• “Our goal of applying space technology for the benefit of our population continues to advance”: Landeros Ayala.
The Mexican Space Agency (AEM), a decentralized body of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT), participated in the work of the G20 (Group of 20) space issue, which strengthens the country’s international presence in this growing technology sector in the world.
This was reported by the General Director of AEM, Salvador Landeros Ayala, who highlighted the importance of this representation to consolidate alliances in an intense international agenda for the benefit of priority social tasks.
“It is a pride that Mexico is increasingly considered in international cooperation activities in space matters, as it was now in the G20, with which our special objective of getting to apply space technology for the benefit of our population for priority social tasks, keep moving forward, ”said Landeros.
In front of the world representatives of the G20, Landeros reiterated this unique social vocation of the AEM, while highlighting that the objectives will be achieved through three defined axes, such as space exploration, earth observation and telecommunications. satellite.
For example, he explained, it seeks to bring health services closer to the population, especially to those who need it most, through the country’s telecommunications infrastructure, with special support from satellites, hence the importance of exchanging knowledge and technology with other G20 nations.
The Group of Twenty (G20) is the main forum for macroeconomic policy coordination among the twenty most important economies in the world, which includes the perspectives of both developed and emerging economies, as well as their respective space agencies.
It is made up of: Germany, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, the United States, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and the European Union.
Together, the G20 members represent around 90% of the world economy and 80% of international trade, so cooperation opens the way to promote new space technologies for the benefit of the Mexican population, Landeros concluded.