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Japan-Mexico Bilateral Meeting

October 26, 2010
Japanese

On October 26 (Tue), for about 30 minutes from 6:00 PM, Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a bilateral meeting at the Nagoya Congress Center, where the Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting of the REDD+ Partnership is being held, with Mr. Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources of the United Mexican States. The outline of the meeting is as follows.

1. Forest Conservation (REDD+)
   
   At the outset of the meeting, Minister Maehara paid his respect to the efforts taken by Mexico as the host country of COP16, and thanked Minister Elvira for his attending the Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting of the REDD+ Partnership. Minister Maehara also noted that, with regard to forest conservation, there was a significant progress this year through REDD+ Partnership and others. Furthermore, Minister Maehara proposed that consideration should be given to reflecting the activities of the REDD+ Partnership into the outcome of COP16 in some form, given that REDD+ is one of the important pillars of measures against climate change.
   
   Minister Elvira expressed gratitude to Japan for hosting the Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting of the REDD+ Partnership, and that he intended to deepen bilateral cooperation in the area of forest conservation going forward.
   
   
2. Prospects towards COP16
   
   Minister Maehara stressed that Japan’s ultimate goal is the early adoption of a new, comprehensive legal instrument, based on the Copenhagen Accord, that establishes a fair and effective international framework involving all major economies including the United States and China. In this relation, Minister Maehara expressed his expectation that Mexico demonstrate a strong leadership toward COP16 as the host country.
   
   In response, Minister Elvira stressed various efforts taken by Mexico this year as the host country. Minister Elvira also noted the importance for both developed and developing countries to cooperate towards achieving concrete outcome at COP16.

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