Diplomatic Relations

COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES HAS ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

 

No.

COUNTRY

DAY

MONTH

YEAR

1

United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

26

July

1965

2

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

26

July

1965

*

State of Israel

29

October

1965

3

Republic of India

01

November

1965

4

United States of America

10

November

1965

5

Republic of Italy

 

 

1966

6

Federal Republic of Germany

5

July

1966

7

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

26

July

1966

8

Russian Federation

14

September

1966

9

Republic of Korea

30

November

1966

10

Japan

14

November

1967

11

Malaysia

 

 

1968

12

Arab Republic of Egypt

12

February

1969

13

Republic of France

20

May

1969

14

Union of Myanmar

12

October

1969

*

Democratic Republic Germany

22

May

1970

15

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

14

June

1970

16

Republic of Iraq

15

September

1971

17

People’s Republic of China

14

October

1972

18

Commonwealth of Australia

25

January

1974

19

Republic of Philippines

12

July

1974

20

Republic of Indonesia

02

September

1974

21

New Zealand

10

October

1974

22

Republic of Singapore

20

February

1975

23

Republic of Serbia

01

March

1975

24

Republic of Hungary

24

May

1975

25*

Islamic Republic of Iran

02

June

1975

26

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

20

June

1975

*

Czechoslovakia

19

October

1975

27

United Mexican States

15

November

1975

28

State of Libya

17

November

1975

29

Republic of Cuba

29

January

1977

30

Kingdom of Belgium

03

October

1977

31

State of Kuwait

01

December

1977

32

Republic of Austria

01

March

1978

33

United Arab Emirates

15

March

1978

34

Kingdom of Sweden

21

August

1978

35

People’s Republic of Bangladesh

22

September

1978

36

Republic of Türkiye

28

May

1979

37

Kingdom of Thailand

21

June

1979

38

Kingdom of Spain

25

August

1979

39

Kingdom of The Netherlands

03

September

1979

40

Republic of Romania

01

November

1979

41

Kingdom of Bahrain

24

March

1980

42

Republic of Seychelles

01

July

1980

43

Kingdom of Nepal

01

August

1980

44

Republic of Mali

16

October

1980

45

Syrian Arab Republic

 

 

1981

46

Republic of Mauritius

15

January

1981

47

Republic of Senegal

15

February

1981

48

Sultanate of Oman

20

February

1981

49

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

17

March

1981

50

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

25

March

1981

51

Republic of Sudan

10

June

1981

52

Swiss Confederation

23

June

1981

53

Canada

14

December

1981

54

State of Palestine

04

April

1982

55

Kingdom of Denmark

08

November

1982

56

Republic of Guinea

08

April

1983

57

Union of the Comoros

20

July

1983

58

Republic of Tunisia

10

September

1983

59

Hellenic Republic (Greece)

17

September

1983

60

Kingdom of Norway

26

March

1984

61

Brunei Darussalam

31

March

1984

62*

State of Qatar

26

May

1984

63

Kingdom of Bhutan

13

July

1984

*

People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (Aden)

25

July

1984

64

Republic of Bulgaria

14

August

1984

65

Republic of Finland

01

October

1984

66

Republic of Poland

01

October

1984

*

Arab Republic of Yemen (Sana)

01

November

1984

67

Republic of Yemen (United on 21 May 1990)

