Singapore will open an embassy in Mexico City next year. It’s the first time Singapore has set up a diplomatic mission in any Spanish-speaking country.
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam dropped this news on 1 December 2025. He was in Mexico for his first state visit as president.
The Mexico embassy will be Singapore’s second in Latin America. Brazil got the first one back in 2012.
President Tharman made the announcement alongside Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at a joint press conference in Mexico City.
The Singapore president spent four days in Mexico, from 30 November to 3 December 2025. The timing isn’t random—both countries are marking 50 years of diplomatic relations this year.
President Tharman said the move shows Singapore’s confidence in Mexico’s future. The embassy will let Singapore work more closely with Mexico’s leaders, officials, business folks, and cultural community.
President Sheinbaum pointed out that Singapore’s embassy would be the 87th in Mexico. Foreign interest in the country is growing.
Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on 2 December. The embassy will beef up economic ties and people-to-people connections between the two countries. It’ll also give better consular support for Singaporeans in Mexico.
Mexico has had its embassy in Singapore since June 1990.
The Pacific Alliance Deal and What Else They’re Working On
President Sheinbaum hosted President Tharman for lunch at the National Palace on 1 December. Both leaders talked up the warm relations between their countries.
President Sheinbaum promised Mexico would ratify the Pacific Alliance-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. The deal was signed on 26 January 2022 but hasn’t been ratified yet.
Once it goes through, trade and investment will get easier for both countries. It’ll also connect Southeast Asia and Latin America better.
Singapore will become the Pacific Alliance’s first associated state after all four member countries—Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru—ratify the agreement.
President Sheinbaum welcomed Singapore companies to invest in Mexico. She mentioned sectors in Plan Mexico, her national development plan: technology, innovation, ports, oil and gas.
The two presidents watched officials sign two memoranda of understanding. One covers coral reef restoration, the other international development cooperation.
They also discussed technology, innovation, fintech, protecting the environment, and food security.
President Tharman invited President Sheinbaum to visit Singapore for a state visit.
