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Foreign relations of the Central African Republic

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The Central African Republic (CAR) has diplomatic relations with 114 out of the 193 United Nations member states as well as the State of Palestine.

The country's attempts at an open policy towards neighbouring countries have been strained due to the long-standing civil war as well as broader regional conflicts such as reoccurring tensions between Chad and Sudan. In the 2010s, France maintained a military presence in the country. This was largely halted in 2016. The last French troops left in 2022 after relations with France soured due to the country's increasing ties to Russia under Faustin-Archange Touadéra.{{cite web |author= |date=15 December 2022 |title=Last French troops leave Central African Republic amid closer Bangui-Moscow ties |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20221215-last-french-troops-leave-central-african-republic-amid-closer-bangui-moscow-ties |website=France 24 |access-date=31 January 2025}} Since 2018, the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, has carried out operations in the CAR.{{cite web |author= |date=30 August 2022 |title=Wagner Group Operations in Africa |url=https://acleddata.com/2022/08/30/wagner-group-operations-in-africa-civilian-targeting-trends-in-the-central-african-republic-and-mali |website=ACLED |access-date=31 January 2025}}

Participation in international organisations

The Central African Republic is an active member in several Central African organizations, including the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). It is also a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Standardization of tax, customs, and security arrangements between the Central African states is a major foreign policy objective of the CAR government. The CAR is a participant in the Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN-SAD), and the African Union (AU). Additionally, it is a member of the Francophonie and an observer state of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

Other multilateral organizations—including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations agencies, European Union, and the African Development Bank—and bilateral donors—including the Republic of Korea, Germany, Japan, the European Union, and the United States—are significant development partners for the CAR.

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which the Central African Republic maintains diplomatic relations with:

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|{{Flag|United States}}

|{{dts|13 August 1960}}{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Central African Republic |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/central-african-republic |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Office of the Historian}}

2

|{{Flag|Japan}}

|{{dts|13 August 1960}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/central_a/data.html|title=Japan-Central African Republic Relations (Basic Data)|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan}}

3

|{{Flag|France}}

|{{dts|14 August 1960}}{{Cite journal |title=Liste 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=Diplomatie.gouv.fr |language=fr |access-date=15 December 2023}}

4

|{{Flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|1 December 1960}}{{Cite web |title=Zentralafrikanische Republik: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/zentralafrikanischerepublik-node/zentralafrikanischerepublik-226456 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}

5

|{{Flag|Russia}}

|{{dts|7 December 1960}}{{Cite web |title=62 years ago, diplomatic relations were established between our country and the Central African Republic |url=https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1600379419427995648?s=20 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=MFA Russia}}

6

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|9 December 1960}}{{Cite web |title=THE LONDON GAZETTE, 5th MAY 1961 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42346/page/3340/data.pdf|website=The London Gazette|date=5 May 1961|page=3340|access-date=9 March 2024|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114161616/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42346/page/3340/data.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2024|url-status=live}}

7

|{{Flag|Cameroon}}

|{{dts|1960}}{{Cite book |last=Kombi |first=Narcisse Mouelle |title=La politique étrangère du Cameroun |publisher=L'Harmattan |year=1996 |pages=122 |language=fr}}{{cite book |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Richard |last2=Fandos-Rius |first2=Juan |date=2016 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic |location=Lanham |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780810879911}}{{rp|152}}

8

|{{Flag|Israel}}

|{{dts|10 November 1961}}{{Cite book |last=Yitzhak Oron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&dq=Middle+East+Record+-+Volume+2++ambassador+of+Israel+to+CAR+Ephraim+Ben+Haim+...+1961&pg=PA333 |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961, Volume 2 |publisher=The Moshe Dayan Center |year=1961 |pages=333 |access-date=1 July 2023}}

9

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|{{dts|13 June 1962}}{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019#Beginnings |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute}}

