Mexico–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations
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Mexico–Sahrawi Republic relations are the current and historical relations between Mexico and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Mexico recognized the SADR on 8 September 1979.
History
Brief history of Western Sahara
Both Mexico and
Diplomatic relations
In 1975, representatives of the SADR visited Mexico to obtain support for independence.[3] In 1978, Saharai Foreign Minister, Bachir Mustafá Sayed, paid a visit to Mexico.[4] On 8 September 1979, during VI Conference of nations of the Non-Aligned Movement; Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa declared that Mexico recognized the SADR as a state within the international community.[3] On 24 October 1979, diplomatic relations were established between both nations. In 1988, SADR opened a diplomatic office in Mexico City.[3] In 1979, Mexico appointed its ambassador based in Algeria (Oscar González) as ambassador concurrent to the SADR.[4]
Mexico, as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council voted in favor of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1463 in January 2003 and for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1495 in July 2003 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Each year since the 1980s, the SADR embassy in Mexico organizes cultural trips for Mexicans to visit the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria.[5]
Visits
In March 2010, a Saharawi delegation arrived to Mexico and met with
In March 2013, Sahrawi Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Salem Salek visited Mexico and met with his counterpart
In December 2018, Sahrawi President Brahim Ghali paid a visit to Mexico to attend the inauguration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[14]
Diplomatic missions
- Mexico is accredited to the SADR from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations based in New York City, United States.[15]
- SADR has an embassy in Mexico City.[16]
References
- ^ a b Encyclopedia Britannica: Western Sahara
- ^ BBC: Western Sahara profile
- ^ a b c México y la SADR: 35 años de relaciones diplomáticas y lazos culturales (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Francia se une a los invasores (in Spanish)
- ^ Viaje hacia el pueblo saharaui en Noviembre de 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ Relaciones Parlamentarias Mexico-RASD (in Spanish)
- ^ 36th Anniversary of the SADR Proclamation of Independence (in Spanish)
- ^ Navarrete visita campo de refugiados saharauis (in Spanish)
- ^ El presidente Mohamed Abdelaziz pide a México respaldo ante Rabat (in Spanish)
- ^ México: El Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto ofrece comida a jefes de Estado en Chapultepec (in Spanish)
- ^ "FM received by his Mexican counterpart". Sahara Press Service. 2013-03-16. Archived from the original on 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
- ^ "Mexican delegation on visit to Sahrawi refugee camps from Tuesday". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ Acciones de Política Exterior en África, Medio Oriente y Asia Central: Profundización y Diversificación (in Spanish)
- ^ Arribó a nuestro país el Presidente de la República Árabe Saharaui Democrática (RASD), Brahim Ghali (in Spanish)
- ^ Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN
- ^ "Embassy of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Mexico (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2012-12-15.