Foreign relations of Kenya
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Kenya maintains relations with various countries around the world. Its closest ties are with its fellow Swahili-speaking neighbors in the African Great Lakes region. Swahili speaking neighbours mainly include countries in the East African Community such as Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
Kenya's relations with other states vary. The government of Ethiopia established political links in the colonial period with Kenya's then British administration, and today it is one of several national bodies with a diplomatic presence in Nairobi. Relations with Somalia have historically been tense, although there has been some military co-ordination against insurgents.
Elsewhere, the Kenyan government has political ties with China, India, Pakistan, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and Brazil. It also maintains relations with Western countries, particularly the United Kingdom, although political and economic instabilities are often blamed on Western activities (e.g. colonialism, paternalistic engagement, and post-colonial resource exploitation).
Diplomatic relations
List of countries which Kenya maintains diplomatic relations with:
Bilateral relations
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|{{flag|Burundi}} | {{main|Burundi–Kenya relations}}
Burundi is a partner of Kenya in many areas, particularly trade, security (military), education, agriculture and energy. In 2011, both countries signed a comprehensive bilateral agreement to promote development and technology transfer in agriculture, livestock and fisheries development between them. During the Burundian ethnic clashes, a significant number of Burundians took up refuge in Kenya. Burundi, along with Kenya, is one of the Swahili-speaking states in the African Great Lakes region.
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|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} | {{main|Democratic Republic of the Congo–Kenya relations}}
The DRC is a strategic partner of Kenya in many areas, particularly trade and security. The peace deal between the Government of the DRC and leaders of the M23 rebellion was brokered by multiple parties and was signed in Nairobi in late 2013. M23 was routed in a UN-backed offensive by government troops. Under the deal there would be no amnesty for those wanted for war crimes. The deal was hosted by Uhuru Kenyatta, the President of Kenya.{{Cite news |date=2013-12-12 |title=DR Congo government 'signs deal with M23 in Kenya' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25357821 |access-date=2023-06-21}} By the end of 2014 both countries were to sign a Joint Commission for Cooperation. Under the agreement Kenya was to establish a consulate in Goma and DRC in Mombasahttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenya--DR-Congo-to-open-consulates-to-boost-trade/-/539546/1745512/-/6e4w00z/-/index.html . Kenya, DR Congo to open consulates to boost trade Retrieved on 7 January 2015. The deal would help deepen trade and investment between both countries. Both countries are inhabited by significant Swahili speaking populations, Swahili is the national language in both countries. Kenya and the DRC share some cultural similarities.
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|{{flag|Rwanda}} | 11 June 1965 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 June 1965 when first Ambassador of Rwanda to Kenya (resident in Kampala) Mr. Malahie Musabyimana presented his credentials to President Kenyatta.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecxr4N5t9EIC&dq=Kenya:+++Rwanda+Ambassador+...+11+June+1965&pg=RA8-PP9 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 111-115 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1965 |pages=14 |access-date=9 July 2023}}{{main|Kenya–Rwanda relations}}
Kenya is a partner of Rwanda in many areas, particularly trade, security (military), education, agriculture and energy. It is estimated that there are about 100,000 Rwandese immigrants in Kenya. Both countries have on multiple occasions signed various memoranda of understanding. These MOUs involve co-operative technical assistance and development between the two countries.[http://www.minicom.gov.rw/index.php?id=24&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=185&cHash=c9dee63413a2a2875cf5f2f3c52af3b Rwanda and Kenya to strengthen cooperation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120044452/http://www.minicom.gov.rw/index.php?id=24&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=185&cHash=c9dee63413a2a2875cf5f2f3c52af3b |date=20 January 2015 }}. Retrieved 20 January 2015. Kenya has a significant expat community in Rwanda.
