Egyptian Mexican relations and similarities

Egypt first established relations with Mexico in the 1930s. Since then, relations had been cemented via a few significant events:

• Egypt and Mexico played host to the African-Latin dialogue forums in Cairo and Mexico since early 1980s


• Mexico took part in the G-15 meeting in Cairo on May 12-13, 1998


• The two countries have been working with the Middle East and Latin American countries to join the non-proliferation treaty and combat poverty


• In 1998, the Egyptian-Mexican trade exchange totaled $24.388 million


• The Egyptian-Mexican Friendship Association, which was established in August 1998


• The Association for Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which was established in June 1994 to acquaint the Mexican people with the Egyptian civilizational project


• The Egyptian-Mexican Association for Egyptology, established in January 1996

In addition, there is a sticking similarity between Egypt and Mexico - those magnificent ancient pyramids that towers over its surrounding:

Photo of Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx belongs to Paul Mannix

Photo of Teotihuacan Pyramids belongs to Laura Rush

Both Egypt and Mexico have warm and beautiful beaches:

Photo of Urghada beach belongs to Ricardo Liberato

Egypt is a Muslim country and while there are disco of sorts and perhaps most famous of all - Belly Dancing, if nightlife is what you are after, a better bet would be Mexico for nightlife:

Photo of nightlife in Mexico belongs to Omar Eduardo