Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper house of parliament), yesterday received newly appointed Ambassador of Mexico to Tajikistan (with residence in Tehran) Jose Alfonso Zegbe Camarena at his request, according to the Majlisi Milli press center.
In the course of the talks, Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev noted that Tajikistan is interested in expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation with Mexico, Navrouz Qurbonzoda, a spokesman for the Majlisi Milli, said.
According to him, Tajik parliament speaker, in particular, outlined tourism as an area which could drive the bilateral trade between the two countries.
At the same time, Ubaidulloyev reportedly noted that there is considerable room for expansion of economic ties between Tajikistan and Mexico and pointed to the necessity of laying legal foundation of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Mexican diplomat, for his part, noted that he will make every effort to promote expansion of bilateral relationships between Mexico and Tajikistan. He also handed over to Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev greeting message from federal deputy at the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress Gabriela Cuevas Barron.
The LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress is made up of senators and deputies that are members of their respective chambers. It convened on September 1, 2015 and will conclude on August 31, 2018. Senators were elected to office in the 2012 election for a period of six years and therefore exercised their position also in the previous legislature; the deputies, elected in the electoral process of 2015, will hold office only in the current legislature.
Ms. Gabriela Cuevas Barron (born April 3, 1979 in Mexico City) is a Mexican career professional public servant, she has served as a ¨Jefe Delegacional¨ (a kind of mayor) in the Mexico City area; she has served as a Mexican federal congress woman in the lower house of the Mexican Congress/Parliament; she is a Mexican national and politician currently and formally affiliated with the Mexican political party “Partido Acción Nacional.”