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|{{flag|South Sudan}} | {{main|Kenya–South Sudan relations}}
South Sudan is a strategic partner of Kenya in many areas. Both countries have cultural similarities as many people from South Sudan lived in Kenya before independence. Kenya is said to have contributed a to South Sudan's independence. The Machakos Protocol signed in Kenya in 2002 saw a ceasefire signed between Sudan and the Southern Sudanese. It was the first of many agreements that led to the creation of Southern Sudan autonomous region which later on led to the independence of South Sudan in 2011. During the independence movement leaders of the freedom movement lived in Kenya. At the peak of the second Sudanese civil war Kenya hosted about 100,000 South Sudanese people.http://studies.aljazeera.net/ResourceGallery/media/Documents/2012/3/29/201232915413854734South%20Sudan%20and%20Kenya.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106020855/http://studies.aljazeera.net/ResourceGallery/media/Documents/2012/3/29/201232915413854734South%20Sudan%20and%20Kenya.pdf |date=6 January 2015 }} . South Sudan and Kenya: The Relationships Retrieved on 5 January 2015.
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|{{flag|Tanzania}} | 13 December 1983 | Both countries established full diplomatic relations on 13 December 1983{{main|Kenya–Tanzania relations}}
Tanzania is a partner of Kenya in many areas, particularly trade, security (military), education, agriculture and energy. The first high commissions of Kenya in Tanzania and vice versa were opened after the independence of Kenya. However, after the breakup of the EAC in 1977, both countries severed diplomatic ties. The breakup of the first EAC which was founded in 1967 was brought about by ideological differences between Tanzania and Kenya. As it was during the cold war African countries were making decisions on whether to become socialist or capitalist. Kenya's leader Kenyatta was intent on making sure that Kenya wouldn't become socialist and Kenya stuck to capitalism. Tanzania on the other hand championed for Ujamaa, a major African socialist policy.Fred Oluoch [https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/What-killed-the-first-EAC-marriage-/-/2558/2057490/-/2yyvwsz/-/index.html Lest we forget: What killed the first EAC marriage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215165805/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/What-killed-the-first-EAC-marriage-/-/2558/2057490/-/2yyvwsz/-/index.html |date=15 February 2020 }} The EastAfrican 2 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2015. Tanzania and Kenya resumed diplomatic ties in 1983.[http://www.kenyahighcomtz.org/index.php?action=kenya-tanzania-relations.html Kenya Tanzania Relations]. Retrieved 20 January 2015. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107150626/http://www.kenyahighcomtz.org/index.php?action=kenya-tanzania-relations.html |date=7 January 2015 }} By that time, a lot of factors were slowing the idea of Ujamaa in Tanzania among them the war with Uganda and many other social factors.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} Today both countries enjoy healthy relations. Both countries are inhabited by the world's largest Swahili speaking populations, Swahili is the official and national language in both countries. Kenya and Tanzania share a lot of cultural similarities.
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|{{flag|Uganda}} | 8 February 1978 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 February 1978{{main|Kenya–Uganda relations}}
The two East African Community countries are partners in many areas, particularly in the trade, infrastructure, security (military), education, agriculture and energy sectors. From 1961 to 1965, the two states along with Tanzania were united in the East African Common Services Organisation, a common market with a loose federal structure.East Africa Living Encyclopedia: [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/NEH/kforeignrelation.htm Kenya - Foreign Relations] Kenya and Uganda were also founding members of the original East African Community (EAC), which later collapsed due to ideological differences and territorial disputes within itself. On 7 July 2000, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania reestablished the EAC. It has contributed a great deal in improving trade and overall relations between Kenya and Uganda. The countries are both inhabited by significant Swahili-speaking populations, and share significant cultural similarities.
