OREANDA-NEWS. March 30, 2009. Russia can help Mexico in development of the national space program, Segrey Saveliev, Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency. Roscosmos delegation led by Saveliev have just returned from working visit to Mexico. Russian experts held negotiatons with the Mexican Congress Senate Committee on Science and Technology, as well as with the initiative group on development of the national space agency.

The visit took place following the initiative of the Mexican party, Saveliev explained. Mexican space agency is to be established in a few months. After that, Roscosmos will negotiate the issues with the authorized state agency.

According to Saveliev, "reliable legal basis is required" to commence discussions of the space programs with Mexico.

Mexican party is interested in cooperation in the satellite communication, remote sensing programs, as well as in the Russian Global Navigation System (GLONASS). Thus, prospectives of bilateral cooperation are realistic.

"International cooperation in one of the high-priority objectives for Roscosmos. We shall maintain the conditions for our industry to enter foreign space and rocket markets",- Saveliev states.