Foreign relations of San Marino

San Marino is an independent and sovereign member of the international community. It maintains an extensive diplomatic network relative to its diminutive size, as well as an active foreign policy and international presence.

International organizations

Among other international organizations, San Marino is a full member of the following international organizations:

• United Nations
• International Court of Justice
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Tourism Organization (WTO)
• Council of Europe
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• International Institution for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

It also cooperates with UNICEF and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and has official relations with the European Union. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

From May 10 until November 6, 1990, San Marino held the semi-annual presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The second San Marino Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe was from November 2006 until May 2007.

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which San Marino maintains diplomatic relations with: (consular relations with Haiti)

#	Country	Date [4]
–	Holy See	April 1926 [5] [6]
1	France	15 May 1965
2	Italy	1973 [7]
3	Romania	18 May 1974
4	Albania	21 June 1976
5	Iran	30 July 1976
6	Iceland	28 October 1978
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14 May 1984
8	Belgium	26 March 1985
–	Sovereign Military Order of Malta	4 March 1986
9	Austria	2 April 1987
10	Sweden	13 December 1988
11	Egypt	27 April 1989
12	Czech Republic	15 April 1991
13	Hungary	24 May 1991
14	China	18 June 1991
15	Slovenia	14 January 1992
16	Spain	29 April 1992
17	Brunei	10 June 1992
18	Jordan	13 July 1992
19	Cyprus	20 October 1992
20	Denmark	3 November 1992
21	Slovakia	1 January 1993
22	Croatia	11 February 1993 [8]
23	South Africa	30 April 1993
24	Georgia	23 July 1993
25	Russia	30 September 1993
26	Argentina	6 October 1994 [9]
27	Poland	14 November 1994
28	Ireland	13 January 1995
29	Portugal	27 March 1995 [10]
30	Switzerland	10 July 1995
31	Finland	17 July 1995 [11]
32	Malta	17 July 1995
33	Australia	13 September 1995
34	Germany	15 September 1995
35	Israel	30 October 1995
36	Ukraine	30 October 1995 [12]
37	Andorra	30 November 1995 [13]
38	Netherlands	1995 [14]
39	Japan	27 May 1996
40	Cuba	28 May 1996
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21 November 1996
42	Norway	11 December 1996
43	Canada	24 November 1997
44	United Kingdom	18 November 1998
45	Uruguay	22 September 1999 [10]
46	Libya	20 October 1999
47	Greece	22 November 1999
48	Latvia	7 March 2000 [15]
49	Bulgaria	17 April 2000
50	South Korea	25 September 2000
51	Luxembourg	8 February 2001
52	Guatemala	14 February 2002
53	Seychelles	14 March 2002
54	Colombia	15 April 2002 [16]
55	Azerbaijan	19 April 2002
56	Algeria	13 February 2003 [17]
57	Lithuania	6 March 2003 [18]
58	Paraguay	3 April 2003
59	Philippines	3 April 2003
60	Serbia	3 April 2003
61	Qatar	3 May 2003
62	Thailand	12 September 2003
63	Estonia	15 October 2003
64	Brazil	20 November 2003 [19]
65	Panama	22 January 2004
66	Malaysia	29 January 2004
67	Kazakhstan	20 September 2004 [20]
68	Kyrgyzstan	20 September 2004 [21]
69	Moldova	28 September 2004 [10]
70	Morocco	14 October 2004
71	Gambia	29 October 2004
72	Yemen	22 February 2005
73	North Korea	14 March 2005
74	Belize	15 March 2005 [22]
75	Peru	4 July 2005 [23]
76	Nepal	10 August 2005 [24]
77	Turkey	12 October 2005 [25]
78	Eritrea	28 October 2005
79	Singapore	9 December 2005
80	Tunisia	17 December 2005
81	Armenia	21 March 2006 [26]
82	Monaco	26 March 2006 [27]
83	Pakistan	12 April 2006 [28]
84	Senegal	17 October 2006
85	Bahamas	22 November 2006 [10]
86	United States	22 November 2006 [29]
87	El Salvador	18 January 2007 [30]
88	Montenegro	29 March 2007
89	Mongolia	30 March 2007
90	Mexico	22 May 2007
91	Vietnam	6 July 2007 [31]
92	Mauritania	16 November 2007
93	Costa Rica	19 February 2008 [32]
94	Ghana	5 November 2008
95	Belarus	9 February 2009 [33]
96	Ecuador	26 March 2009
97	Angola	30 March 2009 [10]
98	Saudi Arabia	31 March 2009 [10]
99	United Arab Emirates	6 July 2009
100	Chile	11 July 2009
101	Nicaragua	2 October 2009
102	Lebanon	13 November 2009 [10]
103	Lesotho	30 November 2010
104	Cambodia	12 April 2011 [34]
105	India	26 September 2011
106	Indonesia	26 September 2011 [35]
107	Timor-Leste	7 October 2011
108	Liechtenstein	21 October 2011
109	Iraq	9 December 2011
—	Kosovo	3 May 2012 [36]
110	Sri Lanka	7 June 2012 [37]
111	Fiji	15 March 2013 [38]
112	Tuvalu	19 March 2013 [39]
113	New Zealand	29 April 2013 [40]
114	Dominican Republic	1 October 2013
115	Honduras	16 December 2013 [39]
116	Maldives	24 April 2014 [41]
117	Venezuela	10 November 2014
118	Kuwait	17 December 2014
119	Bangladesh	31 May 2017
120	Ivory Coast	9 November 2017
121	Mauritius	20 April 2018 [10]
122	Tajikistan	3 August 2018 [42]
123	Federated States of Micronesia	25 September 2018 [43]
124	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25 September 2018 [44]
125	Vanuatu	25 September 2018 [45]
126	Palau	26 September 2018 [45]
127	Oman	26 September 2018 [46]
128	Republic of the Congo	27 September 2018 [45]
129	Ethiopia	7 November 2018 [45]
130	Antigua and Barbuda	12 December 2018 [46]
131	Laos	17 December 2018 [10]
132	Benin	22 January 2019 [46]
133	Guyana	17 February 2019 [47]
134	Samoa	28 February 2019 [48]
135	Togo	28 February 2019 [46]
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	24 September 2019 [46]
137	Bahrain	25 September 2019 [46]
138	Bolivia	25 September 2019 [46]
139	Cape Verde	25 September 2019 [49]
140	North Macedonia	26 September 2019 [50]
141	Barbados	3 October 2019 [51]
142	Suriname	8 October 2019 [46]
143	Saint Lucia	7 February 2020 [46]
144	Jamaica	29 September 2020 [10]
145	Uganda	23 October 2020 [10]
146	Uzbekistan	6 February 2021 [52]
147	Kenya	12 May 2021 [53]
148	Dominica	2 August 2021 [54]
149	Kiribati	20 October 2021 [55] [10]
150	Madagascar	1 February 2023 [10]
151	Malawi	8 December 2023 [10]
152	Burundi	27 September 2024 [56]
153	Marshall Islands	28 September 2024 [57]
154	Tonga	25 February 2025 [58]
155	Solomon Islands	4 April 2025 [59]

