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Foreign relations of Uganda

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Uganda has formal diplomatic relations with many countries, some accredited. Since the colonial era and after independence Uganda has grown to be one of the most important African countries. Uganda has diplomatic relations with many countries throughout Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Uganda is a member of the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations since 1962.

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Uganda maintains diplomatic relations with:

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1 Somalia 1 April 1960[1]
2 Canada 9 October 1962[2]
3 Germany 9 October 1962[3]
4 India 9 October 1962[4]
5 Israel 9 October 1962[5]
6 United Kingdom 9 October 1962[6]
7 United States 9 October 1962[7]
8 Czech Republic 11 October 1962[8]
9 Russia 13 October 1962[9]
10 Sudan 15 October 1962[10]
11 China 18 October 1962[11]
12 France 29 October 1962[12]
13 Rwanda 18 December 1962[13]
14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4 March 1963[14]
15 South Korea 26 March 1963[15]
16 Poland 8 April 1963[16]
17 Serbia 31 July 1963[17]
18 Ghana 1 August 1963[18]
19 Nigeria 6 September 1963[19]
20  Switzerland 28 February 1964[20]
21 Chile 10 March 1964[21]
22 Japan 1 April 1964[22]
23 Sweden 9 April 1964[23]
24 Netherlands 10 April 1964[24]
25 Bulgaria 17 May 1964[25]
26 Egypt 27 May 1964[26]
27 Ethiopia 4 June 1964[27]
28 Italy 5 July 1964[28]
29 Norway 21 July 1964[29]
30 Mali 4 November 1964[30]
31 Belgium 17 December 1964[31]
32 Republic of the Congo 1964[32]
33 Denmark 26 January 1965[33]
34 Finland 14 June 1965[34]
35 Pakistan 1 August 1965[35]
36 Hungary 13 August 1965[36]
37 Australia 23 August 1965[37]
38 Algeria 1965[38]
39 Morocco 1965[39]
40 Austria 26 January 1966[40]
41 Ivory Coast 21 July 1966[41]
42 Guinea 22 July 1966[42]
— Holy See 1 September 1966[43]
43 Zambia 1966[44]
44 Liberia 5 April 1967[45]
45 Burundi 25 August 1967[46]
46 Lesotho 4 October 1968[47]
47 Tunisia 9 December 1968[48]
48 Romania 27 April 1969[49]
49 Spain 13 September 1969[50]
50 Turkey 18 September 1969[51]
51 Brazil 22 December 1969[52]
52 Senegal 8 April 1970[53][54]
53 Venezuela 27 April 1970[55]
54 Guyana 21 July 1970[56]
55 Greece 12 October 1971[57]
56 Botswana 1971[58]
57 Libya 13 February 1972[59]
58 Saudi Arabia 26 June 1972[60]
59 Jordan 27 June 1972[61]
60 Kuwait 28 June 1972[62]
61 Syria 29 June 1972[63]
62 North Korea 2 August 1972[64]
63 Cameroon August 1972[65]
64 Sri Lanka 30 November 1972[66]
65 Vietnam 9 February 1973[67]
66 Iraq 25 July 1973[68]
67 Sierra Leone 10 September 1973[69]
68 Yemen 17 December 1973[70]
69 Eswatini 23 January 1974[71]
70 Cuba 9 May 1974[72]
71 Trinidad and Tobago 5 June 1974[73]
72 Argentina 17 June 1974[74]
73 Iran 12 October 1974[75]
74 Niger 8 April 1975[76]
75 Gabon 4 July 1975[77]
76 Mozambique 21 August 1975[78]
77 Qatar 1975[79]
78 Mauritania 3 February 1976[80]
79 Mexico 20 February 1976[81]
80 Burkina Faso 26 May 1976[82]
81 Mauritius 18 June 1976[83]
82 Chad 8 September 1976[84]
83 Gambia 16 November 1976[85]
84 Cyprus 1 February 1977[86]
85 Central African Republic 13 June 1977[87]
86 Djibouti June 1977[88]
87 Luxembourg 30 September 1977[89][90]
88 Bangladesh 25 November 1977[91]
89 Kenya 8 February 1978[92]
90 Benin 1978[93]
91 Guinea-Bissau 1980[94]
94 Tanzania 15 December 1981[95]
92 Malawi 1981[96]
93 Antigua and Barbuda 2 March 1983[97]
95 Thailand 15 February 1985[98]
— Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 7 July 1986[99]
96 Oman 1987[100]
97 Indonesia 12 January 1989[101]
— State of Palestine 15 February 1989[102]
98 Bolivia 3 May 1989[103]
99 Colombia 5 May 1989[103]
100 Namibia 1990–1992[104]
101 Portugal 2 December 1991[105]
102 Seychelles 6 April 1992[103]
103 Slovakia 1 January 1993[106]
104 Bahrain 2 October 1993[107]
105 Maldives 30 November 1993[103]
106 Eritrea 28 January 1994[108]
107 South Africa 24 June 1994[103]
108 Ireland 14 July 1994[109]
109 Ukraine 7 September 1994[110]
110 Azerbaijan 19 August 1995[111]
111 Singapore 1 June 1998[112]
112 Belarus 2 October 1998[113]
113 Malaysia 8 December 1998[114]
114 Croatia 10 March 1999[103]
115 Turkmenistan 5 August 1999[103]
116 North Macedonia 26 July 2000[103]
117 Angola June 2001[115]
118 Brunei 21 October 2003[103]
119 Philippines 12 December 2003[116]
120 Iceland 22 June 2004[117][118]
121 Malta 21 July 2004[103]
122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 July 2004[103]
123 Zimbabwe 31 July 2004[119]
124 Tajikistan 8 September 2005[120]
125 Slovenia 31 August 2006[103]
126 Estonia 19 September 2006[121]
127 New Zealand 1 November 2006[122]
128 Bahamas 9 August 2007[123]
129 Costa Rica 29 August 2007[124]
130 Dominican Republic 22 October 2007[125]
131 United Arab Emirates 2007[126]
132 Andorra 11 March 2008[103]
133 Kazakhstan 20 June 2008[127]
134 Paraguay 18 June 2010[103]
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 December 2010[103]
136 Georgia 9 December 2010[103]
137 Montenegro 14 July 2011[103]
138 Jamaica 21 September 2011[103]
139 Lithuania 15 March 2012[103]
140 South Sudan 3 September 2012[128]
141 Armenia 28 June 2013[103]
142 Fiji 16 September 2013[103]
143 Latvia 1 October 2013[129]
144 Mongolia 20 November 2013[103]
145 Kyrgyzstan 19 March 2014[103]
146   Nepal 12 June 2017[103]
147 El Salvador 22 September 2017[130]
148 Equatorial Guinea 19 February 2018[131]
149 Comoros 24 October 2018[132]
150 Lebanon 5 March 2019[133]
151 Nicaragua 7 June 2019[103]
152 Togo 5 December 2019[134]
153 Cambodia 23 January 2020[103]
154 Moldova 23 October 2020[103]
155 San Marino 23 October 2020[103]
156 Dominica 4 May 2021[103]
157 Peru 4 June 2021[103]
158 Laos 27 September 2021[103]
159 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 April 2022[103]
160 Panama 22 September 2023[135]
161 Solomon Islands 27 November 2023[103]
162 Uzbekistan 18 January 2024[136]
163 Tonga 15 April 2024[137]
164 Belize 20 May 2024[103]
165 Timor-Leste 13 August 2024[103]
166 Samoa 7 March 2025[103]
167 Uruguay 26 May 2026[103]
168 Madagascar Unknown
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Bilateral relations

