Foreign relations of Eswatini

{{Short description|none}}

{{Politics of Eswatini}}

Eswatini is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Southern African Development Community. Currently, the Kingdom of Eswatini maintains 11 embassies and High Commissions along with 15 consulates and other representations around the world, while there are five embassies and High Commissions in Eswatini as well as 14 consulates and other representations.

Diplomatic relations

List of Countries which Eswatini maintains diplomatic relations with:

class=" wikitable sortable"

! colspan="3" |File:Diplomatic relations of Eswatini.svg

#

!Country

!Date{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Eswatini and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Eswatini+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=12 April 2024 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}

1

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|6 September 1968}}{{Cite book|title=The Diplomatic Service List|author=Great Britain. Diplomatic Service Administration Office.|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8ofAAAAMAAJ|year=1970 |pages=136–149}}

2

|{{Flag|United States}}

|{{dts|6 September 1968}}{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Eswatini (Swaziland) |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/swaziland |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=Office of The Historian}}

3

|{{Flag|Portugal}}

|{{dts|6 September 1968}}{{Cite web |title=Relações Diplomáticas |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/swazilandia |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt |language=pt}}

|{{Flag|Republic of China}}

|{{dts|16 September 1968}}{{Cite web |date=20 September 2018 |title=R.O.C. (Taiwan) Ambassador reiterates robust friendship and cooperation between Taiwan and Eswatini |url=https://www.taiwanembassy.org/sz_en/post/2914.html |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the Kingdom of Eswatini}}

4

|{{Flag|Israel}}

|{{dts|September 1968}}{{cite web |url=http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Pages/Israel-s%20Diplomatic%20Missions%20Abroad.aspx |title=Israel's Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations |access-date=2014-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420071334/http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Pages/Israel-s%20Diplomatic%20Missions%20Abroad.aspx |archive-date=2016-04-20 }}

5

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|{{dts|29 October 1968}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115514788/page/n14/mode/1up?q=Swaziland |title=Diplomatic Corps and Consular and other Representatives in Canada |date=June 1969 |pages=11 |language=en, fr}}

6

|{{Flag|South Korea}}

|{{dts|6 November 1968}}{{Cite web |title=Overview |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=175 |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=mofa.go.kr}}

7

|{{Flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|15 November 1968}}{{Cite web |title=Eswatini: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/eswatini-node/eswatini/226238 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Auswärtiges Amt (in German)}}

8

|{{Flag|Netherlands}}

|{{dts|1968}}{{Cite web |title=2.05.262 Inventaris van het archief van de Nederlandse Ambassade in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, 1955-1974 |url=https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/2.05.262 |access-date=8 January 2024 |page=26 |language=nl}}

9

|{{Flag|France}}

|{{dts|17 April 1969}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/archives-de-charles-de-gaulle-president-de-la-republique/page/423/mode/1up?q=swaziland+ |title=Archives de Charles de Gaulle, président de la République (19591969) |year=2012 |pages=423 |language=fr}}

10

|{{Flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|April 1969}}{{Cite book |title=Who's who of Southern Africa Volume 54 |publisher=Argus Printing & Publishing Company |year=1970 |pages=742 |quote=Paveri-Fontana di Fontana Pradosa ... Ambassador to Lesotho June 1967 and to Swaziland from April 1969;}}

11

|{{Flag|Switzerland}}

|{{dts|6 August 1969}}{{Cite web |title=Aufnahme der diplomatischen Beziehungen mit Swaziland. |url=https://dodis.ch/32535 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=dodis.ch |date=8 June 1969 |language=de}}

12

|{{Flag|Belgium}}

|{{dts|14 November 1969}}{{Cite book |title=Belgisch staatsblad Issues 212-231 |publisher=1969 |pages=11239 |language=fr,nl}}

13

|{{Flag|Iran}}

|{{dts|15 December 1969}}{{Cite book |title=The White Revolution and Iran's Independent National Policy |publisher=Iranian Government |year=1973 |pages=46 |quote=Swaziland became independent in September , 1968. On 15 December , 1969 , it established diplo- matic relations with the Imperial Government of Iran .}}

