In April 1982 , former President Heydar Aliyev paid a visit to Mexico as head of a Soviet Delegation and met with former Mexican President José López Portillo . At the time , Aliyev was only a candidate of the Soviet Politburo . In December 1991 , Mexico recognized the independence of Azerbaijan after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union . On 14 January 1992 , both nations established diplomatic relations . At first , diplomatic relations between both nations were carried out from their respective embassies ; the Azeri embassy in Washington , D.C. , United States and from the Mexican embassy in Ankara , Turkey . In 2007 , Azerbaijan opened an embassy in Mexico City and Mexico followed suit by opening an embassy in Baku in 2014 . In 2011 , the Mexican Senate recognized the Khojaly Massacre
Khojaly Massacre
Khojaly Massacre
Azerbaijan–Mexico relations