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.