Foreign relations of the Comoros

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In November 1975, Comoros became the 143rd member of the United Nations. The new nation was defined as consisting of the entire archipelago, despite the fact that France maintains control over Mayotte.

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Overview

Comoros also is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, the European Development Fund, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the African Development Bank.

The government fostered close relationships with the more conservative (and oil-rich) Arab states, such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. [1] It frequently received aid from those countries and the regional financial institutions they influenced, such as the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. [1] In October 1993, Comoros joined the League of Arab States, after having been rejected when it applied for membership initially in 1977. [1]

Regional relations generally were good. [1] In 1985 Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles agreed to admit Comoros as the fourth member of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), an organization established in 1982 to encourage regional cooperation. [1] In 1993 Mauritius and Seychelles had two of the five embassies in Moroni, and Mauritius and Madagascar were connected to the republic by regularly scheduled commercial flights. [1]

In November 1975, Comoros became the 143d member of the UN. In the 1990s, the republic continued to represent Mahoré in the UN. [1] Comoros was also a member of the OAU, the EDF, the World Bank, the IMF, the IOC, and the African Development Bank. [1]

Comoros thus cultivated relations with various nations, both East and West, seeking to increase trade and obtain financial assistance. [1] In 1994, however, it was increasingly facing the need to control its expenditures and reorganize its economy so that it would be viewed as a sounder recipient of investment. [1] Comoros also confronted domestically the problem of the degree of democracy the government was prepared to grant to its citizens, a consideration that related to its standing in the world community. [1]

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which the Comoros maintains diplomatic relations with:

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#CountryDate
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13 November 1975 [2]
2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 13 November 1975 [3]
3Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 25 November 1975 [4]
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6 January 1976 [5]
5Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 1 April 1976 [6]
6Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 3 May 1976 [7]
7Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 1 June 1976 [8]
8Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7 June 1976 [9]
9Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 28 June 1976 [10]
10Flag of India.svg  India June 1976 [11]
11Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 10 July 1976 [12]
12Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 12 August 1976 [13]
13Flag of Iran.svg  Iran September 1976 [14]
14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 November 1976 [15]
15Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 12 November 1976 [16]
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 15 November 1976 [17]
17Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 24 November 1976 [18]
18Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 21 December 1976 [19]
19Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1976 [20]
20Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1976 [21]
21Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21 February 1977 [22]
22Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1 March 1977 [23]
23Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2 June 1977 [24]
24Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6 June 1977 [25]
25Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6 June 1977 [26]
26Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16 June 1977 [27]
27Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15 August 1977 [28]
28Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3 October 1977 [29]
29Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14 November 1977 [30]
30Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30 November 1977 [31]
31Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19 December 1977 [32]
32Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1977 [33]
33Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1 February 1978 [34]
34Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2 February 1978 [35]
35Flag of France.svg  France 3 July 1978 [36]
36Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1978 [37]
37Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 19 February 1979 [38]
38Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 27 February 1979 [39]
39Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 22 August 1979 [40]
40Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 9 January 1981 [41]
41Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 11 August 1981 [42]
42Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1 December 1981 [43]
43Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5 November 1982 [44]
44Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1 March 1983 [45]
45Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 19 March 1983 [46]
46Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 20 July 1983 [47]
47Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 27 July 1983 [48]
48Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 19 October 1983 [49]
49Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 29 March 1984 [50]
50Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1984 [51]
51Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1984 [52]
52Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 6 January 1985 [53] [54]
53Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 25 February 1985 [55]
54Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 20 June 1985 [56]
55Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 15 July 1986 [32]
56Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 30 June 1988 [57]
57Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 28 September 1988 [32]
58Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3 October 1988 [32]
59Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 3 April 1989 [58]
60Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 26 October 1990 [59]
Flag of Palestine.svg  State of Palestine 1990 [60]
61Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 December 1992 [61]
62Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 14 May 1993 [62]
63Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23 July 1993 [63]
64Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 27 December 1996 [32]
65Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 16 February 1999 [32]
66Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 29 June 1999 [64]
67Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 29 June 2000 [65]
68Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2000 [66]
69Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 29 October 2004 [32]
70Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 22 December 2004 [67]
71Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25 March 2005 [68]
72Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 21 May 2005 [69]
73Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 22 February 2007 [70]
74Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8 March 2007 [71]
75Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2 July 2008 [32]
76Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 8 July 2008 [32]
77Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 13 October 2008 [32]
78Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24 September 2008 [32]
79Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 14 May 2009 [72]
80Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1 January 2010 [32]
81Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 22 February 2010 [32]
82Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 24 February 2010 [73]
83Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 26 March 2010 [32]
84Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 30 November 2010 [74]
85Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 9 February 2011 [32]
86Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 14 February 2011 [32]
87Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 25 April 2011 [32]
88Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 16 August 2011 [75]
89Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 25 November 2011 [76]
90Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 5 December 2011 [32]
91Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 29 March 2012 [32]
92Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 5 April 2012 [32]
93Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 29 August 2012 [77]
94Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 8 April 2013 [78]
95Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 26 September 2013 [32]
96Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 7 November 2013 [32]
97Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 14 October 2014 [79]
98Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 5 July 2015 [80]
99Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 24 September 2015 [32]
100Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 15 October 2015 [32]
101Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 16 February 2016 [81]
102Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 16 February 2016 [82]
103Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 19 October 2016 [83]
104Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6 June 2017 [84]
105Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2017 [85]
106Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 17 May 2018 [86]
107Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 17 May 2018 [87]
108Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 17 August 2018 [32]
109Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 2 September 2018 [88]
110Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 26 September 2018 [32]
111Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 24 October 2018 [89]
112Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 28 June 2019 [90]
113Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 18 September 2019 [32]
114Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 21 November 2020 [91]
115Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 11 October 2021 [92]
116Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 20 October 2021 [93]
117Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 16 January 2023 [94]
118Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 3 February 2023 [95]
119Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1 September 2023 [96]
120Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 25 April 2024 [32]
121Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Unknown
122Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Unknown
123Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Unknown
124Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Unknown
125Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Unknown
126Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Unknown

