Mexico-Singapore Bilateral Relations 1975 Establishment of Diplomatic Relations. 1990  Opening of the Mexican Embassy in Singapore and State Visit of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.  1991  Visit of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew to Mexico.  1991 Official visit of the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Fernando Solana to Singapore. 1994 Interview between Mexican President Carlos Salinas with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, APEC Leaders Meeting, Bogor, Indonesia.  1994  Official Visit to Singapore of the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Manuel Tello.  1995  Interview between the Mexican President Dr. Ernesto Zedillo with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, United Nations General Assembly, New York. 1996 Official Visit to Singapore of the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Angel Gurría. 1997 State Visit of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong to Mexico. 1998 Official visit to Singapore of the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Rosario Green. 1998 Interview between the Mexican President Dr. Ernesto Zedillo with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, APEC Leaders Meeting, Malaysia. 1999 Interview between the Mexican President Dr. Ernesto Zedillo and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, APEC Leaders Meeting, New Zealand. Both Leaders agreed on initiating discussions to Negotiate a Bilateral Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Singapore. 2000 Appointment of Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan as a Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Singapore to Mexico (November). 2000 (May)  Visit of Minister for Trade and Industry BG George Yeo to Mexico and official opening of the Representative Office of the Trade Development Board in Mexico City. Visit of Minister for Communications Mr. Yeo Cheow Tong to Mexico to attend APEC Ministerial Meeting on Telecommunications. Visit of Minister for Education to Mexico to attend APEC Ministerial Meeting on Education. 2000 (Nov)  Visit to Singapore of the President of Mexico, Dr. Ernesto Zedillo and issue of the “Joint Declaration by the United Mexican States and the Republic of Singapore on the Mexico-Singapore Free Trade Agreement”. 2001 (July)  Visit to Singapore of Dr. Ernesto Derbez, Minister for the Economy of Mexico . 2001 (Nov)  Meeting between the President of Mexico Mr. Vicente Fox and the Prime Minister of Singapore Mr. Goh Chok Tong, APEC Leaders Meeting, Shanghai, PRC.