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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.

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 which El Salvador maintains diplomatic relations with:

# Country Date[2][3]
1  Haiti Unknown
2  Honduras Unknown
3  Guatemala 1821[4]
4  Colombia 8 March 1825[5]
5  Mexico 12 May 1835[6]
6  Nicaragua 24 July 1840[7]
7   Switzerland 1841
8  Costa Rica 10 December 1845
9  Peru 10 June 1857[8]
10  Netherlands 1857
11  France 21 October 1859
12  Chile 10 April 1860
13  United States 15 June 1863[9]
14  Spain 24 June 1865
15  Bolivia 1865
16  Italy 1871
17  Sweden 1 October 1876
18  Paraguay 1880
19  Dominican Republic 3 July 1882[10]
20  United Kingdom 1883
21  Venezuela 28 February 1884
22  Ecuador 29 March 1890
23  Belgium 1 July 1890
24  Cuba 11 November 1902[11]
25  Brazil 1906
26  Germany 1908
27  Panama 9 March 1909[12]
—  Holy See 1922
28  Uruguay 11 January 1929
29  Czech Republic 4 March 1930
30  Japan 15 February 1935
31  Norway 27 April 1939
32  Argentina 1940
33  Philippines 4 July 1946
34  Israel May 1948
35  Turkey 21 September 1950[13]
—  Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1951
36  Denmark 18 August 1958
37  Austria 21 July 1960
38  Canada 29 December 1961
39  South Korea 28 August 1962
40  Egypt 1964
41  Greece 1965
43  Portugal 15 March 1966
43  Finland 14 April 1967
44  Singapore 6 October 1974
45  Pakistan 5 February 1979
46  India 12 February 1979
47  Suriname 1 March 1979
48  Serbia 14 December 1979
49  Romania 17 December 1979
50  Belize 1982[14]
51  Australia 5 December 1983
52  Thailand 24 September 1987
—  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (cancelled) 1989[15]
53  Jamaica 30 November 1990[16]
54  Luxembourg 26 April 1991
55  Bulgaria 26 June 1991
56  Hungary 26 September 1991
57  Poland 27 September 1991
58  Guyana 1 May 1992[17]
59  Bahamas 6 May 1992
60  Russia 3 June 1992
61  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8 June 1992
62  Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 October 1992
63  Grenada 17 December 1992
64  Antigua and Barbuda 18 May 1993
65  Slovakia 10 March 1994
66  Trinidad and Tobago 11 May 1994
67  Barbados 19 May 1994
68  Saint Lucia 6 June 1995
69  North Macedonia 28 October 1996
70  Croatia 24 June 1997
71  Slovenia 10 November 1997
72  South Africa 11 November 1997
73  Ivory Coast 13 December 1997
74  Andorra 14 May 1998
75  Malaysia June 1998
76  Armenia 22 March 1999
77  Azerbaijan 23 March 1999
78  Tajikistan 7 April 1999
79  Ukraine 14 April 1999
80  Georgia 17 May 1999
81  Turkmenistan 20 May 1999
82  Bahrain 7 July 1999
83  Mongolia 14 July 1999
84  Lithuania 15 October 1999
85  Belarus 25 October 1999
86  Cyprus 5 November 1999
87  Kuwait 9 December 1999
88  Ireland 13 July 2000
89  Brunei 28 August 2000
90  Iceland 25 October 2000
91  Monaco 14 December 2000
92  Latvia 11 January 2001
93  Estonia 12 February 2001
94  Mauritius 6 September 2001
95  New Zealand 12 November 2001
96  Albania 22 May 2003
97  East Timor 23 May 2003
98  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 July 2003
99  Qatar 24 September 2003
100  Malta 9 June 2004
101  Algeria 20 December 2006
102  Jordan 10 January 2007
103  San Marino 18 January 2007
104  Tunisia 14 March 2007
105  United Arab Emirates 15 March 2007
106  Lebanon 25 September 2007
107  Oman 14 April 2008
108  Namibia 5 August 2008
109  Saudi Arabia 27 February 2009
110  Cambodia 16 January 2010
111  Vietnam 16 January 2010
112  Indonesia 23 September 2011
113  Tuvalu 8 July 2012
114  Sri Lanka 10 December 2012
—  State of Palestine 9 May 2013
115  Dominica 5 June 2013
116  Solomon Islands 22 July 2013
117  Moldova 24 September 2013
118  Montenegro 27 September 2013
119  Kazakhstan 30 January 2014
—  Kosovo 14 October 2014
120  Mali 23 September 2014
121  Uzbekistan 3 December 2014
122  Fiji 30 January 2015
123  Togo 13 March 2015
124  Kenya 28 September 2015
125  Senegal 29 September 2015
126  Mozambique 29 September 2015
127  Liechtenstein 2015[18]
128  Kyrgyzstan 17 March 2016
129    Nepal 21 September 2016
130  Ethiopia 28 October 2016
131  Bangladesh 7 November 2016
132  Morocco 22 August 2017[19]
133  Maldives 19 September 2017
134  Marshall Islands 22 September 2017
135  Uganda 22 September 2017
136  Samoa 13 April 2018
137  China 21 August 2018
138  Angola 18 September 2023[20]
139  Burundi 18 September 2023[20]
140  Equatorial Guinea 18 September 2023[20]
141  Ghana 18 September 2023[20]
142  Rwanda 18 September 2023
143  Sierra Leone 18 September 2023
144  Benin 18 October 2023
145  Cape Verde 15 February 2024[21]
146  Zimbabwe 16 February 2024

