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Cape Verde follows a policy ofnonalignment and seeks cooperative relations with all friendly states.Angola,Brazil, thePeople's Republic of China,Cuba,France,Germany,Portugal,Senegal,Russia,South Korea and theUnited States maintain embassies inPraia.
Cape Verde is actively interested in foreign affairs, especially inAfrica. It hasbilateral relations with someLusophone nations and holds membership in a number of international organizations. It also participates in most international conferences on economic and political issues.
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List of countries which Cape Verde maintains diplomatic relations with:
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# | Country | Date[1] |
1 | ![]() | 5 July 1975[2] |
2 | ![]() | 6 July 1975[3] |
3 | ![]() | 8 July 1975[4] |
4 | ![]() | 8 July 1975[5] |
5 | ![]() | 11 July 1975[6] |
6 | ![]() | 16 July 1975[7] |
7 | ![]() | 18 July 1975[8] |
8 | ![]() | 19 July 1975[9] |
9 | ![]() | 27 July 1975[10] |
10 | ![]() | 18 August 1975[11] |
11 | ![]() | 5 September 1975[12] |
12 | ![]() | 17 September 1975[13] |
13 | ![]() | 19 September 1975[14] |
14 | ![]() | 26 September 1975[15] |
15 | ![]() | 28 October 1975[16] |
16 | ![]() | 19 November 1975[17] |
17 | ![]() | 5 December 1975[4] |
18 | ![]() | 31 December 1975[18] |
19 | ![]() | 1975[19] |
20 | ![]() | 12 February 1976[20] |
21 | ![]() | 19 February 1976[21] |
22 | ![]() | 15 March 1976[22] |
23 | ![]() | 25 April 1976[23] |
— | ![]() | 12 May 1976[24] |
24 | ![]() | 20 July 1976[25] |
25 | ![]() | 18 August 1976[4] |
26 | ![]() | 19 October 1976[4] |
27 | ![]() | 18 November 1976[26] |
28 | ![]() | 20 November 1976[4] |
29 | ![]() | 4 December 1976[4] |
30 | ![]() | 1976[27] |
31 | ![]() | 18 January 1977[4] |
32 | ![]() | 31 March 1977[28] |
33 | ![]() | 9 May 1977[29] |
34 | ![]() | 17 May 1977[4] |
35 | ![]() | 6 June 1977[4] |
36 | ![]() | 12 July 1977[4] |
37 | ![]() | 20 July 1977[30] |
38 | ![]() | 4 October 1977[4] |
39 | ![]() | 19 October 1977[31] |
40 | ![]() | 30 October 1977[32] |
41 | ![]() | 21 December 1977[33] |
42 | ![]() | 1977[34][35] |
43 | ![]() | 8 January 1978[36] |
44 | ![]() | January 1978[37] |
45 | ![]() | Before March 1978[34] |
46 | ![]() | 29 April 1978[38] |
47 | ![]() | 24 June 1979[39] |
48 | ![]() | 3 December 1979[40] |
49 | ![]() | 11 March 1980[41] |
50 | ![]() | 5 June 1980[42] |
51 | ![]() | 25 June 1980[43] |
52 | ![]() | 6 August 1980[44] |
— | ![]() | 30 September 1980[45] |
53 | ![]() | 1981[46] |
54 | ![]() | 10 July 1982[47] |
55 | ![]() | 22 July 1983[48] |
56 | ![]() | 25 October 1983[49] |
57 | ![]() | October 1983[50] |
58 | ![]() | 23 March 1984[51] |
59 | ![]() | 1985[52] |
60 | ![]() | March 1986[53] |
61 | ![]() | 24 April 1986[54] |
62 | ![]() | 2 December 1986[55] |
63 | ![]() | 9 March 1987[56] |
64 | ![]() | 30 March 1987[57] |
65 | ![]() | 27 July 1987 |
66 | ![]() | 30 October 1987[57] |
67 | ![]() | 3 October 1988[58] |
68 | ![]() | 1 November 1988[59] |
69 | ![]() | 1 March 1989 |
70 | ![]() | 1 October 1991[60] |
71 | ![]() | 19 January 1992[61] |
72 | ![]() | 25 March 1992[62] |
73 | ![]() | 28 May 1992[63] |
74 | ![]() | 4 June 1992[64] |
75 | ![]() | 30 July 1992[65] |
76 | ![]() | 17 August 1992[66] |
77 | ![]() | 21 October 1992[67] |
78 | ![]() | 26 February 1993[68] |
79 | ![]() | 7 April 1993[69] |
80 | ![]() | 4 April 1994[70] |
81 | ![]() | July 1994[71] |
82 | ![]() | 19 August 1994[72] |
83 | ![]() | November 1994[73] |
