Mexico–Singapore relations

Mexico–Singapore relations

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Mexico recognized and established diplomatic relations with Singapore on 22 December 1975.^[1] In 1990, Mexico opened a resident embassy in Singapore. Singapore has since operated a non-resident embassy based in Singapore and maintains an honorary consulate-general based in Mexico City.^[1]

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations; the relations between the two countries has developed continuously based on common international positions and companionship. In 1990, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari became the first Mexican head-of-state to visit Singapore.^[2] In 1991, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew paid an official visit to Mexico. Since the initial visits, there have been several high-level visits between leaders of both nations.

In September 2012, Mexican President Felipe Calderón, visited Singapore and met with President Tony Tan, and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. President Calderón delivered a speech in The Fullerton Hotel Singapore titled "A Mexican Perspective on the Global Economy" for the International Institute for Strategic Studies.^[3]

In October 2013, Mexican Foreign Minister José Antonio Meade visited Singapore and met with Minister of Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam. In 2014, K. Shanmugam visited Mexico and met with Jose Antonio Meade. He also attended a Business Breakfast Roundtable organized by ProMéxico and addressed a speech called "Bridging the Pacific: The Singapore-Mexico Partnership" with diplomats, business leaders and private sector personalities attending the Roundtable.^[1]

In June 2016, Singaporean President Tony Tan paid an official visit to Mexico and met with Mexican President

In November 2019, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid a visit to Mexico and met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. During the visit, President López Obrador announced that Singapore would partake in the development of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico.^[5]

High-level visits

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High-level visits from Mexico to Singapore

• President Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1990)
• President Ernesto Zedillo (1996, 2000)
• President Felipe Calderón (2009, 2012)
• Foreign Minister José Antonio Meade (2013)
• Foreign Undersecretary Carmen Moreno Toscano (2022)

High-level visits from Singapore to Mexico

• Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew (1991)
• Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong (1997)
• Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam (2014)
• President Tony Tan (2016)
• Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2019)

Bilateral agreements

Both nations have signed several bilateral agreements, such as an Agreement on Air Services (1991); Agreement on the Avoidance of Double-Taxation and Tax Evasion (1995); Agreement on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (2011); Memorandum of Understanding in Cultural and Artistic Cooperation (2013); Memorandum of Understanding of Touristic Cooperation (2013); Agreement in Educational Cooperation (2014) and a Memorandum of Understanding in Agricultural, Educational and Economic Cooperation.^[1]

Trade relations

In 2018, trade between Mexico and Singapore totaled US$2.8 billion.

• Mexico has an embassy in Singapore.^[7]
• Singapore maintains a non-resident ambassador accredited to Mexico based in Singapore and maintains an honorary consulate-general in Mexico City.^[8]

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  The Gateway Singapore building hosting the Embassy of Mexico in Singapore
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  Honorary Consulate-General of Singapore in Mexico City

See also

• Foreign relations of Mexico
• Foreign relations of Singapore

References