The Slovak Republic has been a member of European Union since 2004. Slovakia has been an active participant in U.S.- and NATO-led military actions. There is a joint Czech-Slovak peacekeeping force in Kosovo. After the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the United States, the government opened its airspace to coalition planes. In June 2002, Slovakia announced that they would send an engineering brigade to Afghanistan.
Slovak Republic is a member of the United Nations and participates in its specialized agencies. It is a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the OECD. It also is part of the Visegrád Group (Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Poland), a forum for discussing areas of common concern. Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic entered into a Customs Union upon the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993, which facilitates a relatively free flow of goods and services. Slovak Republic maintains diplomatic relations with 188 countries.
Liechtenstein claims restitution of land in Slovakia confiscated from its princely family in 1918 [1] by the then newly established state of Czechoslovakia, the predecessor of the Slovak Republic. The Slovak Republic insists that the power to claim restitution does not go back before February 1948, when the Communists seized power. Slovakia and Liechtenstein established diplomatic relations on 9 December 2009. [2]
Bilateral government, legal, technical and economic working group negotiations continued in 2006 between Slovakia and Hungary over Hungary's completion of its portion of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric dam project along the Danube. [3]
In July 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger made it known that he had entered discussions with the Czech Republic over the protection of Slovak airspace by Czech warplanes in the event that the Slovaks were to donate to Ukraine the remnants of the Slovak MiG-29 fighter jet fleet, in advance of the fleet's replacement and renewal (at the earliest in 2023) by American F-16 warplanes. [4] The transaction would also include the remnants of Slovakia's Soviet-era T-72 tanks. [4] Czech PM Peter Fiala agreed with this initiative, [5] [6] which had been proposed by Ukrainian President Zelensky. [4] The transaction was set to occur in September 2022. [7] In April 2023 it was confirmed that 13 Mig-29 fighters and 30 BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicles were delivered to Ukraine by Slovakia. [8]
In June 2020, Slovakia openly opposed the Hong Kong national security law. [9]
List of countries which Slovakia maintains diplomatic relations with:
# | Country | Date [10] |
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1 | Czech Republic | 30 December 1992 |
2 | Albania | 1 January 1993 |
3 | Algeria | 1 January 1993 |
4 | Argentina | 1 January 1993 |
5 | Australia | 1 January 1993 |
6 | Austria | 1 January 1993 |
7 | Belgium | 1 January 1993 |
8 | Brazil | 1 January 1993 |
9 | Bulgaria | 1 January 1993 |
10 | Canada | 1 January 1993 |
11 | Chile | 1 January 1993 |
12 | China | 1 January 1993 |
13 | Colombia | 1 January 1993 |
14 | Croatia | 1 January 1993 |
15 | Cuba | 1 January 1993 |
16 | Cyprus | 1 January 1993 |
17 | Denmark | 1 January 1993 |
18 | Ecuador | 1 January 1993 |
19 | Egypt | 1 January 1993 |
20 | El Salvador | 1 January 1993 |
21 | Eswatini | 1 January 1993 |
22 | Finland | 1 January 1993 |
23 | France | 1 January 1993 |
24 | Germany | 1 January 1993 |
25 | Greece | 1 January 1993 |
– | Holy See | 1 January 1993 |
26 | Hungary | 1 January 1993 |
27 | Iceland | 1 January 1993 |
28 | India | 1 January 1993 |
29 | Indonesia | 1 January 1993 |
30 | Iran | 1 January 1993 |
31 | Iraq | 1 January 1993 |
32 | Ireland | 1 January 1993 |
33 | Israel | 1 January 1993 |
34 | Italy | 1 January 1993 |
35 | Jamaica | 1 January 1993 |
36 | Laos | 1 January 1993 |
37 | Latvia | 1 January 1993 |
38 | Kazakhstan | 1 January 1993 |
39 | Kuwait | 1 January 1993 |
40 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 January 1993 |
41 | Lebanon | 1 January 1993 |
42 | Libya | 1 January 1993 |
43 | Luxembourg | 1 January 1993 |
44 | Malaysia | 1 January 1993 |
45 | Malta | 1 January 1993 |
46 | Mauritania | 1 January 1993 |
47 | Mongolia | 1 January 1993 |
48 | Morocco | 1 January 1993 |
49 | Myanmar | 1 January 1993 |
50 | Netherlands | 1 January 1993 |
51 | New Zealand | 1 January 1993 |
52 | North Korea | 1 January 1993 |
53 | Norway | 1 January 1993 |
54 | Pakistan | 1 January 1993 |
– | State of Palestine | 1 January 1993 |
55 | Peru | 1 January 1993 |
56 | Philippines | 1 January 1993 |
57 | Poland | 1 January 1993 |
58 | Portugal | 1 January 1993 |
59 | Qatar | 1 January 1993 |
60 | Romania | 1 January 1993 |
61 | Russia | 1 January 1993 |
62 | Rwanda | 1 January 1993 |
63 | San Marino | 1 January 1993 |
64 | Senegal | 1 January 1993 |
65 | Serbia | 1 January 1993 |
66 | Sierra Leone | 1 January 1993 |
67 | Slovenia | 1 January 1993 |
68 | South Africa | 1 January 1993 |
69 | South Korea | 1 January 1993 |
– | Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 1 January 1993 |
70 | Spain | 1 January 1993 |
71 | Sweden | 1 January 1993 |
72 | Switzerland | 1 January 1993 |
73 | Syria | 1 January 1993 |
74 | Tanzania | 1 January 1993 |
75 | Thailand | 1 January 1993 |
76 | Tunisia | 1 January 1993 |
77 | Turkey | 1 January 1993 |
78 | Turkmenistan | 1 January 1993 |
79 | Uganda | 1 January 1993 |
80 | Ukraine | 1 January 1993 |
81 | United Kingdom | 1 January 1993 |
82 | United States | 1 January 1993 |
83 | Uruguay | 1 January 1993 |
84 | Venezuela | 1 January 1993 |
85 | Vietnam | 1 January 1993 |
86 | Yemen | 1 January 1993 |
87 | Nicaragua | 5 January 1993 |
88 | Costa Rica | 6 January 1993 |
89 | Lithuania | 6 January 1993 |
90 | Seychelles | 6 January 1993 |
91 | Paraguay | 8 January 1993 |
92 | Kenya | 15 January 1993 |
93 | Benin | 19 January 1993 |
94 | Uzbekistan | 20 January 1993 |
95 | Maldives | 21 January 1993 |
96 | Japan | 3 February 1993 |
97 | United Arab Emirates | 3 February 1993 |
98 | Tajikistan | 4 February 1993 |
99 | Mali | 12 February 1993 |
100 | Singapore | 12 February 1993 |
101 | Belarus | 14 February 1993 |
102 | Estonia | 15 February 1993 |
103 | Panama | 15 February 1993 |
104 | Sri Lanka | 15 February 1993 |
105 | Moldova | 16 February 1993 |
106 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18 February 1993 |
107 | Jordan | 3 March 1993 |
108 | Oman | 3 March 1993 |
109 | Zimbabwe | 3 March 1993 |
110 | Nepal | 4 March 1993 |
111 | Bolivia | 5 March 1993 |
112 | Bangladesh | 12 March 1993 |
113 | Guinea | 16 March 1993 |
114 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 April 1993 |
115 | Cape Verde | 7 April 1993 |
116 | Guatemala | 15 April 1993 |
117 | Zambia | 5 May 1993 |
118 | Sudan | 27 July 1993 |
119 | Nigeria | 1 September 1993 |
120 | Angola | 30 September 1993 |
121 | Ghana | 1 October 1993 |
122 | Mexico | 1 October 1993 |
123 | Armenia | 14 November 1993 |
124 | Cameroon | 15 November 1993 |
125 | Georgia | 25 November 1993 |
126 | Azerbaijan | 27 November 1993 |
127 | Malawi | 30 December 1993 |
128 | North Macedonia | 4 March 1994 |
129 | Barbados | 14 April 1994 |
130 | Mozambique | 10 May 1994 |
131 | Gabon | 14 July 1994 |
132 | Eritrea | 26 February 1995 |
133 | Niger | 26 April 1995 |
134 | Lesotho | 8 May 1995 |
135 | Ethiopia | 10 May 1995 |
136 | Bahrain | 21 May 1995 |
137 | Mauritius | 31 May 1995 |
138 | Saudi Arabia | 6 June 1995 |
139 | Gambia | 18 August 1995 |
140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28 December 1995 |
141 | Madagascar | 16 February 1996 |
142 | Andorra | 3 July 1996 |
143 | Fiji | 8 July 1996 [11] |
144 | Belize | 6 August 1996 |
145 | Togo | 4 January 1997 |
146 | Cambodia | 20 February 1997 |
147 | Guyana | 2 April 1997 |
148 | Brunei | 6 June 1997 |
149 | Burkina Faso | 1 August 1997 |
150 | Haiti | 26 September 1997 |
151 | Guinea-Bissau | 8 October 1997 |
152 | Namibia | 9 November 1997 |
153 | Equatorial Guinea | 7 December 1997 |
154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28 May 1998 |
155 | Republic of the Congo | 30 June 1998 |
156 | Liberia | 6 October 1998 |
157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 December 1998 |
158 | Marshall Islands | 29 January 1999 |
159 | Grenada | 23 February 1999 |
160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21 June 1999 |
161 | Burundi | 29 June 1999 |
162 | Papua New Guinea | 29 October 1999 |
163 | Samoa | 16 March 2000 |
164 | Chad | 20 April 2000 [12] |
165 | Djibouti | 22 November 2000 |
166 | Dominican Republic | 20 March 2001 |
167 | Botswana | 29 March 2001 |
168 | Suriname | 12 March 2002 |
169 | East Timor | 17 October 2002 |
170 | Ivory Coast | 28 October 2002 |
171 | Honduras | 27 May 2004 |
172 | Bahamas | 28 May 2004 |
173 | Saint Lucia | 1 May 2005 |
174 | Tuvalu | 30 January 2006 [12] |
175 | Dominica | 7 February 2006 |
176 | Montenegro | 28 June 2006 |
177 | Federated States of Micronesia | 13 September 2006 |
178 | Palau | 24 September 2007 |
179 | Monaco | 13 December 2007 [13] |
180 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26 September 2008 |
181 | Liechtenstein | 21 December 2009 |
182 | Solomon Islands | 15 March 2011 |
183 | Nauru | 24 June 2011 |
184 | South Sudan | 12 December 2011 |
185 | Afghanistan | 17 January 2012 [14] |
186 | Bhutan | 26 September 2012 |
187 | Somalia | 23 May 2013 |
188 | Comoros | 6 June 2017 [15] |
Organization | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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European Union | See 2004 enlargement of the European Union Slovakia joined the European Union as a full member on 1 May 2004. | |
NATO | Slovakia joined NATO as a full member on 29 March 2004. |
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Kenya | See Kenya–Slovakia relations |
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Belize | 1994 | Slovakia is accredited to Belize from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. [16] |
Canada |
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Colombia | 1 January 1993 |
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Dominica | Slovakia is accredited to Dominica from its embassy in Havana, Cuba. [16] [18] | |
