Foreign relations of Eswatini

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Eswatini is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Southern African Development Community. Currently, the Kingdom of Eswatini maintains 11 embassies and High Commissions along with 15 consulates and other representations around the world, while there are five embassies and High Commissions in Eswatini as well as 14 consulates and other representations.

Diplomatic relations

List of Countries which Eswatini maintains diplomatic relations with:

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# Country Date[1]
1 United Kingdom 6 September 1968[2]
2 United States 6 September 1968[3]
3 Portugal 6 September 1968[4]
— Republic of China 16 September 1968[5]
4 Israel September 1968[6]
5 Canada 29 October 1968[7]
6 South Korea 6 November 1968[8]
7 Germany 15 November 1968[9]
8 Netherlands 1968[10]
9 France 17 April 1969[11]
10 Italy April 1969[12]
11  Switzerland 6 August 1969[13]
12 Belgium 14 November 1969[14]
13 Iran 15 December 1969[15]
14 Kenya 18 May 1970[16]
15 Austria 1970[17]
16 Ethiopia 1 January 1971[18]
17 Zambia 31 March 1971[19]
18 Japan 21 May 1971[20]
19 India 5 November 1971[21]
20 Australia 9 July 1973[22]
21 Nigeria 13 October 1973[23]
22 Egypt 20 November 1973[24]
23 Sweden 1973[25]
24 Uganda 23 January 1974[26]
25 Tanzania 20 February 1974[27]
26 Malta 25 March 1974[28]
27 Argentina 1 April 1974[29]
28 Mozambique 11 September 1975[30]
29 Mexico 23 December 1975[31]
30 Lesotho 12 February 1976[32]
31 Botswana 20 May 1976[33]
32 Guinea 1977[34]
33 Brazil 23 June 1978[35]
34 Democratic Republic of the Congo June 1978[36]
35 Ghana June 1978[37]
36 Chile 25 September 1978[38]
37 Spain 6 April 1979[39]
38 Greece 1979[40]
39 Turkey 20 January 1981
40 Zimbabwe 27 November 1981[41]
41 Norway 11 December 1984[42]
42 Denmark 1984[43][44]
43 Malaysia 31 March 1987[45]
44 Peru 8 June 1989
45 Angola 8 November 1989[46]
46 Hungary 9 May 1990
47 Poland 10 May 1990
48 Serbia 1 June 1990
49 Finland 20 September 1990[47]
50 Romania 12 December 1990[48]
51 Czech Republic 4 January 1991
52 Jamaica 13 February 1991
53 Thailand 17 January 1991[49]
54 Indonesia 12 April 1991[50]
55 Cambodia 13 December 1991[51]
56 Namibia 28 February 1992
— Holy See 11 March 1992[52]
57 Brunei 11 May 1992[53]
58 Singapore 1 September 1992[54]
59 Slovakia 1 January 1993[55]
60 Philippines 19 February 1993
61 Guyana 26 February 1993
62 South Africa 1 October 1993[56]
63 Iceland 3 December 1993
64 Algeria 1994[57]
65 Bulgaria 30 January 1995[58]
66 Cuba 22 September 1995[59]
67 Kuwait 22 May 1996[60]
68 Morocco June 1996[61]
69 Mauritius 7 October 1997[62]
70 Ukraine 13 May 1998[63]
71 Russia 19 October 1999[64]
72 Sri Lanka 27 June 2000[65]
73 New Zealand 2000[66]
74 Fiji 14 March 2002[67]
75 Seychelles 14 March 2002
76 Qatar 31 October 2002
77 Tonga 22 May 2003
78 Bahrain 9 September 2005
79 United Arab Emirates 2 November 2005[68][69]
80 Venezuela 21 September 2006
81 North Macedonia 6 July 2007
82 Paraguay 3 April 2007[70]
83 North Korea 20 September 2007
84 Costa Rica 24 September 2007
85 Dominican Republic 10 October 2007[71]
86 Bangladesh 2008[72]
87 Luxembourg 12 February 2008[73]
88 Yemen 21 October 2009[74]
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 November 2009
90 Azerbaijan 7 January 2010[75]
— State of Palestine 3 November 2010[76]
91 Bhutan 21 August 2012
92 Montenegro 27 February 2013
93 Oman 18 March 2013[77]
94 Moldova 21 March 2013
95 Armenia 3 May 2013
96 Vietnam 29 May 2013
97 Suriname 7 June 2013
98 Rwanda 30 August 2014[78]
99 Equatorial Guinea 19 February 2015[79]
100 Saudi Arabia 30 March 2015
101 Madagascar 21 October 2015[80][81]
102 Kazakhstan 16 May 2016
103 Georgia 20 May 2016
104 Eritrea 30 March 2017[82]
105 Mauritania 22 March 2018[83]
106 Sudan 27 March 2018[84]
107 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 June 2018[85]
108 Tajikistan 12 November 2018
109 Latvia 16 November 2018
110 Estonia 21 November 2018
111 Mongolia 21 November 2018
112 Croatia 5 April 2019
113 Marshall Islands 11 April 2019[86]
114   Nepal 9 May 2019
115 Ireland 8 August 2019[87][88]
116 Nicaragua 17 September 2019
117 Maldives 15 December 2020
118 Lithuania 1 April 2021
119 Burundi 4 August 2022[89]
120 Belarus 4 June 2024[90]
121 Ivory Coast 8 August 2024[91]
122 Kyrgyzstan 24 July 2025
123 Turkmenistan 5 August 2025[92]
124 Republic of the Congo Unknown
125 Cyprus Unknown
126 Liberia Unknown
127 Libya Unknown
128 Malawi Unknown
129 Pakistan Unknown
130 Trinidad and Tobago Unknown
131 Tunisia Unknown
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Bilateral relations

