Mexico–Singapore relations

Mexico–Singapore relations

Mexico
Singapore

The United Mexican States and the Republic of Singapore have had diplomatic and other bilateral relations since 1975. Both nations are members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

History

Singaporean President Tony Tan and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City; 2016.

On 9 August, 1965, Singapore became an independent country. 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 Signapore and maintains an honorary consulate-general based in Mexico City.[1]

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Singapore, the relations between the two countries 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.[1] 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 Tony Tan, the President of Singapore and Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore. 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.[2] On the topic of compatibility and complementary of common interests between the two countries, the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico described the relations between two countries as fruitful and hopeful bilateral relations.[3]

In October 2013, José Antonio Meade, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs visited Singapore and met with Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the Minister for Finance of Singapore and K. Shanmugam, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore. 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.[2]

In June 2016, Singaporean President Tony Tan paid an official visit to Mexico.[4] His arrival to Mexico coincided with the 40th year anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. During President Tan's four day visit to Mexico, both nations signed agreements on trade and improved cooperation in science and education as well as the promotion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).[5]

State visits

Presidential visits from Mexico to Singapore[1]

Presidential and Prime-Ministerial visits from Singapore to Mexico[1]

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]

Cultural relations

The 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City was the first Summer Olympics that Singapore joined as an independent country.[6] Singapore sent four athletes to join the Olympics.

Trade relations

In 2017, trade between Mexico and Singapore totaled $2.3 billion U.S. dollars.[7] Mexico main exports to Singapore include: machines and refined petroleum. Singapore's main exports to Mexico include: integrated circuits and semiconductor devices.[8] In 2013, Keppel Corporation of Singapore signed agreements with Pemex of Mexico to develop oil fields in Mexico. The agreements were witnessed by the foreign ministers of both countries.[2]

Resident diplomatic missions

  • Mexico has an embassy in Singapore[9]
  • Singapore maintains a non-resident ambassador accredited to Mexico based in Singapore and has an Honorary Consulate-General in Mexico City.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bilateral relations between Mexico and Singapore (in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 3 "Latin America". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  3. ↑ "MEXICO-SINGAPORE: 40 years of Bilateral Relations". Embajada de México en Singapur. Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  4. ↑ Channel NewsAsia: President Tony Tan arrives in Mexico City
  5. ↑ Presidency of Mexico: President of Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam arrives in Mexico for state visit
  6. ↑ "Participating Countries". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  7. ↑ "Mexican Ministry of the Economy: Singapore" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-03-14.
  8. ↑ Alexander Simoes. "Products that Singapore exports to Mexico (2012)". Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  9. ↑ "Embassy of Mexico in Singapore" (in English and Spanish).
  10. ↑ "Honorary Consulate-General of Singapore in Mexico City".


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