The Ambassador of Mexico to Canada, Francisco Suárez Dávila, presented the Governor General of Canada David Johnston with credentials accrediting him as the Mexican Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada.
The ceremony was held at Rideau Hall, the Governor General´s official residence in Ottawa. Ambassador Francisco Suárez was accompanied by embassy officials, the heads of the Consulate General in Toronto Mauricio Toussaint, and the Consulate in Leamington, Eusebio del Cueto, representatives from various Mexican secretariats with a presence in Canada, the head of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the ICAO, as well as his family.
Governor General Johnston remarked that Mexico and Canada have maintained a solid friendship based on shared values. Johnston spoke of his most recent visit to Mexico when President Enrique Peña Nieto took office, and reiterated his commitment to continue strengthening the bilateral ties between Mexico and Canada.
In statements to the press, Ambassador Suárez Dávila has said that the bilateral relationship is ¨excellent and close¨ and that there are good relations between the principal members of each country´s cabinets.
The Ambassador has also said that the relationship between the two countries is currently in one of its best moments.
Ambassador Suárez Dávila has previously served as ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and an Executive Director at the IMF. He held the post of Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit, and he served two terms as a federal congressman.
He also held the post of Vice President of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations from 2008 to 2011.
His extensive academic career includes teaching Political Economy and International Relations at the UNAM, the Iberoamerican University and the Colegio de México.