10

|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}

|{{dts|26 November 1962}}{{Cite web |title=Journal Officiel de la Republique du Congo № 25 1er Decembre 1962 |url=https://www.sgg.cg/JO/1962/congo-jo-1962-25.pdf |access-date=6 October 2023 |page=887 |language=fr}}

11

|{{Flag|Sudan}}

|{{dts|1962}}{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 393-404 |publisher=1962 |pages=62 |language=fr |quote=M. Mahomet Shendi est nommé chargé d'affaires du Soudan en République centrafricaine .}}

12

|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}

|{{dts|12 June 1963}}{{Cite web |title=Bulletin de documentation_1963_10 |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/bulletin/1963/BID_1963_10/BID_1963_10.pdf |access-date=30 June 2023 |website=sip.gouvernement.lu |page=28 |language=fr}}

13

|{{Flag|Belgium}}

|{{dts|13 June 1963}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbR_3eVDIc0C&dq=Roger+Guerillot+lettres+creance&pg=PA6231 |title=Belgisch staatsblad Issues 110-130 |date=1963 |publisher=1963 |pages=6231 |language=fr, nl}}

14

|{{Flag|South Korea}}

|{{dts|5 September 1963}}{{Cite web |title=Overview |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=138 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}

15

|{{Flag|Switzerland}}

|{{dts|11 February 1964}}{{Cite web |title=Ambassade de Suisse à Léopoldville |url=https://dodis.ch/R12007 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=dodis.ch |language=fr}}

16

|{{Flag|Chad}}

|{{dts|29 February 1964}}{{Cite book |title=Documents diplomatiques français |publisher=P.I.E.-Peter Lang |year=2006 |isbn= |pages=969 |language=fr}}

17

|{{Flag|Gabon}}

|{{dts|26 March 1964}}{{Cite book |title=Problèmes et perspectives économiques du Gabon |publisher=1964 |pages=63 |language=fr |quote=M. Clément Sevot , ambassadeur de la R.C.A. au Gabon , avec résidence à Yaoundé , a présenté ses lettres de créance au president Mba}}

18

|{{Flag|Serbia}}

|{{dts|21 May 1964}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Report, Volumes 9-10 |publisher=African-American Institute |year=1964 |pages=23}}

19

|{{Flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|June 1964}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UeSElaezrhgC&dq=Francesco+CAMPANELLA+ambassador+in+Central+african+republic&pg=PA2 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 133-134 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1964 |pages=12 |access-date=7 July 2023}}

20

|{{Flag|China}}

|{{dts|29 September 1964}}{{Cite web |title=Central Africa |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183564.htm |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=china.org.cn}}

21

|{{Flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|27 November 1964}}{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas del Estado Espaniol |url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOB/article/download/33281/85107/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |page=307 |language=es}}

22

|{{Flag|Greece}}

|{{dts|10 September 1965}}{{rp|212}}

23

|{{Flag|Netherlands}}

|{{dts|10 December 1965}}{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken, Volumes 78-80 |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken |year=1965 |pages=123 |language=nl}}

24

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

|{{dts|February 1966}}{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1967. Выпуск одиннадцатый Часть II. Зарубежные государства, несамоуправляющиеся территории и колонии. Стр. 387-428 |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/22100/13_str_387-428_zarubezhnye_strany_chast5.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623031811/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/22100/13_str_387-428_zarubezhnye_strany_chast5.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=7 April 2024 |page=406 |language=ru}}

25

|{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|{{dts|1966}}{{Cite book |title=Monde colonial illustré Volume 44, Issues 441-452 |publisher=Société nouvelle des Editions France Outremer S.A. |year=1966 |pages=74 |language=fr}}

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|{{Flag|Holy See}}

|{{dts|13 May 1967}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=5 September 2022}}

26

|{{Flag|Ghana}}

|{{dts|14 June 1967}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1967 |pages=794 |quote=Ghana - Central African Republic . Mr. Quashie , Ghanaian Ambassador to the CAR , has presented his credentials to President Bokassa . ( MAC 14/6 )}}