Bilateral relations

CountryFormal Relations BeganNotes
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 15 November 1976
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 November 1976 [17]
  • Comoros maintains an embassy in Brussels. [97]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13 November 1975See China–Comoros relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 November 1975 [2]

Comoros also hosted an embassy of China, which established relations during the Soilih regime. [1] The Chinese had long been a source of aid and apparently wished to maintain contact with Comoros to counterbalance Indian and Soviet (later Russian) influence in the Indian Ocean. [1]

In August 2008, a Comorian delegation visited China on a good-will visit. Together with the Chinese defense minister Liang Guanglie, and Chief of Staff of the Comoros armed forces Salimou Mohamed Amiri, pledged to increase cooperation between the military of the two nations. Amiri stated that Comoros will continue to adhere to the One-China policy. [98]

A comprehensive Chinese-assisted treatment campaign has apparently eliminated malaria from the Comorian island of Moheli (population 36,000). Administered by Li Guoqiao at the Tropical Medicine Institute, the program relies on hybrid Artemisia annua of hybrid ancestry, which was used for a drug regimen by which all residents of the island, whether or not visibly ill, took two doses at a 40-day interval. This eliminated the human reservoir of the disease and reduced hospital admissions to 1% or less of January 2008 levels. Visitors to Moheli are now required to take antimalarial drugs, a mix of artemisinin, primaquine and pyrimethamine that China provides for free. When asked about Artemisia exports, Li was quoted, "We want to grow them in China and whatever we export depends on bilateral relationships." Comoros has requested a similar program for Grande Comore and Anjouan, total population 760,000, and Li said that Beijing has agreed in principle. [99] [100]

Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of Congo The countries maintain diplomatic relations and Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi visited Comoros in 2023. [101]
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus

Cyprus is represented in Comoros by its embassy in Pretoria. [102]

Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1 December 1981 [103]

Denmark is represented in Comoros by its embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [104]

Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19 December 1977

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 December 1977 [105]

Comoros is represented in Finland by its embassy in Paris, France. [106]

Flag of France.svg  France 1 July 1978See France–Comoros relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 July 1978 [107]

