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Mexico and France Seal Broader Partnership as Macron’s Visit Delivers New Accords and 2026 Azcatitlán Codex Loan

The outcome empowers a joint working group to turn the bicentennial agenda into concrete deliverables.

Overview

  • Mexico and France signed cooperation agreements spanning science, culture, environment, education and trade following talks at Palacio Nacional.
  • France confirmed a temporary, reciprocal cultural loan that will bring the Códice Azcatitlán to Mexico in 2026, with a binational mechanism set up to handle heritage exchanges and restitution issues.
  • Both governments agreed to deepen security and customs coordination against drug trafficking under strict respect for national sovereignty, with Macron stressing that such work occurs only between sovereign states.
  • Paris and Mexico City reactivated the Franco‑Mexican Strategic Economic Council to boost investment, citing more than 700 French firms operating in Mexico and bilateral trade of about €6.8 billion.
  • Macron thanked President Claudia Sheinbaum and invited her to Paris, closing a visit billed as the first by a French head of state to Mexico since 2014.