 Distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I would like to thank the Institute of International and European Affairs, Ireland Living Thing Tank of its kind, and its director, Dom Arnold, for giving my colleagues and me the opportunity and the honour to talk in this prestigious venue about MIGTA and give the Irish audience some insight of this new group of nations. I must start saying that Mexico's foreign policy has a long tradition in promoting a more peaceful, fairer and safe world. Guided by the principles of international law and multilateralism, Mexico has been a major contributor in different aspects of the international scene, such as climate change, disarmament or denuclearization. Regarding this last matter, I would like to remind that the Tlatelolco Treaty, signed 49 years ago, establishing Latin America as the first nuclear free-populated zone in the world, is attributed to the efforts of the Mexican diplomat, Alfonso García Robles, who received the peace novel prize as the driving force behind this treaty. Due to its geographical position, Mexico is a place of confluence of various regions. Latin America, its natural environment, North America, with whom it has now an entwined economy destiny, the Pacific Basin, with whom Mexico has renewed contacts that goes back to the 16th century to the legendary now of China between Mexico and the Philippines, and the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean on the other side. Following this sense of belonging to multiple regions and aiming at an active and responsible role in the world affairs, Mexico participates in numerous international fora and associations beside the United System, of course. NAFTA, G20, the Organization of Economic Operation and Development, the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Negotiation, the Organization of American States, the Community of Latin American Caribbean States, the Iver-American Summit, the Asia Pacific Economic Operation Forum, and the Pacific Alliance with Chile, Colombia, and Peru, to mention just a few. On the other side, in the configuration of the new multipolar world, emerging market economies like Mexico acquire a new relevance and greater influence in the international affairs. New responsibilities and new necessities gateway to new groups of like-minded countries that transcend from the regional to the global sphere. In this regard, Mexico, together with Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and Australia, decided to establish an informal space for dialogue and cooperation among the five nations. In the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2013, the members of NAFTA are five significant economic powers, the 12, 13, 15, 16, and 18 largest economies in the world, according to the International Monetary Fund. Also, each one of them plays pivotal strategic roles in their respective regions. In addition to the relative economic and strategic weight, they also share important fundamental values, including a commitment to democracy and human rights, as well as their policy of free trade and open economies. The MiGTAS have a capacity to pursue their interests not only through extensive regional networks in their regions, but also as regional leaders in global organizations, such as the World Trade Organization, the U-20, the United Nations Security Council, or the G-77, in the case of Indonesia. Other objective factors make evident the importance of MiGTAS a group, as Ambassador Adler already stressed out. For instance, the combined GDP of the five MiGTAS is over 5.8 trillion, about 8 percent of the world economy, and the combined population is around 530 million, but also, again, 8 percent of the world's population. But how serious is the informal forum for its members? And I could say that it's quite serious. Although MiGTAS doesn't pretend to constitute another global governance structure, the value of MiGTAS as a forum is reflected by how often the foreign ministers meet. That is three times a year. On the margins of the UN General Assembly Leaders' Week, on the margins of the G-20, and at the Special Ethym MiGTAS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, also, the ambassadors before the UN in New York and Geneva meet regularly to discuss the contribution that MiGTAS can make to strengthening global governance, and also have to say that the MiGTAS ambassadors to Ireland have started to meet regularly in Dublin since 2014. Here, I would like to clarify a common confusion about G-20 and MiGTAS. Although the five members of MiGTAS, they are all part of G-20, and moreover, they gather in its margins. MiGTAS is not a group within the G-20, nor is intended to speak with one voice there. In spite that MiGTAS is expressly not designed to be a bloc and avoids any hint of bureaucracy or formality since its inception, so far, the Foreign Minister of MiGTAS have agreed common positions on important global and regional issues. In the case, a very important issue is terrorism, and in their joint communique explicitly expressed their agreement to stand together against the common threat of terrorism and recognize the importance of governments and communities strengthening social cohesion to meet the challenge of violent extremism. MiGTAS also highlighted the importance of preventing and addressing the issue of foreign terrorist fighters. Those, over the past three years, MiGTAS have issued a number of joint press releases on issues as diverse as EVOLA, North Korean nuclear program, the downing of Malaysian airlines MH17, global health, global governance, even on International Women's Day. MiGTAS members are also concerned about the global economy. It is a powerful advocate for the benefits of liberalized trade and investment. Therefore, they promote global prosperity through openness to trade and helping dry business growth. Another interesting feature of MiGTAS is that it's a forum exclusively of middle powers. That is, there is no influence of any hegemonic interest. Also, is a democratic alliance in which all of its members' states bear a commitment to democratic transparent processes. The grouping, in this sense, represents a democratic addition to the global governance framework and potentially a splendid bridge between developed and developing countries. Lastly, MiGTAS is not an alternative to global governance structures. As Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu pointed out, the grouping would be best served as an important and informal and democratic forum of debate that complements and no replaces other actors in the international community. Furthermore, there are vast areas of complementarities that open new ways of cooperation between them. For the creation of this space of dialogue, the potential for cooperation between the five countries remain unexplored. Each country has its own particular strengths and experience to share, and in this case, the array of such strengths and experiences is enormous. Migration, governments, economics, technological research, education, and fight to organize crime are few of a few examples. To conclude, I just would like to remind that in this regard, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated last December that in 2016, Mexico will participate actively to consolidate MiGTAS in order to deepen its links with Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and Australia and to collectively propose constructive solutions to the main global challenges. Thank you very much.