Mexico supports Mubarak's initiative on holding anti-terror conference

New Mexican Ambassador to Egypt Miguel Angel Orozco Deza Wednesday reiterated his country's full support for the initiative launched by President Hosni Mubarak on holding an international anti-terror conference.

In an interview with MENA, the Ambassador said that the world which suffers from terrorism at present understood the importance of this initiativew, when the President floated this initiative he was aware of terrorism grave impact on the world stability and development," he noted.

"Mexico, a UNSC member, supports the currently waged international campaign to uproot terrorism," he said.

"Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada has recently addressed a message to the world community in which he said that light on perils of international terrorism on the whole world and at the same time supported the international campaign to fight terrorism in all its forms," he added.

"Mexico is not against any religion or any state and it considers this campaign the best means to stamp out terrorism," he said.

Mexico also supported the establishment of a Palestinian state as was manifested by US President George W. Bush and the American administration, the Ambassador said, adding that his country sees that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be settled so that the two parties would return to the negotiating table.

"Mexico has decided to set up a Representation Office in Gaza as the Palestinian Authority has an office in Mexico," Orozco Deza added.

The Ambassador stressed the need to increase volume of trade exchange between his country and Egypt as it does not exceed $ 6 million after it was put at $ 24 million.

He expressed his country's readiness to effectively take part as observer in the meetings of the Arab League, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) as well as in the G-15.

He also underscored his country's interest in increasing Mexican investments in Egypt and that he is keen to urge a large number of Mexican businessmen to participate in Cairo International Fair which will be staged in March and to transfer reconstruction and building technology to the Egyptian market.

On Mexican investments in Egypt, Orozco Deza said Mexico had set up a factory for producing cement in Upper Egypt at a total cost of $ 600 million.