Ambassador of Mexico to Pakistan, HE Arturo Hernandez-Basave called on the Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday in his office and discussed various matters of mutual interest and to enhance economic ties between the two countries.
Both the minister and the ambassador agreed to exchange delegation of experts to explore the avenues for co-operation in energy sector. The Minister also said that Pakistan would get benefit of the new power generation technologies from Mexico and technical experts will be sent there in this regard.
Earlier, the Minister briefed the Ambassador on the current energy situation and future plans to meet the demand and supply gap. The Minister said that all the resources are being utilised to end load shedding from the country by December 2009.
The ambassador while talking to the minister said that Mexico is generating electricity from different sources. He said that Mexico and Pakistan should cooperate with each other in energy sector. He also invited the delegation from Pakistan to participate in a world level conference to be held in Mexico on energy in June this year.-PR