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Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southernAfrica. It has sought to make theSouthern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the regionself-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, andgood governance.
List of countries which Botswana maintains diplomatic relations with:
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| # | Country | Date | 
| 1 |  United Kingdom | 30 September 1966[1] | 
| 2 |  Japan | 30 September 1966[2] | 
| 3 |  United States | 30 September 1966[3] | 
| 4 |  Germany | 1 October 1966[4] | 
| 5 |  Zambia | 28 November 1966[5] | 
| 6 |  France | 2 February 1967[6] | 
| 7 |  Philippines | 6 February 1967[7] | 
| 8 |  Malawi | 1 July 1967[8] | 
| 9 |  Netherlands | 10 August 1967[9] | 
| 10 |  Switzerland | 22 August 1967[10] | 
| 11 |  Ethiopia | 19 October 1967[5] | 
| 12 |  Kenya | 30 October 1967[5] | 
| 13 |  Norway | 30 November 1967[11] | 
| 14 |  South Korea | 18 April 1968[12] | 
| 15 |  Austria | 5 December 1968[13][14] | 
| 16 |  Canada | 19 December 1968[15] | 
| 17 |  Nigeria | 1968[16] | 
| 18 |  Sweden | 7 September 1969[17] | 
| 19 |  Czech Republic | 2 March 1970[5] | 
| 20 |  Russia | 17 March 1970[18] | 
| 21 |  Serbia | 5 September 1970[19] | 
| 22 |  Italy | 1970[20] | 
| 23 |  Denmark | 24 September 1971[21] | 
| 24 |  Romania | 7 October 1971[22] | 
| 25 |  Belgium | 9 November 1971[21] | 
| 26 |  Tanzania | 29 November 1971[23] | 
| 27 |  India | 5 December 1972[24] | 
| 28 |  Israel | December 1972[25] | 
| 29 |  Egypt | 7 March 1973[26] | 
| 30 |  Lesotho | April 1973[27] | 
| 31 |  Australia | 9 July 1973[28] | 
| — |  North Korea (suspended) | 27 December 1974[29] | 
| 32 |  China | 6 January 1975[30] | 
| 33 |  Ghana | 28 October 1975[31] | 
| 34 |  Guyana | 28 October 1975[32] | 
| 35 |  Mexico | 5 December 1975[33] | 
| 36 |  Mozambique | 1975[34] | 
| 37 |  Libya | 14 March 1977[35] | 
| 38 |  Eswatini | 20 May 1976[36] | 
| 39 |  Luxembourg | 30 September 1977[37][38] | 
| 40 |  Cuba | 9 December 1977[39] | 
| 41 |  Argentina | 28 March 1978[40] | 
| 42 |  Greece | 10 April 1978[40] | 
| 43 |  Finland | 1 July 1978[41] | 
| 44 |  Poland | 22 November 1978[40] | 
| 45 |  Algeria | 30 November 1979[42] | 
| 46 |  Angola | 7 March 1980[43] | 
| 47 |  Portugal | 21 April 1980[44] | 
| 48 |  Hungary | 30 April 1980[45] | 
| 49 |  Turkey | 20 January 1981[40] | 
| 50 |  Spain | 29 April 1981[46] | 
| 51 |  Jamaica | 4 May 1982[40] | 
| 52 |  Bulgaria | 16 August 1982[47] | 
| 53 |  Albania | 30 August 1982[48] | 
| 54 |  Zimbabwe | 31 May 1983[49] | 
| 55 |  Bangladesh | 21 June 1983[50] | 
| 56 |  Thailand | 29 November 1985[51] | 
| 57 |  Brazil | 26 September 1985[40] | 
| 58 |  Iraq | 10 July 1986[52] | 
| 59 |  Pakistan | 20 August 1986[53] | 
| 60 |  New Zealand | 1987[54] | 
| 61 |  Seychelles | 30 September 1988[40] | 
