Foreign relations of El Salvador

El Salvador is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Central American Common Market (CACM), the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), and the Central American Integration System (SICA). It actively participates in the Central American Security Commission (CASC), which seeks to promote regional arms control.

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In November, 1950 El Salvador helped the newly empowered 14th Dalai Lama by supporting his Tibetan Government cabinet minister's telegram requesting an appeal before the General Assembly of the United Nations to stop the Communist China's People's Liberation Army's invasion of Tibet.[1]

El Salvador also is a member of the World Trade Organization and is pursuing regional free trade agreements. An active participant in the Summit of the Americas process, El Salvador chairs a working group on market access under the Free Trade Area of the Americas initiative.

El Salvador has joined its six Central American neighbors in signing the Alliance for Sustainable Development, known as the Conjunta Centroamerica-USA or CONCAUSA to promote sustainable economic development in the region.

Diplomatic relations

List of countries with which El Salvador maintains diplomatic relations with:

# Country[2][3] Date
1  Honduras Unknown
2  Guatemala 1821[4]
3  Colombia 8 March 1825[5]
4  Mexico 12 May 1835[6]
5  Nicaragua 24 July 1840[7]
6   Switzerland 1841
7  Costa Rica 10 December 1845
8  Netherlands 1857
9  Peru 1857
10  France 21 October 1859
11  Chile 10 April 1860
12  United States 15 June 1863[8]
13  Spain 24 June 1865
14  Bolivia 1865
15  Italy 1871
16  Sweden 1 October 1876
17  Paraguay 1880
18  Dominican Republic 3 July 1882[9]
19  United Kingdom 1883
20  Venezuela 28 February 1884
21  Ecuador 29 March 1890
22  Belgium 1 July 1890
23  Cuba 11 November 1902[10]
24  Brazil 1906
25  Germany 1908
26  Panama 9 March 1909[11]
—  Holy See 1922
27  Uruguay 11 January 1929
28  Czech Republic 4 March 1930
29  Japan 15 February 1935
30  Norway 27 April 1939
31  Argentina 1940
32  Philippines 4 July 1946
33  Israel May 1948
—  Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1951
34  Denmark 18 August 1958
35  Austria 21 July 1960
36  Canada 29 December 1961
37  South Korea 28 August 1962
38  Egypt 1964
39  Greece 1965
40  Portugal 15 March 1966
41  Finland 14 April 1967
42  Singapore 6 October 1974
43  Pakistan 5 February 1979
44  India 12 February 1979
45  Suriname 1 March 1979
46  Serbia 14 December 1979
47  Romania 17 December 1979
48  Belize 1982[12]
49  Australia 5 December 1983
50  Thailand 24 September 1987
51  Jamaica 30 November 1990[13]
52  Luxembourg 26 April 1991
53  Bulgaria 26 June 1991
54  Hungary 26 September 1991
55  Poland 27 September 1991
56  Guyana 1 May 1992[14]
57  Bahamas 6 May 1992
58  Russia 3 June 1992
59  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8 June 1992
60  Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 October 1992
61  Grenada 17 December 1992
62  Antigua and Barbuda 18 May 1993
63  Slovakia 10 March 1994
64  Trinidad and Tobago 11 May 1994
65  Barbados 19 May 1994
66  Saint Lucia 6 June 1995
67  North Macedonia 28 October 1996
68  Croatia 24 June 1997
69  Slovenia 10 November 1997
70  South Africa 11 November 1997
71  Ivory Coast 13 December 1997
72  Andorra 14 May 1998
73  Malaysia June 1998
74  Armenia 22 March 1999
75  Azerbaijan 23 March 1999
76  Tajikistan 7 April 1999
77  Ukraine 14 April 1999
78  Georgia 17 May 1999
79  Turkmenistan 20 May 1999
80  Bahrain 7 July 1999
81  Mongolia 14 July 1999
82  Lithuania 15 October 1999
83  Belarus 25 October 1999
84  Cyprus 5 November 1999
85  Kuwait 9 December 1999
86  Ireland 13 July 2000
87  Brunei 28 August 2000
88  Iceland 25 October 2000
89  Monaco 14 December 2000
90  Latvia 11 January 2001
91  Estonia 12 February 2001
92  Mauritius 6 September 2001
93  New Zealand 12 November 2001
94  Albania 22 May 2003
95  East Timor 23 May 2003
96  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 July 2003
97  Qatar 24 September 2003
98  Malta 9 June 2004
99  Algeria 20 December 2006
100  Jordan 10 January 2007
101  San Marino 18 January 2007
102  Tunisia 14 March 2007
103  United Arab Emirates 15 March 2007
104  Lebanon 25 September 2007
105  Oman 14 April 2008
106  Namibia 5 August 2008
107  Saudi Arabia 27 February 2009
108  Cambodia 16 January 2010
109  Vietnam 16 January 2010
110  Indonesia 23 September 2011
111  Tuvalu 8 July 2012
112  Sri Lanka 10 December 2012
—  State of Palestine 9 May 2013
113  Dominica 5 June 2013
114  Solomon Islands 22 July 2013
115  Moldova 24 September 2013
116  Montenegro 27 September 2013
117  Kazakhstan 30 January 2014
—  Kosovo 14 October 2014
118  Mali 23 September 2014
119  Uzbekistan 3 December 2014
120  Fiji 30 January 2015
121  Togo 13 March 2015
122  Kenya 28 September 2015
123  Senegal 29 September 2015
124  Mozambique 29 September 2015
125  Liechtenstein 2015[15]
126  Kyrgyzstan 17 March 2016
127    Nepal 21 September 2016
128  Ethiopia 28 October 2016
129  Bangladesh 7 November 2016
130  Maldives 19 September 2017
131  Marshall Islands 22 September 2017
132  Uganda 22 September 2017
133  Samoa 13 April 2018
134  China 21 August 2018
136  Angola 18 September 2023[16]
137  Burundi 18 September 2023[16]
138  Equatorial Guinea 18 September 2023[16]
135  Ghana 18 September 2023[16]
139  Rwanda 18 September 2023[16][17]
140  Sierra Leone 18 September 2023[16]

