years, conveyed the greetings from New Zealand’s Governor General, Right Honourable Sir Anand Satyanand, the New Zealand Government and the people of New Zealand. Expressing her great privilege to have been appointed by her government to represent New Zealand in Mexico, Ambassador Bogle spoke of the great potential for further developing the already close relationship between the two countries, especially in the three areas of agreed priorities:

• Expand business and investment linkages
  This is an area where both countries have much to share. In 2010 the World Bank ranked New Zealand third best country in the world for ease of doing business. “But New Zealand cannot rest on its laurels, and we are keen to continue sharing our experiences with, and learning from, Mexico”, Ambassador Bogle said.
• Promote competitivity and good governance
  This is an area where both countries have much to share. New Zealand is happy to continue sharing with Mexico our experiences in these matters.
• Cooperation in the multilateral arena, particularly on climate change issues.

New Zealand and Mexico have much in common in the multilateral arena, for example in relation to disarmament, human rights and the environment. We are also close colleagues in the APEC context.

The New Zealand government was happy to work with Mexico in the recent Climate Change Summit, hosted by Mexico in Cancun.  Ambassador Bogle mentioned to President Calderon and to Secretary Espinosa how much the New Zealand government appreciated Mexico’s efforts in organising and hosting that Conference.

The bilateral relationship has been energised in recent years by high-level visits (President Calderon visited New Zealand in 2007 and there have been various Ministerial and Parliamentary visits in both directions), the agreement of the Mexico-New Zealand Working Holiday Scheme (Mexico’s first with any country), and work to strengthen agricultural, educational and scientific linkages between our two countries. “I am sure”, Ambassador Bogle said, “that these contacts and linkages, so important for developing bilateral relations, will continue to grow during my term here.”

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