84 | ![]() | 6 October 1995[74] |
85 | ![]() | 18 October 1995[75] |
86 | ![]() | 1 December 1995 |
87 | ![]() | 23 May 1996 |
— | ![]() | 1996[76] |
88 | ![]() | 21 August 1996[77] |
89 | ![]() | 1 July 1997[78] |
90 | ![]() | 22 March 1999 |
91 | ![]() | 20 October 1999[79] |
92 | ![]() | 21 March 2000 |
93 | ![]() | 31 March 2000 |
94 | ![]() | 23 April 2003 |
95 | ![]() | 9 October 2003[80] |
96 | ![]() | 22 March 2004 |
97 | ![]() | 2 September 2004 |
98 | ![]() | 10 December 2004[81] |
99 | ![]() | 17 March 2005 |
100 | ![]() | 23 March 2005[82] |
101 | ![]() | 22 May 2006 |
102 | ![]() | 30 June 2006 |
103 | ![]() | July 2006[83] |
104 | ![]() | 25 July 2006 |
105 | ![]() | 20 September 2006 |
106 | ![]() | 14 March 2007[84] |
107 | ![]() | 30 June 2007[85] |
108 | ![]() | 28 September 2007[86] |
109 | ![]() | 10 November 2008[87] |
110 | ![]() | 22 September 2009[88] |
111 | ![]() | 18 November 2009[89] |
— | ![]() | 4 December 2009[90] |
112 | ![]() | 22 January 2010 |
113 | ![]() | February 2010[91] |
114 | ![]() | 30 May 2010[92] |
115 | ![]() | 10 August 2010 |
116 | ![]() | 17 December 2010 |
117 | ![]() | 26 May 2011 |
118 | ![]() | 2 April 2012[93] |
119 | ![]() | 5 December 2012[94] |
120 | ![]() | 6 December 2012[95] |
121 | ![]() | 7 December 2012[96] |
122 | ![]() | 10 September 2013 |
123 | ![]() | 14 May 2014[97][98] |
124 | ![]() | 14 May 2014[98] |
125 | ![]() | 27 March 2016 |
126 | ![]() | 4 May 2017[99] |
127 | ![]() | 3 August 2017 |
128 | ![]() | 10 August 2017 |
129 | ![]() | 6 June 2018[100] |
130 | ![]() | 7 June 2018 |
131 | ![]() | 15 May 2019 |
132 | ![]() | 29 May 2019[101] |
133 | ![]() | 25 September 2019[102] |
134 | ![]() | 26 September 2019 |
135 | ![]() | 4 March 2020[103] |
136 | ![]() | 5 April 2021[104] |
137 | ![]() | 20 May 2021 |
138 | ![]() | 21 July 2022[105] |
139 | ![]() | September 2022[106] |
140 | ![]() | 20 September 2022[107] |
141 | ![]() | 22 September 2022 |
142 | ![]() | 8 December 2022 |
143 | ![]() | 12 December 2022 |
144 | ![]() | 14 March 2023 |
145 | ![]() | 4 April 2023 |
146 | ![]() | 9 May 2023 |
147 | ![]() | 15 February 2024 |
148 | ![]() | 15 February 2024[108] |
149 | ![]() | 25 April 2024 |
150 | ![]() | 10 May 2024 |
151 | ![]() | 23 September 2024[109] |
152 | ![]() | Unknown[110] |
153 | ![]() | Unknown |
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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![]() | 30 October 1977[32] | SeeAngola–Cape Verde relations Cape Verde signed a friendship accord with Angola in December 1975, shortly after Angola gained its independence. Cape Verde andGuinea-Bissau served as stop-over points forCuban troops on their way to Angola to fightUNITA rebels andSouth African troops.Prime MinisterPedro Pires sentFARP soldiers to Angola where they served as the personal bodyguards ofAngolan PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos.[111] |
![]() | 5 December 1975[4] | SeeBrazil–Cape Verde relations
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![]() | 25 April 1976[23] | SeeCape Verde–China relations In January 2007,Manuel Inocêncio Sousa, Minister of Infrastructure, Transports and Sea, acknowledged thePeople's Republic of China's importance to Cape Verde stating: "China has been a friend of Cape Verde even before it gained independence from Portugal 30 years ago. Bilateral relations have been very good: in 2002, for example, the trade value between our two countries reached US $1.8 million, in Chinese exports of light industry products and miscellaneous goods."
