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Foreign relations of San Marino

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San Marino is an independent and sovereign member of the international community. It maintains an extensive diplomatic network relative to its diminutive size, as well as an active foreign policy and international presence.

International organizations

Among other international organizations, San Marino is a full member of the following international organizations:

It also cooperates with UNICEF and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and has official relations with the European Union.[1][2][3]

From May 10 until November 6, 1990, San Marino held the semi-annual presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The second San Marino Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe was from November 2006 until May 2007.

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which San Marino maintains diplomatic relations with: (consular relations with Haiti)

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# Country Date[4]
– Holy See April 1926[5][6]
1 France 15 May 1965
2 Italy 1970[7]
3 Romania 18 May 1974
4 Albania 21 June 1976
5 Iran 30 July 1976
6 Iceland 28 October 1978
7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 14 May 1984
8 Belgium 26 March 1985
– Sovereign Military Order of Malta 4 March 1986
9 Austria 2 April 1987
10 Sweden 13 December 1988
11 Egypt 27 April 1989
12 Czech Republic 15 April 1991
13 Hungary 24 May 1991
14 China 18 June 1991
15 Slovenia 14 January 1992
16 Spain 29 April 1992
17 Brunei 10 June 1992
18 Jordan 13 July 1992
19 Cyprus 20 October 1992
20 Denmark 3 November 1992
21 Netherlands 1992[8]
22 Slovakia 1 January 1993
23 Croatia 11 February 1993[9]
24 South Africa 30 April 1993
25 Georgia 23 July 1993
26 Russia 30 September 1993
27 Argentina 6 October 1994[10]
28 Poland 14 November 1994
29 Ireland 13 January 1995
30 Portugal 27 March 1995[11]
31  Switzerland 10 July 1995
32 Finland 17 July 1995[12]
33 Malta 17 July 1995
34 Australia 13 September 1995
35 Germany 15 September 1995
36 Israel 30 October 1995
37 Ukraine 30 October 1995[13]
38 Andorra 30 November 1995[14]
39 Japan 27 May 1996
40 Cuba 28 May 1996
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21 November 1996
42 Norway 11 December 1996
43 Canada 24 November 1997
44 United Kingdom 18 November 1998
45 Uruguay 22 September 1999[11]
46 Libya 20 October 1999
47 Greece 22 November 1999
48 Latvia 7 March 2000[15]
49 Bulgaria 17 April 2000
50 South Korea 25 September 2000
51 Luxembourg 8 February 2001
52 Guatemala 14 February 2002
53 Seychelles 14 March 2002
54 Colombia 15 April 2002[16]
55 Azerbaijan 19 April 2002
56 Algeria 13 February 2003[17]
57 Lithuania 6 March 2003[18]
58 Paraguay 3 April 2003
59 Philippines 3 April 2003
60 Serbia 3 April 2003
61 Qatar 3 May 2003
62 Thailand 12 September 2003
63 Estonia 15 October 2003
64 Brazil 20 November 2003[19]
65 Panama 22 January 2004
66 Malaysia 29 January 2004
67 Kazakhstan 20 September 2004[20]
68 Kyrgyzstan 20 September 2004[21]
69 Moldova 28 September 2004[11]