| 62 |  Iran | September 1988[55] | 
| 63 |  Vanuatu | 1 November 1988[56] | 
| 64 |  Uganda | 9 March 1989[57] | 
| 65 |  Colombia | 25 April 1989[40] | 
| 66 |  Somalia | 15 March 1990[57] | 
| 67 |  Iceland | 5 April 1990[58] | 
| 68 |  Namibia | 26 July 1990[59] | 
| 69 |  Malaysia | 26 November 1990[60] | 
| 70 |  Tunisia | 11 November 1992[40] | 
| 71 |  Singapore | 30 August 1993[61] | 
| 72 |  South Africa | 22 June 1994[62] | 
| 73 |  Kuwait | 10 June 1996[63] | 
| 74 |  Ireland | 1996[64] | 
| 75 |  Chile | 13 October 1997[65] | 
| 76 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 11 May 1998[40] | 
| 77 |  Bahamas | 13 September 2000[66] | 
| 78 |  Slovakia | 29 March 2001[67] | 
| 79 |  Mauritius | 11 April 2002[68] | 
| 80 |  Latvia | 17 March 2003[69] | 
| 81 |  Estonia | 3 June 2003[70] | 
| 82 |  Lithuania | 17 February 2004[71] | 
| 83 |  Ukraine | 4 March 2004[72] | 
| 84 |  Rwanda | September 2004[73] | 
| 85 |  Malta | 6 January 2005[74] | 
| 86 |  Cyprus | 22 February 2005[40] | 
| 87 |  Morocco | 27 June 2005[40] | 
| 88 |  Slovenia | 20 July 2005[40] | 
| 89 |  Madagascar | August 2005[75] | 
| 90 |  Croatia | 9 September 2005[76] | 
| 91 |  Belarus | 15 March 2006[40] | 
| 92 |  United Arab Emirates | 28 April 2006[77] | 
| 93 |  Dominican Republic | 6 October 2006[78] | 
| 94 |  Republic of the Congo | 9 November 2006[40] | 
| 95 |  Qatar | 20 November 2006[40] | 
| 96 |  Equatorial Guinea | 13 December 2006[79] | 
| 97 |  Barbados | 20 December 2006[40] | 
| 98 |  Gabon | 21 December 2006[40] | 
| 99 |  Niger | 21 December 2006[40] | 
| 100 |  Sudan | 10 January 2007[40] | 
| 101 |  Burkina Faso | 12 January 2007[40] | 
| 102 |  Benin | 21 February 2007[40] | 
| 103 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22 February 2007[40] | 
| 104 |  Saudi Arabia | 1 March 2007[80] | 
| 105 |  Burundi | 13 March 2007[40] | 
| 106 |  Djibouti | 14 March 2007[81] | 
| 107 |  Guinea | 20 April 2007[40] | 
| 108 |  Uruguay | 4 May 2007[48] | 
| 109 |  Guatemala | 7 May 2007[40] | 
| 110 |  Mauritania | 9 May 2007[40] | 
| 111 |  Ecuador | 4 June 2007[40] | 
| 112 |  Mali | 5 June 2007[40] | 
| 113 |  Ivory Coast | 6 June 2007[40] | 
| 114 |  Venezuela | 9 July 2007[40] | 
| 115 |  Paraguay | 16 July 2007[40] | 
| 116 |  Honduras | 19 July 2007[40] | 
| 117 |  Dominica | 23 July 2007[40] | 
| 118 |  Nicaragua | 28 August 2007[40] | 
| 119 |  Costa Rica | 11 September 2007[82] | 
| 120 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 6 December 2007[40] | 
| 121 |  Suriname | 6 December 2007[40] | 
| 122 |  Belize | 28 February 2008[83] | 
| 123 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 September 2008[40] | 
| 124 |  Sri Lanka | 27 October 2008[40] | 
| — |  Holy See | 4 November 2008[84] | 
| 125 |  Nepal | 8 January 2009[40] | 
| 126 |  Vietnam | 11 February 2009[40] | 
| 127 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25 June 2009[40] | 