14

|{{Flag|Kenya}}

|{{dts|18 May 1970}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1970 |pages=1751}}

15

|{{Flag|Austria}}

|{{dts|1970}}{{Cite book |title=Österreichische Zeitschrift Für Aussenpolitik Volumes 10-11 |publisher=W. Braumüller |year=1970 |pages=398 |language=de |quote=Der Missionschef in Pretoria, a. o. und bev. Botschafter Dr. Paul Zedwitz, in Mbabane als a. o. und bev. Botschafter in Swaziland;}}

16

|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

|{{dts|1 January 1971}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1971 |pages=1982}}

17

|{{Flag|Zambia}}

|{{dts|31 March 1971}}{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organisations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1971 |pages=5}}

18

|{{Flag|Japan}}

|{{dts|21 May 1971}}{{Cite web |title=The Kingdom of Eswatini today held a virtual celebration of 50 years of Diplomatic relations with Japan. |url=https://twitter.com/MfaicSd/status/1395806651664539648}}

19

|{{Flag|India}}

|{{dts|5 November 1971}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1971 |pages=2298 |quote=Swaziland-India. The High Commissioner for India to Swaziland, Mr. S. K. Chowdhry, has presented his credentials to King Sobhuza II. (SWZ 5/11)}}

20

|{{Flag|Australia}}

|{{dts|9 July 1973}}{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-906419061/view?partId=nla.obj-906465644# |title=High Commissioner to Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 44 No. 7 (July 1973). Trove |pages=488 |access-date=20 October 2023}}

21

|{{Flag|Nigeria}}

|{{dts|13 October 1973}}{{Cite book |last=D.G. Lavroff |title=L'Afrique dans le monde |publisher=Editions A. Pedone |year=1973 |pages=663 |language=fr |quote=13 octobre. — Etablissement de relations diplomatiques entre le Swaziland et le Nigeria.}}

22

|{{Flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|20 November 1973}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQgsAQAAIAAJ&dq=The+Arab+Republic+of+Egypt+and+Swaziland+have+decided+to++establish+diplomatic+relations&pg=RA42-PA6 |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 4412-4487 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1973 |pages=6 |access-date=23 April 2023}}

23

|{{Flag|Sweden}}

|{{dts|1973}}{{Cite book |title=Sveriges statskalender |publisher=Almqvist & Wiksells |year=1975 |pages=422 |language=sv |quote=Envoye (även anställd i Lesotho och Swaziland) Westerberg, Erik Osvald Lennart, Fil.o.Pol.M.,17; 73}}

24

|{{Flag|Uganda}}

|{{dts|23 January 1974}}{{Cite book |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |publisher=Uganda. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1966 |pages=4}}

25

|{{Flag|Tanzania}}

|{{dts|20 February 1974}}{{Cite book |title=Diplomatic Missions, Consular Missions, Trade and International Organizations |publisher=Tanzania. Protocol Division |year=1976 |pages=2 |quote=Swaziland H.E. MR. S.M. Kunene 20.2.74}}

26

|{{Flag|Malta}}

|{{dts|25 March 1974}}{{Cite web |title=Malta and Swaziland establish diplomatic relations |url=https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974VALLET%2BA-32_b.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250525121547/https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974VALLET+A-32_b.html |archive-date=25 May 2025 |access-date=25 May 2025}}

27

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|{{dts|1 April 1974}}{{Cite web |title=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/busqueda.php |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=es}}

28

|{{Flag|Mozambique}}

|{{dts|11 September 1975}}{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=217}}

29

|{{Flag|Mexico}}

|{{dts|23 December 1975}}{{Cite web |title=Nombramientos Diplomaticos De Reciente Ingreso Al Senado De La Republica En Africa, El Caribe Y Europa |url=https://centrogilbertobosques.senado.gob.mx/docs/NI_Nombramientos_Senado_270218.pdf |access-date=24 July 2023 |page=10 |language=es}}

30

|{{Flag|Lesotho}}

|{{dts|12 February 1976}}{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=131}}

31

|{{Flag|Botswana}}

|{{dts|20 May 1976}}{{Cite book |title=Directory of the Diplomatic Corps and International Organizations |publisher=Botswana, Botswana. Office of the President. External Affairs |year=1978 |pages=3}}