70 Morocco 14 October 2004
71 Gambia 29 October 2004
72 Yemen 22 February 2005
73 North Korea 14 March 2005
74 Belize 15 March 2005[22]
75 Peru 4 July 2005[23]
76   Nepal 10 August 2005[24]
77 Turkey 12 October 2005[25]
78 Eritrea 28 October 2005
79 Singapore 9 December 2005
80 Tunisia 17 December 2005
81 Armenia 21 March 2006[26]
82 Monaco 26 March 2006[27]
83 Pakistan 12 April 2006[28]
84 Senegal 17 October 2006
85 Bahamas 22 November 2006[11]
86 United States 22 November 2006[29]
87 El Salvador 18 January 2007[30]
88 Montenegro 29 March 2007
89 Mongolia 30 March 2007
90 Mexico 22 May 2007
91 Vietnam 6 July 2007[31]
92 Mauritania 16 November 2007
93 Costa Rica 19 February 2008[32]
94 Ghana 5 November 2008
95 Belarus 9 February 2009[33]
96 Ecuador 26 March 2009
97 Angola 30 March 2009[11]
98 Saudi Arabia 31 March 2009[11]
99 United Arab Emirates 6 July 2009
100 Chile 11 July 2009
101 Nicaragua 2 October 2009
102 Lebanon 13 November 2009[11]
103 Lesotho 30 November 2010
104 Cambodia 12 April 2011[34]
105 India 26 September 2011
106 Indonesia 26 September 2011[35]
107 Timor-Leste 7 October 2011
108 Liechtenstein 21 October 2011
109 Iraq 9 December 2011
— Kosovo 3 May 2012[36]
110 Sri Lanka 7 June 2012[37]
111 Fiji 15 March 2013[38]
112 Tuvalu 19 March 2013[39]
113 New Zealand 29 April 2013[40]
114 Dominican Republic 1 October 2013
115 Honduras 16 December 2013[39]
116 Maldives 24 April 2014[41]
117 Venezuela 10 November 2014
118 Kuwait 17 December 2014
119 Bangladesh 31 May 2017
120 Ivory Coast 9 November 2017
121 Mauritius 20 April 2018[11]
122 Tajikistan 3 August 2018[42]
123 Federated States of Micronesia 25 September 2018[43]
124 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25 September 2018[44]
125 Vanuatu 25 September 2018[45]
126 Palau 26 September 2018[45]
127 Oman 26 September 2018[46]
128 Republic of the Congo 27 September 2018[45]
129 Ethiopia 7 November 2018[45]
130 Antigua and Barbuda 12 December 2018[46]
131 Laos 17 December 2018[11]
132 Benin 22 January 2019[46]
133 Guyana 17 February 2019[47]
134 Samoa 28 February 2019[48]
135 Togo 28 February 2019[46]
136 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24 September 2019[46]
137 Bahrain 25 September 2019[46]
138 Bolivia 25 September 2019[46]
139 Cape Verde 25 September 2019[49]
140 North Macedonia 26 September 2019[50]
141 Barbados 3 October 2019[51]
142 Suriname 8 October 2019[46]
143 Saint Lucia 7 February 2020[46]
144 Jamaica 29 September 2020[11]
145 Uganda 23 October 2020[11]
146 Uzbekistan 6 February 2021[52]
147 Kenya 12 May 2021[53]
148 Dominica 2 August 2021[54]
149 Kiribati 20 October 2021[55][11]
150 Madagascar 1 February 2023[11]
151 Malawi 8 December 2023[11]
152 Burundi 27 September 2024[56]
153 Marshall Islands 28 September 2024[57]
154 Tonga 25 February 2025[58]
155 Solomon Islands 4 April 2025[59]
156 São Tomé and Príncipe 26 September 2025[60]
157 Turkmenistan 7 November 2025[61]
— State of Palestine 23 February 2026[62]
158 Trinidad and Tobago 24 September 2026[63]
159 Namibia 26 September 2026[64]
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UN Secretary General visits and remarks

