Guyana-Mexican Relations - Bilateral diplomatic relations between Guyana and Mexico .
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Content
- 1 History
- 2 Trade
- 3 Diplomatic missions
- 4 notes
History
Guyana and Mexico are two American countries with a completely different history and development paths. In May 1966, Guyana gained independence from Great Britain [1] , diplomatic relations with Mexico were established on March 1, 1973 [2] . Since then, diplomatic relations between Guyana and Mexico have been limited only to interaction in international organizations, including the United Nations and the Caribbean Community [3] . In 2009, Mexico for the first time in history opened an embassy in Guyana [2] , after which the development of diplomatic relations between the countries accelerated. In 2013, countries celebrated 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations [4] .
Trade
In 2017, the volume of trade between countries amounted to 57.2 million US dollars . Mexico's exports to Guyana: wheat, fertilizers, beans, alcohol (beer) and steel. Guyana's exports to Mexico: bauxite , rum and crystals . Guyana has several Mexican multinational companies, including Corona and Qualfon [5] [6] .
Diplomatic missions
- Guyana realizes its interests in Mexico through an embassy in Washington ( United States of America ) [7] .
- Mexico maintains an embassy in Georgetown [8] .
Notes
- ↑ History of Guyana (inaccessible link) . Date accessed August 21, 2018. Archived November 28, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Bilateral relations between Mexico and Guyana (in Spanish)
- ↑ Ratification of new Mexican ambassador to Guyana (in Spanish)
- ↑ Guyana-Mexico celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations
- ↑ Mexican Ministry of the Economy: Guyana (in Spanish)
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana: Press releases
- ↑ Non-resident ambassador of Guyana presents letter of accreditation to the President of Mexico (in Spanish)
- ↑ Embassy of Mexico in Georgetown (in English and Spanish)