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=Rest of Africa=
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|{{flag|Algeria}} | 23 June 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 June 1964 when the Algerian ambassador to Kenya, Mr. Nouredien Djoudi, presented his credentials to the Governor-General.{{main|Algeria–Kenya relations}} |
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|{{flag|Angola}} | 22 July 1985 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 July 1985 when Kenya's Ambassador to Angola Mr. John Kaumau Kimani presented his credentials.{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin. Vol. 1–21 |publisher=Agência Angola Press |year=1985 |pages=12}}{{main|Angola–Kenya relations}}
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| {{Flag|Benin}}
|12 March 1982 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 March 1982 when first ambassador of Kenya to Benin Alfred Imbahale Machayo presented his credentials to Head of State of Benin Mr. Mathieu Kérékou. | ||
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|{{flag|Botswana}} | 30 October 1967 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 October 1967.{{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=83}}{{main|Botswana–Kenya relations}}
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| {{Flag|Cameroon}}
|5 September 1972 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 September 1972 | ||
| {{Flag|Cote d'Ivoire}}
|10 September 1964 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 September 1964 when Mr. Honore Polneau, the Ivory Coast's Ambassador in Tanzania, has been nominated in addition as Ambassador to Kenya. | ||
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|{{flag|Djibouti}} | 13 March 1984 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 March 1984.{{Cite web |title=Etat des Relations |url=http://www.djibdiplomatie.dj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439&Itemid=17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818144121/http://www.djibdiplomatie.dj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439&Itemid=17 |archive-date=18 August 2013 |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et de la Cooperation Internationale Djibouti |language=fr}}{{main|Djibouti–Kenya relations}}
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|{{flag|Egypt}} | {{main|Egypt–Kenya relations}}
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| {{Flag|Eritrea}}
|14 September 1993 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 September 1993 when Beyene Russom presented his credentials as Eritrea first ambassador of Kenya to President Moi{{Cite web |title=On Dec 3, 1993 AMB Jacques Tumwa presented his credentials to Pres. Isaias as Kenya's first AMB to Eritrea. On 14 Sept, 1993 AMB Beyene Russom presented his credentials as Eritrea first ambassador to Kenya to Pres. Moi. |url=https://twitter.com/Erihistory/status/1600005807105449985?s=20 |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=History of Eritrea}} | ||
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|18 May 1970 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 May 1970 when first High Commissioner of Swaziland to Kenya Mr. Martin Buya Ndiniso, has presented his credentials to President Kenyatta. | ||
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|{{flag|Ethiopia}} | 26 June 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 June 1964 and opened Ethiopian Embassy in Nairobi.{{Cite web |title=Ethiopia, Kenya to Mark 55th Anniversary |url=https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/en_8336 |access-date=13 July 2023 |website=ena.et}}{{Cite web |title=Ethiopian Embassy in Nairibi, Kenya: History of the Embassy |url=https://www.embassypages.com/ethiopia-embassy-nairobi-kenya |access-date=13 July 2023 |website=Embassy Pages}}{{main|Ethiopia–Kenya relations}}
Relations between Kenya and Ethiopia date back to 1954, when the Ethiopian authorities under Haile Selassie I established an honorary consulate general in the British Kenya Colony. In 1961, prior to Kenya's independence, Ethiopia appointed its first ambassador to Kenya, and six years later Kenya opened an embassy in Addis Ababa.[http://mfa.gov.et/Foreign_Policy_And_Relation/Bilateral.php "Ethiopia – Kenya relations"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095640/http://mfa.gov.et/Foreign_Policy_And_Relation/Bilateral.php |date=25 March 2012 }}, Ministry of Foreign Affairs website (accessed 9 October 2009) The border between the two countries is based on a treaty signed by Ethiopia and Kenya on 9 June 1970, which determines the present-day boundary, abrogating all previous boundary treaties. This border has been subjected to demarcation.[http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/IBS152.pdf "Ethiopia – Kenya Boundary"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318063413/http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/IBS152.pdf |date=18 March 2009 }}, U.S. State Department International Boundary Study, No. 152 – 15 October 1975
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| {{Flag|Gabon}}
|10 July 1976 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 July 1976 when first Ambassador of Gabon to Kenya Mr. Pierre Mebaley presented his credentials to President Kenyatta. | ||
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|{{flag|Ghana}} | 16 December 1963 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 December 1963{{main|Ghana–Kenya relations}}
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| {{Flag|Libya}}
|7 November 1978 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 November 1978 | ||
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|{{flag|Madagascar}} | * Kenya is accredited to Madagascar from its high commission in Maputo, Mozambique.
