US, Mexico enforce nuclear cooperation agreement 

The United States and Mexico are set to enforce a bilateral agreement for the peaceful transfer of nuclear material, equipment and information between both countries.

The U.S. State Department said in a statement that it is the “first bilateral agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation” between the two countries.

“This agreement will further strengthen the U.S.-Mexico relationship and deepen our cooperation on energy security,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Twitter.

Earlier talks of cooperation in the energy sector have centered on dramatically cutting natural gas flaring and methane emissions by state oil company Pemex.

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The Mexican state power utility, Comision Federal de Electricidad, has one nuclear plant operating two reactors.

Energy Minister Rocio Nahle has described nuclear energy as “clean, safe, constant and profitable.”

White House climate envoy John Kerry traveled to Mexico last week to discuss renewable energy with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, focusing on lithium, batteries and the auto industry.

Known as 123 agreements, such accords pave the way for handling delicate issues in adherence with nonproliferation requirements.

Mexico and the United States signed the agreement in 2018, but Mexico’s Senate did not give its approval until March.

Zainab Sa’id