Mexico–Tanzania relations
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Mexico–Tanzania relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Mexico and Tanzania.
History
Mexico and Tanzania established diplomatic relations on 19 February 1973.[1][2] That same year, in 1973, Mexico opened an embassy in the Tanzanian capital of Dar es Salaam.[1] In April 1975, Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere paid a six day official visit to Mexico.[3] During his visit, he met with Mexican President Luis Echeverría and they discussed the issues facing Africa at the time. Furthermore, President Nyerere asked Mexico to take an active role in assisting Tanzania with building their new capital at Dodoma by allowing architects, planners and students to come from Tanzania and study at Mexican universities and for Mexican technicians to travel to Tanzania to work in developing projects for the new capital.[3] Agreements were signed between both Presidents to deepen agricultural and trade relations between both nations.[3]
In July 1975, Mexican President Luis Echeverría paid a four day state visit to Tanzania.[4] During President Echeverría's visit, he visited Serengeti National Park and the new capital of Dodoma.[4] Both nations signed an agreement to increase scholarships for up to 30 students to study in each nation and for Mexico to increase financial assistance to Tanzanian henequen farmers.[4]
Mexico and Tanzania are founding members of the Group of 77 and are mutual members of the United Nations and World Trade Organization. In 1980, Mexico closed it embassy in Tanzania due to financial restraints.[1] In 2009, Mexico was the invited to attend and show at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, the best well known cultural event in East Africa.[1]
State visits
Presidential visits from Mexico to Tanzania
- President Luis Echeverría (1975)
Presidential and Vice-Presedential visits from Tanzania to Mexico[5][1]
- President Julius Nyerere (1975, 1981)
- President Benjamin Mkapa (2002)
- Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein (2008)
Trade
In 2016, trade between Mexico and Tanzania totaled $5.8 million USD.[6] Mexico's main export to Tanzania include: medicine, electrical equipment and adaptors. Tanzania's main exports to Mexico include: mimosa extract and wood based products.[1]
Resident diplomatic missions
- Mexico is accredited to Tanzania from its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya[7] and maintains an honorary consulate in Dar es Salaam.[8]
- Tanzania is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States[9] and maintains an honorary consulate in Mexico City.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Relaciones México-República Unida de Tanzania (in Spanish)
- ^ Embassy of Mexico in Nairobi: Tanzania (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c Visita de Julius K. Nyerere a México (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c El viaje presidencial por tres continentes: Tanzania (in Spanish)
- ^ Leaders attending the Monterrey Consensus (in Spanish)
- ^ Mexican Ministry of the Economy: Tanzania (in Spanish)
- ^ Embassy of Mexico in Nairobi, Kenya (in English and Spanish)
- ^ Honorary consulate of Mexico in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- ^ Embassy of Tanzania in Washington, DC
- ^ Membe for enhanced bilateral ties with Mexico
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