Foreign relations of El Salvador

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{{Politics 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.

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.{{Cite book|title=The Story of Tibet:Conversations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama|last=Laird|first=Thomas|publisher=Grove Press|year=2006|isbn=9780802118271|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/storyoftibetconv00lair/page/303 303–305]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/storyoftibetconv00lair/page/303}}

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:

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!Date{{Cite web |title=REGISTRO DE FECHAS DE ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RD |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115190710/https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |archive-date=15 January 2025 |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between El Salvador and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+El+Salvador+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=28 January 2024 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}

1

|{{Flag|Honduras}}

|Unknown

2

|{{Flag|Colombia}}

|{{Date table sorting|8 March 1825}}{{Cite web |title=El Salvador |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/america/el-salvador |access-date=18 May 2023 |language=es}}

3

|{{Flag|Mexico}}

|{{dts|12 May 1838}}{{Cite news |date=12 May 2023 |title=El Salvador y México cumplen hoy 185 años de relaciones diplomáticas |language=es |url=https://diario.elmundo.sv/politica/el-salvador-y-mexico-cumplen-hoy-185-anos-de-relaciones-diplomaticas |access-date=18 May 2023}}

4

|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}

|{{dts|24 July 1840}}{{Cite book |title=Coleccion de tratados del Salvador |publisher=Impr. del Doctor F. Sagrini |year=1884 |pages=294 |language=es}}

5

|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}

|{{Date table sorting|10 December 1845}}

6

|{{Flag|Guatemala}}

|{{dts|21 March 1847}}{{Cite web |date=21 March 2024 |title=Guatemala y El Salvador conmemoran 177 años de relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://agn.gt/guatemala-y-el-salvador-conmemoran-177-anos-de-relaciones-diplomaticas/ |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias |language=es}}

7

|{{Flag|Peru}}

|{{Date table sorting|10 June 1857}}{{Cite news |date=28 July 2017 |title=Las Repúblicas de El Salvador y Perú conmemoran 160 años de relaciones diplomáticas |language=es |url=https://rree.gob.sv/las-republicas-salvador-peru-conmemoran-160-anos-relaciones-diplomaticas/ |url-status=dead |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413015834/https://rree.gob.sv/las-republicas-salvador-peru-conmemoran-160-anos-relaciones-diplomaticas/ |archive-date=13 April 2020}}

8

|{{Flag|Netherlands}}

|{{Date table sorting|1857}}

9

|{{Flag|France}}

|{{Date table sorting|21 October 1859}}

10

|{{Flag|Chile}}

|{{Date table sorting|10 April 1860}}

11

|{{Flag|United States}}

|{{Date table sorting|15 June 1863}}{{Cite web |title=History of the U.S. and El Salvador |url=https://sv.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/io/ |access-date=18 May 2023}}

12

|{{Flag|Spain}}

|{{Date table sorting|24 June 1865}}

13

|{{Flag|Bolivia}}

|{{Date table sorting|1865}}

14

|{{Flag|Italy}}

|{{Date table sorting|1871}}

15

|{{Flag|Sweden}}

|{{Date table sorting|1 October 1876}}

16

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|{{Date table sorting|9 April 1880}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/memoria03cultgoog/page/n326/mode/2up?q= |title=Memoria |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina |year=1881 |pages=321 |language=es}}

17

|{{Flag|Paraguay}}

|{{Date table sorting|1880}}

18

|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|{{Date table sorting|3 July 1882}}{{Cite web |date=3 July 2022 |title=República Dominicana y la República de El Salvador celebran hoy 3 de julio, 140 años de amistad. |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/MIREXRD/status/1543591329091002378 |access-date=12 July 2022}}

19

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{Date table sorting|1883}}

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|—

|{{Flag|Venezuela}} (suspended){{Cite web |date=29 July 2024 |title=Lo que vimos ayer en Venezuela no tiene otro nombre más que fraude. Una “elección” donde el resultado oficial no tiene relación con la realidad. Algo evidente para cualquiera.... |url=https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1818012270921691582 |access-date=29 July 2024 |language=es}}

|{{Date table sorting|28 February 1884}}

20

|{{Flag|Ecuador}}

|{{Date table sorting|29 March 1890}}

21

|{{Flag|Belgium}}

|{{Date table sorting|1 July 1890}}

22

|{{flag|Cuba}}

|{{dts|11 November 1902}}{{Cite news |date=28 May 2015 |title=Presidente de El Salvador llega a Cuba para impulsar el comercio y la cooperación |language=es |url=https://www.diariolasamericas.com/presidente-el-salvador-llega-cuba-impulsar-el-comercio-y-la-cooperacion-n3126493 |access-date=3 September 2023}}

