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Mexico–Singapore relations refer to the relations between the United Mexican States and the Republic of Singapore. The two countries established diplomatic relations on December 22, 1975. As the 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.
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History
On August 9, 1965, Singapore was expelled by Malaysia and declared independence. Nonetheless, Mexico did not establish diplomatic relations with Singapore until December 22, 1975.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Singapore, the relations between the two countries develop continuously based on common international positions and companion. Between September 9 and September 11, 2012, Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, visited Singapore and met with Tony Tan, the President of Singapore and Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore. He also delivered a speech in The Fullerton Hotel Singapore titled "A Mexican Perspective on the Global Economy" for the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Between October 4 and 5, 2013, Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico 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 Kuribrena. 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.
In June 2016, Singaporean President Tony Tan paid an official visit to Mexico, the first Singapore Head of State to make a state visit to Latin America. . 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).
Trade relations
In 2014, the value of imported goods from Singapore to Mexico was worth 1.2 billion U.S. dollars. In 2012, the value of imported goods from Mexico to Singapore was worth 2.25 billion U.S. dollars. Singapore mainly exported integrated circuits and semiconductor devices to Mexico, while Mexico mainly exported machines and refined petroleum to Singapore.
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 the two countries.
Cultural relations
The 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City was the first Summer Olympics that Singapore joined as an independent country. Singapore sent 4 athletes to join the Olympics.
In 2013, Singapore and Mexico signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cultural and Artistic Cooperation, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Singapore Diplomatic Academy and the Institute Matias Romero of Mexico and a Memorandum of Understanding on Tourism Cooperation.