| 128 |  North Macedonia | 4 September 2009[40] | 
| 129 |  Panama | 15 December 2009[40] | 
| 130 |  Georgia | 15 January 2010[40] | 
| 131 |  Samoa | 18 March 2010[40] | 
| 132 |  Guinea-Bissau | 22 March 2010[40] | 
| 133 |  Montenegro | 16 July 2010[40] | 
| 134 |  Liberia | 21 September 2010[85] | 
| 135 |  Solomon Islands | 18 November 2010[86] | 
| 136 |  Papua New Guinea | 2010[87] | 
| 137 |  Monaco | 24 February 2011[40] | 
| 138 |  Fiji | 28 June 2011[40] | 
| 139 |  South Sudan | 9 July 2011[88] | 
| 140 |  Indonesia | 28 March 2012[89] | 
| 141 |  Chad | 9 February 2015[90] | 
| 142 |  Sierra Leone | 16 February 2015[91] | 
| 143 |  Senegal | 16 March 2015[92] | 
| — |  State of Palestine | 8 March 2017[40] | 
| — |  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | 31 May 2018[93] | 
| 144 |  Comoros | 26 September 2018[40] | 
| 145 |  Togo | 18 March 2021[94] | 
| 146 |  Central African Republic | 18 October 2021[95] | 
| 147 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9 February 2023[96] | 
| 148 |  Mongolia | 6 December 2023[40] | 
| 149 |  Saint Lucia | 6 December 2023[40] | 
| 150 |  Tajikistan | 6 December 2023[40] | 
| 151 |  Laos | 11 December 2023[40] | 
| 152 |  Maldives | 11 December 2023[40] | 
| 153 |  Armenia | 14 December 2023[97] | 
| 154 |  Gambia | 13 February 2024[98] | 
| 155 |  Bolivia | 1 August 2024[40] | 
| 156 |  Uzbekistan | 26 September 2024[99] | 
| 157 |  Liechtenstein | 2024[100] | 
| 158 |  Kyrgyzstan | 5 March 2025[101] | 
| 159 |  Oman | 14 October 2025[40] | 
| 160 |  Turkmenistan | 20 October 2025[102] | 
| Country | Formal relations began | Notes | 
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|  Australia | 1973 | |
|  China | 6 January 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 January 1975[104] 
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|  Greece | 10 April 1978 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 April 1978[105] 
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|  India | 17 January 1972 | SeeBotswana–India relations 
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|  Indonesia | 28 March 2012 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 March 2012[107] | 
|  Israel | SeeBotswana–Israel relations 
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|  Kenya | 30 October 1967[110] | SeeBotswana–Kenya relations 
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|  Mexico | 5 December 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 December 1975[111] 
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|  Namibia | 11 September 1990 | SeeBotswana–Namibia relations Botswana–Namibia relations are friendly, with the two neighbouring countries cooperating on economic development. Botswana gained independence from Britain in September 1966. Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990 following theSouth African Border War. 
