Mexican-Finnish Relations - Bilateral diplomatic relations between Mexico and Finland . Both countries are full members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the UN .
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History
On July 13, 1920, Mexico recognized Finland's independence from Russia . After the signing of the friendship treaty between Finland and Mexico in 1936 in Washington, DC, both countries officially established diplomatic relations on October 2, 1936. A few years after World War II in 1949, both countries officially accredited the ambassadors of each other's countries. The first Mexican embassy accredited to Finland was in Stockholm , when the first Finnish embassy accredited to Mexico was in Washington, DC. In 1964, embassies were established in each other's capitals. [one]
In 1983, an agreement on intercultural exchanges between the two countries was signed [2] .
Official Visits
Presidential Visits from Finland to Mexico [3] [4] [5]
- President Martti Ahtisaari (February 1999)
- President Tarja Halonen (March 2002)
- President Sauli Niinistö (May 2015)
Mexican presidents have not yet visited Finland.
Trade
In 1997, Mexico signed a free trade agreement with the European Union (which includes Finland). After signing the agreement, the volume of bilateral trade increased sharply. In 2014, bilateral trade amounted to $ 756 million. [6] Between 1999 and 2012, Finnish companies invested more than $ 676 million in Mexico. Finland is Mexico's fifteenth largest trading partner in the EU. [7]
Residences of Diplomatic Missions
- Finland has an embassy in Mexico City . [eight]
- Mexico has an embassy in Helsinki . [9]
Notes
- ↑ History of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Finland (in Spanish)
- ↑ Decreto de Promulgación del Convenio de Intercambio Cultural entre los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y la República de Finlandia (in Spanish)
- ↑ Visita de Estado del Presidente de la República de Finlandia (in Spanish)
- ↑ President Tarja Halonen attends the Monterrey Consensus in Monterrey, Mexico; 2002. (in Spanish) (unreachable link) . Date of treatment March 7, 2016. Archived September 23, 2015.
- ↑ Peña Nieto recibe al presidente de Finlandia (in Spanish)
- ↑ Mexican Ministry of the Economy: Finland (in Spanish) Archived on April 25, 2016.
- ↑ Trade between Mexico and Finland (in Spanish)
- ↑ Embassy of Finland in Mexico City (in Finnish, Spanish and Swedish)
- ↑ Embassy of Mexico in Helsinki (in English and Spanish)