Mexico–Senegal relations
In 1961, Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos sent a presidential delegation of goodwill, led by Special Envoy Alejandro Carrillo Marcor and Delegate José Ezequiel Iturriaga, to visit Senegal and to pave the way for the establishment of diplomatic relations between both nations.[1] In 1972, Mexican Architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez was asked by President Senghor to design The Museum of Black Cultures in Dakar.[1] In March 2002, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade paid a visit to the northern Mexican city of Monterrey to attend the International Conference on Financing for Development.[8] In previous years, there has been an increase of migrants crossing into Mexico en route to the Mexico–United States border.[12] Mexico's main exports to Senegal include: malt extract and food preparation, articles of iron or steel, medicines, machinery parts, gas generators, instruments and appliances for machines, and fish.