32

|{{Flag|Guinea}}

|{{dts|1977}}{{Cite book |title=The Europa year book 1977 : a world survey. 2 |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1977 |pages=1556}}

33

|{{Flag|Brazil}}

|{{dts|23 June 1978}}{{Cite web |title=CRIA A EMBAIXADA DO BRASIL NO REINO DA SUAZILANDIA. DECRETO Nº 81.808 DE 23 DE JUNHO DE 1978 |url=https://legislacao.presidencia.gov.br/atos/?tipo=DEC&numero=81808&ano=1978&ato=f62cXWE9UerRVTa78 |access-date=4 June 2023 |website=legislacao.presidencia.gov.br |language=pt}}

34

|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}

|{{dts|June 1978}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents · Volume 11 |publisher=Africana Publishing Company |year=1980 |pages=966 |quote=Swaziland ... when the Zaire ambassador , Bande Larity , presented his credentials in June 1978 ...}}

35

|{{Flag|Ghana}}

|{{dts|June 1978}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Contemporary Record Annual Survey and Documents · Volume 11 |publisher=Africana Publishing Company |year=1980 |pages=966 |quote=At the accreditation ceremony of Ghana's first High Commissioner to Swaziland, Maj-Gen Hamidu, in June 1978, ...}}

36

|{{Flag|Chile}}

|{{dts|25 September 1978}}{{Cite web |title=Relaciones político-económicas entre Chile y el continente africano |url=https://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=repositorio/10221/12006/1/91367_BCNINFORME_GRID_01-08-2011_JJ_AFRICA.doc}}

37

|{{Flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|6 April 1979}}{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas del Estado Espaniol |url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOB/article/download/33281/85107/ |access-date=23 July 2022 |page=307 |language=es}}

38

|{{Flag|Greece}}

|{{dts|1979}}{{Cite book |title=The Europa year book : a world survey. 1979. Vol. 2 |publisher=1979 |pages=1471}}

39

|{{Flag|Turkey}}

|{{dts|20 January 1981}}

40

|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}

|{{dts|27 November 1981}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-79665/page/n182/mode/1up?q=Swazi+ |title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report No. 2539 |date=15 December 1981 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |pages=172 |access-date=20 January 2024}}

41

|{{Flag|Norway}}

|{{dts|11 December 1984}}{{cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}

42

|{{Flag|Denmark}}

|{{dts|1984}}{{Cite book |title=Who's who of Southern Africa |publisher=Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited |year=1993 |pages=573 |quote=MAMBA , Chief Counsellor George Mbikwakhe ... Ambassador Extraordi- naire & Plenipotentiary : Norway 1985 , Sweden 1984 , Denmark 1984 ...}}{{Cite web |title=Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalender 1984 |url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/910975.pdf |access-date=18 May 2025 |page=226 |language=da}}

43

|{{Flag|Malaysia}}

|{{dts|31 March 1987}}{{Cite book |title=Foreign Affairs Malaysia, 20–21 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Division |year=1987 |pages=80}}

44

|{{Flag|Peru}}

|{{dts|8 June 1989}}

45

|{{Flag|Angola}}

|{{dts|8 November 1989}}{{Cite book |last1=Kalley |first1=Jacqueline Audrey |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |last2=Schoeman |first2=Elna |last3=Andor |first3=Lydia Eve |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=47}}

46

|{{Flag|Hungary}}

|{{dts|9 May 1990}}

47

|{{Flag|Poland}}

|{{dts|10 May 1990}}

48

|{{Flag|Serbia}}

|{{dts|1 June 1990}}

49

|{{Flag|Finland}}

|{{dts|20 September 1990}}{{Cite web |title=Finland and Eswatini |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/swz/finland-and-swaziland#:~:text=Finland%20recognised%20Swaziland%20on%2027,established%20on%2020%20September%201990. |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Finland Abroad}}

50

|{{Flag|Romania}}

|{{dts|12 December 1990}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe |access-date=28 December 2023}}