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| {{Flag|Malawi}}
|28 September 1965 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 September 1965{{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=160}} | ||
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|{{flag|Mozambique}} | 5 November 1976 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 November 1976 when Ambassador of Kenya Hon. Kiyinda Nincola, has presented his credentials to President of Mozambique Samora Moises Machel.{{main|Kenya–Mozambique relations}}
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|{{flag|Namibia}} | 22 March 1990 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 March 1990 when was officially opened the Kenya High Commission in Windhoek.{{main|Kenya–Namibia relations}}
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|12 May 1981 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 May 1981 when Ambassador of Niger to Kenya presented his credentials to President Daniel Arap Moi. | ||
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|{{flag|Nigeria}} | {{main|Kenya–Nigeria relations}}
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|{{flag|Somalia}} | {{main|Kenya–Somalia relations}}
Relations between Kenya and Somalia have historically been tense. Agitations over self-determination in the Somali-inhabited Northern Frontier District culminated in the Shifta War during the 1960s.Rhoda E. Howard, Human Rights in Commonwealth Africa, (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.: 1986), p. 95 Although the conflict ended in a cease-fire, Somalis in the region still identify and maintain close ties with their kin in Somalia.Godfrey Mwakikagile, Kenya: identity of a nation, (Godfrey Mwakikagile: 2007), p. 79. In October 2011, a coordinated operation between the Somali military and the Kenyan military began against the Al-Shabaab group of insurgents in southern Somalia.{{cite web|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/agriculture/InsidePage.php?id=2000045933&cid=4& |title=Somalia government supports Kenyan forces' mission |publisher=Standardmedia.co.ke |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314153558/http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/agriculture/InsidePage.php?id=2000045933&cid=4& |archive-date=14 March 2012 }}[http://www.mfa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=399:joint-communique&catid=35:news Joint Communique – Operation Linda Nchi] The mission was officially led by the Somali army, with the Kenyan forces providing a support role. In early June 2012, Kenyan troops were formally integrated into AMISOM.{{cite news|title=Kenya: Defense Minister appointed as acting Internal Security Minister |url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Kenya_Defense_Minister_appointed_as_acting_Internal_Security_Minister.shtml |access-date=20 June 2012 |newspaper=Garowe Online |date=19 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130165830/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Kenya_Defense_Minister_appointed_as_acting_Internal_Security_Minister.shtml |archive-date=30 November 2012 }}
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|{{flag|South Africa}} | 12 April 1994 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 April 1994{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations (country profiles listed alphabetically) |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=24 June 2023 |website=dirco.gov.za}}{{main|Kenya–South Africa relations}}
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|{{flag|Sudan}} | 28 January 1965 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 January 1965 when was accredited first ambassador of Sudan to Kenya Sayed Mohammed Mirghani{{main|Kenya–Sudan relations}}
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| {{Flag|Togo}}
|9 April 1985 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 April 1985 when Ambassador of Kenya Mr. Kefa Onyoni presented letters of credentials to President of Togo, general Gnassingbe Eyadema.{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens Issues 2056-2068 |publisher=195 |pages=1007 |language=fr}} | ||
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|{{flag|Zambia}} | {{main|Kenya–Zambia relations}}
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|{{flag|Zimbabwe}} | {{main|Kenya–Zimbabwe relations}}
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|28 May 2004 |Main Article: Azerbaijan-Kenya relations
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|{{flag|Bangladesh}} | 23 November 1976
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 November 1976 when the first Bangladesh Ambassador to Kenya Mr. Muhammad Sultan, presented his credentials to President Kenyatta | |
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|{{flag|China}} | 14 December 1963 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 December 1963{{main|China–Kenya relations}}
Chinese-Kenyan relations date back to 14 December 1963, two days after the formal establishment of Kenyan independence, when China became the fourth country to open an embassy in Nairobi.{{cite news|title=Kenya, China Mark 40-year Diplomatic Ties|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|date=11 December 2003|access-date=2007-11-06|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/international/82128.htm}} Military exchange between the two countries has been increasing in the past decade. General Liu Jingsong, commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, led China's first military delegation to Kenya in December 1996; Major General Nick Leshan, commander of the Kenyan air force, paid a return visit in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg/fzs/gjlb/3014/default.htm|title=Kenya: Bilateral Relations|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|date=12 October 2003|access-date=2007-11-06}} Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki visited Beijing in August 2005.{{cite news|newspaper=People's Daily|title=China to promote cooperation with Kenya: Chinese premier|date=19 August 2005|access-date=2007-11-07|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/19/eng20050819_203345.html}}
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|{{flag|India}} | 14 December 1963 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 December 1963{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_indian-and-foreign-review_1964-01-01_1_6/page/26/mode/1up?q=exchange+diplomatic+representatives |title=Indian and Foreign Review 1964-01-01: Vol 1 Iss 6 |publisher=Indian Foreign Review |pages=26}}{{main|India–Kenya relations}}
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|{{INA}} | 15 October 1979 | Both countries established diplomatic relations in {{dts|15 October 1979}}{{main|Indonesia–Kenya relations}}
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|{{flag|Iran}} | 3 October 1971 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 October 1971.{{main|Iran–Kenya relations}}
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|{{flag|Israel}} | 12 December 1963{{Cite book |last=Steven Carol |title=From Jerusalem to the Lion of Judah and Beyond Israel'S Foreign Policy in East Africa |date=28 April 2012 |publisher=iUniverse |pages=69}} | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 December 1963 and opened Embassy of Israel in Nairobi. Kenya broken diplomatic relations with Israel on 1 November 1973. Diplomatic relations were re-established on 23 December 1988.{{Cite web |title=ABOUT THE EMBASSY |url=https://kenyaembassyisrael.com/about/ |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Israel}}{{main|Israel–Kenya relations}}
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|{{flag|Japan}} | {{main|Japan–Kenya relations}}
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| {{Flag|Kuwait}}
|23 April 1968 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 April 1968 when has been accredited first Ambassador of Kuwait to Kenya with residence in Nairobi Mr. Mohammad A. Al-Mishari. | ||
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|{{flag|Malaysia}} | 1965 | Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1965{{Cite web |title=Senarai tarikh penubuhan hubungan diplomatik Malaysia dan negara - negara luar |url=https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |access-date=10 September 2023 |language=ms |archive-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113141021/https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |url-status=dead }}{{main|Kenya–Malaysia relations}}
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|{{flag|Oman}} | 4 March 1976 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 March 1976{{main|Kenya–Oman relations}}
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|{{flag|Pakistan}} | 31 January 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 January 1964 when Mr. K.K.Panni, High Commissioner of Pakistan to Kenya presented his credentials.{{main|Kenya–Pakistan relations}}
Relations between Pakistan and Kenya were established in the 1960s, when Pakistan expressed its support for Kenya in obtaining independence from British rule. Ever since, relations between the two nations have been warm; with both countries having had discussed previously in the Pakistan-Kenya Joint Ministerial Commission session which was hosted in Nairobi in 2004, about boosting bilateral trade and economic relations.{{cite web|url=http://pakistantimes.net/2004/07/31/business3.htm |title=Pakistan Times | Business: Pakistan, Kenya to boost Trade, Economic ties |access-date=2009-07-12 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614092352/http://pakistantimes.net/2004/07/31/business3.htm |archive-date=14 June 2011 }}
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|{{flag|Palestine}} | Both countries maintain diplomatic relations as the State of Palestine maintains an embassy in Nairobi.{{cite web|title= Committee of permanent representatives to the UN Environment|publisher=UN Environment Programme|url=https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/30159/CPR%20directorynew.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}} | |
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|{{flag|Philippines}} | 20 May 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 May 1975{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 4866-4942 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1975 |pages=7}}
The Philippines and Kenya have forged a historic agreement to strengthen ties between both countries. Under a Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation(JCBC)In the full history find out wiki page on Foreign relations of the Philippines |
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|{{flag|Qatar}} | 28 December 2003 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 December 2003.{{main|Kenya–Qatar relations}}
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|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}} | 12 May 1969 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 May 1969 when Kenya's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Japheth Kimanzi Ilako, has presented his credentials to King Faisal.{{main|Kenya–Saudi Arabia relations}}
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|{{flag|South Korea}} | 7 February 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 February 1964{{Cite web |title=Overview |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=154 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}{{main|Kenya–South Korea relations}} |
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|4 September 1970 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 September 1970 when Mr. Fonseca has been appointed the first Ceylonese High Commissioner to Kenya.{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1970 |pages=1883}} | ||
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|{{flag|Turkey}} | 30 March 1968 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 March 1968{{Cite book |title=Zeki Kuneralp and the Turkish Foreign Service |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |year=2015 |pages=410}}{{main|Kenya–Turkey relations}}
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|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}} | 5 June 1982 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 June 1982{{Cite web |title=British Embassy Abu Dhabi 9 June 1982 |url=https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fco/8/4473/n/21 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Arabian Gulf Digital Archives}}{{main|Kenya–United Arab Emirates relations}} |
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|{{flag|Austria}} | 15 December 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 December 1964 when established Austrian Embassy in Nairobi.
