Declaration of Friendship for the 200 years of U.S. - MX diplomatic relationships

December 12, 2022

Institutional Context

Mexico and the United States began their diplomatic relationship in December 1822. The Mexico-United States bilateral agenda includes issues in the political, economic, commercial, social, environmental, energy, technical, border and security fields. Bilateral relationships between both nations are multifaceted, complex and comprehensive. The two nations share a border of over 3,000 kilometers which over one million people cross every day. Mexico and the United States promote a vision of shared responsibility at the border, as well as a new cooperation agenda for modernizing border infrastructure and promoting the welfare of the binational community of the ten border states, whose combined economies together represent the fourth largest economy in the world.

Declaration of Friendship for the 200 years of U.S. - MX diplomatic relationships

On December 12th, 2022, Mexico and the United States celebrated 200 years of diplomatic relationships. In honor of this celebration, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, and Special Presidential Adviser for the Americas, Chris Dodd, led a ceremony to commemorate the Bicentennial of diplomatic relationships. Throughout the month of December, the two governments, the private sector, non-governmental organizations and various partners, will organize more than 200 events in Mexico and the United States to celebrate this anniversary. The celebrations will cover 26 states of the Mexican Republic, 19 U.S. states, and there will also be dozens of virtual events that will join the festivities