Eswatini is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Southern African Development Community. Currently, the Kingdom of Eswatini maintains 11 embassies and High Commissions along with 15 consulates and other representations around the world, while there are five embassies and High Commissions in Eswatini as well as 14 consulates and other representations.
List of Countries which Eswatini maintains diplomatic relations with:
# | Country | Date [1] |
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1 | United Kingdom | 6 September 1968 [2] |
2 | United States | 6 September 1968 [3] |
3 | Portugal | 6 September 1968 [4] |
— | Republic of China | 16 September 1968 [5] |
4 | Israel | September 1968 [6] |
5 | South Korea | 6 November 1968 [7] |
6 | Germany | 15 November 1968 [8] |
7 | Netherlands | 1968 [9] |
8 | Canada | 10 February 1969 [10] |
9 | Switzerland | 6 August 1969 [11] |
10 | Belgium | 14 November 1969 [12] |
11 | France | 16 March 1970 [13] |
12 | Kenya | 18 May 1970 [14] |
13 | Austria | 1970 [15] |
14 | India | 1970 [16] |
15 | Ethiopia | 1 January 1971 [17] |
16 | Zambia | 31 March 1971 [18] |
17 | Japan | 21 May 1971 [19] |
18 | Australia | 9 July 1973 [20] |
19 | Nigeria | 13 October 1973 [21] |
20 | Egypt | 20 November 1973 [22] |
21 | Sweden | 1973 [23] |
22 | Uganda | 23 January 1974 [24] |
23 | Tanzania | 20 February 1974 [25] |
24 | Argentina | 1 April 1974 [26] |
25 | Mozambique | 11 September 1975 [27] |
26 | Mexico | 23 December 1975 [28] |
27 | Lesotho | 12 February 1976 [29] |
28 | Botswana | 20 May 1976 [30] |
29 | Guinea | 1977 [31] |
30 | Brazil | 23 June 1978 [32] |
31 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | June 1978 [33] |
32 | Chile | 25 September 1978 [34] |
33 | Spain | 6 April 1979 [35] |
34 | Malta | 19 April 1979 [36] |
35 | Turkey | 20 January 1981 |
36 | Zimbabwe | 27 November 1981 [37] |
37 | Norway | 11 December 1984 [38] |
38 | Malaysia | 31 March 1987 [39] |
39 | Peru | 8 June 1989 |
40 | Angola | 8 November 1989 [40] |
41 | Hungary | 9 May 1990 |
42 | Poland | 10 May 1990 |
43 | Serbia | 1 June 1990 |
44 | Finland | 20 September 1990 [41] |
45 | Romania | 12 December 1990 [42] |
46 | Czech Republic | 4 January 1991 |
47 | Jamaica | 13 February 1991 |
48 | Thailand | 17 January 1991 [43] |
49 | Indonesia | 12 April 1991 [44] |
50 | Cambodia | 13 December 1991 [45] |
51 | Namibia | 28 February 1992 |
— | Holy See | 11 March 1992 [46] |
52 | Singapore | 1 September 1992 [47] |
53 | Slovakia | 1 January 1993 [48] |
54 | Philippines | 19 February 1993 |
55 | Guyana | 26 February 1993 |
56 | South Africa | 1 October 1993 [49] |
57 | Iceland | 3 December 1993 |
58 | Bulgaria | 30 January 1995 [50] |
59 | Cuba | 22 September 1995 [51] |
60 | Kuwait | 22 May 1996 [52] |
61 | Morocco | June 1996 [53] |
62 | Denmark | 4 February 1997 [54] |
63 | Mauritius | 7 October 1997 [55] |
64 | Ukraine | 13 May 1998 [56] |
65 | Russia | 19 October 1999 [57] |
66 | Sri Lanka | 27 June 2000 [58] |
67 | New Zealand | 2000 [59] |
68 | Fiji | 14 March 2002 [60] |
69 | Seychelles | 14 March 2002 |
70 | Qatar | 31 October 2002 |
71 | Tonga | 22 May 2003 |
72 | Bahrain | 9 September 2005 |
73 | United Arab Emirates | 2 November 2005 [61] [62] |
74 | Venezuela | 21 September 2006 |
75 | North Macedonia | 6 July 2007 |
76 | Paraguay | 3 April 2007 [63] |
77 | North Korea | 20 September 2007 |
78 | Costa Rica | 24 September 2007 |
79 | Dominican Republic | 10 October 2007 [64] |
80 | Yemen | 21 October 2009 [65] |
81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25 November 2009 |
82 | Azerbaijan | 7 January 2010 [66] |
— | State of Palestine | 3 November 2010 [67] |
83 | Bhutan | 21 August 2012 |
84 | Montenegro | 27 February 2013 |
85 | Oman | 18 March 2013 [68] |
86 | Moldova | 21 March 2013 |
87 | Armenia | 3 May 2013 |
88 | Vietnam | 29 May 2013 |
89 | Suriname | 7 June 2013 |
90 | Rwanda | 30 August 2014 [69] |
91 | Equatorial Guinea | 19 February 2015 [70] |
