News Release

From the Prime Minister's Web Site (http://www.pm.gc.ca/)

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Prime Minister welcomes Mexican President-elect Calderón

October 20, 2006
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that the President-elect of the United Mexican States, Felipe Calderón, will visit Canada on October 26-27:

“Mexico is one of Canada’s closest friends and partners, with shared interests across the full range of North American, hemispheric and global issues,” said the Prime Minister. “I am delighted to welcome Mr. Calderón to Canada at this time.”

Accompanying the President-elect will be members of his transition team. In addition, Mexican business leaders and officials will take part in a meeting of the Canada-Mexico Partnership (CMP). Founded in 2004 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Mexico, the Partnership is the key mechanism to promote commercial, political and social links between our two countries.

Pre-inaugural visits to Canada of Mexican President-elects have been a tradition, most recently with the visits of Ernesto Zedillo in 1994 and Vicente Fox in 2000. President-elect Felipe Calderón will be sworn in as President of the United Mexican States on December 1, 2006.

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