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Country Formal Relations Began Notes
Canada10 February 1969
Republic of China (Taiwan)16 September 1968See Eswatini–Taiwan relations

Eswatini established diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (ROC) commonly known as "Taiwan", on 16 September 1968. Eswatini has an embassy in Taipei and ROC has an embassy in Mbabane. As of 2018, it is last African country to recognize the ROC instead of the PRC as the sole representative of "China".

Cyprus
Greece
  • Greece is represented in Eswatini via parallel accreditation of its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.[97]
  • Eswatini is represented in Greece through its embassy in London.[97]
Japan21 May 1971
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 May 1971.
  • Japan is represented in Eswatini via parallel accreditation of its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.[98]
Serbia1 June 1990
  • Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 1 June 1990.
  • A number of bilateral agreements have been concluded and are in force between both countries.[99]
Turkey20 January 1981
United Kingdom6 September 1968Eswatini established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 6 September 1968.[2][failed verification]

The UK governed Eswatini from 1903 to 1968, when it achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth and the World Trade Organization, as well as the SACUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement.[103] Bilaterally the two countries have a Double Taxation Convention,[104] an Investment Agreement.[105]

United States6 September 1968See Eswatini–United States relations
The Eswatini embassy in Washington, D.C., USA.

The United States assists Eswatini with a number of HIV/AIDS initiatives and programs implemented through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Peace Corps, African Development Foundation, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Defense. In addition, the U.S. supports small enterprise development, education, military training, institutional and human resources development, agricultural development, and trade capacity building.

The U.S. is also the largest bilateral donor to the Global Fund, Eswatini's principal HIV/AIDS funding source. The U.S. Government sends about 4 Swazi professionals to the United States each year, from both the public and private sectors, primarily for master's degrees, and about 5 others for three- to four-week International Visitor programs.

  • Eswatini has an embassy in Washington, D.C.
  • United States has an embassy in Mbabane.
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Foreign embassies, High Commissions, and consulates in Eswatini

Republic of China (Taiwan) Embassy in Eswatini

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