Bilateral relations

Africa
Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Egypt1964[2]
  • Egypt has an interest section in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador does not have an accreditation to Egypt.
 Morocco
  • El Salvador is accredited to Morocco from its embassy in Madrid, Spain.
  • Morocco is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic31 July 1989

El Salvador recognized the SADR on July 31, 1989. In April 1997, El Salvador cancelled relations with the SADR. In June 2009, and during a visit of SADR's president, Mohamed Abdelaziz, relations were restored. On November 30, 2010, the SADR and El Salvador upgrade their relations to ambassadorial level.[18]

 South Africa11 November 1997[2]
  • El Salvador is accredited to South Africa from its embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • South Africa is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.

Americas
Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Argentina1940[2]See Argentina–El Salvador relations
 Canada29 December 1961[2]See Canada–El Salvador relations
 Cuba11 November 1902[10]

Cuba and El Salvador have resumed diplomatic relations on June 1, 2009. El Salvador previously suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 due to the Cuban Revolution.[20]

  • Cuba has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Havana.
 Dominican Republic3 July 1882[21]
  • Dominican Republic has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Santo Domingo.
 Mexico1838[2]See El Salvador–Mexico relations

Diplomatic relations between Mexico and El Salvador were established in 1838.

 Peru1857[2]See El Salvador–Peru relations
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Lima.
  • Peru has an embassy in San Salvador.
 United States1863[2]See El Salvador–United States relations

U.S. policy towards the country promotes the strengthening of El Salvador's democratic institutions, rule of law, judicial reform, and civilian police; national reconciliation and reconstruction; and economic opportunity and growth. El Salvador has been a committed member of the coalition of nations fighting against terrorism and has sent 10 rotations of troops to support the Iraq War. Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.[24]

  • El Salvador has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and has several consulates-general scattered about the country.[25]
  • United States has an embassy in San Salvador.[26]
 Uruguay11 January 1929[2]See El Salvador–Uruguay relations
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Montevideo.
  • Uruguay has an embassy in San Salvador.
 Venezuela28 February 1884[2]

See El Salvador-Venezuela relations

In November 2019, El Salvador recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the legitimate President of Venezuela, cutting off relations with disputed president Nicolas Maduro's government.[27]

  • El Salvador has an embassy in Caracas.
  • Venezuela has an embassy in San Salvador.

Asia
Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 China21 August 2018

See China-El Salvador relations

On August 21, China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with El Salvador Foreign Minister Carlos Castaneda and signed a joint communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations, deciding to recognize each other and establish diplomatic relations at an ambassadorial level from the date of the communique's signing. The government of the Republic of China on Taiwan has preemptively severed diplomatic ties with El Salvador.[28]

  • China has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Beijing.
 India12 February 1979[2]See El Salvador–India relations
  • El Salvador has an embassy in New Delhi[29]
  • India is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
 Jordan10 January 2007[2]
  • El Salvador is accredited to Jordan from its embassy in Doha, Qatar.[30]
  • Jordan is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City.
 State of Palestine9 May 2013[2]See El Salvador–Palestine relations

El Salvador, which is home to a sizable ethnic Palestinian community, was widely expected to join the succession of South American governments that recognised Palestine in the end of 2010.[31] In May 2011, members of the country's Legislative Assembly including its president Sigfrido Reyes presented a proposal to the Cabinet to issue a statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.[32][33]

The Central American Integration System (SICA) was expected to adopt a co-ordinated position on the issue at its summit in San Salvador on 18 August.[34] However, El Salvador, as the nation presiding over the summit, refused to include the matter on the official agenda,[35] insisting that discussion should retain a regional focus.[36] Despite this, the government officially recognised the Palestinian state on 25 August 2011.[37]

  • El Salvador conducts relations with Palestine from its embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel and maintains an honorary consulate in Bethlehem.[38]
  • Palestine has an embassy in San Salvador.[39]
  • See also Palestinian Salvadoran
 Qatar24 September 2003[2]
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Doha.
  • Qatar has an embassy in San Salvador.
 South Korea28 August 1962[2]

The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of El Salvador began in August 1962 and the number of the South Koreans living in El Salvador in 2013 was about 258.[40]

  • South Korea has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Seoul.
 TurkeyJan. 26, 1934[41]
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Ankara.
  • Turkey has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • Trade volume between the two countries was US$17.1 million in 2019 (Salvadoran exports/imports: 2.3/14.8 million USD).[42]

Europe
Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 France21 October 1859[2]See El Salvador–France relations
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Paris.
  • France has an embassy in San Salvador.
 Kosovo14 October 2014[2]
  • El Salvador officially recognised Kosovo as an independent sovereign state on 29 June 2013.[43]
  • El Salvador and Kosovo established official diplomatic relations on 18 October 2014.[44]
  • Kosovo is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Panama City, Panamá.
 Spain24 June 1865[2]See El Salvador–Spain relations

Oceania
Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Australia5 December 1983[2]See Australia–El Salvador relations
  • Australia is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico and maintains an honorary consulate in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Melbourne.

See also

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