Tokyo, 8 December 2021(TDI): Mexican Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Carmen Moreno Toscano and Japan’s Foreign Minister Hiroshi Suzuki, co-chaired the ninth meeting of the mechanism of political consultations. The session occurred on the 6 of December.
In the session, both parties exchanged on various topics of the same interests. For instance, subjects of international security and geopolitics, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how to eradicate it.
Moreover, Toscano underlined two points during the session. On one hand, Moreno Toscano recognized the Japanese support to Mexico, since the beginning of the pandemic. On the other hand, the Mexican Undersecretary presented the initiative of President Lopez Obrador for the establishment of an alliance for global well-being. This initiative of the Mexican President Lopez Obrador aims to combat extreme poverty. Additionally, it will be presented at the next G20 meeting in Indonesia. Since Both parties are members of the G20.
Similarly, Japan Foreign Minister Hiroshi Suzuki expressed its desire to continue implementing cooperation with Mexico in Central America. Moreover, each side highlighted the solid bilateral economic relationship and its benefits and agreed to endorse the importance of free trade and investment in a post-pandemic world.
Both officials congratulated each other on their 133 years of diplomatic relations and reviewed the progress of the last session of their respective Foreign Ministers held in Mexico last January.
Mexico and Japan Relationship
The relationship between Mexico and Japan goes back far in time. Nevertheless, there is a treaty that makes it more real. The Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation of 1888 has 4 bases, which are an economic, cultural, migratory, and political matter.
However, later it was replaced by another treaty in 1924 that updated some of the points of the previous one. Apart from that through time many other agreements were made and signed to always update the status of their relations.
Indeed, Japan is Mexico’s 6th largest trading partner in the world and the 4th largest global source of foreign direct investment in Mexico. Nowadays, Mexico counts more than 1,300 Japanese companies.
