Throughout 2017 , Mexico has condemned all missile launches from North Korea . On 7 September 2017 , the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared ' persona non grata ' the Ambassador of North Korea in Mexico , Kim Hyong Gil and expelled him from the country within 72 hours . This decision followed the sixth nuclear test carried out by Pyongyang on September 3rd . In December 2018 , Kim Yong Nam , President of the Presidium of the Supreme People 's Assembly of North Korea arrived to Mexico City to attend the inauguration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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