Mexico and the United States signed here on Monday an agreement on cooperation in science and technology for security issues.
The agreement was signed by Mexico's Interior Secretariat Juan Camilo Mourino Terrazo and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff on the sidelines of the ongoing North American leaders' annual summit here.
The aim of the agreement is to establish a framework to promote, develop and facilitate bilateral cooperation activities in science and technology and other national security issues, according to a press release from the Mexican delegation.
Through this agreement, cooperation schemes will be established for the development of security technologies, it said.
The agreement will enable both countries to share experiences in the application of technologies for the construction of biometric date, the processing of visa applications, the issuing of passports and records of entering and leaving the country.
The agreement will also permit the participation of Mexican researchers and scientists in technological development projects in the United States.
U.S. President George W. Bush was hosting Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a two-day summit, dubbed the "Three Amigos Summit."
The summit was held under the framework of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), a trilateral effort launched in March 2005 to smooth out trade and security arrangements in response to new developments in a post-9/11 era.
Source:Xinhua
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