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|  North Korea | 27 December 1974,[114] but severs 19 February 2014[115] | SeeBotswana–North Korea relations | 
|  Russia | 6 March 1970 | SeeBotswana–Russia relations Botswana and theSoviet Union initiated diplomatic relations on 6 March 1970. Despite its pro-Western orientation, Botswanaparticipated in the1980 Summer Olympics. The present-day relations between the two countries are described as friendly and long standing. In March, the two countries also celebrated the 35th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. According to the minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia was one of the first countries to establish full diplomatic relations with Botswana.[116] Trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Botswana are stipulated by the Trade Agreement of 1987 and the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation of 1988. The Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Botswana signed the Agreement on Cultural, Scientific and Educational Cooperation in September 1999. Russia and Botswana have had fruitful cooperation in a variety of fields, particularly in human resource development. Russia is still offering more educational scholarship in key sectors such as health, which is currently experiencing a critical shortage of manpower. Botswana also is one of the countries where Russian citizens do not require a visa.[117] Russia has an embassy in Gaborone, while Botswana covers Russia from its embassy inStockholm (Sweden) and an honorary consulate inMoscow. | 
|  South Africa | 22 June 1994 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 June 1994[118] SeeBotswana–South Africa relations 
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|  South Korea | 18 April 1968 | The establishment of diplomatic relations between theRepublic of Korea and the Republic of Botswana began on 18 April 1968.[119] In 2011 the number of South Koreans living in Botswana amounted to 163.[120] Since 2014, the government of Botswana recognized ROK as the sole legitimate government of Korea.[121] | 
|  Turkey | 20 January 1981[122] | |
|  United Kingdom | 30 September 1966 | SeeBotswana–United Kingdom relations  Botswana establisheddiplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 30 September 1966.[1][failed verification] 
 The UK governedBotswana from 1885 to 1966, when it achieved full independence. Both countries share common membership of theCommonwealth, theInternational Criminal Court, and theWorld Trade Organization, as well as theSACUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement.[126] Bilaterally the two countries have a Double Tax Convention.[127] | 
|  United States | 30 September 1966[128] | SeeBotswana–United States relations  The United States considers Botswana an advocate of and a model for stability inAfrica and has been a major partner in Botswana's development since its independence. The U.S.Peace Corps returned to Botswana in August 2002 with a focus onHIV/AIDS-related programs after concluding 30 years of more broadly targeted assistance in 1997. Similarly, theUSAID phased out a long-standing bilateral partnership with Botswana in 1996, after successful programs emphasizing education, training,entrepreneurship, environmental management, andreproductive health. Botswana, however, continues to benefit along with its neighbours in the region from USAID's Initiative for Southern Africa, now based inPretoria, and USAID's Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Hub, headquartered inGaborone. The United States International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) operates a majorVoice of America (VOA) relay station in Botswana serving most of the African continent. In 1995, theCenters for Disease Control (CDC) started the BOTUSA Project in collaboration with the Botswana Ministry of Health in order to generate information to improvetuberculosis control efforts in Botswana and elsewhere in the face of the TB and HIV/AIDS co-epidemics. Under the 1999 U.S. Government's Leadership and Investment in Fighting an Epidemic (LIFE) Initiative, CDC through the BOTUSA Project has undertaken many projects and has assisted many organizations in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana. Botswana is one of the 15 focus countries for PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, and has received more than $230 million since the program began in January 2004 through September 2007. PEPFAR assistance to Botswana, which totalled $76.2 million in FY 2007, is contributing to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care interventions. The Governments of Botswana and the United States entered into an agreement in July 2000 to establish an International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Gaborone. The academy, jointly financed, managed and staffed by the two nations, provides training topolice and government officials from across the Sub-Saharan region. The academy's permanent campus, inOtse outside of Gaborone, opened March 2003. Over 3,000 law enforcement professionals from Sub-Saharan Africa have received training from ILEA since it began offering classes in 2001. 
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|  Zimbabwe | 31 May 1983 | SeeBotswana–Zimbabwe relations Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 May 1983.[129] Botswana still struggles to seal its border from thousands of Zimbabweans who flee economic collapse and political persecution. In 2015, 22,000 Zimbabweans were arrested and deported. The deportations rose to nearly 29,000 in 2018.[130] 
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Botswana has been a member ofThe Forum of Small States (FOSS) since the group's founding in 1992.[131]
Austrian Ambassador , Paul Zedwitz , presenting his credentials to Sir Seretse Khama , 5 Dec. 1968 . at Gaberones
5.12.68 His Excellency Dr. Paul Zedtwitz, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria (Resident in Pretoria).
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