The nations of

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

and

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

established diplomatic relations in 1947. Both nations are members of the

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and the

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History

Diplomatic relations between Luxembourg and Mexico were established in 1947.Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Luxembourg (in Spanish)
/ref> In 1980, Luxembourgish Prime Minister

Pierre Werner Pierre Werner (29 December 1913 – 24 June 2002) was a Luxembourgish politician of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) who was the prime minister of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984. Training and early activities Pi ...

paid an official visit to Mexico and met with President

José López Portillo José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 ...

. During his visit to Mexico, both nations discussed and emphasized the energetic cooperation, especially in the iron and steel industry, and Luxembourg's participation in the Las Truchas Steel Project in the Mexican state of

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...

. In March 1991, Foreign Minister Jacques Poos paid a visit to Mexico. In April that same year, Mexican Foreign Minister Fernando Solana paid an official visit to Luxembourg, becoming the first high-level representative of the Mexican government to visit Luxembourg. In March 1996, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg paid an official visit to Mexico. While in Mexico, Grand Duke Jean met with President

Ernesto Zedillo Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (; born 27 December 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was the 61st president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Re ...

. In December 1997, Mexico and the

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signed an Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement. During the negotiations, Luxembourg, as an EU member state, played a neutral role and did not put obstacles. However, the ratification of the Agreement was stopped by the Luxembourgish government during 1998 and most of 1999 due to a tax dispute. The situation was resolved with the signing of an Agreement on the Avoidance of Double Taxation in January 2000 by both nations. In April 2019, Luxembourgish Prime Minister

Xavier Bettel Xavier Bettel (; born 3 March 1973) is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician who serves as the List of deputy prime ministers of Luxembourg, deputy prime minister of Luxembourg and as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Luxembourg), minister for Fo ...

paid an official visit to Mexico where he met with President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He se ...

.AMLO recibe al primer ministro de Luxemburgo en Palacio Nacional (in Spanish)
/ref> During the visit, both leaders agreed to deepen trade and investment exchanges between both nations. They also agreed on the importance of the modernization of the Global Agreement between Mexico and the European Union. Prime Minister Bettel also addressed the

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and called on lawmakers to advance

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and women's rights in Mexico. In February 2023, Mexican Foreign Undersecretary, Carmen Moreno Toscano, paid a visit to Luxembourg and met with her counterpart Jean Olinger. The two discussed opportunities to strengthen the bilateral relationship between both nations by establishing a mechanism for political consultations.La subsecretaria de Relaciones Exteriores inicia gira de trabajo en Europa (in Spanish)
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High-level visits

High-level visits from Luxembourg to Mexico * Prime Minister

(1980) * Minister of Foreign Trade Pierre Urbain (1990) * Foreign Minister Jacques Poos (1991) * Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg (1996) * Foreign Minister

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(2002) * Minister of Finance

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(2012) * Prime Minister

(2019) High-level visits from Mexico to Luxembourg * Foreign Minister Fernando Solana (1991) * Foreign Undersecretary Carmen Moreno Toscano (2023)

Bilateral Agreements

Both nations have signed a few bilateral agreements, such as an Agreement to Eliminate Visa Requirements for Ordinary Passport Holders (1975); Agreement on Economic Cooperation (1984); Agreement on Air Transportation (1996); Agreement for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (1998); Avoid Double Taxation and Prevent Tax Evasion in the Matter of Income and Capital Taxes and Protocol (2001); Agreement for Cultural, Educational, Youth and Sports Cooperation (2006); and an Agreement for the Establishment of a Mechanism for Political Consultations on Matters of Mutual Interest (2023).

Trade

In 1997, Mexico signed a Free Trade Agreement with the

(which includes Luxembourg). In 2023, trade between Luxembourg and Mexico totaled US$220 million.Data México: Luxembourg
/ref> Luxembourg's main exports to Mexico include: sections of iron or non-alloy steel, electronics and machinery, trailers and semi-trailer vehicles, plastic, clothing, and chemical based products. Mexico's main exports to Luxembourg include: instruments and apparatus for regulating or controlling, minerals, chemical based products, plates, tiles and ceramics, telephones and mobile phones, electronics, tin ingots, rubber, and parts and accessories for motor vehicles. In 2022, there were 98 Luxembourgish companies operating in Mexico with investments totaling US$340 million. Luxembourg steel company

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operates in Mexico, as well as

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which operates scheduled cargo-flights between both nations. Mexican multinational companies such as

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and

Cemex CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., known as Cemex, is a Mexican multinational building materials company headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It manufactures and distributes cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates in more than ...

operate in Luxembourg.

Diplomatic missions

* Luxembourg is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in

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and maintains honorary consulates in

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and in Mérida. * Mexico is accredited to Luxembourg from its embassy in

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and maintains an honorary consulate in

Luxembourg City Luxembourg (; ; ), also known as Luxembourg City ( or ; ; or ), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the Communes of Luxembourg, country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxe ...

.Embassy of Mexico in Brussels
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