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|{{flag|Belgium}} | 29 April 1964 | Diplomatic relations were established on 29 April 1964 when Mr. A. Bullens, Belgian Ambassador to Kenya, presented his credentials to the Governor-General.
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|{{flag|Denmark}} | 23 October 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 October 1964 when was accredited first Denmark's ambassador to Kenya Birger Abrahamson{{main|Denmark-Kenya relations}}
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|{{flag|Finland}} | 14 June 1965 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 June 1965{{Cite web |title=Finland and Kenya |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/ken/finland-and-kenya#:~:text=Finland%20recognised%20Kenya%20on%2013,established%20on%2014%20June%201965. |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=finlandabroad.fi}}{{main|Finland–Kenya relations}}
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|{{flag|France}} | 12 December 1963 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 December 1963{{Cite web |title=Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyes extraordinaires, ministres plenipotentiaires et charges d'affaires de France a l'etranger depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr |page=71 |language=fr}}{{main|France–Kenya relations}}
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|{{flag|Germany}} | 18 December 1963 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 December 1963{{Cite web |title=Kenia: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/kenia-node/kenia/208042?view= |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}{{main|Germany–Kenya relations}}
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|{{flag|Greece}} | 8 December 1966 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 December 1966 when accredited first ambassador of Greece to Kenya with residence in Nairobi Mr. George C. Papadopoulos.{{main|Greece-Kenya relations}}
[http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Sub-Saharan+Africa/Bilateral+Relation/Kenya/ Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Kenya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323011214/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Sub-Saharan+Africa/Bilateral+Relation/Kenya/ |date=23 March 2009 }}
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|{{flag|Ireland}} | 4 April 1979 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 April 1979 when the first Irish Ambassador to Kenya, Mr. Michael Christopher Green presented his credentials to President Moi.
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|{{flag|Netherlands}} | 3 February 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 February 1964 when Mr. W. P. L. G. de Boer, the first Ambassador of the Netherlands to Kenya presented his credentials.{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1964 |pages=29}}{{main|Kenya–Netherlands relations}}
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|{{flag|Norway}} | 22 February 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 February 1964{{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=21 May 2023 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}{{main|Kenya–Norway relations}}
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|{{POR}} | 10 January 1977 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 January 1977{{Cite web |title=Quénia |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/quenia |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt |language=pt}}
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|{{flag|Poland}} | 13 December 1963 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 December 1963{{Cite web |title=Kenia |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/kenia/kenia |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=gov.pl |language=pl}}{{main|Kenya–Poland relations}}
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|{{flag|Russia}} | 14 December 1963 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 December 1963{{Cite web |title=Kenya-Russia to enhance parliamentary diplomacy - Wetang'ula |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-11-30-kenya-russia-to-enhance-parliamentary-diplomacy-wetangula/ |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=the-star.co.ke}}{{main|Kenya–Russia relations}}
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|{{flag|Spain}} | 27 April 1967 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1967{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas del Estado Espaniol |url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOB/article/download/33281/85107/ |access-date=21 May 2023 |page=307 |language=es}}{{main|Kenya-Spain relations}}
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|{{flag|Sweden}} | January 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1964{{Cite web |title=Kenya |url=https://www.regeringen.se/sveriges-regering/utrikesdepartementet/sveriges-forbindelser-med-omvarlden/afrika/kenya/ |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=regeringen.se |language=sv}}{{main|Kenya–Sweden relations}}
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|{{flag|Switzerland}} | 28 February 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 February 1964 when appointed first Ambassador of Switzerland to Kenya (resident in Addis Ababa) Mr. Roger Dürr{{Cite web |title=Ambassade de Suisse à Nairobi (1964...) |url=https://dodis.ch/R6480?p=0&dad=0&dau=0&dm=2&o=0&dc=0 |access-date=24 June 2023 |website=dodis.ch |language=fr}}{{main|Kenya–Switzerland relations}}
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}} | 12 December 1963 | {{main|Kenya–United Kingdom relations}}
Kenya established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 12 December 1963.{{citation needed|reason=This article has no verifiable source for the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kenya and the UK.|date=December 2024}}
The UK governed Kenya from 1895 to 1963, when it achieved full independence. Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth, and the World Trade Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have an Economic Partnership Agreement,{{cite news|last=Miriri|first=Duncan|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-kenya-britain-trade/kenya-agrees-new-trade-deal-with-britain-to-safeguard-investments-idUKKBN27J1S6/|title=Kenya agrees new trade deal with Britain to safeguard investments|website=Reuters|date=3 November 2020|access-date=1 January 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101005456/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-kenya-britain-trade/kenya-agrees-new-trade-deal-with-britain-to-safeguard-investments-idUKKBN27J1S6/|archive-date=1 January 2024|url-status=live}} a Defence Cooperation Agreement,{{cite news|last=Kariuki|first=Patrick|url=https://kenyanforeignpolicy.com/inside-the-defence-agreement-between-kenya-and-uk/|title=Inside the Defence Agreement between Kenya and UK|website=Kenyan Foreign Policy|date=30 June 2023|access-date=26 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630153721/https://kenyanforeignpolicy.com/inside-the-defence-agreement-between-kenya-and-uk/|archive-date=30 June 2023|url-status=live}} a Development Partnership,{{cite web|author=Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|title=Country and regional development partnership summaries|website=GOV.UK|date=17 July 2023 |access-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526234739/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|archive-date=26 May 2024|url-status=live}} and an Investment Agreement.{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/2225/kenya---united-kingdom-bit-1999-|title=Kenya - United Kingdom BIT (1999)|website=UN Trade and Development|access-date=26 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627232426/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/2225/kenya---united-kingdom-bit-1999-|archive-date=27 June 2022|url-status=live}} In 1895, Britain established the East Africa Protectorate (British East Africa), centred in present-day Kenya and the larger African Great Lakes region. Four years later, the British founded the settlement of Nairobi as a simple rail depot on the railway linking Mombasa to Uganda.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, Cities: missions' new frontier, (Baker Book House: 1989), p. 163. The town quickly grew to become the capital of British East Africa in 1905, with Lieutenant Colonel J. Hayes Sadler as the first governor and commander in chief. In 1920, the East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British crown colony, the Kenya Colony. In 1952, Elizabeth II, ascended the throne while visiting Kenya on her and the Duke of Edinburgh's tour of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Two years later, Britain founded the Nairobi Securities Exchange as a voluntary association of stockbrokers in the European community registered under the Societies Act. |
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|{{flag|Australia}} | 23 August 1965 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 August 1965{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1207791250/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1250712477&partId=nla.obj-1207869272#page/n55/mode/1up |title=Appointment of High Commissioner for Australia in Kenya and Uganda |publisher=Current notes on international affairs.Vol. 36 No. 8 (August 1965). |access-date=21 May 2023}}{{main|Australia–Kenya relations}}
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|{{flag|New Zealand}} | 9 June 1982 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 June 1982 when New Zealand's first High Commissioner to Kenya (resident in Athens) Mr. Paul Cotton presented his credentials to President Daniel T. Moi in Nairobi{{Cite book |title=New Zealand Foreign Affairs Review - Volume 32 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1982 |pages=71}}
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Kenya and the Commonwealth of Nations
Kenya has been a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1963, when it became independent. The nation became a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations in 1964.
Kenya is also a member of the UN and hosts the UN Office in Nairobi, which is the UN Headquarters in Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.unon.org/|title=Welcome to the United Nations Office at Nairobi {{!}} The United Nations Office at Nairobi|website=unon.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225211039/http://www.unon.org/|archive-date=25 February 2011|url-status=dead}} The office was established in 1996.
International trips made by presidents of Kenya
= Uhuru Kenyatta =
{{Further information|List of international presidential trips made by Uhuru Kenyatta}}
File:Map_showing_countries_President_Uhuru_Kenyatta_of_Kenya_has_visited.svgUhuru Kenyatta made a 119 International trips to 52 countries during his presidency. The president served two full 5-year terms and made more international official visits than any of his predecessors. Kenyatta mainly made a majority of his visits within Africa and also attended various business forums and multi-lateral international events around the world. {{clear}}
= William Ruto=
{{Further information|List of international presidential trips made by William Ruto}}
File:Map showing countries President William Ruto has visited as president.svgWilliam Ruto made his first international trip in September 2022 since he began his presidency on 13 September 2022.{{clear}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.mfa.go.ke/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
- [http://www.un.int/kenya Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations]
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