27

|{{Flag|Romania}}

|{{dts|6 February 1968}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}

28

|{{Flag|Mali}}

|{{dts|1968}}{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 465-476 |publisher=1968 |pages=75 |language=fr |quote=R.centrafricaine A l'étranger ... Mali : Ambassadeur ( résidant à Brazzaville ) : M. Halidou Touré .}}

29

|{{Flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|2 July 1969}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1969 |pages=1461}}

30

|{{Flag|North Korea}}

|{{dts|5 September 1969}}{{cite book |last1=Wertz|first1=Daniel|last2=Oh|first2=JJ|last3=Kim|first3=Insung|date=August 2016|title=Issue Brief: DPRK Diplomatic Relations|publisher=The National Committee on North Korea|url=http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf|access-date=22 February 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228074114/http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2016|page=8}}

31

|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}

|{{dts|9 January 1970}}{{Cite book |title=Radio Free Europe Research East Europe. Situation report. Bulgaria · Volume 1 |publisher=Radio Free Europe |year=1970 |pages=8}}

32

|{{Flag|Poland}}

|{{dts|15 January 1970}}{{Cite web |title=Republika Środkowoafrykańska |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/angola/republika-srodkowoafrykanska#:~:text=Polska%20nawi%C4%85za%C5%82a%20stosunki%20dyplomatyczne%20z,ambasadorzy%20Polski%20rezyduj%C4%85cy%20w%20Kinszasie. |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=gov.pl |language=pl}}

33

|{{Flag|Hungary}}

|{{dts|10 February 1970}}{{Cite book |last=Lajos Gecsényi |url=https://www.academia.edu/40608325 |title=Diplomaták a változó világban Főkonzulok, követek és nagykövetek 1945-1990: Közép—afrikai Köztársaság/Császárság |year=2015 |language=hu}}

34

|{{Flag|Liberia}}

|{{dts|5 May 1970}}{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 3343-3419 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1970 |pages=8}}

35

|{{Flag|Norway}}

|{{dts|16 May 1970}}{{Cite web |date=April 27, 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=30 June 2023 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}

36

|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

|{{dts|18 May 1970}}{{Cite book |last=Petruf |first=Pavol |title=Československá zahraničná politika 1945 – 1992 |pages=99–119 |language=sk}}

37

|{{Flag|Finland}}

|{{dts|22 May 1970}}{{Cite web |title=Finland and Central African Republic |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/caf/finland-and-country |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=finlandabroad.fi}}

38

|{{Flag|Albania}}

|{{dts|23 May 1970}}{{Cite book |title=Yearbook on International Communist Affairs |publisher=Hoover Institution Press |year=1971 |pages=8}}

39

|{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|{{dts|18 June 1970}}{{Cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES MAINTAINING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MONGOLIA |url=https://mfa.gov.mn/en/mongolian-foreign-policy/diplomatic-relations/states-with-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia}}

40

|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

|{{dts|15 September 1970}}{{Cite book |title=Chronologie politique africaine - Volume 11 |publisher=Centre d'etude des relations internationales |year=1970 |pages=45 |language=fr}}

41

|{{Flag|Nigeria}}

|{{dts|6 October 1970}}{{Cite book |title=Nigeria, Bulletin on Foreign Affairs Volume 1 |publisher=Nigerian Institute of International Affairs |year=1971 |pages=5}}

42

|{{Flag|Algeria}}

|{{dts|9 October 1970}}{{Cite book |title=ARR: Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1970 |pages=546}}

43

|{{Flag|Austria}}

|{{dts|1970}}{{Cite book |title=Österreichisches Jahrbuch Volume 42 |publisher=Druck und Verlag der Österr. Staatsdruckerei |year=1971 |pages=259 |language=de |quote=Österreichischersites wurden 1970 diplomatische Beziehungen mit der Republik Gabun und der Zentrafrikanischen Republik aufgenommen.}}