23

|{{Flag|Brazil}}

|{{Date table sorting|1906}}

24

|{{Flag|Panama}}

|{{Date table sorting|9 March 1909}}{{Cite news |date=13 June 2022 |title=PANAMÁ Y EL SALVADOR ANALIZAN FORTALEZAS Y DESAFIOS TRAS 113 AÑOS DE RELACIONES BILATERALES |language=es |url=https://mire.gob.pa/panama-y-el-salvador-analizan-fortalezas-y-desafios-tras-113-anos-de-relaciones-bilaterales/ |access-date=6 September 2023}}

|{{Flag|Holy See}}

|{{dts|12 October 1922}}{{cite book |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-14-1922-ocr.pdf |title=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |date=1922 |volume=XIV |pages=563 |language=la |quote=Internunzio Apostolico nell'America Centrale |access-date=14 July 2020}}

25

|{{Flag|Uruguay}}

|{{Date table sorting|11 January 1929}}

26

|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

|{{Date table sorting|4 March 1930}}

27

|{{Flag|Japan}}

|{{Date table sorting|15 February 1935}}

28

|{{Flag|Norway}}

|{{Date table sorting|27 April 1939}}

29

|{{Flag|Philippines}}

|{{Date table sorting|4 July 1946}}

30

|{{Flag|Israel}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 1948}}

31

|{{Flag|Turkey}}

|21 September 1950{{Cite web |date=16 October 2020 |title=La política de apertura de Turquía hacia América Latina en el 70º aniversario de sus relaciones |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/es/mundo/la-pol%C3%ADtica-de-apertura-de-turqu%C3%ADa-hacia-am%C3%A9rica-latina-en-el-70%C2%BA-aniversario-de-sus-relaciones/2008047 |access-date=16 November 2023 |language=es}}

|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}

|{{Date table sorting|1951}}

32

|{{Flag|Austria}}

|{{dts|19 February 1952}}{{Cite book |title=Informe de las labores desarrolladas por el poder ejecutivo en el ramo de relaciones exteriores |publisher=El Salvador. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1951 |pages=52 |language=es |quote=19 de febrero de 1952. Honorable señor doctor don Wolfgang Hoeller , Encargado de Negocios de Austria .}}

33

|{{Flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|25 August 1952}}{{Cite web |title=El Salvador: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/elsalvador-node/elsalvador-221862 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}

34

|{{Flag|Denmark}}

|{{Date table sorting|18 August 1958}}

35

|{{Flag|Switzerland}}

|{{dts|22 August 1960}}{{Cite web |title=Ambassade de Suisse à San Salvador |url=https://dodis.ch/R9978?lang=fr |access-date=3 January 2025 |language=de}}

36

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|{{Date table sorting|29 December 1961}}

37

|{{Flag|South Korea}}

|{{Date table sorting|28 August 1962}}

38

|{{Flag|Egypt}}

|{{Date table sorting|1964}}

39

|{{Flag|Greece}}

|{{Date table sorting|1965}}

40

|{{Flag|Portugal}}

|{{Date table sorting|15 March 1966}}

41

|{{Flag|Finland}}

|{{Date table sorting|14 April 1967}}

43

|{{Flag|Singapore}}

|{{Date table sorting|6 October 1974}}

43

|{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|{{Date table sorting|5 February 1979}}

44

|{{Flag|India}}

|{{Date table sorting|12 February 1979}}

45

|{{Flag|Suriname}}

|{{Date table sorting|1 March 1979}}

46

|{{Flag|Serbia}}

|{{Date table sorting|14 December 1979}}

47

|{{Flag|Romania}}

|{{Date table sorting|17 December 1979}}

48

|{{Flag|Belize}}

|{{Date table sorting|1982}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |access-date=30 December 2016}}

49

|{{Flag|Australia}}

|{{Date table sorting|5 December 1983}}

50

|{{Flag|Thailand}}

|{{Date table sorting|24 September 1987}}

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|—

|{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} (cancelled)

|{{Date table sorting|1989}}{{cite news|title=Canciller Martínez apoya solución pacífica y negociada en el Sahara Occidental|url=http://www.rree.gob.sv/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1094:canciller-mart%C3%ADnez-apoya-soluci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica-y-negociada-en-el-sahara-occidental#|publisher=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador|language=es|date=2010-11-29|access-date=2012-03-16}}

