Relationship dossier
Mexico
Serbia
Relationship assessment
Longstanding ties include Mexico’s non-recognition of Kosovo and reciprocal visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Mexico toward Serbia
+20Mexico does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state, aligning with Serbia’s position on Kosovo’s status. Mexico also participates in a reciprocal visa-exemption arrangement for Serbian holders of diplomatic and official passports.
Serbia toward Mexico
+15Serbia participates in a reciprocal visa-exemption arrangement for Mexican holders of diplomatic and official passports. The scope of other concrete Serbian government cooperation with Mexico is unclear.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship combines longstanding diplomatic ties, a shared position on Kosovo’s status, and a limited reciprocal visa arrangement. These features indicate some enduring alignment and practical cooperation, but do not establish a broad or especially intensive partnership.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Mexico and Serbia maintain longstanding diplomatic relations. Mexico does not recognize Kosovo as independent, aligning with Serbia’s position on a central foreign-policy issue. The countries also have a reciprocal visa-exemption arrangement for holders of diplomatic and official passports. These points indicate some concrete alignment and cooperation, though the breadth of bilateral government collaboration is unclear.
Key developments
Mexico and Serbia established a reciprocal visa-exemption arrangement for holders of diplomatic and official passports.
Mexico’s continued non-recognition of Kosovo aligns with Serbia’s position on Kosovo’s status.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements beyond the diplomatic and official passport visa arrangement are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of government-to-government cooperation in recent years are uncertain.