44

|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}

|{{dts|10 March 1971}}{{Cite book |title=Survey of Current Affairs Volume 1 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1971 |pages=175}}

45

|{{Flag|Libya}}

|{{dts|6 May 1971}}{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 3650-3723 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1971 |pages=4}}

46

|{{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]=73 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531004930/http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=357 |archive-date=31 May 2012 |access-date=4 June 2023 |language=fr}}

47

|{{Flag|Iraq}}

|{{dts|January 1972}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCkFAQAAIAAJ&dq=Central+African+Republic+and+Iraq+decision+to+exchange+ambassadors+...&pg=RA2-PA2 |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1356-1369 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1973 |pages=2}}

48

|{{Flag|Senegal}}

|{{dts|September 1972}}{{Cite book |title=Les Élites africaines Volume 6 |publisher=Édiafric |year=1985 |pages=187 |language=fr |quote=SANE Antoine Pascal Né ... ambassadeur du Sénégal au Zaire ( mai 1972 - janvier 1975 ) , cumulativement ambassadeur en RCA et au Gabon ( septembre 1972 - janvier 1975 ) ...}}

49

|{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|{{dts|2 April 1974}}{{Cite book |title=West Africa Issues 2951-2975 |publisher=West Africa Publishing Company, Limited |year=1974 |pages=447}}

50

|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}

|{{dts|24 January 1975}}{{Cite book |title=Année africaine |publisher=Éditions A. Pedone |year=1976 |pages=327 |language=fr}}

51

|{{Flag|Iran}}

|{{dts|18 March 1975}}{{Cite book |title=L'Année politique africaine |publisher=Société africaine d'édition |year=1975 |pages=19 |language=fr}}

52

|{{Flag|Philippines}}

|{{dts|1 June 1976}}{{Cite web |title=Today, June 1, we celebrate 43 years of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Central African Republic |url=https://m.facebook.com/dfaphl/posts/1310308662457298/?comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22O%22%7D |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines}}

53

|{{Flag|India}}

|{{dts|7 June 1976}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Quarterly Volume 16 |publisher=Indian Centre for Africa |year=1976 |pages=74}}

54

|{{Flag|Morocco}}

|{{dts|1976}}{{Cite web |title=République Centrafricaine |url=http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/104/language/en-US/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129174111/http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politiqueétrangère/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/104/language/en-US/Default.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=28 September 2023 |language=fr}}

55

|{{Flag|Portugal}}

|{{dts|15 February 1977}}{{Cite web |title=República Centro-Africana |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/republicacafrincana |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt |language=pt}}

56

|{{Flag|Uganda}}

|{{dts|13 June 1977}}{{Cite web |title=Arrival of Ugandan ambassador |url=https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1977BANGUI01216_c.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626122503/https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1977BANGUI01216_c.html |archive-date=26 June 2024 |access-date=26 June 2024}}{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1977 |pages=4457}}

57

|{{Flag|Turkey}}

|{{dts|29 January 1980}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_prex-710fbis-ssa-80-021/page/n4/mode/1up?q=Central+African+Republic+ |title=FBIS Daily Report--Sub-Saharan Africa |date=30 January 1980 |publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service |access-date=9 January 2024}}

58

|{{Flag|Niger}}

|{{dts|9 May 1981}}{{Cite book |title=Le mois en Afrique - Issues 182-187 |publisher=1981 |pages=159 |language=fr}}

—

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

|{{dts|1981}}{{Cite book |last=de Béthencourt |first=Marcos Fernández |title=La orden de Malta: Estatuto Jurídico internacional |publisher=Editorial Sanz Y Torres |year=2019 |pages=302–309 |language=es}}

59

|{{Flag|Sweden}}

|{{dts|1983}}{{Cite web |title=Sveriges statskalender / 1984 / Centralafrikanska Republiken |url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1984/0348.html |access-date=13 March 2024 |page=346 |language=sv}}

60

|{{Flag|Denmark}}

|{{dts|1984}}{{Cite book |title=Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalender 1985 |year=1985 |pages=199 |language=da}}