51

|{{Flag|Jamaica}}

|{{Date table sorting|30 November 1990}}{{cite web |date=16 April 2021 |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=16 April 2021}}

52

|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}

|{{Date table sorting|26 April 1991}}

53

|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}

|{{Date table sorting|26 June 1991}}

54

|{{Flag|Hungary}}

|{{Date table sorting|26 September 1991}}

55

|{{Flag|Poland}}

|{{Date table sorting|27 September 1991}}

56

|{{Flag|Guyana}}

|{{Date table sorting|1 May 1992}}{{cite web |title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016 |access-date=16 July 2016}}

57

|{{Flag|Bahamas}}

|{{Date table sorting|6 May 1992}}

58

|{{Flag|Russia}}

|{{Date table sorting|3 June 1992}}

59

|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}

|{{Date table sorting|8 June 1992}}

60

|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

|{{Date table sorting|15 October 1992}}

61

|{{Flag|Grenada}}

|{{Date table sorting|17 December 1992}}

62

|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}

|{{Date table sorting|18 May 1993}}

63

|{{Flag|Slovakia}}

|{{Date table sorting|10 March 1994}}

64

|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|{{Date table sorting|11 May 1994}}

65

|{{Flag|Barbados}}

|{{Date table sorting|19 May 1994}}

66

|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}

|{{Date table sorting|6 June 1995}}

67

|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}

|{{Date table sorting|28 October 1996}}

68

|{{Flag|Morocco}}

|{{dts|November 1996}}{{Cite news |date=21 November 2024 |title=Maroc: Message de félicitations à SM le Roi du Président du Salvador à l'occasion de la Fête de l'Indépendance |url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202411210628.html |access-date=22 November 2024 |language=fr}}

69

|{{Flag|Croatia}}

|{{Date table sorting|24 June 1997}}

70

|{{Flag|Slovenia}}

|{{Date table sorting|10 November 1997}}

71

|{{Flag|South Africa}}

|{{Date table sorting|11 November 1997}}

72

|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}

|{{Date table sorting|13 December 1997}}

73

|{{Flag|Andorra}}

|{{Date table sorting|14 May 1998}}

74

|{{Flag|Malaysia}}

|{{Date table sorting|June 1998}}

75

|{{Flag|Armenia}}

|{{Date table sorting|22 March 1999}}

76

|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}

|{{Date table sorting|23 March 1999}}

77

|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}

|{{Date table sorting|7 April 1999}}

78

|{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|{{Date table sorting|14 April 1999}}

79

|{{Flag|Georgia}}

|{{Date table sorting|17 May 1999}}

80

|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}

|{{Date table sorting|20 May 1999}}

81

|{{Flag|Bahrain}}

|{{Date table sorting|7 July 1999}}

82

|{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|{{Date table sorting|14 July 1999}}

83

|{{Flag|Lithuania}}

|{{Date table sorting|15 October 1999}}

84

|{{Flag|Belarus}}

|{{Date table sorting|25 October 1999}}

85

|{{Flag|Cyprus}}

|{{Date table sorting|5 November 1999}}

86

|{{Flag|Kuwait}}

|{{Date table sorting|9 December 1999}}

87

|{{Flag|Ireland}}

|{{Date table sorting|13 July 2000}}

88

|{{Flag|Brunei}}

|{{Date table sorting|28 August 2000}}

89

|{{Flag|Iceland}}

|{{Date table sorting|25 October 2000}}

90

|{{Flag|Monaco}}

|{{Date table sorting|14 December 2000}}

91

|{{Flag|Latvia}}

|{{Date table sorting|11 January 2001}}

92

|{{Flag|Estonia}}

|{{Date table sorting|12 February 2001}}

93

|{{Flag|Mauritius}}

|{{Date table sorting|6 September 2001}}

94

|{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|{{Date table sorting|12 November 2001}}

95

|{{Flag|Albania}}

|{{Date table sorting|22 May 2003}}

96

|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}

|{{Date table sorting|23 May 2003}}

97

|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|{{Date table sorting|25 July 2003}}