Mexico | 1 January 1993 | See Mexico–Slovakia relations In November 2017, Slovak President Andrej Kiska paid an official visit to Mexico. [19]
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United States | 1 January 1993 | See Slovakia–United States relations
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Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Armenia | 1994 |
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China | ||
India | August 1995 | See India-Slovakia relations Since August 1995 India has an embassy in Bratislava and Slovakia has an embassy in New Delhi. [25] The Slovak Government welcomed and appreciated the opening of the Embassy of India, Bratislava (one of 32 resident missions) in August 1995, which was agreed during the former PM Moravcik's visit to India and considered it as a further indication of India's interest in enhancing relations with Slovakia. [26] |
Israel | 1993 | Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1993. Israel has an embassy in Bratislava. [27]
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South Korea | 22 March 1990 | See Slovakia-South Korea relations The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Slovak Republic began on 22 March 1990.
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Turkey | See Slovakia–Turkey relations | |
Vietnam | See Slovakia–Vietnam relations |
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Albania | The multi-national Communist armed forces' sole joint action was the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. All member countries, with the exception of the People's Republic of Albania and the Socialist Republic of Romania participated in the invasion. Albania formally withdrew form the Warsaw Pact in 1968 over the matter. [32]
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Austria | See Austria–Slovakia relations
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Bulgaria | 1 January 1993 |
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Croatia | See Croatia–Slovakia relations
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Cyprus |
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Czech Republic | See Czech Republic–Slovakia relations Between 1918 and 1 January 1993, both countries were part of Czechoslovakia. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993.
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Denmark | 1993 | See Denmark–Slovakia relations
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Estonia | See Estonia–Slovakia relations
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Finland |
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France |
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Germany | 1993 | See Germany–Slovakia relations Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1993 but previously had relations during World War II when Slovakia was a separate state. Germany has an embassy in Bratislava. Slovakia has an embassy in Berlin, an embassy branch in Bonn, a general consulate in Munich. Germany plays an important part in the Slovak economy as it is Slovakia's main trading partner. |
Greece | 1 January 1993 |
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Hungary | 1993 | See Hungary–Slovakia relations
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Italy |
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Latvia |
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Luxembourg | Luxembourg is represented in Slovakia through its embassy in Prague, Czech Republic. Slovakia is represented in Luxembourg through its embassy in Brussels (Belgium) and an honorary consulate in Luxembourg-City.
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Malta | See Malta–Slovakia relations Malta is represented in Slovakia through a non-resident ambassador based in Valletta (in the Foreign Ministry). Slovakia is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy) and an honorary consulate in Valletta.
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Netherlands | 1 January 1993 |
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Poland | 1993 | See Poland–Slovakia relations |
Portugal |
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Romania | 1 January 1993 | See Romania–Slovakia relations
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Russia | 1 January 1993 | See Russia–Slovakia relations
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Serbia | 1993 | See Serbia–Slovakia relations; also see Slovakia's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence |
Spain | See Slovakia–Spain relations
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Sweden |
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Ukraine | 1 January 1993 | See Slovakia–Ukraine relations
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United Kingdom | 1993 | See Slovakia–United Kingdom relations
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Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Australia | 1 January 1993 |
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