Bilateral relations

Africa

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Egypt 1964[2]
  • Egypt has an interest section in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador does not have an accreditation to Egypt.
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 31 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.[22]

 South Africa 11 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
 Argentina 1940[2] See Argentina–El Salvador relations
 Canada 29 December 1961[2] See Canada–El Salvador relations
 Cuba 11 November 1902[11]

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.[24]

  • Cuba has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Havana.
 Dominican Republic 3 July 1882[25]
  • Dominican Republic has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Santo Domingo.
 Mexico 1838[2] See El Salvador–Mexico relations

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

 Peru 1857[2] See El Salvador–Peru relations
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Lima.
  • Peru has an embassy in San Salvador.
 United States 1863[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.[28]

  • El Salvador has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and has several consulates-general scattered about the country.[29]
  • United States has an embassy in San Salvador.[30]
 Uruguay 11 January 1929[2] See El Salvador–Uruguay relations
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Montevideo.
  • Uruguay has an embassy in San Salvador.
 Venezuela 28 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.[31]

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

Asia

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 China 21 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.[32]

  • China has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Beijing.
 India 12 February 1979[2] See El Salvador–India relations
  • El Salvador has an embassy in New Delhi[33]
  • India is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
 Jordan 10 January 2007[2]
  • El Salvador is accredited to Jordan from its embassy in Doha, Qatar.[34]
  • Jordan is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City.
 State of Palestine 9 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.[35] 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.[36][37]

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.[38] However, El Salvador, as the nation presiding over the summit, refused to include the matter on the official agenda,[39] insisting that discussion should retain a regional focus.[40] Despite this, the government officially recognised the Palestinian state on 25 August 2011.[41]

  • El Salvador conducts relations with Palestine from its embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel and maintains an honorary consulate in Bethlehem.[42]
  • Palestine has an embassy in San Salvador.[43]
  • See also Palestinian Salvadoran
 Qatar 24 September 2003[2]
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Doha.
  • Qatar has an embassy in San Salvador.
 South Korea 28 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.[44]

  • South Korea has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Seoul.
 Turkey Jan. 26, 1934[45]
  • 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).[46]

Europe

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 France 21 October 1859[2] See El Salvador–France relations
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Paris.
  • France has an embassy in San Salvador.
 Kosovo 14 October 2014[2]
  • El Salvador officially recognised Kosovo as an independent sovereign state on 29 June 2013.[47]
  • El Salvador and Kosovo established official diplomatic relations on 18 October 2014.[48]
  • Kosovo is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Panama City, Panamá.
 Spain 24 June 1865[2] See El Salvador–Spain relations

Oceania

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Australia 5 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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