98

|{{Flag|Qatar}}

|{{Date table sorting|24 September 2003}}

99

|{{Flag|Malta}}

|{{Date table sorting|9 June 2004}}

100

|{{Flag|Algeria}}

|{{Date table sorting|20 December 2006}}

101

|{{Flag|Jordan}}

|{{Date table sorting|10 January 2007}}

102

|{{Flag|San Marino}}

|{{Date table sorting|18 January 2007}}

103

|{{Flag|Tunisia}}

|{{Date table sorting|14 March 2007}}

104

|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|{{Date table sorting|15 March 2007}}

105

|{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|{{Date table sorting|25 September 2007}}

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|{{Flag|Oman}}

|{{Date table sorting|14 April 2008}}

107

|{{Flag|Namibia}}

|{{Date table sorting|5 August 2008}}

108

|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|{{Date table sorting|27 February 2009}}

109

|{{Flag|Cambodia}}

|{{Date table sorting|16 January 2010}}

110

|{{Flag|Vietnam}}

|{{Date table sorting|16 January 2010}}

111

|{{Flag|Indonesia}}

|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2011}}

112

|{{Flag|Tuvalu}}

|{{Date table sorting|8 July 2012}}

113

|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Date table sorting|10 December 2012}}

|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}

|{{Date table sorting|9 May 2013}}

114

|{{Flag|Dominica}}

|{{Date table sorting|5 June 2013}}

115

|{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}

|{{Date table sorting|22 July 2013}}

116

|{{Flag|Moldova}}

|{{Date table sorting|24 September 2013}}

117

|{{Flag|Montenegro}}

|{{Date table sorting|27 September 2013}}

118

|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|{{Date table sorting|30 January 2014}}

|{{Flag|Kosovo}}

|{{Date table sorting|14 October 2014}}

119

|{{Flag|Mali}}

|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2014}}

120

|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}

|{{Date table sorting|3 December 2014}}

121

|{{Flag|Fiji}}

|{{Date table sorting|30 January 2015}}

122

|{{Flag|Togo}}

|{{Date table sorting|13 March 2015}}

123

|{{Flag|Kenya}}

|{{Date table sorting|28 September 2015}}

124

|{{Flag|Senegal}}

|{{Date table sorting|29 September 2015}}

125

|{{Flag|Mozambique}}

|{{Date table sorting|29 September 2015}}

126

|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}

|{{dts|2015}}{{Cite web |title=Landtag, Regierung und Gerichte 2015 |url=https://www.llv.li/files/srk/rb15-rechenschaftsbericht-2015.pdf |page=120 |language=de}}

127

|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|{{Date table sorting|17 March 2016}}

128

|{{Flag|Nepal}}

|{{Date table sorting|21 September 2016}}

129

|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

|{{Date table sorting|28 October 2016}}

130

|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}

|{{Date table sorting|7 November 2016}}

131

|{{Flag|Haiti}}

|{{Date table sorting|6 September 2017}}{{Cite news |date=6 September 2017 |title=Haïti - Diplomatie : Accréditation de deux nouveaux ambassadeurs |url=https://www.haitilibre.com/article-22027-haiti-diplomatie-accreditation-de-deux-nouveaux-ambassadeurs.html |access-date=27 January 2025 |language=fr}}

132

|{{Flag|Maldives}}

|{{Date table sorting|19 September 2017}}

133

|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}

|{{Date table sorting|22 September 2017}}

134

|{{Flag|Uganda}}

|{{Date table sorting|22 September 2017}}

135

|{{Flag|Samoa}}

|{{Date table sorting|13 April 2018}}

136

|{{Flag|China}}

|{{Date table sorting|21 August 2018}}

137

|{{Flag|Angola}}

|{{dts|18 September 2023}}{{Cite web |date=19 September 2023 |title=El Salvador se abre a África. |url=https://twitter.com/cancilleriasv/status/1703912059534967119 |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=es}}

138

|{{Flag|Burundi}}

|{{dts|18 September 2023}}

139

|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}

|{{dts|18 September 2023}}

140

|{{Flag|Ghana}}

|{{dts|18 September 2023}}

141

|{{flag|Rwanda}}

|{{dts|18 September 2023}}

142

|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}

|{{dts|18 September 2023}}

143

|{{Flag|Benin}}

|{{dts|18 October 2023}}

144

|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}

|{{Dts|15 February 2024}}{{Cite web |date=16 February 2024 |title=Cabo Verde estabelece Relações Diplomáticas com Belize e República de El Salvador |url=https://www.facebook.com/MinisteriodosNegociosEstrangeiros/posts/pfbid0g8A7bzcx5zdu2jWCL8o3cqMwK2w8xUQaTSqyGnYEW9nE9uTfomT2F2eZTYxZiU57l? |access-date=5 March 2024 |language=pt}}

