Mexico–Morocco relations

Mexico-Morocco relations

Mexico
Morocco

Mexican-Moroccan relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Mexico and Morocco.

History

On 31 of October 1962, Mexico and Morocco established diplomatic relations, six years after Morocco gained its independence from France. Relations between the two nations in the beginning remained cordial without any major significant bilateral agreements taking place, however, relations between the two nations did become rather frosty after Mexico recognized the right to self-determination and established diplomatic relations with the government of Western Sahara in 1979.[1]

In 1990, Mexico established an embassy in Rabat which had originally been accredited from its embassy in Lisbon previously. In 1991, Morocco reciprocated the gesture by opening its own embassy in Mexico City where it had originally been accredited from Washington, DC.[2]

In November 2004, King Mohammed VI of Morocco paid an official visit to Mexico. In March 2002, Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi attended the Monterrey Consensus Conference in Monterrey, northern Mexico[3] and in February 2005, former Mexican President Vicente Fox paid an official visit to Morocco, thereby strengthening relations between the two nations.[4]

Trade

In 2015, two-way trade between both nations amounted to $263 million USD.[5] Mexico's main exports to Morocco include: sugar, tobacco, alcohol (beer), building materials and airplane parts. Morocco's main exports to Mexico include: electrical circuits, textiles and cotton.[5] Morocco is Mexico's fourth biggest trading partner in Africa.[6] Mexican multi-national company Cemex operates in Morocco.

Resident diplomatic missions

References

  1. ↑ Diplomatic relations between SADR and Mexico (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ History of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Morocco (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi attends the Monterrey Consensus in 2002 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Vicente Fox visits Morocco (in Spanish)
  5. 1 2 Mexican Ministry of Economy: Morocco (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Morocco (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Embassy of Mexico in Morocco (in French and Spanish)
  8. ↑ Trade office of Mexico in Casablanca (in English, French and Spanish)
  9. ↑ Embassy of Morocco in Mexico (in Spanish)
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