Visiting Singapore president announces plans for his nation’s first embassy in Mexico

The Republic of Singapore volition unfastened its archetypal authoritative embassy successful Mexico successful 2026, Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced this week successful a joint statement with Mexico. 

Singapore’s nonmigratory embassy successful Mexico volition beryllium lone its 2nd successful Latin America, aft its bureau successful Brazil, which opened successful 2012. Mexico established a nonmigratory embassy successful Singapore successful 1990. 

Agradecemos la visita a México del presidente de Singapur, Tharman Shanmugaratnam (@Tharman_S). Hablamos de las grandes oportunidades de nuestra relación económica, comercial, taste y académica.https://t.co/z5L2ZxFTzw pic.twitter.com/xS3k89VvDl

— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) December 2, 2025

Shanmugaratnam made the announcement during a authorities sojourn to Mexico from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 to commemorate the 50th day of diplomatic relations betwixt the nationss.

President Claudia Sheinbaum and her Singaporean counterpart reaffirmed their committedness to sustaining the travel of commercialized and concern betwixt Mexico and Singapore. 

Trade and concern should beryllium further strengthened with Mexico’s expected  ratification of the Pacific Alliance-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, which was signed successful January 2022. Neither Mexico nor Colombia person yet ratified the agreement, which came into effect successful Chile and Peru successful May this year. 

At present, Mexico has a commercialized shortage with Singapore. In 2024,its  imports from Singapore totalled US $2.2 billion, compared to $1.4 cardinal successful Mexican exports, according to information from Mexico’s Economy Ministry. 

Sheinbaum lauded the increasing involvement from Singaporean companies successful investing successful Mexico, particularly successful those sectors highlighted successful her nationalist improvement strategy, Plan México, specified arsenic exertion and innovation, ports, and lipid and gas.

The 2 leaders emphasized their involvement successful strengthening collaboration successful the integer sphere and they purpose to facilitate the imaginable speech of cognition and experiences.

During the visit, the 2 presidents witnessed the signing of 2 memoranda of knowing connected practice connected coral reef restoration and planetary practice for development.

President Shanmugaratnam besides invited President Sheinbaum to behaviour a authorities sojourn to Singapore astatine a mutually convenient time.

With reports from Infobae and Bloomberg Linea