List of diplomatic relations of Ukraine

Ukraine has established diplomatic relations with numerous countries. Ukraine began moving towards independence from the Soviet Union with the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine on 16 July 1990. The ratification of Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine on 24 August 1991, by the Verkhovna Rada reestablished Ukrainian independence after the 1941 declaration of independence. ^[1]

Two days after the 1991 Ukrainian independence referendum, neighboring Hungary became the first country to establish diplomatic relations with Ukraine on 3 December 1991, and Ukraine has since then established diplomatic relations with 182 of the 193 United Nations member countries, the Holy See, the State of Palestine, and the Sovereign Order of Malta.

By 2019, Ukraine had not suspended any diplomatic relations but relations with Russia and Syria were only nominal. ^{[2] [3]} Diplomatic relations with Russia were eventually cut on 24 February 2022, as a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Diplomatic relations with Syria were cut on 30 June 2022, ^{[4] [5]} but were restored on 24 September 2025. ^[6] Diplomatic relations with North Korea were cut on 13 July 2022. ^[7] Diplomatic relations with Mali were cut on 4 August 2024. ^[8] Diplomatic relations with Niger were cut on 6 August 2024. ^[9] Diplomatic relations with Nicaragua were cut on 2 October 2025. ^[10]

Chronological list

Further information: Foreign relations of Ukraine

List of countries which Ukraine maintains diplomatic relations with:

#	Country	Date
1	Hungary	3 December 1991 [11]
2	Lithuania	12 December 1991 [11]
3	Bulgaria	13 December 1991 [11]
4	Armenia	25 December 1991 [11]
5	Israel	26 December 1991 [12]
6	Belarus	27 December 1991 [11]
7	Moldova	27 December 1991 [11]
8	United States	3 January 1992 [13]
9	China	4 January 1992 [14]
10	Estonia	4 January 1992 [11]
11	Poland	4 January 1992 [11]
12	Argentina	6 January 1992 [15]
—	North Korea	9 January 1992 [16]
13	Australia	10 January 1992 [14]
14	United Kingdom	10 January 1992 [11]
15	Sweden	13 January 1992 [17]
16	Mexico	14 January 1992 [13]
17	Greece	15 January 1992 [11]
18	Germany	17 January 1992 [11]
19	India	17 January 1992 [14]
20	Mongolia	21 January 1992 [14]
21	Iran	22 January 1992 [14]
22	Vietnam	23 January 1992 [14]
23	Austria	24 January 1992 [18]
24	France	24 January 1992 [11]
25	Egypt	25 January 1992 [12]
26	Sudan	25 January 1992 [19]
27	Japan	26 January 1992 [14]
28	Canada	27 January 1992 [13]
29	Portugal	27 January 1992 [11]
30	Chile	28 January 1992 [15]
31	Italy	29 January 1992 [11]
32	Spain	30 January 1992 [11]
33	Romania	1 February 1992 [11]
34	Turkey	3 February 1992 [11]
35	Norway	5 February 1992 [11]
36	Azerbaijan	6 February 1992 [11]
37	Burkina Faso	6 February 1992 [20]
38	Liechtenstein	6 February 1992 [11]
39	Switzerland	6 February 1992 [11]
40	Bolivia	8 February 1992 [21]
—	Holy See	8 February 1992 [11]
41	South Korea	10 February 1992 [14]
42	Brazil	11 February 1992 [15]
43	Denmark	12 February 1992 [11]
44	Latvia	12 February 1992 [11]
—	Russia [4]	14 February 1992 [22]
45	Croatia	18 February 1992 [11]
46	Czech Republic	18 February 1992 [11]
47	Cyprus	19 February 1992 [15]
48	Bangladesh	24 February 1992 [14]
49	Finland	26 February 1992 [11]
50	Malaysia	3 March 1992 [14]
51	New Zealand	3 March 1992 [14]
52	Malta	5 March 1992 [23]
53	Belgium	10 March 1992 [11]
54	Slovenia	10 March 1992 [11]
55	Cuba	12 March 1992 [13]
56	Pakistan	16 March 1992 [14]
57	South Africa	16 March 1992 [12]
58	Libya	17 March 1992 [12]
59	Cape Verde	25 March 1992 [24]
60	Iceland	30 March 1992 [11]
61	Singapore	31 March 1992 [14]
62	Syria	31 March 1992 [3] [6]
63	Ireland	1 April 1992 [11]
64	Netherlands	1 April 1992 [11]
65	Guinea	4 April 1992 [12]
66	Philippines	7 April 1992 [14]
67	Benin	10 April 1992 [12]
68	Jordan	19 April 1992 [12]
69	Oman	19 April 1992 [12]
70	Yemen	21 April 1992 [25]
71	Cambodia	23 April 1992 [14]
72	Tajikistan	24 April 1992 [14]
73	Zimbabwe	25 April 1992 [26]
74	Thailand	6 May 1992 [14]
75	Peru	7 May 1992 [15]
76	Equatorial Guinea	18 May 1992 [12]
77	Uruguay	18 May 1992 [13]
78	Costa Rica	9 June 1992 [15]
79	Indonesia	11 June 1992 [14]
80	Ghana	17 June 1992 [12]
81	Morocco	22 June 1992 [15]
82	Tunisia	24 June 1992 [12]
83	Luxembourg	1 July 1992 [11]
84	Jamaica	7 July 1992 [27]
85	Tanzania	8 July 1992 [12]
86	Bahrain	20 July 1992 [12]
87	Georgia	22 July 1992 [11]
88	Kazakhstan	23 July 1992 [14]
89	Chad	27 July 1992 [12]
90	Algeria	10 August 1992 [12]
91	Colombia	18 August 1992 [15]
92	Uzbekistan	25 August 1992 [14]
93	Laos	17 September 1992 [14]
94	Kyrgyzstan	19 September 1992 [14]
95	Mauritania	30 September 1992 [15]
96	Namibia	5 October 1992 [28]
97	Turkmenistan	10 October 1992 [14]
98	Mauritius	12 October 1992 [15]
99	United Arab Emirates	15 October 1992 [12]
100	Ivory Coast	20 October 1992 [12]
—	Mali	5 November 1992 [12]
101	Senegal	25 November 1992 [12]
—	Nicaragua [10]	30 November 1992 [29]
102	Nigeria	10 December 1992 [12]
103	Lebanon	14 December 1992 [12]
104	Iraq	16 December 1992 [12]
105	Guatemala	12 January 1993 [15]
106	Albania	13 January 1993 [15]
107	Nepal	15 January 1993 [15]
108	Sri Lanka	15 January 1993 [14]
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30 January 1993 [11]
110	Slovakia	30 January 1993 [11]
111	Burundi	22 February 1993 [15]
112	Paraguay	26 February 1993 [15]
113	Antigua and Barbuda	17 March 1993 [30]
114	Ethiopia	1 April 1993 [12]
115	Barbados	13 April 1993 [15]
116	Qatar	13 April 1993 [12]
117	Saudi Arabia	14 April 1993 [12]
118	Kuwait	18 April 1993 [12]
119	Zambia	22 April 1993 [31]
120	Ecuador	27 April 1993 [15]
121	Kenya	5 May 1993 [12]
122	Panama	21 May 1993 [15]
123	Madagascar	10 June 1993 [12]
124	Comoros	23 July 1993 [32]
125	Maldives	17 August 1993 [15]
126	Mozambique	28 August 1993 [15]
127	Gabon	1 September 1993 [33]
128	Rwanda	8 September 1993 [12]
129	Venezuela	29 September 1993 [15]
130	Angola	30 September 1993 [15]
131	Cameroon	21 October 1993 [12]
132	Eritrea	20 December 1993 [15]
133	Serbia	15 April 1994 [11]
134	Uganda	10 September 1994 [32]
135	Seychelles	30 September 1994 [15]
136	Afghanistan	17 April 1995 [14]
137	North Macedonia	20 April 1995 [11]
138	Central African Republic	14 July 1995 [12]
139	San Marino	30 October 1995 [34]
140	Marshall Islands	22 December 1995 [15]
141	Andorra	19 April 1996 [11]
142	Brunei	3 October 1997 [15]
143	São Tomé and Príncipe	16 April 1998 [15]
144	Eswatini	13 May 1998 [12]
145	Liberia	24 September 1998 [15]
146	Malawi	22 December 1998 [15]
147	Myanmar	19 January 1999 [15]
148	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13 April 1999 [15]
149	El Salvador	14 April 1999 [15]
150	Sierra Leone	20 May 1999 [35]
151	Republic of the Congo	3 June 1999 [15]
152	Gambia	2 July 1999 [15]
153	Togo	1 September 1999 [36]
154	Federated States of Micronesia	17 September 1999 [15]
155	Trinidad and Tobago	27 September 1999 [37]
156	Vanuatu	29 September 1999 [15]
157	Belize	1 October 1999 [15]
—	Niger	1 October 1999 [15]
158	Lesotho	1 June 2000 [15]
159	Dominican Republic	21 September 2000 [15]
—	State of Palestine	2 November 2001 [12]
160	Guyana	15 November 2001 [38]
161	Honduras	18 September 2002 [39]
162	Bahamas	27 September 2003 [15]
163	Timor-Leste	27 September 2003 [14]
164	Botswana	4 March 2004 [12]
165	Montenegro	22 August 2006 [40]
166	Suriname	20 September 2006 [15]
167	Monaco	26 July 2007 [41]
—	Sovereign Military Order of Malta	9 February 2008 [42]
168	Guinea-Bissau	22 February 2009 [43]
169	Djibouti	17 March 2009 [15]
170	Haiti	23 September 2010 [15]
171	Saint Lucia	24 September 2010 [44]
172	Solomon Islands	27 September 2011 [15]
173	South Sudan	25 September 2012 [45]
174	Tuvalu	27 September 2012 [46]
175	Fiji	23 September 2013 [15]
176	Samoa	23 September 2013 [15]
177	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8 June 2015 [47]
178	Dominica	25 April 2019 [48]
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25 September 2019 [49]
180	Grenada	26 September 2019 [50]
181	Palau	16 June 2024 [51]
182	Somalia	11 April 2025 [52]
183	Papua New Guinea	25 September 2025 [53]

No relations

Sovereign states which do not maintain diplomatic relations with Ukraine:

• Bhutan
• Kiribati
• Mali (Since 4 August 2024) ^[8]
• Nauru
• Nicaragua (since 2 October 2025) ^[10]
• Niger (Since 6 August 2024) ^[9]
• North Korea (Since 13 July 2022) ^[54]
• Russia (Since 24 February 2022) ^[55]
• Tonga

See also

• Foreign relations of Ukraine

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