01

November

1984

68

Republic of Malta

05

March

1985

69

Mongolia

06

November

1985

70

Republic of Zimbabwe

07

January

1987

71

Republic of Chile

01

March

1987

72

Argentine Republic

14

May

1987

73

Republic of Cyprus

01

November

1987

74

Republic of Vanuatu

27

January

1988

75

Kingdom of Morocco

04

February

1988

76

Republic of Lebanon

25

February

1988

77

People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

08

March

1988

78

Federal Republic of Somalia

10

March

1988

79

Republic of Fiji

15

March

1988

80

Republic of Sierra Leone

14

June

1988

81

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

11

July

1988

82

United Republic of Tanzania

11

August

1988

83

Republic of Colombia

22

August

1988

84

Federative Republic of Brazil

27

September

1988

85

Papua New Guinea

22

December

1988

86

Republic of Peru

06

February

1989

87

Federal Republic of Nigeria

01

March

1989

88

Republic of Kiribati

20

March

1989

89

Republic of The Gambia

03

July

1989

90

Republic of Panama

10

July

1989

91

Kingdom of Tonga

01

August

1989

92

Republic of Ghana

10

August

1989

93

Islamic Republic of Mauritania

16

October

1989

94

Solomon Islands

18

October

1989

95

Barbados

30

November

1989

96

Republic of Iceland

30

January

1990

97

Jamaica

26

February

1990

98

Republic of Namibia

26

July

1990

99

Republic of Venezuela

01

November

1990

100

Federated State of Micronesia

24

October

1991

101

Republic of the Marshall Islands

16

December

1991

102

Turkmenistan

25

September

1992

103

Slovak Republic

01

January

1993

104

Republic of Guatemala

27

January

1993

105

Czech Republic

20

April

1993

106

Independent State of Samoa

02

August

1993

107

Republic of Ukraine

17

August

1993

108

Republic of Kyrgyzstan

31

August

1993

109

Commonwealth of the Bahamas

28

September

1993

110

Republic of Tajikistan

06

October

1993

111

Republic of Uganda

30

November

1993

112

Republic of Belarus

06

December

1993

113

Republic of Estonia

22

March

1994

114

Cooperative Republic of Guyana

13

April

1994

115

Republic of Latvia

20

June

1994

116

Republic of South Africa

27

July

1994

117

Republic of Uzbekistan

07

December

1994

118

Republic of Armenia

10

January

1995

119

Republic of Portugal

09

February

1995

120

Kingdom of Cambodia

21

September

1995

121

Republic of Kenya

23

October

1995

122

Republic of Mozambique

27

November

1995

123

Republic of Slovenia

04

March

1996

124

Bosnia and Herzegovina

27

January

1997

125

Republic of Croatia

08

April

1997

126

Republic of Lithuania

02

December

1999

127

Republic of Ireland

07

December

1999

128

Belize

11

February

2000

129

Republic of Kazakhstan

15

March

2000

130

Republic of Nauru

09

May

2000

131

Grenada

13

July

2000

132

Republic of North Macedonia

13

November

2000

133

Principality of Monaco

19

March

2001

134

Antigua and Barbuda

25

March

2002

135

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

26

November

2002

136

Republic of Cabo Verde

23

April

2003

137

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

27

May

2003

138

The Commonwealth of Dominica

21

July

2004

139

Tuvalu

14

March

2006

140

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

17

March

2006

141

Republic of Azerbaijan

15

June

2006

142

Gabonese Republic

20

March

2008

143

Republic of Djibouti

7

April

2008

144

Principality of Andorra

19

May

2008

145

Republic of Albania

25

June

2008

146

Republic of Suriname

23

October

2008

147

Oriental Republic of Uruguay

24

February

2009

148

Republic of Kosovo

15

April

2009

149

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

24

November

2009

150

Montenegro

24

November

2009

151

Georgia

11

March

2010

152

Dominican Republic

17

March

2010

153

Republic of Nicaragua

11

May

2010

154

Republic of Costa Rica

21

September

2010

155

Republic of Paraguay

28

September

2010

156

Principality of Liechtenstein

21

January

2011

157

Republic of Ecuador

14

March

2011

158

Republic of Benin

16

September

2011

159

Republic of Honduras

13

October

2011

160

Saint Lucia

02

December

2011

161

Burkina Faso

29

December

2011

162

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

10

February

2012

163

Republic of Moldova

14

May

2012

164

Republic of San Marino

24

April

2014

165

Republic of Palau

17

October

2014

166

Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis

21

September

2016

167

Republic of El Salvador

19

September

2017

168

Republic of Zambia

1

April

2018

169

Republic of Cote d'Ivoire

13

April

2018

170

Republic of Congo

20

April

2018

171

Republic of Equatorial Guinea

21

May

2018

172

Central African Republic

24

May

2018

173

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

6

August

2018

174

Plurinational State of Bolivia

31

May

2019

175

Republic of Rwanda

6

September

2019

176

Republic of Angola

10

November

2020

177

Kingdom of Eswatini

15

December

2020

178

State of Eritrea

10

February

2021

179

Kingdom of Lesotho

29

March

2021

180

Republic of Burundi

20

January

2022

181

Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

5

April

2022

182

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

23

September

2022

183

Republic of Malawi

24

September

2022

184

Togolese Republic

3

May

2023

185

 Republic of South Sudan

4

May

2023

186

Republic of Botswana

11

December

2023

 

*    Due to the unification of Yemen and Germany, and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, at present the number of countries Maldives maintains diplomatic relations with sum up to 185. Diplomatic relations with Israel remain suspended. Maldives resumed diplomatic relations with Qatar on 15 March 2021. Maldives resumed diplomatic relations with Iran on 10 March 2023.

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