51

|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

|{{dts|4 January 1991}}

52

|{{Flag|Jamaica}}

|{{dts|13 February 1991}}

53

|{{Flag|Thailand}}

|{{dts|17 January 1991}}{{Cite web |title=ราชอาณาจักรสวาซิแลนด์ |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bcc1e15e39c306000a072?cate=5d5bcb4e15e39c3060006870 |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand |language=th}}

54

|{{Flag|Indonesia}}

|{{dts|12 April 1991}}{{Cite web |title=Swaziland |url=https://kemlu.go.id/pretoria/kebijakan/profil-negara-dan-capaian-hubungan-bilateral/swaziland |access-date=4 February 2025 |website=kemlu.go.id |lang=id}}

55

|{{Flag|Cambodia}}

|{{dts|13 December 1991}}{{Cite web|title=LIST OF MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (193) HAVING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA|url=https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/page/2021-02-10-LIST-OF-MEMBER-STATES-OF-THE-UNITED-NATIONS--193--HAVING-DIPLOMATIC-RELATIONS-WITH-CAMBOIDA|access-date=2 October 2021|website=mfaic.gov.kh}}

56

|{{Flag|Namibia}}

|{{dts|28 February 1992}}

|{{Flag|Holy See}}

|{{dts|11 March 1992}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=5 September 2022}}

57

|{{Flag|Singapore}}

|{{dts|1 September 1992}}{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}

58

|{{Flag|Slovakia}}

|{{dts|1 January 1993}}{{Cite web |title=Štáty a teritóriá |url=https://www.mzv.sk/staty |access-date=26 May 2023 |language=sk}}

59

|{{Flag|Brunei}}

|{{Date table sorting|26 January 1993}}{{Cite journal |date=28 February 1993 |title=Envoys on postings to Brunei |url=https://www.information.gov.bn/English%20Publication%20PDF/BD%2028%20Feb%2093.pdf |journal=Brunei Darussalem Newsletter |pages=6}}

60

|{{Flag|Philippines}}

|{{dts|19 February 1993}}

61

|{{Flag|Guyana}}

|{{dts|26 February 1993}}

62

|{{Flag|South Africa}}

|{{dts|1 October 1993}}{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations (country profiles listed alphabetically) |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=23 November 2022}}

63

|{{Flag|Iceland}}

|{{dts|3 December 1993}}

64

|{{Flag|Algeria}}

|{{dts|1994}}{{Cite web |date=21 January 2025 |title=Diplomatic relations between Algeria & Eswatini, established in 1994, have been built on shared values of peace, development & African unity. |work=X (formerly Twitter) |url=https://x.com/EswatiniGovern1/status/1881692185541939360 |access-date=23 January 2025}}

65

|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}

|{{dts|30 January 1995}}{{cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878-2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |language=bg}}

66

|{{Flag|Cuba}}

|{{dts|22 September 1995}}{{Cite web |title=Cuba y Swatini (MFA Cuba in Spanish) |url=http://www.cubaminrex.cu/es/node/2027}}

67

|{{Flag|Kuwait}}

|{{dts|22 May 1996}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_fbis-afr-96-100/page/n17/mode/1up?q=Liberia+diplomatic+relations |title=FBIS Daily Report Sub-Saharan Africa |date=22 May 1996 |publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service |pages=15 |access-date=8 January 2024}}

68

|{{Flag|Morocco}}

|{{dts|June 1996}}{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations between Morocco and Eswatini (Embassy of Morocco in South Africa) |url=https://www.moroccoembassy.co.za/bilateral-relations/morocco-eswatini-relations}}

69

|{{Flag|Mauritius}}

|{{DTS|7 October 1997}}{{Cite web |title=Non-Resident Diplomatic Missions Accredited to Mauritius |url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/mfasite/menuitem.ffa978de447e54b156ae474120c521ca/?content_id=5aa0f05fda0e7010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420062216/http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/mfasite/menuitem.ffa978de447e54b156ae474120c521ca/?content_id=5aa0f05fda0e7010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD |archive-date=20 April 2006 |access-date=30 July 2024}}

70

|{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|{{dts|13 May 1998}}{{Cite web |title=Middle East and Africa |url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/middle-east-and-africa |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine}}

