Establishment and Renewal of Diplomatic Relations
(Countries listed in alphabetical order)
|
Number in sequence |
Country |
The date of recognition of the State of Latvia1 |
The date of recognition of restoration of independence of Latvia |
The date of establishment or renewal of diplomatic relations with Latvia |
|
1. |
Afghanistan |
|
07.09.1991 |
16.02.1928
18.01.2005 |
|
2. |
Albania |
|
07.09.1991 |
28.01.1928
29.04.1992 |
|
3. |
Algeria |
|
27.12.1991 |
29.04.1998 |
|
4. |
Andorra |
|
|
27.08.1996 |
|
5. |
Antigua and Barbuda |
|
|
19.03.1993 |
|
6. |
Argentina |
28.03.1922 |
25.08.1991 |
26.09.1991 |
|
7. |
Armenia |
|
12.09.1991 |
22.08.1992 |
|
8. |
Australia |
|
|
27.08.1991 |
|
9. |
Austria |
17.02.1921 |
28.08.1991 |
19.01.1992 |
|
10. |
Azerbaijan |
28.01.1921 |
30.08.1991 |
11.01.1994 |
|
11. |
Bahrain |
|
|
27.03.2000 |
|
12. |
Bangladesh |
|
09.09.1991 |
21.01.1993 |
|
13. |
Barbadosa |
|
|
15.05.2008 |
|
14. |
Belarus |
|
27.12.1991 |
07.04.1992 |
|
15. |
Belgium2 |
26.01.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
05.09.1991 |
|
16. |
Belize |
|
|
03.02.2005 |
|
17. |
Benin |
|
31.01.1992 |
19.03.1997 |
|
18. |
Bolivia |
|
|
08.07.2003 |
|
19. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
|
19.04.1996 |
|
20. |
Botswana |
|
|
17.03.2003 |
|
21. |
Brazil |
05.12.1921 |
04.09.1991 |
18.07.1992 |
|
22. |
Brunei Darussalam |
|
|
14.07.2000 |
|
23. |
Bulgaria |
24.05.1922 |
26.08.1991 |
10.09.1991 |
|
24. |
Burundi |
|
06.01.1992 |
24.05.1993 |
|
25. |
Cambodia |
|
|
22.09.1995 |
|
26. |
Canada |
|
26.08.1991 |
03.09.1991 |
|
27. |
Cape Verde |
|
|
21.10.1992 |
|
28. |
Chad |
|
12.01.1993 |
23.04.1996 |
|
29. |
Chile |
12.09.1921 |
28.08.1991 |
26.09.1991 |
|
30. |
Columbia |
08.07.1922 |
06.09.1991 |
19.07.1995 |
|
31. |
Costa Rica |
|
|
15.05.2003 |
|
32. |
Cote d'Ivoire (until 1996 Ivory Coast) |
|
|
04.06.1996 |
|
33. |
Croatia |
|
|
14.02.1992 |
|
34. |
Cuba |
10.09.1921 |
09.09.1991 |
20.12.1991 |
|
35. |
Cyprus |
|
|
20.12.1991 |
|
36.* |
Czechoslovakia |
05.01.1922 |
|
|
|
37. |
Denmark3 |
07.02.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
24.08.1991 |
|
38. |
Dominic |
|
|
27.09.2007 |
|
39. |
Dominican Republic |
|
|
15.08.2001 |
|
40. |
Ecuador |
|
02.09.1991 |
21.10.1992 |
|
41. |
Egypt |
|
06.09.1991 |
23.01.1992 |
|
42. |
El Salvador |
|
|
11.01.2001 |
|
43. |
Estonia |
21.07.1919 |
22.08.1991 |
06.09.1991 |
|
44. |
Ethiopia |
|
|
11.03.2008 |
|
45.* |
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
|
|
19.01.2001 |
|
46. |
Fiji |
|
|
07.03.2008 |
|
47. |
Finland |
26.01.1921 |
25.08.1991 |
29.08.1991 |
|
48. |
France |
26.01.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
30.08.1991 |
|
49. |
Gabon |
|
|
31.10.1996 |
|
50. |
Gambia |
|
|
12.03.1998 |
|
51. |
Georgia |
27.01.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
11.03.1993 |
|
52. |
Germany |
01.02.1921 |
|
28.08.1991 |
|
53. |
Ghana |
|
|
03.01.1992 |
|
54. |
Great Britain |
26.01.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
05.09.1991 |
|
55. |
Greece |
23.05.1922 |
27.08.1991 |
02.09.1991 |
|
56. |
Guatemala |
|
|
14.01.1993 |
|
57. |
Guinea |
|
23.11.1991 |
17.01.1997 |
|
58. |
Guyana |
|
|
16.03.2005 |
|
59. |
Haiti |
|
|
14.12.2006 |
|
60. |
Honduras |
|
|
01.07.2003 |
|
61. |
Hungary |
20.07.1921 |
24.08.1991 |
02.09.1991 |
|
62. |
Iceland |
|
22.08.1991 |
26.08.1991 |
|
63. |
India |
|
09.09.1991 |
07.12.1991 |
|
