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Belgium–Mexico relations are foreign relations between Belgium and Mexico. In 1836, Belgium—itself newly independent—recognized the independence of Mexico.〔 In 1919, the Belgian Chamber of Commerce of Mexico was established.〔 Both nations are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations. == History == In the 16th century, Belgian tradespeople traveled to what would become Mexico. In 1537, Belgians began Mexico's first brewery. Starting in the 1830s, Belgian engineers worked in Mexico to build the first Mexican railroad with Belgian materials; there were even plans for a ''Nueva Bélgica'', a colony to be built in Chihuahua. Diplomatic relations were started in 1825 when Mexico established consular relations with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Belgium became independent in 1830, and in 1838, representatives were sent to Mexico. The first consulate-level representatives were sent to Mexico in 1842.〔 In 1861, both nations signed a ''Treaty of Friendship'' thus formally establishing diplomatic relations.〔 In 1861, France, under Emperor Napoleon III, invaded Mexico. While the French were in Mexico (known as the Second French intervention in Mexico), Emperor Napoleon III helped Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, succeed the throne in 1864. When her husband, Maximilian I, faced execution, Belgium instructed its representative, Hoorickx, to assist the Austrian ambassador's ultimately failed efforts to persuade the Mexicans to grant clemency.〔Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, and Joseph Joshua Peatfield, ''History of Mexico'' v. 14 (The History company, 1888), (315 ).〕 After the execution of Emperor Maximilian I in 1867, Belgium and Mexico would not establish diplomatic relations until 1879.〔(Bilateral relations between Mexico and Belgium (in Spanish) )〕 In 1890 Belgium invested US$1.2 million to open a silver and copper mine in Michoacán. In 1900 Baron Moncher, the Belgian Minister in Mexico, wrote a study of the conditions and resources of southern Mexican states while "contributing in great measure to the development of the commercial relations between Belgium and Mexico."〔Pan American Union, International Bureau of the American Republics, ''Bulletin of the Pan American Union'' v. 8, nos. 1–6 (1900), (839 ).〕 In 1903 the National Railroad of Mexico, in which the Mexican Government had a large financial interest, opened a standard gauge line. The turning of the previous narrow gauge railroad into a standard gauge railroad was accomplished with 25,000 tons of rails from Belgium. By 1913 the National Railroad of Mexico was lobbying the government of Victoriano Huerta not to grant any further rights to the Belgian syndicate competing against them. Again in 1926 Belgium was shipping 1,000 tons of steel rails for the railroad. During World War II, Mexico closed its diplomatic legation in Brussels and moved its diplomatic staff to London where the Belgian government in exile was residing.〔(History of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Belgium (in Spanish) )〕 In 1940 Belgian residents of Mexico supported Hubert Pierlot as Prime Minister of Belgium during the Nazi occupation. After the war, Mexico returned to having a resident diplomatic legation in Brussels and in 1954, both nations raised their diplomatic legations to embassies.〔 That same year, Belgium opened its embassy in Mexico on June 5, 1954. In 1980, Mexican protesters peacefully occupied both the Belgian and Danish embassies to demand freedom for political prisoners and better living conditions for Mexicans. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belgium–Mexico relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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