On 31 March-1 April 2013, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was the official orator on the occasion of the newly elected Captains Regent. “Although this country is small, your importance to the United Nations stands as tall as Mount Titano,” the Secretary-General told the country's highest officials, the two Captains Regent, in reference to the country's 739 meter UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mr. Ban also noted that the country accepted five times as many refugees as its population during the Second World War, and praised its emphasis on protecting human rights.[65] This was the second visit to San Marino by a UN Secretary General, the first having been by Boutrous Boutrous-Gali's visit in 1996.

Multilateral relations

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Organization Formal Relations Began Notes
European Union See San Marino–European Union relations
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Bilateral relations

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Country Formal relations began on Notes
Andorra30 November 1995[14]
  • Andorra is accredited to San Marino from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs based in Andorra la Vella.
  • San Marino does not have an accreditation to Andorra.
Armenia21 March 2006[26]
  • Armenia is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Armenia from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Austria2 April 1987[4]
  • Austria is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy and maintains an honorary consulate in the City of San Marino.
  • San Marino has an embassy in Vienna.
Azerbaijan 19 April 2002[4]
  • Azerbaijan is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino maintains an honorary consulate in Baku.
Belgium26 March 1985[4]
  • Belgium is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino has an embassy in Brussels.
Bosnia and Herzegovina21 November 1996[4]
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino has an embassy in Sarajevo.
Bulgaria17 April 2000[4]
  • Bulgaria is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Bulgaria from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Canada24 November 1997[4]
  • Canada is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Canada from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City.
China18 June 1991[4]See China–San Marino relations
  • China is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to China from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Denmark3 November 1992[4]
  • Denmark is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Denmark from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Finland17 July 1995[12]
  • Finland is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Finland from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
France15 May 1965[4]
  • France is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy and maintains an honorary consulate in the City of San Marino.
  • San Marino has an embassy in Paris.
Germany15 September 1995[4]See Germany–San Marino relations
  • Germany is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Germany from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Greece22 November 1999[4]
  • Greece is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Greece from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Holy SeeApril 1926[5][6]
  • Holy See has an Apostolic Nunciature in the City of San Marino.
  • San Marino has an embassy in Rome to the Holy See.
Italy1970[7]See Italy–San Marino relations
  • Italy has an embassy in the City of San Marino.
  • San Marino has an embassy in Rome.
Indonesia26 September 2011[35]
  • Indonesia is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino had an embassy in Jakarta.
Japan27 May 1996[4]
  • Japan is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino has an embassy in Tokyo.
Malta17 July 1995[4]
  • Malta is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Malta from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Monaco26 March 2006[27]
  • Monaco is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Monaco from its Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France.
Mexico22 May 2007[4]
  • Mexico is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy, and maintains an honorary consulate in the City of San Marino.
  • San Marino is accredited to Mexico from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City.
Netherlands1992[8]
  • Netherlands is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Netherlands from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Poland14 November 1994[4]
  • Poland is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Poland from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Romania18 May 1974[4]
  • Romania is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Romania from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
Russia30 September 1993[4]
  • Russia is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • San Marino is accredited to Russia from its embassy in Rome, Italy.[66]

On 1 March 2023, the Grand and General Council of San Marino authorised the country's government to take sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. Russia has included San Marino in an Unfriendly List.

South Korea25 September 2000[4]
Spain29 April 1992[4]
  • San Marino has an embassy in Madrid.
  • Spain is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
 Switzerland10 July 1995[4]
  • San Marino is accredited to Switzerland from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
  • Switzerland is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
Turkey12 October 2005[25]See San Marino–Turkey relations
  • San Marino is accredited to Turkey from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
  • Turkey is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
Ukraine30 October 1995[13]
  • San Marino is accredited to Ukraine from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
  • Ukraine is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
United Kingdom18 November 1998[4]See San Marino–United Kingdom relations

San Marino established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 18 November 1998.

  • San Marino does not maintain an embassy in the United Kingdom.
  • The United Kingdom is not accredited to San Marino through an embassy; the UK develops relations through its embassy in Rome, Italy.[68]

Both countries share common membership of the Council of Europe, European Court of Human Rights, the International Criminal Court, OSCE, the United Nations, and the World Health Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have a Double Taxation Convention, and a Tax Information Exchange Agreement.[69]

United States22 November 2006[29]See San Marino–United States relations
  • San Marino is accredited to the United States from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City.
  • United States is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.

United States was the first non-European state recognizing official diplomatic relations with San Marino.[70]

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