145

|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}

|{{Dts|16 February 2024}}

146

|{{Flag|Seychelles}}

|{{dts|12 November 2024}}

147

|{{Flag|Djibouti}}

|{{dts|6 December 2024}}

148

|{{Flag|Mauritania}}

|{{dts|10 December 2024}}

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|{{Flag|Zambia}}

|{{dts|10 December 2024}}

Bilateral relations

=Africa=

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

!Notes

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|{{flag|Egypt}}

1964* Egypt has an interest section in San Salvador.

  • El Salvador does not have an accreditation to Egypt.
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|{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}

31 July 1989El 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.[http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=15247]{{dead link|date=October 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}
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|{{flag|South Africa}}

11 November 1997* 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 =

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style="width:15%;"| Country

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

!Notes

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|{{flag|Argentina}}

1940See Argentina–El Salvador relations

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|{{flag|Canada}}

29 December 1961See Canada–El Salvador relations

  • Canada has an embassy in San Salvador.{{cite web|url=http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/el_salvador-salvador/index.aspx?lang=eng|title=Embassy of Canada to El Salvador|first=Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Canada|last=Government of Canada|website=GAC|date=9 September 2013|access-date=4 October 2017}}
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Ottawa and consulates-general in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
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|{{flag|Cuba}}

11 November 1902Cuba 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jdUQFbECZYRXiqkl75Rzs3cPsH6w|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315073814/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jdUQFbECZYRXiqkl75Rzs3cPsH6w|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 15, 2011|title=El Salvador and Cuba reestablish diplomatic ties|website=Google.com|access-date=4 October 2017}}

  • Cuba has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Havana.
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|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}

3 July 1882{{Cite web |date=3 July 2022 |title=República Dominicana y la República de El Salvador celebran hoy 3 de julio, 140 años de amistad. |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/MIREXRD/status/1543591329091002378 |access-date=12 July 2022}}* Dominican Republic has an embassy in San Salvador.

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|{{flag|Mexico}}

1838See El Salvador–Mexico relations

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

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|{{flag|Peru}}

1857See El Salvador–Peru relations

  • El Salvador has an embassy in Lima.
  • Peru has an embassy in San Salvador.
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|{{flag|United States}}

1863See 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.

{{StateDept}}{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2033.htm|title=El Salvador|website=State.gov|access-date=4 October 2017}}

  • El Salvador has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and has several consulates-general scattered about the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.elsalvador.org/|title=Embajada de El Salvador en Washington D.C. - Inicio|website=Elsalvador.org|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004194444/http://www.elsalvador.org/|url-status=dead}}
  • United States has an embassy in San Salvador.{{cite web|url=http://sansalvador.usembassy.gov/|title=Embassy of the United States in San Salvador (in English and Spanish)|website=Sansalvador.usembassy.gov|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014221931/http://sansalvador.usembassy.gov/|archive-date=14 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
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|{{flag|Uruguay}}

11 January 1929See El Salvador–Uruguay relations

  • El Salvador has an embassy in Montevideo.
  • Uruguay has an embassy in San Salvador.
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|{{flag|Venezuela}}

28 February 1884See 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/el-salvador-expels-venezuelan-diplomats-recognizes-juan-guaido/a-51095475|title = El Salvador expels Venezuelan diplomats, recognizes Juan Guaido | DW | 03.11.2019| website=Deutsche Welle }}

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

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21 August 2018See China-El Salvador relations and El Salvador–Taiwan 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.{{cite web|language=zh-hans|url=https://m.news.cctv.com/m/a/index.shtml?id=ARTIL1RRICS7CYWIzVdGsj0z180821|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209211815/https://m.news.cctv.com/m/a/index.shtml?id=ARTIL1RRICS7CYWIzVdGsj0z180821|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 9, 2022|script-title=zh:中国与萨尔瓦多建立外交关系|trans-title=China and El Salvador establish diplomatic ties|website=CCTV network|access-date=2018-08-21}}

  • China has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Beijing.
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|{{flag|India}}