61

|{{Flag|Qatar}}

|{{dts|1 August 1985}}{{Cite web |title=العلاقات الثنائية |url=https://www.mofa.gov.qa/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85?country=CF#The-World |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=mofa.gov.qa |language=ar}}

62

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|{{dts|15 July 1986}}{{Cite web |title=Comunicado Conjunto estableciendo Relaciones Diplomáticas entre el Gobierno de la República Argentina y el Gobierno de la República Centroafricana |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/tratado_ficha.php?id=lKailQ== |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados}}

63

|{{Flag|Thailand}}

|{{dts|30 October 1987}}{{Cite web |title=สาธารณรัฐแอฟริกากลาง (Central African Republic) |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bd20e15e39c3060027ab7?cate=5f1aba0039164819fc32c0ba |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand |language=th}}

64

|{{Flag|Angola}}

|{{dts|22 March 1988}}{{Cite book |title=West Africa - Issues 3673-3688 - Page 617 |publisher=Afrimedia International |year=1988}}

65

|{{Flag|Colombia}}

|{{dts|3 October 1988}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Central African Republic and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Central+African+Republic+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}

66

|{{Flag|South Africa}}

|{{dts|23 August 1993}}{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations (country profiles listed alphabetically) |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Department of International Relations & Cooperation Republic of South Africa}}

67

|{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|{{dts|14 September 1995}}{{Cite web |title=Middle East and Africa |url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/middle-east-and-africa |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine}}

68

|{{Flag|Cuba}}

|{{dts|3 March 2000}}{{Cite web |title=La Habana, 3 mar (Prensa Latina) La cancillería de Cuba felicitó hoy al pueblo y al Gobierno de la República Centroafricana a propósito del aniversario 22 del establecimiento de los vínculos bilaterales |url=https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2022/03/03/cuba-celebra-aniversario-de-relaciones-con-republica-centroafricana |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=prensa-latina.cu |language=es}}

69

|{{Flag|Malaysia}}

|{{dts|2000}}{{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 |url-status=dead |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 |archive-date=13 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=ms}}

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|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}

|{{dts|20 October 2002}}{{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=September 30, 2011 |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia}}

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|{{dts|9 April 2007}}{{Cite web |date=9 April 2007 |title=Al-Eisa presents credentials as Ambassador to Central Africa |url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1722803&language=en |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)}}

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|{{dts|10 November 2008}}{{Cite web |title=List of countries which maintains diplomatic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (as April 2010) |url=https://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/cn_vakv/ |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=mofa.gov.vn}}

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|{{dts|8 October 2013}}{{Cite web |date=8 October 2013 |title=Le Président de la République reçoit les lettres de créances de l'ambassadeur de Centrafrique |url=https://ami.mr/fr/index.php/2013/10/08/le-president-de-la-republique-recoit-les-lettres-de-creances-de-lambassadeur-de-centrafrique/ |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=Agence Mauritanienne d'information |language=fr}}

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|{{dts|3 April 2014}}{{Cite web |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=vm.ee |language=et}}

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|{{dts|18 February 2016}}{{Cite web |date=22 February 2016 |title=President Nyusi receives US and five more new ambassadors' credentials |url=https://clubofmozambique.com/news/president-nyusi-receives-us-and-five-more-new-ambassadors-credentials/ |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=Club of Mozambique}}

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|{{dts|1 March 2016}}{{Cite web |title=Chile establece Relaciones Diplomáticas con la República Centroafricana |url=https://www.minrel.gob.cl/chile-establece-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-la-republica-centroafricana/minrel_old/2016-03-02/130003.html |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |language=es}}

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|{{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}}

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|{{dts|21 July 2016}}{{Cite web |title=Republic of Namibia Diplomatic List 2018 |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Other/Namibia/2018_Namibia.pdf |access-date=30 July 2023 |page=7}}

