González Pinedo was accompanied at the WTF’s headquarters in Seoul by Young In Bang, the FMTKD’s head of national coaches, who served as an interpreter.

Mexico will be represented by a quartet of taekwondo athletes next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, including Carlos Navarro, Saúl Gutiérrez, Itzel Manjarrez and star name María Espinoza.

Espinoza will be hoping to regain her women’s over 67 kilograms Olympic title having followed up her gold medal at Beijing 2008 by taking bronze at London 2012.

"We talked about the four athletes who will represent Mexico in the Olympic Games in Rio, and also addressed the issue of the growth of Mexican taekwondo," said González Pinedo.

"Dr Choue offered me their [the WTF’s] full support to continue making great events in our country and said that for the World Taekwondo Federation, Mexico is very important for quality athletes, its organisation and the number of affiliated practitioners."

González Pinedo joined Choue on a tour of the WTF’s facilities before holding meetings with a number of the international governing body’s representatives.

Among the topics discussed was the schedule of events up until 2020 and the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF), which the WTF has asked the FMTKD to support.

The THF aims to use taekwondo to bring hope and joy to people in refugee camps around the world, keeping them physically active while teaching them respect, self-discipline and understanding.

It is the brainchild of Choue, who explained the project to the United Nations at the organisation's New York City headquarters on "International Day of Peace" on September 21, 2015.