92 | Saudi Arabia | 30 March 2015 |
93 | Madagascar | 21 October 2015 [71] [72] |
94 | Kazakhstan | 16 May 2016 |
95 | Georgia | 20 May 2016 |
96 | Eritrea | 30 March 2017 [73] |
97 | Mauritania | 22 March 2018 [74] |
98 | Sudan | 27 March 2018 [75] |
99 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7 June 2018 [76] |
100 | Tajikistan | 12 November 2018 |
101 | Latvia | 16 November 2018 |
102 | Estonia | 21 November 2018 |
103 | Mongolia | 21 November 2018 |
104 | Croatia | 5 April 2019 |
105 | Marshall Islands | 11 April 2019 [77] |
106 | Nepal | 9 May 2019 |
107 | Ireland | 8 August 2019 [78] [79] |
108 | Nicaragua | 17 September 2019 |
109 | Maldives | 15 December 2020 |
110 | Lithuania | 1 April 2021 |
111 | Burundi | 4 August 2022 [80] |
112 | Belarus | 4 June 2024 [81] |
113 | Algeria | Unknown |
114 | Bangladesh | Unknown |
115 | Benin | Unknown |
116 | Brunei | Unknown |
117 | Burkina Faso | Unknown |
118 | Republic of the Congo | Unknown |
119 | Cyprus | Unknown |
120 | Gabon | Unknown |
121 | Ghana | Unknown |
122 | Greece | Unknown |
123 | Iran | Unknown |
124 | Italy | Unknown |
125 | Ivory Coast | Unknown |
126 | Liberia | Unknown |
127 | Libya | Unknown |
128 | Luxembourg | Unknown |
129 | Malawi | Unknown |
130 | Mali | Unknown |
131 | Pakistan | Unknown |
132 | Senegal | Unknown |
133 | Sierra Leone | Unknown |
134 | Trinidad and Tobago | Unknown |
135 | Tunisia | Unknown |
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Canada | 10 February 1969 |
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Republic of China (Taiwan) | 16 September 1968 | See Eswatini–Taiwan relations Eswatini established diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (ROC) commonly known as "Taiwan", on 16 September 1968. Eswatini has an embassy in Taipei and ROC has an embassy in Mbabane. As of 2018, it is last African country to recognize the ROC instead of the PRC as the sole representative of "China". |
Cyprus |
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Greece |
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Japan | 21 May 1971 |
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Mexico | 23 December 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 December 1975.
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Namibia | 28 February 1992 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 February 1992.
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Serbia | 1 June 1990 |
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South Africa | 1 October 1993 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1993.
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Turkey | 20 January 1981 | |
United Kingdom | 6 September 1968 | Eswatini established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 6 September 1968. [2]
The UK governed Eswatini from 1903 to 1968, when it achieved full independence. Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth and the World Trade Organization, as well as the SACUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement. [91] Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement. [92] |
United States | 6 September 1968 | See Eswatini–United States relations The United States assists Eswatini with a number of HIV/AIDS initiatives and programs implemented through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Peace Corps, African Development Foundation, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Defense. In addition, the U.S. supports small enterprise development, education, military training, institutional and human resources development, agricultural development, and trade capacity building. The U.S. is also the largest bilateral donor to the Global Fund, Eswatini's principal HIV/AIDS funding source. The U.S. Government sends about 4 Swazi professionals to the United States each year, from both the public and private sectors, primarily for master's degrees, and about 5 others for three- to four-week International Visitor programs.
