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Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard instructed the ambassadors and consuls of Mexico to link the country with the best of international science and technology to strengthen national economic growth in the context of the health emergency. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs participated in a panel of the Technical Council for Knowledge and Innovation COTECI which took place within the framework of the XXXIII Meeting of Ambassadors and Consuls which has been held since Monday at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry.During his presentation Secretary Ebrard highlighted that in the face of the pandemic Foreign Relations responded quickly to acquire vaccines and ventilators. Beyond that the health situation promoted the scientific and technological linkage of our country. Thanks to Mexicos international relations we have been able to more quickly identify viruses and their variants produce national ventilators and package vaccines in Mexico. Furthermore the focus on science and technology not only helps counteract the health effects of the pandemic but is also key to national economic development. For this reason the foreign minister called on ambassadors ambassadors and consuls to act with an emergency mentality in terms of technological development. He asked that each Representation of Mexico abroad support COTECI to identify opportunities for linking our country with the best of world science and technology. This charge becomes even more relevant in relation to the instruction of President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador to promote economic growth in Mexico. In this sense with respect to the panel on Economic Impulse that was also held today the foreign minister said that we have the task as we have already said to help this year to accelerate economic growth and we will do so. The objective is to work on several tracks since it depends on us ... together to achieve the objective that the President of the Republic is asking us to accelerate economic growth.In the panel on COTECI the president of the Mexican Academy of Sciences Susana Lizano Sobern the executive general secretary of the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education Jaime Valls Esponda the general director of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the IPN Jos Mustre de Len the general director of the Salvador Zubirn Virtual National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz and the general director of the National Institute of Genomic Medicine Luis Alonso Herrera Montalvo. The executive director of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation Laura Elena Carrillo Cubillas and the general director of cooperation policy Javier Dvila Torres moderated the discussion. Participating in the panel on Global Economic Momentum were the commissioner of the Global Economic Momentum Strategy IEG in Geneva Mario Chacn Carrillo the representative of Mexico to the OECD Sybel Galvn Gmez the general director of Global Economic Momentum of the SRE Iker Jimnez Martnez and moderated by the Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Martha Delgado Peralta.The Foreign Ministry and the people who represent Mexico abroad begin this year with a renewed commitment to contribute to the countrys economic growth through links with world science and technology.
