Bilateral Relations
Mexico
General information
On 2 April 2012, Tatul Margaryan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of Mexico (Residence: Washington).
On 26 December, 2013 Grigor Hovhannisyan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of Mexico.
Since 2016, Ara Ayvazyan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of Mexico. (Residence: Mexico City).
On 8 October, 2013 the newly appointed Ambassador of the United Mexican States to the Republic of Armenia Ruben Alberto Beltran Guerrero (residence in Moscow) presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.
On September 23, 2016 political consultations between the Ministries of foreign affairs of Armenia and Mexico were held in Yerevan.
On October, 2016, Mexico-Armenia friendship group was formed in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico.
On 21 September, 2018 Honorary Consulate of the Republic Armenia opened in Morelia, capital of Michoacan State, Mexico (Honorary Consul, Mr. Hakob Sahakyan).
On October 23, 2018 the third political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of the Republic of Armenia and Mexico were held at the Mexico's Foreign Affairs Secretariat.
Visits
To Mexico
| April 1999 | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Armen Baiburdian |
| August 2002 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
| October 2011 | Official visit of the Minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Armenia |
| November 2016 | Visit of Artak Zakaryan, president of the standing committee of foreign relations of the National Assembly of the RA |
Legal field
Agreements
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Mexican States for the establishment of visa free regime with respect to diplomatic and service passports holders (signed on August 22, 2002)
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Mexican States on cooperation in the fields of culture and education (signed on August 22, 2002)
Memorandums
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Mexican States on the Creation of a Mechanism for Consultation on Issues of Mutual Interest (signed on December 11, 1993)
- Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the United Mexican States for the establishment of political consultations on issues of mutual interest.
Trade and economic contacts
Bilateral trade between Armenia and Mexico (in thousand US dollars)
| Export | Import (countries of origin) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009. | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| 2010 | 71.3 | 7411.3 |
| 2011 | - | 98.87.3 |
| 2012 (First quarter) | - | 2756.1 |
| 2013 (Third quarter) | - | 727.7 |
| 2016 | 81.8 | 8494.7 |
| 2017 | 131,13 | 10327.4 |
| 2018 | 26.2 | 10037.3 |
Main imported goods
coffee, tea, dried fruits, alcoholic beverages
Updated 05.04.2018