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Eswatini was a British protectorate until 1968, when it became an independent native monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations, when the then Paramount Chief of Swaziland, Sobhuza II became King of Swaziland.
Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa. It has sought to make the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region self-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, and good governance.
Cyprus is a member of the United Nations along with most of its agencies as well as the Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Council of Europe. In addition, the country has signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Agreement (MIGA). Cyprus has been a member of the European Union since 2004 and in the second half of 2012 it held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The foreign relations of Ghana are controlled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ghana. Ghana is active in the United Nations and many of its specialised agencies, the World Trade Organization, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States. Ghana generally follows the consensus of the Non-aligned Movement and the OAU on economic and political issues not directly affecting its own interests. Ghana has been extremely active in international peacekeeping activities under UN auspices in Lebanon, Afghanistan, Rwanda, and the Balkans, in addition to an eight-year sub-regional initiative with its ECOWAS partners to develop and then enforce a cease-fire in Liberia. Ghana is also a member of the International Criminal Court.
The foreign relations of Jordan have been consistently a pro-Western foreign policy.
Lesotho's geographic location makes it extremely vulnerable to political and economic developments in South Africa. Its capital is the small city of Maseru. It is a member of many regional economic organizations including the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Lesotho also is active in the United Nations, the Organisation of African Unity, now the African Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, and many other international organizations. In addition to the Republic of Korea, the United States, South Africa, Ireland, People's Republic of China, Libya, and the European Union all currently retain resident diplomatic missions in Lesotho. Foreign relations of Lesotho are administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations.
Malawi's former President Bakili Muluzi continued the pro-Western foreign policy established by his predecessor, Hastings Banda. It maintains excellent diplomatic relations with principal Western countries. Malawi's close relations with South Africa throughout the apartheid era strained its relations with other African nations. Following the collapse of apartheid in 1994, Malawi developed, and currently maintains, strong diplomatic relations with all African countries.
Rwanda has diplomatic relations with most members of the United Nations and with the Holy See.
Tanzania's first president, Julius Nyerere also was one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement, and, during the Cold War era, Tanzania played an important role in regional and international organisations, such as the Non-Aligned Movement, the front-line states, the G-77, and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). One of Africa's best-known elder statesmen, Nyerere was personally active in many of these organisations, and served chairman of the OAU (1984–85) and chairman of six front-line states concerned with eliminating apartheid in Southern Africa. Nyerere was also involved with peace negotiations in Burundi until his death. Nyerere's death, on 14 October 1999, is still commemorated annually.
Physically bridging Europe and Asia and being above Africa, Turkey is a secular country that has historically pursued a Western-oriented foreign policy. To this end, Turkey uses its global diplomatic network—the third most extensive—of 252 diplomatic and consular missions.
Uganda has formal diplomatic relations with many countries, some accredited. Since the colonial era and after independence Uganda has grown to be one of the most important African countries. Uganda has diplomatic relations with many countries throughout Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Uganda is a member of the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations since 1962.
Belgium is a country in Europe and member of major international organizations like the European Union and NATO which are both headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
The Gambia followed a formal policy of non-alignment throughout most of former President Dawda Jawara's tenure. It maintained close relations with the United Kingdom, Senegal, and other African countries. The July 1994 coup strained The Gambia's relationship with Western powers, particularly the United States. Starting in 1995, President Yahya Jammeh established diplomatic relations with several additional countries, including Libya, the Republic of China, and Cuba. As scholars on Gambia's foreign policy have argued, throughout Jammeh's period, the country's foreign policy was a shifting sand, with little of direction.
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau follows a nonaligned foreign policy and seeks friendly and cooperative relations with a wide variety of states and organizations. France, Portugal, Angola, Brazil, Egypt, Nigeria, Libya, Cuba, the Palestine Liberation Organization, Ghana, and Russia have diplomatic offices in Bissau.
The Bahamas has a strong bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom, represented by a High Commissioner in London. The Bahamas also associates closely with other nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
The Embassy of the Republic of China in the Kingdom of Eswatini is the embassy of the Republic of China in Mbabane, Eswatini. The two countries have had diplomatic relations since Eswatini's independence in 1968.
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