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|{{dts|21 September 2016}}{{Cite web |date=21 September 2016 |title=Joint Communique concerning the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Central African Republic |url=https://treaty.kemlu.go.id/apisearch/pdf?filename=CAF-2016-0001.pdf |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=id, fr |archive-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804165016/https://treaty.kemlu.go.id/apisearch/pdf?filename=CAF-2016-0001.pdf |url-status=dead}}

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|{{dts|27 October 2016}}{{Cite web |title=Credentials 27 October 2016 pm |url=https://www.gg.govt.nz/image-galleries/5967/media?page=13 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=gg.govt.nz}}

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|{{dts|21 November 2016}}{{Cite web |title=Kyrgyzstan, Central African Republic establish diplomatic relations |url=https://akipress.com/news:585455:Kyrgyzstan,_Central_African_Republic_establish_diplomatic_relations/ |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=akipress.com}}

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|{{dts|13 February 2017}}{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Poročilo 2017 |url=https://www.gov.si/assets/ministrstva/MZEZ/Dokumenti/javne-objave/letna-porocila/PorociloMZZ_2017.pdf |page=104 |language=sl}}

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|{{dts|16 May 2017}}{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2017 |title=First Accredited Central African ambassador sees Seychelles as peaceful, successful |url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/7275/First+Accredited+Central+African+ambassador+sees+Seychelles+as+peaceful%2C++successful |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=Seychelles News Agency}}

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|{{dts|28 August 2017}}{{Cite web |date=29 August 2017 |title=Pres. Lungu Receives Letters Of Credence from Nine Envoys |url=https://www.muvitv.com/2017/08/pres-lungu-receives-letters-of-credence-from-nine-envoys/ |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=MUVI Television}}

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|{{dts|21 September 2017}}

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|{{dts|15 February 2018}}{{Cite web |title=List of states with which the Republic of Tajikistan established diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.tj/uploads/main/2022/12/12-12-2022-11-21.pdf |access-date=25 July 2023}}

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|{{dts|12 April 2018}}{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2018 |title=UPDATED: 6 envoys present credentials |url=https://www.herald.co.zw/just-in-president-welcomes-six-new-envoys/ |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=The Harald}}

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|{{dts|8 November 2019}}{{Cite web |date=9 November 2019 |title=La journée diplomatique au Palais de la Renaissance: le Président de la République Faustin-Archange Touadéra reçoit des nouveaux Ambassadeurs |url=https://renaissance.cf/1619-la-journee-diplomatique-au-palais-de-la-renaissance-le-president-de-la-republique-faustin-archange-touadera-recoit-des-nouveaux-ambassadeurs/ |access-date=16 August 2023 |website=Presidence RCA |language=fr}}

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|{{dts|18 October 2021}}{{Cite web |title=L'ambassadeur Nzapayeke est accredite aupres de la Republique du Botswana |url=https://m.facebook.com/lepotentielcentrafricain/posts/2944388082541603/?locale=hi_IN |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Le Potentiel Centrafricain.com |language=fr}}

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|{{dts|18 September 2023}}

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|{{dts|17 March 2025}}{{Cite web |date=18 March 2025 |title=L'Ambassadeur du Burundi présente ses lettres de créance en République Centrafricaine |url=https://x.com/IntumwaNews/status/1902017766388900014 |access-date=22 March 2025 |website=Intumwa Burundi |language=fr}}

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|{{dts|18 March 2025}}{{Cite web |title=Poursuite de la journee diplomatique au palais de la renaissance ce mardi 18 Mars 2025 |url=https://www.facebook.com/PresidenceCentrafriqueOfficiel/posts/pfbid02eJSLg86Zqrr5Vf3iCLvLtgMXRbLkdijgJUYfCc1W6tb6HKxNcrq5pX9qYaSV7wr4l |access-date=22 March 2025 |website=La Renaissance on Facebook |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=19 March 2025 |title=Présentation hier de mes lettres de créance au Président de la République Centrafricaine Prof Faustin-Archange Touadera en tant que Premier Ambassadeur de mon pays , la République de Djibouti auprès de la République Centrafricaine |url=https://x.com/EybeAbdi/status/1902319295536759127 |access-date=22 March 2025 |language=fr}}