71

|{{Flag|Russia}}

|{{dts|19 October 1999}}{{Cite web |title=Свазиленд / Участие в международных организациях, основные внешнеполитические контрагенты и партнёры, отношения с Россией |url=http://www.hyno.ru/tom4/1485.html |access-date=4 September 2023 |language=ru}}

72

|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}

|{{dts|27 June 2000}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |language=}}

73

|{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|{{dts|2000}}{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions |url=http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-s.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121220110/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-s.php |archive-date=21 January 2009 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade}}

74

|{{Flag|Fiji}}

|{{dts|14 March 2002}}{{cite web |title=Formal diplomatic relations list |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827171052/http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2019 |access-date=31 March 2018}}

75

|{{Flag|Seychelles}}

|{{dts|14 March 2002}}

76

|{{Flag|Qatar}}

|{{dts|31 October 2002}}

77

|{{Flag|Tonga}}

|{{dts|22 May 2003}}

78

|{{Flag|Bahrain}}

|{{dts|9 September 2005}}

79

|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|{{dts|2 November 2005}}{{Cite web |date=3 November 2005 |title=التوقيع على بيان اقامة علاقات دبلوماسية بين دولة الامارات ومملكة |url=http://wam.ae/ar/details/1395241746460 |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=Emirates News Agency - WAM |language=ar}}{{Cite web |title=Etablissement de relations diplomatiques entre les Emirats Arabes Unis et le Swaziland |url=https://maparchives.ma/fr/news/etablissement-de-relations-diplomatiques-entre-les-emirats-arabes-unis-et-le-swaziland-2 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Map Archives Agence Marocaine de Presse |language=fr}}

80

|{{Flag|Venezuela}}

|{{dts|21 September 2006}}

81

|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}

|{{dts|6 July 2007}}

82

|{{Flag|Paraguay}}

|{{dts|3 April 2007}}{{Cite web |date=22 June 2007 |title=Boletin de prensa |url=http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/boletines/informaciones/anteriores/boletin220620071.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824194057mp_/http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/boletines/informaciones/anteriores/boletin220620071.asp |archive-date=24 August 2007 |access-date=15 July 2023 |language=es}}

83

|{{Flag|North Korea}}

|{{dts|20 September 2007}}

84

|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}

|{{dts|24 September 2007}}

85

|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|{{dts|10 October 2007}}{{Cite web |title=ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS |url=http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004004739/http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |archive-date=4 October 2017 |access-date=26 March 2022 |language=es}}

86

|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}

|{{dts|2008}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Yearbook Volume 5 -Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara In 2008 |publisher=Brill |year=2009 |pages=492}}

87

|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}

|{{Date table sorting|12 February 2008}}{{Cite web |date=2009 |title=Corps diplomatique accredité à Luxembourg - 2009 |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2009%20Luxembourg.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216124639/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2009%20Luxembourg.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2023 |access-date=29 November 2023 |page=9 |language=fr}}

88

|{{Flag|Yemen}}

|{{dts|21 October 2009}}{{Cite web |date=24 October 2009 |title=Swaziland King leaves Yemen |url=https://www.saba.ye/en/news196493.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320161557/https://www.saba.ye/en/news196493.htm |archive-date=20 March 2019}}

89

|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|{{dts|25 November 2009}}

90

|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}

|{{dts|7 January 2010}}{{Cite web |title=The Kingdom of Eswatini |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/category/africa/eswatini |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}

|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}

|{{dts|3 November 2010}}{{cite news |author=Palestinian National Authority |script-title=ar:السفير عبد الجواد يقدم نسخة من أوراق اعتماده لوزير خارجية مملكة سوازيلاند |url=http://www.mofa.pna.ps/ar/index.php?p=main&id=862 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804143753/http://www.mofa.pna.ps/ar/index.php?p=main&id=862 |archive-date=4 August 2012 |access-date=17 August 2011 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |language=ar}}

