Mexico City : His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, held talks with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on bilateral relations.
They discussed cooperation between the two countries through building a strategic partnership in economic sectors and investment in the best interests of both nations. The talks also touched on a number of international political and economic issues.
Shaikh Mohammad was accorded an official reception at the Presidential Palace where he inspected the guard of honour. Shaikh Mohammad and the Mexican president attended a signing ceremony of an accord to protect and encourage investments between the two countries. The pact was signed by Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo.
Shaikh Mohammad presented a Spanish copy of his book Flashes of Thought to the Mexican president and signed the commemorative pictures of him along with Pena Nieto.
Later Shaikh Mohammad laid a wreath at the Boy Heroes Monument, which marks the heroism of Mexican teenage military cadets who were killed during the Battle of Chapultepec in September 1847 during the Mexican–American War in which hundreds of Mexican students and children were killed.
Shaikh Mohammad and his delegation visited the ancient city of Teotihuacan and toured the sites. Located about 35km from Mexico City, it was built in 100 B.C.
The ruins of Teotihuacan archaeological site are among the most remarkable in Mexico. The Aztecs believed that the gods created the universe in this ancient city that once flourished as the epicentre of culture and commerce during Mesoamerica's Classic period. Located about 50 km (30 miles) north of Mexico City makes an ideal day trip for history and anthropology buffs.
The site was inhabited from around 200 B.C. until its collapse almost one thousand years later. Teotihuacan is thought to have had a population of about 200 thousand inhabitants at its peak.