12 February 1979See El Salvador–India relations

  • El Salvador has an embassy in New Delhi{{cite web|url=http://embajadaindia.rree.gob.sv|title=Embajada de El Salvador en India - Inicio|website=Embajadaindia.rree.gob.sv|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004190248/http://embajadaindia.rree.gob.sv/|url-status=dead}}
  • India is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
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|{{flag|Jordan}}

10 January 2007* El Salvador is accredited to Jordan from its embassy in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite web |url=http://embajadasyconsulados.rree.gob.sv/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=304&Itemid=101 |title=Embassy of El Salvador in Qatar |access-date=2019-11-12 |archive-date=2019-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030005422/http://embajadasyconsulados.rree.gob.sv/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=304&Itemid=101 |url-status=dead }}

  • Jordan is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City.
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|{{flag|State of Palestine}}

9 May 2013See 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.{{Cite news|author=Luxner, Larry|title=Push for Diplomatic Recognition Creates Tricky Precedents, Strange Bedfellows|url=http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6921:push-for-diplomatic-recognition-creates-tricky-precedents-strange-bedfellows&catid=1065:february-2011&Itemid=468|date=22 November 2010|newspaper=The Washington Diplomat|access-date=2011-08-01}} 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.{{Cite news|author=Government of El Salvador|title=Iniciativa para reconocer a Palestina como Estado independiente|url=http://www.asamblea.gob.sv/noticias/archivo-de-noticias/iniciativa-para-reconocer-a-palestina-como-estado-independiente|date=2 May 2011|publisher=Legislative Assembly|access-date=2011-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002042412/http://www.asamblea.gob.sv/noticias/archivo-de-noticias/iniciativa-para-reconocer-a-palestina-como-estado-independiente|archive-date=2011-10-02|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|author=Government of El Salvador|title=Analizarán emitir pronunciamiento en apoyo a Palestina|url=http://www.asamblea.gob.sv/noticias/archivo-de-noticias/analizaran-emitir-pronunciamiento-en-apoyo-a-palestina|date=6 May 2011|publisher=Legislative Assembly|access-date=2011-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002042429/http://www.asamblea.gob.sv/noticias/archivo-de-noticias/analizaran-emitir-pronunciamiento-en-apoyo-a-palestina|archive-date=2011-10-02|url-status=dead}}

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.{{Cite web|author=Government of Honduras|title=Presidente Lobo Sosa pide de nuevo a empresarios tocarse el corazón|url=http://www.presidenceducameroun.com/news/?lang=en&mode=newsdetails&id=1285|publisher=Office of the President|language=es|date=2 August 2011|access-date=2011-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715112334/http://www.presidenceducameroun.com/news/?lang=en&mode=newsdetails&id=1285|archive-date=15 July 2011|url-status=dead}} However, El Salvador, as the nation presiding over the summit, refused to include the matter on the official agenda,{{Cite news|author=Staff writer|title=CARICOM-Palestine seeking CARICOM support for homeland|url=http://caricomnewsnetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4717:caricom-palestine-seeking-caricom-support-for-homeland&catid=295:world&Itemid=514|date=6 August 2011|newspaper=Caricom News Network|publisher=CSME Network News|access-date=2011-08-15|archive-date=2012-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327020942/http://caricomnewsnetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4717:caricom-palestine-seeking-caricom-support-for-homeland&catid=295:world&Itemid=514|url-status=dead}} insisting that discussion should retain a regional focus.{{Cite news|author=Medzini, Ronen|title=Central America 'battles' over PA's UN bid|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4112571,00.html|date=22 August 2011|newspaper=Ynet News|access-date=2011-08-27}} Despite this, the government officially recognised the Palestinian state on 25 August 2011.{{Cite web|author=Government of El Salvador|publisher=Ministry of Exterior Relations|url=http://www.rree.gob.sv/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1587:el-salvador-reconoce-a-palestina-como-estado-libre-soberano-e-independiente|title=El Salvador reconoce a Palestina como Estado libre, soberano e independiente|date=25 August 2011|access-date=2011-08-26|language=es}}

