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Mexican-Moroccan relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Mexico and Morocco.
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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.
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.
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 and in February 2005, former Mexican President Vicente Fox paid an official visit to Morocco, thereby strengthening relations between the two nations.
Trade
In 2015, two-way trade between both nations amounted to $263 million USD. 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. Morocco is Mexico's fourth biggest trading partner in Africa. Mexican multi-national company Cemex operates in Morocco.