Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 and Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 have maintained formal diplomatic relations that had first been established by Mexico and SFR Yugoslavia on May 24, 1946. Mexico has an embassy in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

. Serbia has an embassy in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

. Relations between the two countries are solid. Treaties between Mexico and Yugoslavia are now being carried forward to treaties between Mexico and Serbia.

State visits

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić

Vuk Jeremic

Vuk Jeremić is a Serbian politician and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of Serbia. He was sworn in on May 15, 2007 and reelected on July 7, 2008.-Education:Jeremić was born in Belgrade in 1975 to Miško Jeremić and Sena Buljubašić...

 visited Mexico on 15/16 April 2008, where he gained assurance that Mexico was against recognition of the unilateral independence of Kosovo.

Agreements

Agreements between Mexico and the Federative Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia are being carried forward into agreements between Mexico and Serbia. On May 5, 2002, Mexico and Yugoslavia signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Foreign Affairs departments. Other agreements include a trade agreement (1950), an agreement on cultural exchange (1965) and an agreement on information exchange (1975) covering the press, radio, TV, books, papers and other media.

Trade

Serbian exports to Mexico in 2007 were worth 1.2 million euros and imports 10.59 million euros.

Famous Serbs in Mexico

One of the most popular coaches of the national team of Mexico was Serbian

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 Bora Milutinović who led the team to the World Cup.

See also

• Foreign relations of Mexico
  Foreign relations of Mexico
  The foreign relations of Mexico are directed by the President of the United Mexican States and managed through the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs...
  
  
• Foreign relations of Serbia
  Foreign relations of Serbia
  Foreign relations of Serbia are accomplished by efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Serbia has inherited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with all of its holdings, after the dissolution of the previous state union with Montenegro...
  
  
• List of Mexican ambassadors to Serbia