64. |
Indonesia |
|
16.09.1991 |
25.08.1993 |
|
65. |
Iran (until 1921Persia) |
10.02.1921 |
10.09.1991 |
07.07.1992 |
|
66. |
Iraq |
|
01.01.1992 |
15.10.2004 |
|
67. |
Ireland |
|
27.08.1991 |
09.10.1991 |
|
68. |
Israel |
|
04.09.1991 |
06.01.1992 |
|
69. |
Italy |
26.01.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
30.08.1991 |
|
70. |
Jamaica |
|
|
18.12.1991 |
|
71. |
Japan |
26.01.1921 |
06.09.1991 |
10.10.1991 |
|
72. |
Jordan |
|
18.09.1991 |
12.09.1994 |
|
73. |
Kazakhstan |
|
23.12.1991 |
30.12.1992 |
|
74. |
Kenya |
|
|
23.04.1996 |
|
75. |
Kosovo |
|
|
10.06.2008 |
|
76. |
Kuwait |
|
|
15.07.1994 |
|
77. |
Kyrgyzstan |
|
31.08.1991 |
18.03.1993 |
|
78. |
Lao |
|
12.09.1991 |
27.04.1995 |
|
79. |
Lebanon |
|
30.12.1991 |
16.01.1998 |
|
80. |
Libya |
|
|
16.02.2007 |
|
81. |
Lithuania |
23.10.1919 |
22.08.1991 |
05.10.1991 |
|
82. |
Luxembourg |
14.10.1922 |
27.08.1991 |
29.01.1992 |
|
83. |
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
|
|
14.03.1996 |
|
84. |
Malaysia |
|
11.09.1991 |
12.06.1993 |
|
85. |
Maldives |
|
|
20.06.1994 |
|
86. |
Mali |
|
25.01.1992 |
26.11.1992 |
|
87. |
Malta |
|
26.08.1991 |
01.01.1992 |
|
88. |
Marocco |
|
24.09.1991 |
05.10.1992 |
|
89. |
Mauritania |
|
|
18.09.1991 |
|
90. |
Mauritius |
|
|
13.02.2003 |
|
91. |
Mexico |
10.05.1927 |
05.09.1991 |
27.11.1991 |
|
92. |
Moldova |
|
26.08.1991 |
01.09.1992 |
|
93. |
Mongolia |
|
29.08.1991 |
15.10.1991 |
|
94. |
Montenegro |
|
|
12.06.2006 |
|
95. |
Mozambique |
|
|
29.04.1992 |
|
96. |
Namibia |
|
|
11.04.1997 |
|
97. |
Nepal |
|
|
20.04.1992 |
|
98. |
New Zealand |
|
28.08.1991 |
19.12.1991 |
|
99. |
Nicaragua |
|
02.09.1991 |
20.06.1994 |
|
100. |
Nigeria |
|
|
30.03.2001 |
|
101. |
Norway |
05.02.1921 |
25.08.1991 |
27.08.1991 |
|
102. |
Oman |
|
22.09.1991 |
05.02.1993 |
|
103. |
Order of Malta |
|
|
15.08.1995 |
|
104. |
Pakistan |
|
10.09.1991 |
29.04.1996 |
|
105. |
Panama |
06.07.1921 |
|
22.03.1994 |
|
106. |
Paraguay |
|
01.04.1992 |
03.06.1992 |
|
107. |
Peru |
02.06.1922 |
06.09.1991 |
23.07.1996 |
|
108. |
Philippines |
|
16.09.1991 |
17.12.1991 |
|
109. |
Poland |
27.01.1921 |
26.08.1991 |
30.08.1991 |
|
110. |
Portugal |
19.02.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
02.10.1991 |
|
111. |
Qatar |
|
|
10.12.1996 |
|
112. |
Romania |
26.02.1921 |
26.08.1991 |
13.09.1991 |
|
113. |
Rwanda |
|
|
10.04.2007 |
|
114. |
Saint Lucia |
|
|
21.06.2006 |
|
115. |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
|
25.08.2006 |
|
116. |
San Marino |
|
26.08.1991 |
07.03.2000 |
|
117. |
Sao Tome and Principle |
|
28.01.1992 |
26.07.1994 |
|
118. |
Saudi Arabia |
|
|
21.03.2003 |
|
119. |
Senegal |
|
17.09.1991 |
09.06.1992 |
|
120. |
Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro before 05.06.2006., Yugoslavia until 2003) |
|
|
19.01.2001
(see Yugoslavia) |
|
121. |
Singapore |
|
06.09.1991 |
20.01.1992 |
|
122. |
Slovakia |
|
|
01.01.1993 |
|
123. |
Slovenia |
|
29.08.1991 |
30.09.1991 |
|
124. |
South Africa |
|
29.08.1991 |
04.11.1991 |
|
125. |
Spain |
09.04.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
09.10.1991 |
|
126. |
Sri Lanka |
|
10.10.1991 |
19.09.1996 |
|
127. |
Sweden |
05.02.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
28.08.1991 |
|
128. |
Switzerland |
23.04.1921 |
|
05.09.1991 |
|
129. |
Syria |
|
09.09.1991 |
25.05.1993 |
|
130. |
Tajikistan |
|
25.12.1991 |
11.05.1994 |
|
131. |
Tanzania |
|
|
28.11.1997 |
|
132. |
Thailand (until 1921 Siam) |
11.08.1921 |
09.09.1991 |
19.03.1992 |
|
133. |
The Bahamas |
|
|
20.01.2005 |
|
134.* |
The Czech and Slovak Federal Republic |
|
29.08.1991 |
09.09.1991 |
|
135. |
The Czech Republic |
|
|
01.01.1993 |
|
136. |
The Holy See |
10.06.1921 |
29.08.1991 |
01.10.1991 |
|
137.* |
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
07.09.1926 |
|
|
|
138. |
The Netherlands |
05.03.1921 |
27.08.1991 |
24.09.1991 |
|
139.* |
The North - Western Region of Russia |
11.11.1919 |
|
|
|
140. |
The People's Democratic Republic of Korea |
|
07.09.1991 |
26.09.1991 |
|
141. |
The People's Republic of China |
16.08.1923 |
07.09.1991 |
12.09.1991 |
|
142. |
The Republic of Korea |
|
|
22.10.1991 |
|
143. |
The Republic of Malawi |
|
|
10.09.1998 |
|
144. |
The Republic of Seychelles |
|
|
23.03.1994 |
|
145. |
The Russian Federation (until 1920 RSFSR) |
11.08.1920 |
24.08.1991 |
04.10.1991 |
|
146. |
Trinidad and Tobago |
|
|
11.03.2003 |
|
147. |
Tunisia |
|
02.09.1991 |
26.06.1992 |
|
148. |
Turkey |
03.01.1925 |
03.09.1991 |
22.10.1991 |
|
149. |
Turkmenistan |
|
|
05.02.1993 |
|
150. |
Ukraine |
10.12.1919 |
26.08.1991 |
12.02.1992 |
|
151. |
United Arab Emirates |
|
|
18.09.1995 |
|
152. |
Uruguay |
|
|
06.07.1992 |
|
153. |
USA |
28.07.1922 |
02.09.1991 |
05.09.1991 |
|
154.* |
USSR |
|
06.09.1991 |
15.10.1991 |
|
155. |
Uzbekistan |
|
30.09.1991 |
03.11.1992 |
|
156. |
Venezuela |
12.01.1922 |
02.09.1991 |
23.04.1992 |
|
157. |
Viet Nam |
|
09.09.1991 |
12.02.1992 |
|
158. |
Yemen |
|
13.09.1991 |
13.02.1992 |
|
159. |
Zambia |
|
|
27.02.1997 |
At present Latvia has established diplomatic relations with 153 countries.
[*] The numbers of states or state formations, with which Latvia has had diplomatic relations, but at the moment those countries have either ceased to exist, have broken up or have no legal successors, have been marked (and not included in the total amount).
[1] In the period from 1921 to 1928, the date of recognition of the State of Latvia signifies also the date of establishment of the diplomatic relations.
[2] On August 27, 1991 Belgium adhered to the Declaration of the European Community on the independence of the Baltic States. The Kingdom of Belgium in the press announcement on recognition of the Baltic States of August 23, 1991 has declared that taking into account legal continuity of the Baltic States, Belgium has no need to reconsider the issue of recognition of the Baltic States. Subsequently, the diplomatic relations can be renewed at the earliest time.
[3] On August 27, 1991 Denmark adhered to the Declaration of the European Community on the independence of the Baltic States. The Joint Copenhagen Protocol on Co-operation between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Republic of Latvia of March 18, 1991 reaffirms the recognition of the statehood of Latvia as declared on February 7, 1921, and announces that Denmark and Latvia would seek opportunities for a favourable situation in order to renew diplomatic relations.
Source: "A Document Collection on the International Recognition of Latvia, Renewed Independence and Diplomatic Relations. 1918-1998", 1999, publishing house "NORDIC", prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives, in collaboration with Latvian Archivists Association and Latvian State History Archives.
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