Comoros' most significant international relationship is that with France. [1] The three years of estrangement following the unilateral declaration of independence and the nationalistic Soilih regime were followed during the conservative Abdallah and Djohar regimes by a period of growing trade, aid, cultural, and defense links between the former colony and France, punctuated by frequent visits to Paris by the head of state and occasional visits by the French president to Moroni. [1] The leading military power in the region, France has detachments on Mahoré and Réunion, and its Indian Ocean fleet sails the waters around the islands. [1] France and Comoros signed a mutual security treaty in 1978; following the mercenary coup against Abdallah in 1989, French troops restored order and took responsibility for reorganizing and training the Comorian army. [1] With Mahoré continuing to gravitate politically and economically toward France, and Comoros increasingly dependent on the French for help with its own considerable social, political, and economic problems, the issue of Mahoré diminished somewhat in urgency. [1]

Comoros claims French-administered Mayotte & the Glorioso Islands.

Flag of India.svg  India 4 June 1976See Comoros–India relations
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 23 June 1983Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 June 1983 [109]
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24 October 2018

Ireland is represented in Comoros by its embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [111]

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 November 1976Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 November 1976 [112]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14 November 1977 [116]

Comorian relations with Japan were also significant because Japan was the second largest provider of aid, consisting of funding for fisheries, food, and highway development. [1]

Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 1 April 1976Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 April 1976 [117]
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2000Both countries established diplomatic relations in 2000. [118]
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 13 October 2008Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 October 2008 [119]
  • The Comoros does not have an accreditation to Mexico.
  • Mexico is accredited to the Comoros from its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. [120]
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco The two countries maintain diplomatic relations and signed 11 agreements in 2022. [121]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21 February 1977
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger The two countries maintain cordial relations. [124]
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea See Comoros–North Korea relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on November 13, 1975. [125]

Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar See Comoros–Qatar relations

Comoros severed the diplomatic relations with Qatar in June 2017. [126]

Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Comoros. [127]
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 24 November 1976

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 November 1976. [128]

Serbia is represented in Comoros by its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. [129] [130]

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 14 May 1993

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 May 1993 [131]

The close relationship Comoros developed with South Africa in the 1980s was much less significant to both countries in the 1990s. [1] With the reform of its apartheid government, South Africa no longer needed Comoros as evidence of its ostensible ability to enjoy good relations with a black African state; the end of the Cold War had also diminished Comoros' strategic value to Pretoria. [1] Although South Africa continued to provide developmental aid, it closed its consulate in Moroni in 1992. [1] Since the 1989 coup and subsequent expulsion of South African-financed mercenaries, Comoros likewise turned away from South Africa and toward France for assistance with its security needs. [1]

Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 22 August 1979 [132] See Comoros–Turkey relations
  • The Embassy of the Comoros in Cairo is accredited to Turkey. [133]
  • The Turkish ambassador in Antananarivo to Madagascar is also accredited to the Union of the Comoros. [133]
  • Trade volume between the two countries was US$21.1 million in 2019. [133]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23 July 1993
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on July 23, 1993. [134]
  • Comoros has an honorary consulate in Kyiv. [135]
  • Ukraine is represented in Comoros by its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. [136]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3 October 1977

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 October 1977. [29]

Great-Britain is represented in Comoros by its embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar. [137]

Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15 August 1977See Comoros–United States relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 August 1977. [138]

The American Embassy at Moroni was established on August 26, 1985, with Edward Brynn as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. The American Embassy at Moroni was closed on September 30, 1993. Subsequent American Ambassadors to Comoros also have been accredited to Mauritius, and resident at Port Louis. On March 6, 2006, responsibilities for Comoros were transferred from Embassy Port Louis to Embassy Antananarivo. The two countries enjoy friendly relations. [1] The historic under-commitment by the US within France's sphere of interest in the Indian Ocean looks set to continue after a November 2009 meeting between heads of state. [139] Future friendly relations continue to look promising between the Comoros and America.

Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 21 May 2005
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 6 January 1985

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 January 1985 [142]

In April 2008, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Yemen and Comoros Ministry of Fishery and Environment signed a "Memo of Understanding" (MOU) concerning agricultural cooperation. [143]

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