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![]() | 31 December 1975[18] | SeeCape Verde–France relations |
![]() | 5 July 1975 | SeeCape Verde–Guinea-Bissau relations The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is about 900 km south-east of Cape Verde in coastal West Africa. Both were colonies of thePortuguese Empire and they campaigned together for independence with a plan for unification, but the countries separated after 1980.[115][116]
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![]() | 16 July 1975[7] | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 July 1975[117] Hungary is represented in Cape-Verde by its embassy in Lisbon, Portugal[118][119] and an honorary consulate in Praia.[118] |
![]() | 6 June 1977[4] | See Cape Verde–India relations After Cape Verde became a Portuguese colony in the 15th century, it became an important transit point for trade routes from Europe to India and Australia.[120] The Embassy of India in Dakar, Senegal is concurrently accredited to Cape Verde. Cape Verde maintains an Honorary Consulate General in New Delhi.[121] Foreign Minister Jose Brito was the first Cape Verdean minister to visit India in November 2009.[122] Minister of State for Rural Development Sudarshan Bhagat visited Cape Verde in September 2015 as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy. Bhagat invited Cape Verde to send a delegation to attend the third India Africa Forum Summit. Foreign Minister Tolentini Araujo Jorge led the Cape Verdean delegation to participate in the Summit in New Delhi in October 2015.[123] Bilateral trade between Cape Verde and India totaled US$4.20 million in 2014 to 2015, declining by 40.72% from the previous fiscal. India exported $1.43 million worth of goods to Cape Verde, and imported $2.77 million. The main commodities exported from India to Cape Verde are drugs, pharmaceuticals, plastic and linoleum products, and man-made fibers.[123] IBSA provided a grant to refurbish a healthcare Centre in Cape Verde. India provided a line of credit worth $5 million to establish a Technology Park in the country. India donated $50,000 in 2010 to help the Government of Cape Verde to fight dengue fever, and supplied computers for the Government's "A New World" programme in October 2012. Citizens of Cape Verde are eligible for scholarships under theIndian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme and theIndian Council for Cultural Relations.[123] A small Indian community resides in Cape Verde.[123] |
![]() | Indonesia is represented in Cape Verde by its embassy inDakar.[124] | |
![]() | 19 February 1976 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 February 1976[21]
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![]() | 18 July 1975[8] | SeeCape Verde–Portugal relations Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 July 1975 when Chargé d'Affaires of Portugal Embassy in Praia Manuel António Pacheco Jorge Barreiros presented letters of credentials[127]
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![]() | 19 September 1975[14] | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 July 1975[128]
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![]() | 4 April 1994[70] | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 April 1994[129]
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![]() | 3 October 1988[58] | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 October 1988[130] In 2011 Bilateral Trade were Exports $1,140,792 (Machineries, Automobile, Optical Instruments) Imports: $65,166.[131] |
![]() | 21 December 1977[33] | SeeCape Verde–Spain relations
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![]() | 24 June 1979[39] | SeeCape Verde–Turkey relations |
![]() | 25 March 1992[62] | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 March 1992[133] Ukraine is represented in Cape-Verde by its embassy in Dakar, Senegal.[134] |
![]() | 19 July 1975[9] | SeeCape Verde–United States relations The United States provided emergency humanitarian aid and economic assistance to Cape Verde in the period immediately following Cape Verde's independence, as well as after natural disasters, including ahurricane that struck the island of Brava in 1982, and after a severevolcanic eruption on Fogo in 1995. Cape Verde also is eligible for trade benefits under theAfrican Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), and has signed an Open Skies agreement to facilitate air travel safety and expansion. On July 4, 2005, Cape Verde became the third country to sign a compact with the U.S. Government-fundedMillennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); the five-year assistance package is worth over $110 million in addressing rural economic expansion,infrastructure development, and development of the credit sector.
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PRAIA , 25 juin . Les ambassadeurs de Grande - Bretagne et de Suisse à Praia , MM . C. W. Squire et Yves Berthoud , ont présenté leurs lettres de créance au Président de la République du Cap - Vert , M. Aristides Pereira .
... The Nicaraguan Government on 25th October formally and officially established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Cape Verde at the United Nations ...
Cape Verde Islands and Morocco have agreed to establish diplomatic relations . The decision was taken at talks between Foreign Ministers Abdellatif Filali of Morocco and Silvino da Luz of Cape Verde.
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