Secretary of Foreign Relations Patricia Espinosa cantellano of Mexico

Mexico, China May Open Direct Airline in 2008Xinhuago to originalMexican Foreign Minister Patricia EspinosaBeijing - Direct air service between Mexico and China may begin in March or April 2008, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Relations Patricia Espinosa Cantellano said on Friday.

Direct air service between Mexico and China may begin in March or April 2008, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Relations Patricia Espinosa Cantellano said on Friday.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of a conference for Mexican diplomats here, Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano said being effective in the defense and support of the migrants implies treating them the same way whether they are in Mexico or outside of the country.

Mexico's secretary of foreign relations Patricia Espinosa Cantellano said the one-day talks opened "a new chapter characterised by much closer economic ties and strong co-operation programmes" between the countries.

On Monday, as Espinosa Cantellano was making her remarks, the widely read Web site of the newspaper El Universal carried a piece asserting that McCain had become the target of "continuous attacks" for supporting immigration reform and that immigration is Romney's "Achilles' heel.