91

|{{Flag|Bhutan}}

|{{dts|21 August 2012}}

92

|{{Flag|Montenegro}}

|{{dts|27 February 2013}}

93

|{{Flag|Oman}}

|{{dts|18 March 2013}}{{Cite web |last=Joseph A. Kechichian |title=Countries with which Oman has diplomatic relations |url=http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/2007/MR680.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022025822/http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/2007/MR680.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2014 |access-date=24 November 2023 |website=Oman and the World The emergence of an independent foreign policy |pages=319–322}}

94

|{{Flag|Moldova}}

|{{dts|21 March 2013}}

95

|{{Flag|Armenia}}

|{{dts|3 May 2013}}

96

|{{Flag|Vietnam}}

|{{dts|29 May 2013}}

97

|{{Flag|Suriname}}

|{{dts|7 June 2013}}

98

|{{Flag|Rwanda}}

|{{dts|30 August 2014}}{{Cite news |date=30 August 2014 |title=Envoy Karega Presents Credentials to King of Swaziland |url=https://en.igihe.com/diaspora/high-commissioner-karega-presents-credentials |access-date=5 July 2023}}

99

|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}

|{{dts|19 February 2015}}{{Cite web|title=Presentación de cartas credenciales al Presidente de la República|url=https://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/index.php/noticias/presentacion_de_cartas_credenciales_al_presidente_de_la_republica}}

100

|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|{{dts|30 March 2015}}

101

|{{Flag|Madagascar}}

|{{dts|21 October 2015}}{{Cite web |date=30 June 2016 |title=Revue de la Présidence de la République de Madagascar - Octobre 2015 |url=https://issuu.com/presidence.gov.mg/docs/revue-de-la-presidence-012 |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=presidence.gov.mg |page=19 |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=21 October 2015 |title=Lettres de creances: les nouveaux ambassadeurs du Mexique, dela Colombie, du Swaziland, et du Venezuela a Iavoloha |url=http://www.presidence.gov.mg/lettres-de-creances-les-nouveaux-ambassadeurs-du-mexique-de-la-colombie-du-swaziland-et-du-venezuela-a-iavoloha/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029173318/http://www.presidence.gov.mg/lettres-de-creances-les-nouveaux-ambassadeurs-du-mexique-de-la-colombie-du-swaziland-et-du-venezuela-a-iavoloha/ |archive-date=29 October 2015 |access-date=29 December 2023 |website=presidence.gov.mg |language=fr}}

102

|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|{{dts|16 May 2016}}

103

|{{Flag|Georgia}}

|{{dts|20 May 2016}}

104

|{{Flag|Eritrea}}

|{{dts|30 March 2017}}{{Cite web |date=4 April 2017 |title=Ambassador Saleh Presents Credentials |url=https://shabait.com/2017/04/04/ambassador-saleh-presents-credentials/ |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=Ministry of Information Eritrea}}

105

|{{Flag|Mauritania}}

|{{dts|22 March 2018}}{{Cite web |date=24 March 2018 |title=L'ambassadeur de Mauritanie au Swaziland présente ses lettres de créance au Roi Mswati III |url=https://ami.mr/fr/index.php/2018/03/24/lambassadeur-de-mauritanie-au-swaziland-presente-ses-lettres-de-creance-au-roi-mswati-iii/ |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=Agence Mauritanienne d'information |language=fr}}

106

|{{Flag|Sudan}}

|{{dts|27 March 2018}}{{Cite web |date=27 March 2018 |title=Sudan: New Sudan Ambassador Hands Over His Credentials to King of Swaziland |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201803280222.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330234133/https://allafrica.com/stories/201803280222.html |archive-date=30 March 2018 |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=allAfrica}}

107

|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

|{{dts|7 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.foreign.gov.kn/2906-2/ |access-date=1 April 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

108

|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}

|{{dts|12 November 2018}}

109

|{{Flag|Latvia}}

|{{dts|16 November 2018}}

110

|{{Flag|Estonia}}

|{{dts|21 November 2018}}

111

|{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|{{dts|21 November 2018}}

112

|{{Flag|Croatia}}

|{{dts|5 April 2019}}

113

|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}

|{{dts|11 April 2019}}{{Cite web |title=Marshall Islands opens diplomatic ties with eSwatini |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/387125/marshall-islands-opens-diplomatic-ties-with-eswatini |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=Radio New Zealand|date=15 April 2019 }}

