The Philippine Embassy in Mexico joins the ASEAN Committee in Mexico City (ACMC) Business Mission to Durango, Mexico, from 25 to 27 November 2024. The business trip was organized by the Embassy of Indonesia in Mexico as the current Chair of the ACMC, together with the government of the state of Durango.
The ACMC held meetings with various officials of Durango State, including Mr. Esteban Villegas Villareal, Governor of Durango; Mr. José Antonio Ochoa Rodríguez, Municipal President of Durango; Mr. Fernando Rosas Palafox, Secretary of Economic Development; Mr. Arturo Ortiz Galan, Head of the Foreign Investment Attraction Unit; and Ms. Fernanda Ramos Velasco, Undersecretary of Promotion of the Ministry of Tourism. The committee discussed potential areas of cooperation in the field of tourism, education, renewable energy, and in the exchange of technology.
The ACMC was also invited to an exclusive tour of the Control, Command, Communication, Computing and Quality Centers or also known as C5 of the state of Durango. [C5 is a state-of-the-art facility built in 2016 that monitors all security-related matters of the state.]
The committee also witnessed the inauguration and did a walk-about of the state’s fair on Science, Technology, Innovation, and Research which served as a space for educational institutions to present their academic programs and scholarships. The Embassy observed that multiple institutions specialized in robotics and renewable energy engineering. END