  • El Salvador conducts relations with Palestine from its embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel and maintains an honorary consulate in Bethlehem.{{Cite web |url=https://rree.gob.sv/embajada-salvadorena-lleva-jornada-movil-servicios-consulares-belen/ |title=Embajada salvadoreña lleva jornada móvil de servicios consulares a Belén (in Spanish) |access-date=2019-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207075403/https://rree.gob.sv/embajada-salvadorena-lleva-jornada-movil-servicios-consulares-belen/ |archive-date=2019-02-07 |url-status=dead }}
  • Palestine has an embassy in San Salvador.{{Cite web |url=https://rree.gob.sv/ministro-castaneda-recibe-copias-de-estilo-de-parte-del-embajador-del-estado-de-palestina/ |title=Ministro Castaneda recibe copias de estilo de parte del embajador del Estado de Palestina (in Spanish) |access-date=2019-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015107/https://rree.gob.sv/ministro-castaneda-recibe-copias-de-estilo-de-parte-del-embajador-del-estado-de-palestina/ |archive-date=2019-02-07 |url-status=dead }}
  • See also Palestinian Salvadoran
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|{{flag|Qatar}}

24 September 2003* El Salvador has an embassy in Doha.

  • Qatar has an embassy in San Salvador.
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|{{flag|South Korea}}

28 August 1962The 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24564.jsp?menu=m_30_30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122010652/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24564.jsp?menu=m_30_30|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2014|title=Countries and Regions > Latin America and Caribbean > List of the Countries|website=Mofa.go.kr|access-date=4 October 2017}}

  • South Korea has an embassy in San Salvador.
  • El Salvador has an embassy in Seoul.
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|{{flag|Turkey}}

Jan. 26, 1934{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/ii_bilateral-relations--_main--documents_.en.mfa| title= II.Bilateral Relations (Main Documents)|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey}}* 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).{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-elsalvador.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and El Salvador}}

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|{{flag|France}}

21 October 1859See El Salvador–France relations

  • El Salvador has an embassy in Paris.
  • France has an embassy in San Salvador.
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|{{flag|Kosovo}}

14 October 2014* El Salvador officially recognised Kosovo as an independent sovereign state on 29 June 2013.{{cite news|title=Arrin nota verbale nga El Salvadori|url=http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=1,4,1906|access-date=19 October 2014|publisher=Kosovo MFA|date=4 July 2013}}

  • El Salvador and Kosovo established official diplomatic relations on 18 October 2014.{{cite news|title=Republika e Kosovës vendos marrëdhëniet diplomatike me Republikën e El Salvadorit|url=http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=1,4,2454|access-date=19 October 2014|publisher=Kosovo MFA|date=18 October 2014}}
  • Kosovo is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Panama City, Panamá.
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|{{flag|Spain}}

24 June 1865See El Salvador–Spain relations

  • El Salvador has an embassy in Madrid and consulates-general in Barcelona and Seville.{{cite web|url=http://embajadaespana.rree.gob.sv/|title=Embajada de El Salvador en España - Inicio|website=Embajadaespana.rree.gob.sv|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218031345/http://embajadaespana.rree.gob.sv/|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}}
  • Spain has an embassy in San Salvador.{{cite web|url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/embajadas/sansalvador/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx|title=Páginas - Embajada de España en El Salvador|website=Exteriores.gob.es|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-date=27 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027233637/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/SANSALVADOR/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx|url-status=dead}}
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

1883See El Salvador–United Kingdom relations

El Salvador established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom in 1883.{{Better source needed|reason=The source only states the year when El Salvador and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=February 2025}}

  • El Salvador maintains an embassy in London.{{Cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|title=El Salvador|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/south-america/uruguay/|date=30 April 2019|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=2 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207170245/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/south-america/el-salvador/|archive-date=7 February 2025|url-status=live}}
  • The United Kingdom is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in San Salvador.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-san-salvador|title=British Embassy San Salvador|website=GOV.UK|access-date=24 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211195014/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-san-salvador|archive-date=11 February 2025|url-status=live}}

Both countries share common membership of the International Criminal Court, the World Trade Organization, and the Central America–UK Association Agreement.{{cite web|author=

Foreign & Commonwealth Office|title=UK and Central America sign continuity agreement|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-central-america-sign-continuity-agreement|date=18 July 2019|website=GOV.UK|access-date=24 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718222318/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-central-america-sign-continuity-agreement|archive-date=18 July 2019|url-status=live}} Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement.{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/1439/el-salvador---united-kingdom-bit-1999-|title=El Salvador - United Kingdom BIT (1999)|website=UN Trade and Development|access-date=13 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501194537/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/1439/el-salvador---united-kingdom-bit-1999-|archive-date=1 May 2021|url-status=live}}

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|{{flag|Australia}}

5 December 1983See 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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