114

|{{Flag|Nepal}}

|{{dts|9 May 2019}}

115

|{{Flag|Ireland}}

|{{dts|8 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=Global Ireland: Ireland in Mozambique Mission Strategy 2020–2024 |url=https://www.dfa.ie/media/missions/mozambique/21-005_Mozambique-Strategy_Final-Digital.pdf |access-date=23 October 2021 |page=4}}{{Cite web |date=8 August 2019 |title=Congratulations to our Ambassador, Nuala O'Brien, who today presented credentials to King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Eswatini 🇮🇪🇸🇿Proud to be #Working4IRL |url=https://x.com/IrlEmbMaputo/status/1159535369131581440 |website=Ireland in Mozambique on X |access-date=1 July 2024}}

116

|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}

|{{dts|17 September 2019}}

117

|{{Flag|Maldives}}

|{{dts|15 December 2020}}

118

|{{Flag|Lithuania}}

|{{dts|1 April 2021}}

119

|{{Flag|Burundi}}

|{{dts|4 August 2022}}{{Cite web |date=5 August 2022 |title=His Majesty King Mswati III welcomes Sweden and Burundi's Ambassadors |url=https://eswatinipositivenews.com/his-majesty-king-mswati-iii-welcomes-sweden-and-burundis-ambassadors/ |access-date=3 February 2024 |website=eswatinipositivenews.com}}

120

|{{flag|Belarus}}

|{{dts|4 June 2024}}{{Cite web |date=4 June 2024 |title=Belarus, Eswatini establish diplomatic relations |url=https://eng.belta.by/politics/view/belarus-eswatini-establish-diplomatic-relations-158856-2024/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |website=belta.by}}

121

|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}

|{{dts|8 August 2024}}{{Cite web |date=16 August 2024 |title=Son Excellence Sakaria KONE a présenté ses Lettres de créance à Sa Majesté MSWATI III, Roi de l'Eswatini , dans le cadre de ses accréditations multiples, le 08 août dernier. |website=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/ambaci.pretoria/posts/pfbid0377MsAq2ByuM2XhtEnyRPdFpCZFii4v8JQH3ZQajswStTtYpJqnegz6NE5fD5U1uRl |access-date=3 March 2025 |language=fr}}

122

|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}

|Unknown

123

|{{Flag|Cyprus}}

|Unknown

124

|{{Flag|Liberia}}

|Unknown

125

|{{Flag|Libya}}

|Unknown

126

|{{Flag|Malawi}}

|Unknown

127

|{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|Unknown

128

|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|Unknown

129

|{{Flag|Tunisia}}

|Unknown

Bilateral relations

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
style="width:15%;"| Country

! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began

!Notes

valign="top"

|{{flag|Canada}}

10 February 1969*Canada is represented in Eswatini via parallel accreditation of its embassy in Maputo, Mozambique.{{cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Canada |date=25 November 2008 |title=Canada-Swaziland Relations |url=https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/mozambique/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/canada_swaziland.aspx?lang=eng |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222063714/https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/mozambique/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/canada_swaziland.aspx?lang=eng |archive-date=22 December 2019 |access-date=29 December 2018 |website=GAC}}

valign="top"

|{{flag|Republic of China (Taiwan)}}

16 September 1968See Eswatini–Taiwan relations

Eswatini established diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (ROC) commonly known as "Taiwan", on 16 September 1968. Eswatini has an embassy in Taipei and ROC has an embassy in Mbabane. As of 2018, it is last African country to recognize the ROC instead of the PRC as the sole representative of "China".

valign="top"

|{{flag|Cyprus}}

*Cyprus is represented in Eswatini through its High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/mfa32_en/mfa32_en?OpenDocument|title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Bilateral Relations|website=www.mfa.gov.cy|access-date=29 December 2018}} and by an honorary consulate in Mbabane.{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/276617043AAE6E2EC2258029003249E1?OpenDocument|title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Honorary Consular Officers of the Republic of Cyprus|website=www.mfa.gov.cy|access-date=29 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113020910/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/276617043AAE6E2EC2258029003249E1?OpenDocument|archive-date=13 January 2017|url-status=dead}}