UN Secretary General visits and remarks

On 31 March-1 April 2013, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was the official orator on the occasion of the newly elected Captains Regent. “Although this country is small, your importance to the United Nations stands as tall as Mount Titano,” the Secretary-General told the country's highest officials, the two Captains Regent, in reference to the country's 739 meter UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mr. Ban also noted that the country accepted five times as many refugees as its population during the Second World War, and praised its emphasis on protecting human rights. ^[60] This was the second visit to San Marino by a UN Secretary General, the first having been by Boutrous Boutrous-Gali's visit in 1996.

Multilateral relations

Organization	Formal Relations Began	Notes
European Union		See San Marino–European Union relations

Bilateral relations

Country	Formal relations began on	Notes
Andorra	30 November 1995 [4]	Andorra is accredited to San Marino from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs based in Andorra la Vella. San Marino does not have an accreditation to Andorra.
Armenia	17 October 2006 [4]	Armenia is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Armenia from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Austria	2 April 1987 [4]	Austria is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy and maintains an honorary consulate in the City of San Marino. San Marino has an embassy in Vienna.
Azerbaijan	19 April 2002 [61]	Azerbaijan is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino maintains an honorary consulate in Baku.
Belgium	26 March 1985 [4]	Belgium is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino has an embassy in Brussels.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	21 November 1996 [4]	Bosnia and Herzegovina is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino has an embassy in Sarajevo.
Bulgaria		Bulgaria is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Bulgaria from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Canada	1926 [4]	Canada is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Canada from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City.
China	6 May 1971 [4]	See China–San Marino relations China is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to China from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Denmark	3 November 1992 [4]	Denmark is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Denmark from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Finland	27 February 1996 [4]	Finland is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Finland from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
France	15 May 1965 [4]	France is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy and maintains an honorary consulate in the City of San Marino. San Marino has an embassy in Paris.
Germany	1 October 1995 [62]	See Germany–San Marino relations Germany is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Germany from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Greece	20 November 1979 [4]	Greece is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Greece from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Holy See	18 January 1986 [4]	Holy See has an Apostolic Nunciature in the City of San Marino. San Marino has an embassy in Rome to the Holy See.
Italy		See Italy–San Marino relations Italy has an embassy in the City of San Marino. San Marino has an embassy in Rome.
Indonesia	9 December 2011 [4]	Indonesia is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino had an embassy in Jakarta.
Japan	1961 [4]	Japan is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino has an embassy in Tokyo.
Malta	7 December 1981 [4]	Malta is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Malta from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Monaco	1 June 2006 [4]	Monaco is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Monaco from its Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France.
Mexico	17 January 1977 [4]	Mexico is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy and maintains an honorary consulate in the City of San Marino. San Marino is accredited to Mexico from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City.
Netherlands		Netherlands is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Netherlands from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Poland	3 December 1979 [4]	Poland is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Poland from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Romania	18 May 1974	Romania is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Romania from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Russia	30 September 1993 [4]	Russia is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. San Marino is accredited to Russia from its embassy in Rome, Italy. [63] On 1 March 2023, the Grand and General Council of San Marino authorised the country's government to take sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. Russia has included San Marino in an Unfriendly List.
South Korea	22 August 2000 [4]	San Marino opened an Honorary Consulate General in Seoul in February 2003. South Korea is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. [64] San Marino–South Korea relations
Spain	31 March 1978 [4]	San Marino has an embassy in Madrid. Spain is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
Switzerland	10 July 1995 [4]	San Marino is accredited to Switzerland from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. Switzerland is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
Turkey	17 December 2005 [4]	See San Marino–Turkey relations San Marino is accredited to Turkey from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino. Turkey is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
Ukraine	24 March 1995 [4]	San Marino is accredited to Ukraine from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino. Ukraine is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
United Kingdom	18 November 1998 [4]	See San Marino–United Kingdom relations San Marino is accredited to the United Kingdom from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino. United Kingdom is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
United States	16 January 1925 [4]	See San Marino–United States relations San Marino is accredited to the United States from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City. United States is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy. United States was the first non-European state recognizing official diplomatic relations with San Marino. [65]

See also

• List of diplomatic missions of San Marino
• List of diplomatic missions in San Marino

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External links

• San Marino Secretary of State website
• San Marino Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe