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Foreign relations of Georgia

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Georgia's location, nestled between the Black Sea, Russia, and Turkey, renders it strategically important. It is developing as the gateway from the Black Sea to the Caucasus and the larger Caspian region, but also serves as a buffer between Russia and Turkey. Georgia has a long and tumultuous relationship with Russia, but it is reaching out to its other neighbours and looking to the West in search of alternatives and opportunities. It signed a partnership and cooperation agreement with the European Union, participates in the Partnership for Peace, and encourages foreign investment. France, Germany, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States all have embassies in Tbilisi. Georgia in 2004-2008 sought to become a member of NATO, but did not succeed in the face of strong Russian opposition.[1]

Georgia is a member of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE.Because of its strategic location, Georgia is in both the Russian and American spheres of influence,[2] however Georgia's relationship with Russia is at its lowest point since 1921 due to controversies regarding espionage and the Russo-Georgian War. As a result, Georgia broke off diplomatic relations with Russia and has left the Commonwealth of Independent States.[3][4]

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Georgia maintains diplomatic relations with:

#Country[5]Date
1  New Zealand11 March 1992
2  United States[6]24 March 1992
3  Austria25 March 1992
4  Germany13 April 1992
5  Cuba18 April 1992
6  Greece20 April 1992
7  Netherlands22 April 1992
—  State of Palestine[7]25 April 1992
8  United Kingdom27 April 1992
9  Poland28 April 1992
10  Egypt11 May 1992
11  Italy11 May 1992
12  Mongolia[8]12 May 1992
13  Hungary14 May 1992
14  Iran15 May 1992
15  Turkey21 May 1992
—  Holy See23 May 1992
16  Portugal23 May 1992
17  Israel1 June 1992
18  Belgium5 June 1992
19  Bulgaria5 June 1992
20  Norway5 June 1992
21  Chile8 June 1992
22  Mexico[9]8 June 1992
23  China[10]9 June 1992
24  Liechtenstein[11]10 June 1992
25   Switzerland10 June 1992
26  Armenia17 June 1992
27  Estonia17 June 1992
28  Moldova25 June 1992
29  Romania[12]25 June 1992
30  Vietnam[13]30 June 1992
31  Denmark1 July 1992
—  Russia (broken)1 July 1992[14]
32  Finland8 July 1992
33  Cyprus9 July 1992
34  Spain9 July 1992
35  Kyrgyzstan[15]10 July 1992
36  Australia16 July 1992
37  Turkmenistan16 July 1992
38  Thailand[16]21 July 1992
39  Ukraine22 July 1992
40  Canada23 July 1992
41  Kazakhstan[17]23 July 1992
42  Zimbabwe[18]24 July 1992
43  Morocco[19]30 July 1992
44  Japan3 August 1992
45  France21 August 1992
46  Bangladesh27 August 1992
47  Kuwait3 September 1992
48  Sweden19 September 1992
49  Iceland21 September 1992
50  Philippines[20]21 September 1992
51  India28 September 1992
52  United Arab Emirates20 October 1992
53  Argentina2 November 1992
54  Azerbaijan8 November 1992
55  Ghana4 December 1992
56  South Korea14 December 1992
57  Czech Republic1 January 1993
58  Slovakia1 January 1993
59  Indonesia25 January 1993
60  Slovenia28 January 1993
61  Croatia1 February 1993
62  Malta1 February 1993
63  Monaco1 February 1993
64  Singapore[21]16 February 1993
65  Sudan[22]10 March 1993
66  Latvia11 March 1993
67  Qatar16 March 1993
68  Burundi21 March 1993
69  Lebanon1 April 1993
70  South Africa23 April 1993
71  Brazil28 April 1993
72  Malaysia[23]7 May 1993
73  Bahrain10 May 1993
—  Syria (broken)18 May 1993[24]
74  Algeria27 May 1993
75  Ethiopia29 June 1993
76  Albania8 July 1993
77  Zambia[25]14 October 1993
78  Belarus6 January 1994
79  North Korea[26]11 March 1994
80  Jordan6 April 1994
81  Libya10 May 1994
82  Uruguay[27]11 May 1994
83  Pakistan[28]12 May 1994
84  Saudi Arabia[29]27 May 1994
85  Afghanistan12 July 1994
86  Tajikistan[30]4 August 1994
87  Uzbekistan19 August 1994
88  Lithuania16 September 1994
89  Luxembourg17 October 1994
90  Cambodia[31]17 November 1994
91  Serbia26 June 1995
92  Yemen[32]5 September 1995
93  Ivory Coast[33]21 December 1995
94  Tunisia[34]7 March 1996
95  Jamaica[35]31 July 1996
96  Ireland12 September 1996
97  Mozambique13 September 1996
98  San Marino19 November 1996
99  Angola10 March 1997
100  Sierra Leone[36]7 April 1997
101  Colombia6 June 1997
102  Ecuador28 January 1998
103  Bosnia and Herzegovina16 March 1998
104  Costa Rica5 May 1998
105  Sri Lanka[37]16 June 1998
—  Sovereign Military Order of Malta24 July 1998
106  Guinea31 July 1998
107  Laos[38]6 November 1998
108  Panama18 November 1998
109  Bolivia20 November 1998
110  El Salvador[35]17 May 1999
111  Myanmar[35]16 August 1999
112  NigeriaJune 2000
113  Djibouti[35]22 November 2000
114    Nepal[35]22 September 2005
115  Andorra5 April 2006
116  Oman1 January 2007
117  Madagascar24 May 2007
118  Iraq18 September 2007
119  Montenegro29 October 2007
120  Peru14 January 2010
121  Botswana[35]15 January 2010
122  Cape Verde[35]22 January 2010
123  Dominican Republic22 January 2010
124  Marshall Islands[35]18 February 2010
125  Saint Lucia[35]25 February 2010
126  Brunei1 March 2010
127  Liberia[35]4 March 2010
128  Paraguay9 March 2010
129  Maldives[35]11 March 2010
130  Samoa[35]12 March 2010
131  Comoros[35]26 March 2010
132  Fiji[35]29 March 2010
133  Antigua and Barbuda7 April 2010
134  Gambia21 April 2010
135  Guatemala27 April 2010
136  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[35]27 April 2010
137  Equatorial Guinea23 June 2010
138  Kenya[35]2 July 2010
139  Senegal[35]19 August 2010
140  Uganda[35]9 December 2010
141  Dominica15 December 2010
142  Central African Republic[35]20 December 2010
143  East Timor[35]22 December 2010
144  Democratic Republic of the Congo[39]14 January 2011
145  Somalia[35]26 January 2011
146  Tuvalu[35]4 February 2011
147  Mauritius[35]3 March 2011
148  Republic of the Congo[40]3 March 2011
149  Guinea-Bissau9 March 2011
150  Honduras9 March 2011
151  Solomon Islands[35]11 March 2011
152  Rwanda[35]23 March 2011
153  Trinidad and Tobago[35]8 April 2011
154  Bahamas13 May 2011
155  Suriname[35]27 May 2011
156  Mauritania[35]16 June 2011
157  Federated States of Micronesia[35]12 August 2011
158  Gabon19 September 2011
159  Malawi[41]19 September 2011
160  Palau[41]17 October 2011
161  Saint Kitts and Nevis[35]26 October 2011
162  Grenada23 November 2011
163  Haiti[35]16 December 2011
164  Tanzania[42]Before 2012
165  Eritrea[35]24 February 2012
166  Guyana23 April 2012
167  Niger[35]30 May 2012
168  Mali[35]31 May 2012
169  South Sudan[35]15 June 2012
170  Kiribati28 September 2012
171  Burkina Faso[35]2 October 2012
172  Seychelles[35]15 March 2013
173  Vanuatu[35]12 July 2013
174  Lesotho[35]23 September 2013
175  Cameroon[35]26 September 2013
176  Togo[35]27 May 2014
177  Chad[35]19 June 2014
178  São Tomé and Príncipe[43]12 September 2014
179  Benin[35]25 September 2014
180  Tonga[35]18 February 2015
181  Namibia[35]5 November 2015
182  Eswatini[35]20 May 2016
183  Papua New Guinea[44]4 October 2016
184  Belize1 October 2017
185  Barbados[35]8 March 2018
186  North Macedonia[35]15 March 2019

Relations by country

Multilateral

OrganizationFormal Relations BeganNotes
 European UnionSee Georgia–European Union relations and Accession of Georgia to the European Union
 NATOSee Georgia–NATO relations

Africa

CountryFormal Relations BeganNotes
 Algeria27 May 1993See Algeria–Georgia relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 May 1993.
  • Algeria is represented in Georgia through its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
  • Georgia is represented in Algeria through its embassy in Madrid, Spain.
 Egypt11 May 1992[45]See Egypt–Georgia relations
 South Africa23 April 1994See Georgia–South Africa relations

Americas

CountryFormal Relations BeganNotes
 BrazilApril 1993See Brazil–Georgia relations
  • Brazil has an embassy in Tbilisi.
  • Georgia has an embassy in Brasília.
 Canada23 July 1992See Canada–Georgia relations
  • Canada is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
  • Georgia has an embassy in Ottawa.
 Mexico8 June 1992[47]See Georgia–Mexico relations
  • Georgia has an embassy in Mexico City.[48]
  • Mexico is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey and maintains an honorary consulate in Tbilisi.[49]
 Nicaragua[note 1]14 September 1994[50] — 28 November 2008[51]See Georgia–Nicaragua relations

Nicaraguan-Georgian diplomatic relations established on 19 September 1994[50] and ended on 29 November 2008. The Georgian Foreign Ministry said that it had cut diplomatic ties with Nicaragua in a response to the latter's recognition of independence of breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia.[51]

 United States23 April 1992[52]See Georgia–United States relations

On 9 January 2009, the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze signed a Charter on Strategic Partnership, a nonbinding document outlining areas of cooperation and reiterating the U.S. support for Georgia's territorial integrity and to Georgia's NATO membership.[53]

Asia

CountryFormal Relations BeganNotes
 Armenia17 July 1992[54]See Armenia–Georgia relations
  • There are nearly 250,000 Armenians in Georgia, among them 115,000 living in Samtskhe-Javakheti and 83,000 in Tbilisi.[55] The Georgian minority in Armenia is less sizable.
  • Armenia and Georgia have a long history of cultural and political relations. The interaction peaked in the Middle Ages when both nations engaged in prolific cultural dialogue and allied themselves against the neighboring Muslim empires. There were frequent intermarriages between Armenian and Georgian the royal and noble families and both ethnicities intermingled in several border areas.
  • Armenia has an embassy in Tbilisi and a general consulate in Batumi.
  • Georgia has an embassy in Yerevan.
  • Both countries are full members of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and the EU's Eastern Partnership.
 Azerbaijan18 November 1992[56]See Azerbaijan–Georgia relations
 China9 June 1992[57]See China–Georgia relations
 East Timor22 December 2011

Georgia is represented in Timor by its embassy in Jakarta.[59]

 Hong KongSee Georgia–Hong Kong relations
 India28 September 1992[60]See Georgia–India relations
 Iran15 May 1992[62]See Persia-Georgia relations, Georgia–Iran relations
  • Persia and Georgia have had relations for thousands of years.
 Iraq18 September 2007See Georgia–Iraq relations
 Israel1 June 1992[63]See Georgia–Israel relations
 Japan3 August 1992[64]See Georgia–Japan relations
  • Since November 2006, Georgia has maintained an embassy in Tokyo.
  • Japan has an embassy in Tbilisi.

Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Japan

 Kazakhstan24 July 1992[65]See Georgia–Kazakhstan relations
 Kuwait
  • Georgia has an embassy in Kuwait City.
  • Kuwait is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Yerevan, Armenia.
 Kyrgyzstan10 July 1992See Georgia–Kyrgyzstan relations
 Malaysia7 May 1993[68]See Georgia–Malaysia relations
 Myanmar16 August 1999See Georgia–Myanmar relations
 Saudi ArabiaSee Georgia–Saudi Arabia relations
  • Georgia has an embassy in Riyadh.
  • Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Tbilisi.
 South Korea14 December 1992[69]See Georgia–South Korea relations

The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and Georgia began on 14 December 1992.[70]

 Syria18 May 1993[74] — 5 June 2018[75]See Georgia–Syria relations

Georgia began the procedure of terminating diplomatic relations with Syria due to Damascus' recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

 TaiwannoneRepublic of China passports are not valid for entry in Georgia, while the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared Georgia as a "non-friendly country" to Taiwan.[76]
 Tajikistan4 August 1994See Georgia–Tajikistan relations
 Turkey21 May 1992[78]See Georgia–Turkey relations

Europe

CountryFormal Relations BeganNotes
 Albania8 July 1993[81]See Albania–Georgia relations
  • Albania is represented in Georgia through a non resident ambassador based in Ankara, (Turkey).
  • Georgia is represented in Albania through a non resident ambassador based in Ankara, (Turkey).
 Austria18 January 1993[82]See Austria–Georgia relations
 Belarus14 July 1992See Belarus–Georgia relations
  • Belarus has an embassy in Tbilisi.
  • Georgia has an embassy in Minsk.
 Bulgaria5 June 1992[83]See Bulgaria–Georgia relations
 CroatiaSee Croatia–Georgia relations
  • Croatia is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • Georgia has an embassy in Zagreb.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
 Cyprus9 July 1993[86]See Cyprus–Georgia relations
  • Cyprus is represented in Georgia through a non resident ambassador based in Athens, (Greece).
  • Georgia has an embassy in Nicosia.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
 Denmark1 July 1992[87]See Denmark–Georgia relations
 EstoniaSee Estonia–Georgia relations
 FinlandSee Finland–Georgia relations
 France21 August 1992[88]See France–Georgia relations
  • France has an embassy in Tbilisi.
  • Georgia has an embassy in Paris.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
 Germany13 April 1992[89]See Georgia–Germany relations
 Greece20 April 1992See Georgia–Greece relations
 Hungary14 May 1992[92]See Georgia–Hungary relations
 Iceland21 September 1992See Georgia–Iceland relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 September 1992.

 Italy11 May 1992[94]See Georgia–Italy relations
  • Georgia has an embassy in Rome.
  • Italy has an embassy in Tbilisi.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
 Latvia11 March 1993[95]See Georgia–Latvia relations
 Liechtenstein10 June 1992See Georgia–Liechtenstein relations
 Lithuania16 September 1994[97]See Georgia–Lithuania relations
 Luxembourg23 June 1992See Georgia–Luxembourg relations
 Malta1 February 1993[100]See Georgia–Malta relations
 Moldova25 June 1992[101]See Georgia–Moldova relations
 Monaco2 March 2009See Georgia–Monaco relations
 Montenegro29 October 2007See Georgia–Montenegro relations
 Netherlands22 April 1992[102][103]See Georgia–Netherlands relations
 Norway5 June 1992See Georgia–Norway relations
 Poland28 April 1992[105]See Georgia–Poland relations
  • Georgia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Tbilisi.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
 PortugalSee Georgia–Portugal relations
  • Georgia has an embassy in Lisbon.
  • Portugal is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
 Romania25 June 1992[106]See Georgia–Romania relations
 Russia[note 1]1 July 1992—2 September 2008[107]See Georgia–Russia relations

On 29 August 2008, in the aftermath of the 2008 South Ossetia war, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze announced that Georgia had broken diplomatic relations with Russia. He also said that Russian diplomats must leave Georgia, and that no Georgian diplomat would remain in Russia, while only consular relations would be maintained. Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said that Russia regretted this step.[108]

 Serbia26 June 1995[109]See Georgia–Serbia relations
 Slovenia13 January 1993See Georgia–Slovenia relations
 Spain9 July 1992See Georgia–Spain relations
  • Georgia has an embassy in Madrid.
  • Spain is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
 Sweden19 September 1992[111]See Georgia–Sweden relations
  • Georgia has an embassy in Stockholm.
  • Sweden has an embassy in Tbilisi.
  • After the war, when Abkhazia and South Ossetia broke away from Georgia, Georgia and Sweden both did not recognize the independence of both states. There were protests near the Russian embassy in Stockholm, as the war was going on 12 August 2008. The protests was held by a group of Georgians and Swedes.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
  Switzerland10 June 1992[112]See Georgia–Switzerland relations
 Ukraine22 July 1992[114]See Georgia–Ukraine relations

Relations between Georgia and Ukraine and between the Georgian and Ukrainian people in particular last from the Middle Ages.

 United Kingdom27 April 1992[115]See Georgia–United Kingdom relations
 Vatican City5 May 1992See Georgia–Holy See relations

Oceania

CountryFormal Relations BeganNotes
 Australia16 July 1992[118]See Australia–Georgia relations
  • Australia is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
  • Georgia has an embassy in Canberra.
 Fiji29 March 2010[119]See Fiji–Georgia relations
 Kiribati28 September 2012[123]While their ties have been limited, Kiribati's President Anote Tong met with Georgian Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze in September 2013 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.[124]

Kiribati has been a steadfast supporter of Georgia's territorial integrity since then, despite Russia's attempts to lobby Pacific states like Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In 2018, Kiribati was one of the nations to vote in favor of the Georgia-sponsored UN resolutions calling for the return of internally displaced persons from Abkhazia and South Ossetia.[125]

Georgia is represented in Kiribati via its embassy in Canberra, Australia.[126]

 Tuvalu4 February 2011[127]—16 February 2012[128]
31 March 2014[129]		On 16 February 2012 Georgia issued a presidential order ending diplomatic relations with Tuvalu. This comes in response to a visit by the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Willy Telavi, to Abkhazia and South Ossetia in September 2011, where he announced that the Pacific nation would recognise the two states.[128] However, the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Enele Sopoaga retracted the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on 31 March 2014 when Tuvalu's Foreign Minister Taukelina Finikaso signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with Georgia. Tuvalu's Foreign Minister said that his country supports Georgia's territorial integrity in its international recognized borders.[129][130]

Overview

Georgia has established relations with 185 countries and the Order of Malta. Georgia has terminated its diplomatic relations with Russia,[note 1][108] Nicaragua[note 1][51] and Syria.[note 1][75]

Georgia has not yet established diplomatic relations with:

See also

Further reading

Notes

References

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