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Foreign relations of Rwanda

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{{Politics of Rwanda}}Rwanda has diplomatic relations with most members of the United Nations and with the Holy See.

Accepting refugees

Rwanda has accepted tens of thousands of refugees from neighboring African countries like Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Somalia and South Sudan.{{Cite news |last=Dahir |first=Abdi Latif |date=2022-10-09 |title=The West Doesn't Want More Migrants. But Rwanda Will Take Them. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/world/africa/migration-crisis-rwanda.html |access-date=2022-10-10 |issn=0362-4331}} It has also accepted hundreds of African refugees from Israel and Afghan schoolgirls.

As of 2015, Rwanda hosted 75,000 Burundian refugees according to UNHCR. When credible reports surfaced that Rwanda recruited and trained Burundi refugees including children to remove Burundian President Nkurunziza, Rwanda announced to relocate Burundian refugees to third countries.{{cite news |last=Eric Topona |title=Rwanda to relocate Burundian refugees | date=12 February 2016 |language=en-GB |work=Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) |url=https://www.dw.com/en/rwanda-to-relocate-burundian-refugees/a-19042121 |access-date=2022-10-10}}

Since September 2019, Rwanda has also taken in Libyan refugees and asylum-seekers, operating a refugee center at Gashora, Rwanda, which houses up to 700 refugees from eight African countries (Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon) and is financed by UNHCR until 31 December 2023.{{Cite web |last=Hanson Gandhi Tamfu |date=2021-05-11 |title=Rwanda, the African Union and UNHCR extend agreement to support the emergency evacuation of refugees and asylum-seekers from Libya |url=https://www.unhcr.org/afr/news/latest/2021/11/61862e1e4/rwanda-the-african-union-and-unhcr-extend-agreement-to-support-the-emergency.html |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |language=en}}

In 2021 Denmark signed a deal to establish an asylum center in Kigali, and since April 2022, the UK has sought to shift its asylum responsibilities, considering Rwanda a safe third country by offering 120 million pounds in economic development programs in return for accepting refugees.

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Rwanda maintains diplomatic relations with:

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|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1 July 1962}}{{Cite journal |title=Lisete Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |journal= |language=fr |page=}}

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|{{flag|Israel}}

|{{dts|1 July 1962}}{{Cite book |last=Roth |first=Cecil |title=Encyclopaedia Judaica: A-Z |year=1972 |pages=441}}

3

|{{flag|Japan}}

|{{dts|1 July 1962}}{{Cite web |title=Japan-Rwanda Relations |url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/rwanda/data.html |access-date=23 July 2022}}

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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1 July 1962}}{{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}}{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when Rwanda and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=April 2025}}

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|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1 July 1962}}{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Rwanda |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/rwanda |access-date=23 July 2022}}

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|{{flag|Belgium}} (suspended){{Cite news |date=17 March 2025 |title=Le Rwanda rompt ses relations diplomatiques avec la Belgique, Maxime Prévot dénonce une "déformation totale des faits" |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/le-rwanda-rompt-ses-relations-diplomatiques-avec-la-belgique-11519025 |access-date=17 March 2025 |language=fr}}

|{{dts|18 July 1962}}{{Cite book |title=Belgisch staatsblad |year=1962 |volume=225–246 |pages=8743 |language=fr, nl}}

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|{{flag|Pakistan}}

|{{dts|July 1962}}{{Cite news |date=23 December 2022 |title=MINISTER BIRUTA RECEIVES OUTGOING HIGH COMMISSIONER OF PAKISTAN |url=https://www.minaffet.gov.rw/updates/news-details/minister-biruta-receives-outgoing-high-commissioner-of-pakistan |access-date=4 July 2023}}

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|{{flag|Uganda}}

|{{dts|18 December 1962}}{{Cite book |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 247-248 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1962 |pages=8}}

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|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|13 February 1963}}{{Cite web |title=Verzeichnis der Vertretungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Ausland sowie der und Honorarkonsulinnen und Honorarkonsuln |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/blob/199314/599003308d8f8ae327eea96a088493c3/dtauslandsvertretungenliste-data.pdf |access-date=23 July 2022 |page=101 |language=de}}

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|{{flag|South Korea}}

|{{dts|21 March 1963}}{{Cite book |title=The Korean Journal of International Studies |publisher=Korean Institute of International Studies |year=1986 |pages=49}}

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|{{flag|Denmark}}

|{{dts|2 April 1963}}{{Cite journal |date=1964 |title=Udenrigsministeriets Tidsskrift |journal=Udenrigsministeriets Tidsskrift |pages=88}}

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|{{flag|Russia}}

|{{dts|17 October 1963}}{{Cite news |date=11 October 2013 |title=Rwanda, Russia to Mark 50 Years of Friendship |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201310110367.html |access-date=23 July 2022}}

12

|{{flag|Switzerland}}

|{{dts|12 November 1963}}{{Cite web |title=Schweizerische Botschaft in Kigali |url=https://dodis.ch/R12006 |access-date=4 July 2023 |language=de}}

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|{{flag|Holy See}}

|{{dts|6 June 1964}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Of The Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=23 July 2022}}

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|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|{{dts|1 October 1964}}{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. |year=1964 |pages=124 |language=nl}}

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|{{flag|Luxembourg}}

|{{dts|27 October 1964}}{{Cite web |title=Bulletin de documentation_1964_11 |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/bulletin/1964/BID_1964_11/BID_1964_11.pdf |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=sip.gouvernement.lu |page=24 |language=fr}}

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|{{Flag|Sweden}}

|{{dts|1964}}{{cite book |title=Sveriges statskalender 1966 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |year=1966 |location=Uppsala |pages=294, 297 |language=sv}}

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|{{flag|Tanzania}}

|{{dts|7 January 1965}}{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic Missions, Consular Missions, Trade and International Organizations |publisher=Tanzania. Protocol Division |year=1966 |pages=2}}

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|{{flag|Colombia}}

|{{DTS|22 February 1965}}{{Cite web |date=14 April 2015 |title=Directorio del Cuerpo Diplomático y Consular acreditado en la República de Colombia |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/directoriocuerpodiplomatico-14abril2015jsre.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=cancilleria.gov.co |pages= |language=es}}

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|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|5 May 1965}}{{Cite web |date=5 May 1965 |title=Presidenza Giuseppe Saragat Emanuele Kaberuka, nuovo ambasciatore del Ruanda: presentazione lettere credenziali |url=https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-014452/presidente/giuseppe-saragat/emanuele-kaberuka-nuovo-ambasciatore-del-ruanda-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=Portale storico della Prezidenza della Repubblica |language=it}}

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|{{flag|Kenya}}

|{{dts|11 June 1965}}{{Cite book |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 111-115 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1965}}

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|{{flag|Poland}}

|{{dts|10 July 1965}}{{Cite web |title=Rwanda |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/tanzania/relacje-dwustronne-rwanda |access-date=23 July 2022 |language=pl}}

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|{{flag|Romania}}

|{{dts|15 July 1965}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=2 July 2022}}

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|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|{{Dts|24 July 1965}}{{Cite book |last=Petruf |first=Pavol |title=Československá zahraničná politika 1945 – 1992 |pages=108 |language=sk}}

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|{{flag|Austria}}

|{{dts|14 September 1965}}{{Cite book |title=Österreichische Zeitschrift Für Aussenpolitik |year=1965 |volume=5 |pages=392 |language=de}}{{Cite book |last=Michael Th Neugebauer |title=Die österreichisch-afrikanischen Beziehungen seit 1955 |publisher=Böhlau |year=1992 |pages=110 |language=de |quote=14.9.65: ... 2) Zl. 140-276-4 pol/65, betr. der Aufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen zwischen Österreich und Rwanda}}

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|{{flag|Canada}}

|{{dts|23 November 1965}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115515280/page/n15/mode/1up?q=Celestin+Kabanda |title=Diplomatic Corps |publisher=Department of External Affairs, Ottawa |year=1966 |pages=8}}

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|{{flag|Ghana}}

|{{dts|1965}}{{Cite book |title=Commonwealth Papers |publisher=University of London. Institute of Commonwealth Studies |year=1974 |pages=76 |quote=Rwanda: An embassy was established in 1965. Rwanda had no mission in Ghana.}}

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|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} (suspended){{Cite news |date=25 January 2025 |title=DRC cuts diplomatic ties with Rwanda over violence, UN calls emergency meet |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/25/at-least-12-peacekeepers-killed-in-eastern-dr-congo-fighting |access-date=26 January 2025}}

|{{dts|August 1966}}{{Cite book |title=Quarterly Economic Review: Congo, Rwanda, Burundi |publisher=Economist Intelligence Unit |year=1966 |pages=8}}

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|{{flag|Ethiopia}}

|{{dts|26 October 1966}}{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 2262-2303 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1966 |pages=6}}

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|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|16 June 1967}}{{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}}

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|{{Flag|Guinea}}

|{{dts|28 June 1967}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1967 |pages=816}}

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|{{Flag|India}}

|{{dts|1967}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cftri.timesofindiadire0000njna/page/945/mode/1up?q=Rwanda |title=The Times of India Directory & Yearbook |publisher=The Times of India Press |year=1967 |pages=945}}

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|{{flag|Burundi}}

|{{dts|April 1969}}{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1970. Выпуск четырнадцатый 7. Зарубежные государства_стр 197-425 |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/25956/7_zarubezhnye_gosudarstva_str_197-425.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624014932/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/25956/7_zarubezhnye_gosudarstva_str_197-425.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=1 April 2024 |page=223 |language=ru}}

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|{{flag|Norway}}

|{{dts|30 January 1971}}{{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}}

32

|{{flag|Senegal}}

|{{dts|9 February 1971}}{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire Issues 627-651 |publisher=Ediafric |year=1971 |language=fr |quote=M. Mohamed DIOP , ambassadeur du Sénégal en République démocratique du Congo et au Burundi , a présenté ses lettres de créance au Rwanda le 9 février 1971 ...}}

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|{{flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|10 February 1971}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBUsAQAAIAAJ&q=Diplomatic+:+The+UAR+and+Rwanda+are+to+establish+diplomatic+relations+at+embassy+level+(+Tass+in+English+20.54+GMT+10.2.71+) |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1971 |pages=6}}

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|{{flag|Syria}}

|{{dts|10 February 1971}}

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|{{flag|Serbia}}

|{{dts|15 June 1971}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwQ1AQAAMAAJ |title=Africa |publisher=AFP |year=1972 |page=30}}

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|{{flag|China}}

|{{dts|12 November 1971}}{{cite web |date=10 October 2006 |title=Rwanda |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183428.htm |access-date=23 July 2022 |website=China Internet Information Center}}

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|{{flag|Tunisia}}

|{{dts|1971}}{{Cite web |title=Relations bilatérales |url=http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=357&no_cache=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[action]=singleView&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[pointer]=0&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[mode]=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[showUid]=136 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602144708/http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=357&no_cache=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[action]=singleView&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[pointer]=0&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[mode]=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[showUid]=136 |archive-date=2 June 2012 |language=fr}}

38

|{{flag|North Korea}}

|{{dts|22 April 1972}}{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=14 July 2022 |page=4}}

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|{{Flag|Nigeria}}

|{{dts|10 June 1972}}{{Cite book |title=Nigeria : Bulletin on Foreign Affairs, Volume 2 |publisher=Nigerian Institute of International Affairs |year=1972 |pages=5}}{{Cite book |title=Nigeria Today |publisher=Office of the High Commissioner for Nigeria in the United Kingdom |year=1972 |pages=11}}

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|{{flag|Hungary}}

|{{dts|31 July 1972}}{{Cite book |title=Africa |publisher=Agence France Presse |year=1972 |pages=17}}

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|{{flag|Chad}}

|{{dts|9 December 1972}}{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire - Issues 718-742 |publisher=Ediafric |year=1973 |language=fr}}

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|{{Flag|Zambia}}

|{{dts|January 1973}}{{Cite web |title=Часть II Зарубежные страны: Руанда |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/55959/003_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129012344/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/55959/003_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |archive-date=29 January 2024 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1974. Выпуск восемнадцатый |page=366 |language=ru}}

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|{{Flag|Greece}}

|{{dts|1 February 1973}}{{Cite book |last=D.G. Lavroff |title=L'Afrique dans le monde |publisher=Editions A. Pedone |year=1973 |pages=617 |language=fr |quote=1 février. — Etablissement de relations diplomatiques entre le Rwanda et la Gréce au niveau de l’ambassade}}

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|{{flag|Cameroon}}

|{{dts|11 March 1974}}{{Cite book |title=Cameroun Informations |year=1972 |pages=13 |language=fr}}

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|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}

|{{dts|15 March 1974}}{{Cite book |title=Année africaine |year=1975 |pages=412 |language=fr}}

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|{{flag|Libya}}

|{{dts|10 May 1974}}{{Cite web |title=Formal Diplomatic Relations: Rwanda-Libya |url=https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974KIGALI00278_b.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626105200/https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974KIGALI00278_b.html |archive-date=26 June 2024 |access-date=26 June 2024}}

47

|{{flag|Argentina}}

|{{dts|8 January 1975}}{{Cite web |title=Comunicado Conjunto estableciendo Relaciones Diplomáticas entre la República Argentina y la República Ruandesa |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/tratado_ficha.php?id=lZ2png== |access-date=23 July 2022 |language=es}}

48

|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}

|{{dts|26 November 1975}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1975 |pages=3816}}

49

|{{flag|Vietnam}}

|{{dts|30 September 1975}}{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East |publisher=BBC |year=1975 |volume=3 |pages=A-40}}

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|{{flag|Algeria}}

|{{dts|25 November 1975}}{{Cite book |title=ARR: Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1975 |pages=626}}

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|{{flag|Niger}}

|{{dts|1975}}{{Cite book |title=The Europa Year Book 1975 A World Survey Vol.-ii |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1975 |pages=1165}}

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|{{flag|Mexico}}

|{{dts|21 January 1976}}{{Cite web |title=República de Ruanda |url=https://centrogilbertobosques.senado.gob.mx/docs/F_Ruanda.pdf |access-date=23 July 2022 |language=es}}

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|{{flag|Portugal}}

|{{dts|12 February 1976}}{{Cite web |title=Países |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=pt}}

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|{{flag|Mozambique}}

|{{dts|17 April 1976}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9yQFAQAAIAAJ&dq=Ambassador+of+Rwanda+to+Mozambique+presented+his+credentials+to+President+Samora+Machel+...+1976&pg=RA10-PA46 |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1642-1654 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1976 |pages=46 |access-date=9 June 2023}}

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|{{flag|Cuba}}

|{{dts|6 September 1979}}{{Cite book |title=Cuban Chronology, 1978-80: A Reference Aid |publisher=National Foreign Assessment Center |year=1981 |pages=189}}

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|{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|{{dts|20 December 1979}}{{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}}

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|{{flag|Turkey}}

|{{dts|18 February 1980}}{{Cite book |title=Daily Report Western Europe February-April, 1980 Vol.2 No.2 |publisher=NewsBank, inc. |page=59}}

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|{{Flag|Djibouti}}

|{{dts|3 April 1980}}{{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}}

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|{{flag|Brazil}}

|{{dts|20 January 1981}}{{Cite book |title=A política externa do regime militar brasileiro: multilateralização, desenvolvimento e construção de uma potência média, 1964-1985 (in Portugal) |publisher=Editora da Universidade, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul |year=1998 |pages=330}}

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|{{flag|Venezuela}}

|{{dts|18 August 1981}}{{Cite book |title=Libro amarillo correspondiente al año ...: presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones ordinarias de ... por el titular despacho |publisher=Venezuela. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=2003 |pages=528–529 |language=es}}

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|{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}

|{{dts|17 August 1982}}{{Cite news |date=22 July 2023 |title=Coopération : Congo-rwanda réchauffement des relations diplomatiques. |language=fr |url=https://soleildafrique.over-blog.com/2023/07/cooperation-congo-rwanda-rechauffement-des-relations-diplomatiques.html |access-date=27 July 2023}}

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|{{flag|Philippines}}

|{{dts|15 December 1982}}{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique, Issues 194-202 |publisher=Le Mois en Afrique, 1982 |pages=160}}

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|{{flag|Finland}}

|{{dts|1 June 1983}}{{cite web |title=Countries and regions A–Z |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17301&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006040116/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17301&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |archive-date=6 October 2016 |access-date=April 1, 2018}}

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|{{flag|Lesotho}}

|{{dts|1983}}{{Cite news |date=5 August 2021 |title=HIS MAJESTY ACCEPTS LETTERS OF CREDENCE FROM RWANDA |url=https://www.gov.ls/his-majesty-accepts-letters-of-credence-from-rwanda/ |access-date=23 July 2022}}

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|{{flag|Bangladesh}}

|{{dts|13 January 1984}}{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa, Issues 7529-7579 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1983}}

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|{{flag|Indonesia}}

|{{dts|16 January 1984}}{{Cite book |title=Daily Report: Asia & Pacific - Issues 11-21 |publisher=The Service |year=1984}}

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|{{flag|Benin}}

|{{dts|8 March 1985}}{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire - Issues 1852–1877 |publisher=Ediafric |year=1985 |pages=12 |language=fr}}

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|{{Flag|Mauritania}}

|{{dts|27 April 1985}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-HxAAAAMAAJ&q=Hatulgimana+Calixte |title=Afrique nouvelle - Issues 1852-1877 |date=29 January 1985 |publisher=1985 |pages=11 |language=fr}}

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|{{Flag|Iran}}

|{{dts|October 1985}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAeCldNw5J8C&dq=Mohammad+Ali+Lavasani+to+Rwanda&pg=RA2-PA54 |title=Directory of Iranian Officials Volumes 7-22 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1985 |pages=54}}

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|{{Flag|Mali}}

|6 January 1987{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens Issues 2147-2163 |publisher=1987 |pages=449 |language=fr}}

71

|{{flag|Thailand}}

|{{dts|30 October 1987}}{{Cite web |title=ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างไทยกับรวันดา |url=https://nairobi.thaiembassy.org/th/content-category/5d7526eb15e39c4624002a8e |access-date=23 July 2022 |language=th}}

72

|{{flag|Angola}}

|{{Date table sorting|December 1988}}{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin |publisher=ANGOP |year=1988 |volume=87–114 |pages=10 and 14}}

73

|{{flag|Cyprus}}

|{{dts|31 March 1990}}{{Cite book |title=Synthèse du rapport annuel |publisher=Ministère des affaires étrangères et de la cooperation internationale |year=1990 |pages=13 |language=fr}}

74

|{{flag|Namibia}}

|{{dts|21 December 1990}}{{Cite web |title=FOREIGN POLICY_MAKING IN NAMIBIA: THE DYNAMICS OF THE SMALLNESS OF A STATE |url=https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/2703/dissertation_mushelenga_%20s.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y |page=258}}

75

|{{flag|Chile}}

|{{Date table sorting|20 September 1991}}{{Cite book |title=De la reinserción a los acuerdos: la política exterior chilena en 1991 |publisher=FLACSO |year=1992 |pages=277 |language=es}}

76

|{{flag|Slovakia}}

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

77

|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|{{dts|8 September 1993}}{{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}}

78

|{{flag|South Africa}}

|{{dts|May 1995}}

79

|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|{{dts|1995}}{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/Missions/Kigali/UAE-Relationships/Bilateral-Relationship |access-date=23 July 2022}}

80

|{{flag|North Macedonia}}

|{{dts|18 April 1996}}{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930040551/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=3 April 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia}}

81

|{{Flag|Ireland}}

|{{dts|April 1997}}{{Cite news |date=30 April 1997 |title=Rwandan envoy accuses GOAL director over allegation |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/rwandan-envoy-accuses-goal-director-over-allegations-1.67565 |access-date=23 January 2025 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/irishalmanacyear0000unse/page/497/mode/1up?q=Zac+Nsenga+ |title=Irish almanac and yearbook of facts, 1998 : [the ultimate Irish reference book] |publisher=Derry, N. Ireland : Artcam Pub. |year=1997 |pages=497}}

82

|{{flag|Bahrain}}

|{{dts|2 March 1998}}{{Cite web |title=Bahrain |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=The%20Republic%20of%20Rwanda |access-date=23 July 2022}}

83

|{{flag|Oman}}

|{{dts|March 1998}}{{Cite news |date=27 October 2020 |title=PRESIDENT KAGAME RECEIVES LETTERS OF CREDENCE FROM NEW ENVOYS |url=https://www.gov.rw/blog-detail/president-kagame-received-letters-of-credence-from-new-envoys |access-date=23 July 2022}}

84

|{{flag|Jamaica}}

|{{dts|6 November 1998}}

85

|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}

|{{dts|7 October 1999}}{{Cite web |date=29 November 1999 |title=Zimbabwe: The Month In Brief |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/199911290216.html |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=allAfrica}}

86

|{{flag|Costa Rica}}

|{{dts|8 March 2001}}

87

|{{flag|Mauritius}}

|{{dts|16 March 2001}}

88

|{{Flag|Malawi}}

|{{dts|26 June 2001}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5u9v97vMOroC |title=Diplomatic and Consular Directory, Issue 33 |publisher=Malawi. Ministry of External Affairs, Malawi. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation |year=2002 |pages=18}}

89

|{{flag|Belarus}}

|{{dts|25 February 2002}}

90

|{{flag|Sudan}}

|{{dts|15 October 2003}}{{Cite book |last=Ismāʻīl |first=Muṣṭafá ʻUthmān |title=Le Soudan vers un rôle de guide à l'ombre de la paix |publisher=Dar-Alassalah |year=2006 |pages=99 |language=fr}}

91

|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}

|{{dts|28 March 2004}}

92

|{{flag|Armenia}}

|{{dts|29 March 2004}}

93

|{{flag|Iceland}}

|{{dts|12 May 2004}}

94

|{{flag|Botswana}}

|{{dts|September 2004}}{{Cite news |date=11 August 2024 |title=Rwanda Botswana relations symbiotic |url=https://dailynews.gov.bw/news-detail/81051 |access-date=12 August 2024}}

95

|{{flag|Singapore}}

|{{dts|18 March 2005}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |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=}}

96

|{{flag|Malaysia}}

|{{dts|1 August 2005}}{{Cite web |date=1 July 2021 |title=Wisma Putra congratulates the Republic of Rwanda on the auspicious occasion of its 59th Independence Day. |url=https://twitter.com/MalaysiaMFA/status/1410406206074626048 |access-date=26 April 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Diplomatic and Consular List - November 2015 |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2015%20Malaysia.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721123212/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2015%20Malaysia.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2023 |access-date=21 July 2023}}

97

|{{flag|Cambodia}}

|{{dts|29 September 2005}}{{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}}

98

|{{flag|Estonia}}

|{{dts|14 March 2006}}{{Cite web |title=Eesti ja Rwanda sõlmisid diplomaatilised suhted |url=https://vm.ee/ru/node/23337 |website=23 July 2022 |language=et}}

99

|{{flag|Slovenia}}

|{{dts|8 December 2006}}

100

|{{flag|Seychelles}}

|{{dts|2006}}{{Cite news |title=RWANDA, SEYCHELLES TO COOPERATE IN TOURISM |url=https://www.rwandaintanzania.gov.rw/actualites/info-details/rwanda-seychelles-to-cooperate-in-tourism |access-date=23 July 2022}}

101

|{{flag|Latvia}}

|{{dts|10 April 2007}}{{Cite web |date=17 February 2021 |title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations |url=https://www2.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/establishment-and-renewal-of-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108224348/https://www2.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/establishment-and-renewal-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 January 2022 |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=mfa.gov.lv}}

102

|{{flag|Australia}}

|{{DTS|9 May 2007}}{{Cite web |title=Heads of Diplomatic Missions - Ordered by Precedence (* Non Resident) |url=http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/HeadOfMission/list.rails |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604191825/http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/HeadOfMission/list.rails |archive-date=4 June 2009 |access-date=20 October 2023}}

103

|{{Flag|Morocco}}

|{{dts|21 June 2007}}{{Cite web |date=22 June 2007 |title=Rwanda: New Ambassadors Present Credentials to Kagame |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200706250120.html |access-date=3 September 2023 |website=allAfrica}}

104

|{{flag|Uruguay}}

|{{dts|16 June 2009}}

105

|{{flag|Laos}}

|{{dts|31 August 2009}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lo/2015-04-07-02-45-52/1950 |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos}}

106

|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}

|{{dts|29 July 2010}}{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2010 |title=Diecinueve embajadores presentan sus cartas credenciales ante el Presidente Obiang |url=https://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticias/diecinueve_embajadores_presentan_sus_cartas_credenciales_ante_el_presidente_obiang |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=guineaecuatorialpress.com |language=es}}

107

|{{flag|Gabon}}

|{{dts|8 October 2010}}{{Cite news |date=8 October 2010 |title=Rwandan envoy presents his credentials to Gabon |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/45288/National/rwandan-envoy-presents-his-credentials-to-gabon |access-date=8 July 2023}}

108

|{{flag|Georgia}}

|{{dts|23 March 2011}}

109

|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

|{{dts|20 April 2011}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |language=}}

110

|{{flag|New Zealand}}

|{{dts|17 April 2012}}{{Cite news |title=NEW ZEALAND HANDOVERS TO RWANDA ARCHIVES RELATED TO THE 1994 GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI |url=https://www.minaffet.gov.rw/updates/news-details/new-zealand-handovers-to-rwanda-archives-related-to-the-1994-genocide-against-the-tutsi |access-date=23 July 2022}}

111

|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}

|{{dts|10 May 2012}}{{Cite web |title=Страны, установившие дипломатические отношения с Республикой Казахстан |url=http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220233503/http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=ru}}

112

|{{flag|Somalia}}

|{{dts|18 October 2012}}{{Cite news |date=18 October 2012 |title=President Kagame receives more credentials of new envoys |url=https://www.paulkagame.com/president-kagame-receives-more-credentials-of-new-envoys/ |access-date=4 July 2023}}

113

|{{flag|Lithuania}}

|{{dts|27 March 2013}}

114

|{{flag|Montenegro}}

|{{dts|12 April 2013}}

115

|{{flag|Kuwait}}

|{{dts|19 September 2013}}{{Cite news |date=19 September 2013 |title=Kuwaiti diplomat submits credentials as non-resident Amb. to Rwanda |url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2334511&Language=en |access-date=8 July 2023}}

116

|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|{{dts|17 October 2013}}

117

|{{flag|South Sudan}}

|{{dts|21 October 2013}}{{Cite news |date=21 October 2013 |title=President Kagame receives credentials of five new African envoys |url=https://www.paulkagame.com/president-kagame-receives-credentials-of-five-new-african-envoys/ |access-date=4 July 2023}}

118

|{{flag|Mongolia}}

|{{dts|25 November 2013}}

119

|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}

|{{dts|29 November 2013}}{{Cite news |date=29 November 2013 |title=President Kagame receives credentials of new envoys |url=https://www.paulkagame.com/president-kagame-receives-credentials-of-new-envoys-36779999/ |access-date=8 July 2023}}

120

|{{flag|Monaco}}

|{{dts|10 April 2014}}{{Cite news |title=10 avril 2014 – Le Consul Honoraire du Rwanda a accompagné son Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plénipotentiaire pour la remise de ses lettres de créance au Prince Souverain |url=https://www.achm.mc/10-avril-2014-le-consul-honoraire-du-rwanda-a-accompagne-son-ambassadeur-extraordinaire-et-plenipotentiaire-pour-la-remise-de-ses-lettres-de-creance-au-prince-souverain/ |access-date=23 July 2022 |language=fr}}

121

|{{flag|Gambia}}

|{{dts|15 July 2014}}{{Cite news |date=15 July 2014 |title=Gambia: Rwandan Ambassador Presents Letter of Credence to Vice President |url=https://en.igihe.com/news/gambia-rwandan-ambassadors-presents-letter-of.html |access-date=4 July 2012}}

122

|{{flag|Eswatini}}

|{{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}}

123

|{{flag|Barbados}}

|{{dts|28 July 2015}}{{Cite web |date=28 July 2015 |title=Barbados & Rwanda Establish Diplomatic Relations |url=https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/barbados-rwanda-establish-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=2 April 2021 |website=Government Information Service of Barbados}}

124

|{{flag|Central African Republic}}

|{{dts|8 July 2016}}{{Cite web |date=9 July 2016 |title=Amb. Habyalimana presents credentials to CAR president |url=https://en.igihe.com/news/amb-habyalimana-presents-credentials-to-car |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=IGIHE}}

125

|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}

|{{dts|11 November 2016}}{{Cite news |date=12 November 2016 |title=Rwandan envoy to Liechtenstein presents credentials |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/205267 |access-date=23 July 2022}}

126

|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}

|{{dts|11 January 2017}}{{Cite news |date=11 January 2017 |title=[PHOTOS]: Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe to strengthen cooperation |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/136976/News/photos-rwanda-sao-tome-and-principe-to-strengthen-cooperation |access-date=4 July 2023}}

127

|{{Flag|Togo}}

|{{dts|17 January 2017}}{{Cite web |date=17 January 2017 |title=Nouveaux ambassadeurs à Lomé |url=https://www.togodiplomatie.info/Diplo-Togo/Nouveaux-ambassadeurs-a-Lome |access-date=23 August 2023 |website=togodiplomatie.info |language=fr}}

128

|{{flag|Lebanon}}

|{{dts|April 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Short background story |url=https://www.rwandainturkey.gov.rw/cooperation/lebanon-cooperation |access-date=23 July 2022}}

129

|{{flag|Eritrea}}

|{{dts|18 April 2017}}{{Cite news |date=18 April 2017 |title=President Isaias receives credentials of Ambassadors |url=https://shabait.com/2017/04/18/president-isaias-receives-credentials-of-ambassadors-3/ |access-date=4 July 2023}}

130

|{{flag|Cape Verde}}

|{{dts|4 May 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Presidente Jorge Carlos Fonseca recebe cartas credências do embaixador da Guiné Equatorial |url=https://inforpress.cv/presidente-jorge-carlos-fonseca-recebe-cartas-credencias-do-embaixador-da-guine-equatorial/ |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=inforpress.cv |language=pt}}

131

|{{flag|Qatar}}

|{{dts|4 May 2017}}

132

|{{flag|Liberia}}

|{{dts|16 May 2017}}{{Cite news |date=17 May 2017 |title=Liberia: Kuwaiti, Rwandan Ambassadors Present Letters of Credence |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201705170785.html |access-date=8 July 2023}}

133

|{{flag|Jordan}}

|{{dts|4 June 2017}}{{Cite news |date=5 June 2017 |title=Ambassador Nkurunziza presents credentials to Jordanian King |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/141182/latest%20news/ambassador-nkurunziza-presents-credentials-to-jordanian-king/amp |access-date=4 July 2023}}

134

|{{flag|Peru}}

|{{dts|7 December 2017}}{{Cite web |date=11 December 2017 |title=Establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre Perú y Ruanda |url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/rree/noticias/4812-establecimiento-de-relaciones-diplomaticas-entre-peru-y-ruanda |language=es}}

135

|{{flag|Madagascar}}

|{{dts|17 January 2018}}{{Cite news |date=18 January 2018 |title=Madagascar : Les nouveaux Ambassadeurs de la Corée du Sud, de la République Tchèque et du Rwanda présentent leurs lettres de créances |url=https://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/les-nouveaux-ambassadeurs-de-la-coree-du-sud-de-la-republique-tcheque-et-du-rwanda-presentent-leurs-lettres-de-creances?lang=fr |access-date=5 July 2023}}

136

|{{flag|Croatia}}

|{{dts|15 February 2018}}

137

|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|{{dts|29 March 2018}}

138

|{{flag|Malta}}

|{{dts|12 July 2018}}

139

|{{flag|Nepal}}

|{{dts|20 July 2018}}

140

|{{flag|Tajikistan}}

|{{dts|30 July 2018}}

141

|{{flag|Haiti}}

|{{dts|15 August 2018}}

142

|{{flag|Vanuatu}}

|{{Dts|3 October 2018}}{{Cite web |date=3 October 2018 |title=Rwanda-Vanuatu Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwanda_un/45864449845 |access-date=12 November 2023 |website=Flickr}}

143

|{{flag|Andorra}}

|{{dts|14 November 2018}}

144

|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

|{{dts|15 February 2019}}{{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}}

145

|{{flag|Saint Lucia}}

|{{dts|28 August 2019}}

146

|{{flag|Maldives}}

|{{dts|6 September 2019}}

147

|{{flag|Suriname}}

|{{dts|14 October 2019}}

148

|{{flag|Ecuador}}

|{{dts|17 October 2019}}

149

|{{flag|Nicaragua}}

|{{dts|8 November 2019}}{{Cite news |date=9 November 2022 |title=Nicaragua establece relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Ruanda |url=https://www.el19digital.com/articulos/ver/titulo:96491-nicaragua-establece-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-la-republica-de-ruanda- |access-date=23 July 2022}}

150

|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}

|{{dts|10 December 2019}}

151

|{{flag|Belize}}

|{{dts|22 January 2020}}

152

|{{flag|Brunei}}

|{{dts|9 December 2020}}

153

|{{flag|Grenada}}

|{{dts|3 March 2021}}

154

|{{flag|Dominica}}

|{{dts|15 April 2021}}

155

|{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}

|{{dts|27 April 2021}}{{Cite web |date=27 April 2021 |title=Rwanda's Ambassador to Guinea Bissau with residence in Senegal, Jean-Pierre Karabaranga, yesterday presented his letters of credence to President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. |url=https://www.facebook.com/301148803327544/posts/photos-rwandas-ambassador-to-guinea-bissau-with-residence-in-senegal-jean-pierre/3664377270337997/ |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=Facebook}}

156

|{{flag|Bolivia}}

|{{dts|22 September 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Bolivia y Ruanda establecen relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://cancilleria.gob.bo/webmre/comunicado/4609 |access-date=23 July 2022 |language=es}}

157

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

|{{dts|9 November 2021}}

158

|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|{{dts|26 May 2022}}

159

|{{flag|Bahamas}}

|{{dts|16 June 2022}}

160

|{{flag|Guyana}}

|{{dts|24 August 2022}}

161

|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}

|{{dts|23 September 2022}}

162

|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|{{dts|13 December 2022}}

163

|{{flag|Comoros}}

|{{dts|16 January 2023}}{{Cite news |title=Signature d'un accord de coopération entre les Comores et le Rwanda |url=https://www.habarizacomores.com/2023/01/signature-dun-accord-de-cooperation.html |access-date=4 July 2023 |language=fr}}

164

|{{flag|Tonga}}

|{{dts|21 March 2023}}

165

|{{flag|Paraguay}}

|{{dts|18 April 2023}}

166

|{{flag|El Salvador}}

|{{dts|18 September 2023}}

167

|{{flag|Panama}}

|{{dts|18 September 2023}}

168

|{{flag|Moldova}}

|{{dts|25 January 2024}}

169

|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}

|{{dts|23 September 2024}}

170

|{{flag|Guatemala}}

|{{dts|24 September 2024}}

171

|{{flag|Marshall Islands}}

|{{Dts|25 September 2024}}

172

|{{flag|Samoa}}

|{{dts|23 October 2024}}

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|{{Flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}

|Unknown

Bilateral relations

File:Embassy of Rwanda, Washington, D.C..jpg]]Several west European and African nations, Canada, People's Republic of China, Egypt, Libya, Russia, the Holy See, and the European Union maintain diplomatic missions in Kigali.{{Cite web |title=LIST OF HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS WITH RESIDENCE IN KIGALI |url=https://www.minaffet.gov.rw/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=110628&token=dc7bd36067f01830d2618a164472b001037bf2e2 |access-date=24 December 2024 |website=www.minaffet.gov.rw}}

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|{{flag|Australia}}

Both countries established diplomatic relations in 2007{{Cite web |date= 22 August 2012|title=Australia, Rwanda strengthen ties |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/56466#:~:text=Rwanda-Australia%20diplomatic%20relations%20were%20established%20in%202007.%20Today%2C,and%20Rwanda%20as%2033rd%20Australia%E2%80%99s%20principal%20import%20sources. |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=The New Times}}

  • Rwanda is accredited to Australia through its High Commission in Singapore, Rwanda also has an Honorary Consul based in Melbourne.{{Cite web|url=https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Missions/167|title=The Department - About us - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}
  • Australia is represented in Rwanda through its High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya.
{{Flag|Bangladesh}}

|See Bangladesh-Rwanda relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 January 1984{{Cite book |title=IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean - Volume 17 |publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |year=1984 |pages=3}}

In 1994 Bangladesh provided roughly 900 peace-keeping troops, including soldiers and medical personnel, to Rwanda to aid in keeping the peace during the Rwandan genocide, one of more than 40 countries to do so.Grünfeld, Frederik; Huijboom, Anke (2007). The Failure to Prevent Genocide in Rwanda: The Role of Bystanders. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 58, 208, 214.

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|{{flag|Belgium}}

See Belgium-Rwanda relations

Belgium was the colonial power, administering the League of Nations mandate in Ruanda Urundi from 1922 until their independence in 1962. See Ruanda-Urundi.

During the 1994 Genocide, 10 Belgian Peacekeepers were murdered while trying to protect then-Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-02|title=Belgian diplomats recalled from Rwanda over genocide event|url=https://apnews.com/article/690e26bc60f722c95108915794b2ede0|access-date=2021-06-21|website=AP NEWS}}

  • Belgium has an embassy in Kigali.{{cite web| url = http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/rwanda/| title = Embassy of Belgium in Kigali (in Dutch, English and French)}}
  • Rwanda has an embassy in Brussels.{{cite web| url = http://www.ambarwanda.be/| title = Embassy of Rwanda in Brussels (in French)| access-date = 23 November 2014| archive-date = 6 April 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110406120346/http://www.ambarwanda.be/| url-status = dead}}
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|{{flag|Burundi}}

{{Main|Burundi–Rwanda relations}}

Burundi and Rwanda have always had diplomatic relations as the two were very closed linked kingdoms and their political relations can date back to the year 1091, when the Kingdom of Rwanda was founded, the two kingdoms always had close relationships and even political alliances between the two monarchies. In the modern era, the two states dispute sections of border on the Akanyaru and the Kagera/Nyabarongo rivers, which have changed course since the 1960s, when the boundary was delimited; cross-border conflicts among Tutsi, Hutu, other ethnic groups, associated political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces persist in the Great Lakes region.

  • Burundi has an embassy in Kigali.
  • Rwanda has an embassy in Bujumbura.
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|{{flag|China}}

See China–Rwanda relations

China and Rwanda established diplomatic relations on 12 November 1971.{{cite web |date= |title=Rwanda |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183428.htm |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=China Internet Information Center}}

  • China has an embassy in Kigali.
  • Rwanda has an embassy in Beijing.
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{{Main|Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda relations}}

In 1996, Rwandan forces invaded Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire), leading to the replacement of the Congolese president, Mobutu Sese Seko with Laurent-Désiré Kabila. In 1998, Rwanda, along with Uganda, invaded DRC to back rebels trying to overthrow Kabila. After the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement of 1999, Rwandan troops pulled back.

On 6 August 2009, Rwandan President Paul Kagame met with the Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Joseph Kabila in Goma. It was the first presidential meeting between the two countries for 13 years. The presidents "reviewed all issues of common interest",{{cite web|url=http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=136&art_id=nw20090806230238968C709941|title=Kagame and Kabila restore ties|date=7 August 2009|access-date=10 August 2009|publisher=IOL}} with Kabila referred to it as "the first giant step forward" in an "all new era".{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8188715.stm|title='New era' for DR Congo and Rwanda|date=6 August 2009|access-date=10 August 2009|publisher=BBC}} One month previous to the meeting both countries had appointed ambassadors to each other's capitals.

Since the 2010s, the DRC has accused Rwanda of supporting the M23 movement in the Kivu region, which Rwanda denies. In January 2025, the DRC severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda amidst the M23 campaign and ongoing Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict.

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|{{flag|France}}

See France–Rwanda relations

As a result of French complicity before, during and after the genocide, with the genocidaires (that is, those who committed the genocide),"Rapport Duclert: La France, le Rwanda et le Génocide des Tutsis Rwanda cut off relations with France at the end of the war, and replaced French with English as an official language. Relations were resumed in November 2009. Nicolas Sarkozy visited Kigali in February 2010.[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/world/europe/26france.html "On Visit to Rwanda, Sarkozy Admits ‘Grave Errors’ in 1994 Genocide"]. 25 February 2010. The New York Times.

in 2016, A French court ordered the re-opening of the case investigating the fatal plane crash that killed Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana in 1994.{{Cite news|url=http://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20161008-France-reopens-probe-1994-assassination-rwandan-president|title=France reopens Rwandan president's assassination probe|date=8 October 2016|publisher=RFI|access-date=24 February 2020}} The move angered administration in Ghana. The National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG) issued the names of French military 22 officers{{Cite news|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Rwanda-accuses-22-French-army-officers-of-aiding-genocide/2558-3436142-aufght/index.html|title=Rwanda names 22 French army officers it accuses of aiding genocide}} requested for depositions. The officers were station in France during the 1994 Turquoise safe zone operation.

{{Flag|Germany}}

|See Germany–Rwanda relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 February 1963{{Cite web |title=Verzeichnis der Vertretungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Ausland sowie der und Honorarkonsulinnen und Honorarkonsuln. Page 101 (in German) |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/blob/199314/599003308d8f8ae327eea96a088493c3/dtauslandsvertretungenliste-data.pdf |access-date=20 April 2023}}

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|{{flag|India}}

See India–Rwanda relations

  • India is represented in Rwanda through its High Commission in Kigali.{{cite web| url = https://india.visahq.com/embassy/rwanda/| title = Indian High Commission in Rwanda}}
  • Rwanda has its embassy in New Delhi.{{cite web| url = http://www.india.embassy.gov.rw/index.php?id=297| title = Rwanda Embassy in India| access-date = 14 May 2015| archive-date = 4 September 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052348/http://www.india.embassy.gov.rw/index.php?id=297| url-status = dead}}
{{flag|Israel}}See Israel-Rwanda relations

In 1962, Israel was the second country to recognize Rwanda's independence.

In 1973 the relations were severed and restored in October 1994 after the Rwandan genocide.

  • Israel has an embassy in Kigali from 2019.
  • Rwanda has an embassy in Tel Aviv from 2015.
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  • Embassy of Japan in Kigali established in 2010{{Cite web|date=2021-02-23|title=FEATURED: How Rwanda and Japan have deepened diplomatic relations|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/featured/how-rwanda-and-japan-have-deepened-diplomatic-relations|access-date=2021-06-07|website=The New Times {{!}} Rwanda|language=en}}
  • Rwasat launched by Japanese Space Agency{{Cite web|date=2019-05-03|title=Japan Will Deepen Bilateral Relations with Rwanda Under Reiwa Era – Ambassador|url=https://www.ktpress.rw/2019/05/japan-will-deepen-bilateral-relations-with-rwanda-under-reiwa-era-ambassador/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=KT PRESS|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-10-14|title=Rwanda's First Satellite In Space Is Set For Release From ISS|url=https://africanews.space/rwandas-first-satellite-in-space-is-set-for-release-from-iss/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Space in Africa|language=en-US}}
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|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 June 1965{{Cite book |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 111-115. |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1965}}

See Kenya-Rwanda Relations

  • Kenya has a High Commission in Kigali{{Cite web |title=Kenya-Rwanda Relations |url=https://kenyahighcomkigali.org/kenya-rwanda/ |access-date=2021-06-21 |website=Kenya High Commission {{!}} Kigali, Rwanda |date=27 November 2020 |language=en-US}}
  • Rwanda has a High Commission in Nairobi{{Cite web|title=Rwanda in Kenya|url=https://www.rwandainkenya.gov.rw/|access-date=21 June 2021|website=Rwanda in Kenya}}
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|{{flag|Mexico}}

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 January 1976{{Cite web |title=RELACIONES BILATERALES MÉXICO – RUANDA. p.13 |url=https://centrogilbertobosques.senado.gob.mx/docs/F_Ruanda.pdf |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=}}

  • Mexico is accredited to Rwanda from its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya and maintains an honorary consulate in Kigali.{{cite web| url = https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/kenia/| title = Embassy of Mexico in Kenya}}
  • Rwanda is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.{{cite web| url = http://rwandaembassy.org| title = Embassy of Rwanda in the United States}}
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|The Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda was established in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in The Hague on the 1st of November 2006{{Cite web|title=BACKGROUND|url=https://www.rwandainthenetherlands.gov.rw/cooperation}}

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|See North Korea–Rwanda relations

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|{{flag|Singapore}}

The High Commission of the Republic of Rwanda in Singapore was officially opened in 2008{{Cite web|title=Rwanda High Commission in Singapore|url=https://www.rwandainsingapore.gov.rw/cooperation}}

  • Singapore is accredited to Rwanda through a non-resident high commissioner based in Singapore.
  • Rwanda has a high commission in Singapore.
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|{{flag|South Korea}}

22 August 1972 opened Embassy Republic of Korea in Rwanda, but closed 31 May 1975, reopened 11 September 1987, the embassy was closed again 30 November 1990 and reopened 30 December 2011. Rwanda opened its embassy in Seoul 30 March 2009{{Cite web|title=공관약사 (Embassy Republic of Korea in rwanda in Korean)|url=https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/rw-ko/wpge/m_10043/contents.do}}

  • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Republic of Rwanda is 21 March 1963.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/middleeast/countries/20070824/1_24449.jsp?menu=m_30_50 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea-Middle East and Africa |access-date=28 June 2015 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904015758/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/middleeast/countries/20070824/1_24449.jsp?menu=m_30_50 |url-status=dead }}
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|{{flag|Spain}}

See Rwanda–Spain relations

  • Rwanda is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Paris, France.
  • Spain is accredited to Rwanda from its embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
{{Flag|Tanzania}}

|See Rwanda-Tanzania relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 January 1965 when accredited first Ambassador of Rwanda to Tanzania (resident in Kampala) Mr. Musabyimana Malachie

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|{{flag|Turkey}}

See Rwanda–Turkey relations

  • Rwanda has an embassy in Ankara.{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-rwanda.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Rwanda}}
  • Turkey has an embassy in Kigali.
  • Trade volume between the two countries was 32.4 million USD in 2019 (Rwandan exports/imports: 0.2/32.2 million USD).
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|UAE Embassy in Kigali opened its temporary premises in March 2018 and was relocated to its current premises in April 2019{{Cite web|title=UAE Embassy in Kigali|url=https://www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/Missions/Kigali/The-Embassy/About-the-Embassy}}

  • Rwanda has an embassy in the UAE
  • Trade volume stood at $434.8 million in 2018{{Cite web|title=UAE trade with Rwanda hits $434.8mln in 2018|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/economy/story/UAE_trade_with_Rwanda_hits_4348mln_in_2018-SNG_152935256|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.zawya.com|language=en}}
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

See Rwanda–United Kingdom relations

Rwanda established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 1 July 1962.{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when Rwanda and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=April 2025}}

  • Rwanda maintains a high commission in London.{{cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/eswatini/|date=30 April 2019|title=Rwanda|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=12 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325014624/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/rwanda/|archive-date=25 March 2025|url-status=live}}
  • The United Kingdom is accredited to Rwanda through its high commission in Kigali.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-kigali|title=British High Commission Kigali|website=GOV.UK|access-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524170536/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-kigali|archive-date=24 May 2024|url-status=live}}

Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth, and the World Trade Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have a Development Partnership.{{cite web|author-link=Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |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}}

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|{{flag|United States}}

See Rwanda–United States relations

See also

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References

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