  • Eswatini is represented in Cyprus through its High Commission in London.{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/BC8120B591F83783C2258029003120A2?OpenDocument|title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Foreign Diplomatic Missions in Cyprus – International Organizations|website=www.mfa.gov.cy|access-date=29 December 2018}}
  • Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
valign="top"

|{{flag|Greece}}

*Greece is represented in Eswatini via parallel accreditation of its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/swaziland/|title=Greece's Bilateral Relations|website=www.mfa.gr|access-date=29 December 2018}}

  • Eswatini is represented in Greece through its embassy in London.
valign="top"

|{{flag|Japan}}

21 May 1971*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 May 1971.

  • Japan is represented in Eswatini via parallel accreditation of its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.za.emb-japan.go.jp/jointad/sz/en/index.html|title=Embassy of Japan in Swaziland|website=www.za.emb-japan.go.jp|access-date=29 December 2018}}
valign="top"

|{{flag|Serbia}}

1 June 1990*Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 1 June 1990.

  • A number of bilateral agreements have been concluded and are in force between both countries.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/SWAZILAND.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-12-30 |archive-date=2018-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215210450/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/SWAZILAND.doc |url-status=dead }}
valign="top"

|{{flag|Turkey}}

20 January 1981*The Embassy of the Eswatini in Brussels is accredited to Turkey.{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-swaziland.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Eswatini}}

  • Turkish ambassador in Pretoria to South Africa is also accredited to Eswatini.
  • Trade volume between the two countries was 309,000 USD in 2019.
valign="top"

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

6 September 1968Eswatini established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 6 September 1968.{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when Eswatini and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=April 2025}}

  • Eswatini maintains a high commission in London.{{cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/eswatini/|date=1 February 2015|title=Eswatini|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=4 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116113751/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/eswatini/|archive-date=16 November 2022|url-status=live}}
  • The United Kingdom is accredited to Eswatini through its high commission in Mbabane.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-mbabane|title=British High Commission Mbabane|website=GOV.UK|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501175336/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-mbabane|archive-date=1 May 2024|url-status=live}}

The UK governed Eswatini from 1903 to 1968, when it achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth and the World Trade Organization, as well as the SACUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement.{{cite news|last=Bavier|first=Joe|date=11 September 2019|title=Britain agrees post-Brexit trade deal with southern Africa|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-africa-trade-idUKKCN1VW1N5|website=Reuters|access-date=17 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218025328/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-africa-trade-idUKKCN1VW1N5/|archive-date=18 February 2022|url-status=live}} Bilaterally the two countries have a Double Taxation Convention,{{cite web|author=HM Revenue and Customs|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/swaziland-tax-treaties|date=2 January 2014|title=Swaziland: tax treaties|website=GOV.UK|access-date=4 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328114022/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/swaziland-tax-treaties|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} an Investment Agreement.{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/2976/eswatini---united-kingdom-bit-1995-|title=Eswatini - United Kingdom BIT (1995)|website=UN Trade and Development|access-date=27 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606053931/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/2976/eswatini---united-kingdom-bit-1995-|archive-date=6 June 2023|url-status=live}}

valign="top"

|{{flag|United States}}

6 September 1968See Eswatini–United States relations

File:Embassy of Eswatini in Washington, D.C.jpg, USA.]]

The United States assists Eswatini with a number of HIV/AIDS initiatives and programs implemented through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Peace Corps, African Development Foundation, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Defense. In addition, the U.S. supports small enterprise development, education, military training, institutional and human resources development, agricultural development, and trade capacity building.

The U.S. is also the largest bilateral donor to the Global Fund, Eswatini's principal HIV/AIDS funding source. The U.S. Government sends about 4 Swazi professionals to the United States each year, from both the public and private sectors, primarily for master's degrees, and about 5 others for three- to four-week International Visitor programs.

  • Eswatini has an embassy in Washington, D.C.
  • United States has an embassy in Mbabane.

Foreign embassies, High Commissions, and consulates in Eswatini

See also

References

{{Reflist}}