Everything is going well between Paris and Mexico. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs has even become a regular in the capital of Mexico. Jean-Yves Le Drian was decorated Monday on the occasion of his sixth trip to the city, while relations between the two countries are going through their “best moment […] since the beginning of the 21st century, and probably beyond ”, according to his counterpart Marcelo Ebrard.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presented the French Minister with the “Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle”, the greatest distinction his country can bestow on a foreigner, he recalled. This is “my sixth trip to Mexico as Minister of the French Republic. I don’t think I’ve done more than one in any other Latin American country. This is already the sign of a very strong relationship, ”said Jean-Yves Le Drian for his part.
A Mexican visit to Brittany in February
The minister is also due to inaugurate on Tuesday a consulate general of France in Monterrey, in the North, a first for the French diplomatic network since 2009 according to the Quai d’Orsay. About 40,000 French people live in this Latin American country. France is one of Mexico’s main European economic partners, along with Spain and Italy, but behind Germany.
The Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that he would go to Brittany from February 9 to 11 to participate in a summit organized by France on the safeguard of the oceans. “France will lead the European Union during the first half of 2022, and we are very interested in the modernization of the agreement between Mexico and the European Union, we hope that we will get there,” added the Mexican minister. , with reference to a global agreement with a commercial and economic component dating back several years.
The two countries have also signed a joint declaration as well as an agreement to support reading and France will be the guest of honor at the Mexico City Aerospace Fair in 2023. On the other hand, President Macron has still not visited Mexico, nor President Lopez Obrador France.