In March 2010, a Saharawi delegation arrived to Mexico and met with Mexican Senators, including Senator Yeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz (Vice-president of the Mexican Senate Commission on Foreign Relations with Africa) to discuss the situation in SADR.[6][7] That same month, President of the Mexican Senate, Carlos Navarrete Ruiz, paid a visit to Algeria and met with SADR President Mohamed Abdelaziz and traveled to Tindouf Province to visit the Sahrawi refugee camps and access their needs.[8] In September 2010, SADR President Mohamed Abdelaziz paid a visit to Mexico to partake in the Bicentennial celebration of Mexico's independence.[9] In December 2012, President Abdelaziz returned to Mexico to attend the inauguration of President Enrique Peña Nieto.[10]