Africa

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Country Formal Relations Began Notes
Kenya8 February 1978See Kenya–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 8 February 1978[92]

From 1961 to 1965 the two states, along with Tanzania, were united in the East African Common Services Organization, a common market with a loose federal structure.[138]

  • Kenya has a high commission in Kampala.
  • Uganda has a high commission in Nairobi.
South Sudan3 September 2012See South Sudan–Uganda relations
Tanzania13 December 1983See Tanzania–Uganda relations
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Americas

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Mexico20 February 1976See Mexico–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 20 February 1976[81]

  • Mexico is accredited to Uganda from its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya and maintains an honorary consulate in Kampala.[139]
  • Uganda is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.[140]
United States9 October 1962See Uganda–United States relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 9 October 1962[7]

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Asia

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Bangladesh25 November 1977see Bangladesh–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 25 November 1977[91]

Bangladesh has an honorary consulate in Kampala.[141]

China18 October 1962See China–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 18 October 1962[11]

  • China has an embassy in Kampala.
  • Uganda has an embassy in Beijing.
India9 October 1962See India–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 9 October 1962 when the Indian Mission in Kampala has been raised to the level of a High Commission[4]

Israel9 October 1962See Israel–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 9 October 1962.[5] Uganda severance relations with Israel on 30 March 1972.[144] Diplomatic relations re-established on 29 July 1994.[145]

Ugandas relations with Israel remain uneasily strained due to Operation Entebbe, the operation Israel performed to rescue hostages from the 1976 capturing of a French airliner hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Organization and flown to Entebbe airport.

Malaysia1995See Malaysia–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established in 1995 when has been accredited High Commissioner-Designate of Uganda to Malaysia (resident in New Delhi) Dr. Oboth Okumu.[146]

Malaysia does not yet have a high commission in Kampala,[147] while Uganda has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur and Uganda high commission in Kuala Lumpur were also accredited to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Myanmar.[148][149]

Maldives30 November 1993
  Nepal12 June 2017
South Korea26 March 1963
  • Establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Republic of Uganda was on March 26, 1963[15]
  • South Korea has an embassy in Kampala, which was reopened in 2011.[152]
Turkey18 September 1969See Turkey–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 18 September 1969[51]

Vietnam9 February 1973
  • Diplomatic relations were established on 9 February 1973.[67]
  • Vietnam is accredited to Uganda, through its embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Vietnam also maintains an honorary consulate in Kampala.[154]
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Europe

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Austria26 January 1966
Cyprus1 February 1977
  • Both countries have established diplomatic relations and have signed an Agreement for Cooperation in the Field of Tourism.[160]
  • Both countries are full members of Commonwealth of Nations.
Denmark26 January 1965See Denmark–Uganda relations
 Germany 9 October 1962 See Germany–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 9 October 1962[3]

Hungary13 August 1965Diplomatic relations were established on 13 August 1965[36]
  • Hungary is represented in Uganda by its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya[163] and an honorary consulate in Kampala.[163]
  • Hungary is realizing the largest foreign development program in its history in Uganda.[164]
Iceland2000
  • Diplomatic relations were established in 2000[165]
  • Iceland has an embassy in Uganda.[166]
  • Uganda is represented in Iceland by its embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark.[167]
Netherlands1965
Poland8 April 1963See Poland–Uganda relations
Russia13 October 1962See Russia–Uganda relations

Diplomatic relations were established on 13 October 1962[9]

Ukraine7 September 1994Diplomatic relations were established on 7 September 1994[110]
United Kingdom9 October 1962See Uganda–United Kingdom relations

The UK established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 9 October 1962.[6]

The UK governed Uganda from 1894 to 1962, when Uganda achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth, and the World Trade Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have a Development Partnership,[173] and an Investment Agreement.[174]

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International organisations

Uganda has been a member of the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations since independence in 1962.[175]

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