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|Unknown{{Cite news |date=16 August 2017 |title=Visite du Ministre d'Etat centrafricain, Firmin Ngrebada: La Centrafrique réitère sa franche collaboration avec le Bénin |url=http://news.abangui.com/h/59357.html |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr}}

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|Unknown{{Cite news |date=10 November 2016 |title=Coopération: la Centrafrique et le Burkina signent un accord-cadre |url=http://news.abangui.com/h/55793.html |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr}}

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|Unknown{{Cite web |title=Countries of accreditation |url=https://kenyaembassyindrc.com/country.html |access-date=28 September 2023}}

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Bilateral relations

{{See also|List of diplomatic missions in the Central African Republic|List of diplomatic missions of the Central African Republic}}

Sixteen countries have resident diplomatic representatives in Bangui, and the CAR maintains approximately nineteen missions abroad. The countries the CAR maintains bilateral relations with include the following:

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|{{flag|Cameroon}}

1960Cameroon is the most important regional trade partner of the CAR, its exports to the CAR having increased massively over the course of recent years. In 2022, imports from Cameroon accounted for $243 million{{cite web |author= |title=Central African Republic |url=https://oec.world/en/profile/country/caf |website=OEC |access-date=3 February 2025}} to $250,56 million.{{cite web |author= |date=2025 |title=Central African Republic Imports from Cameroon in US$ Thousand 2015-2022 |url=https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/CAF/StartYear/2015/EndYear/2022/TradeFlow/Import/Partner/CMR/Indicator/MPRT-TRD-VL |website=World Integrated Trade Solution |publisher=World Bank |access-date=2 February 2025}} 80% of the CAR's imports arrive through the port of Douala,{{cite web |author= |title=Central African Republic Customs Information |url=https://lca.logcluster.org/12-central-african-republic-customs-information |website=Logistics Cluster |access-date=25 January 2025}} before being transported along a 1,450 km road to Bangui which includes unpaved stretches.{{cite web |author= |title=Central African Republic Port Assessment |url=https://lca.logcluster.org/21-central-african-republic-port-assessment |website=Logistics Cluster |access-date=25 January 2025}} The war has created a massive influx of refugees into Cameroon; as of 2024, the country held 282,000 Central African refugees.{{cite web |author= |date=25 November 2024 |title=Cameroon |url=https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/where/africa/cameroon_en |website=DG ECHO |access-date=25 January 2025}} The two countries suffer from border-related issues including violent rebel raids for supplies as well as competing claims to some villages and towns. In 2022, Cameroon and the CAR held three-day talks in Yaoundé, where they agreed to demarcate the border and intensify their joint military presence in border towns.{{cite web |last=Kindzeka |first=Moki Edwin |date=16 June 2022 |title=Cameroon, Central African Republic Agree to Demarcate Border |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-central-african-republic-agree-to-demarcate-border-/6620263.html |website=Voice of America |access-date=31 January 2025}}
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|{{flag|Chad}}

29 February 1964Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 February 1964 when has been accredited first Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of Chad to Central African Republic Mr. Thomas Keiro.

Chad is one of President François Bozizé's closest allies. Before seizing power in 2003, Bozizé's rebel group was equipped and trained in Chad. The group that finally overthrew President Ange-Félix Patassé consisted of–in addition to Bozizé's own rebels–100 soldiers from the Chad National Army. In addition to the 121 Chadian soldiers in the Multinational Force in the Central African Republic (FOMUC), there are still 150 soldiers from Chad in the CAR. The majority is found within the president's lifeguard, while others patrol Bangui and the north-west parts of the country.[http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/spotlight/sudan/Sudan_pdf/SIB%205%20CAR.pdf – Small Arms Survey, A widening war around Sudan: The proliferation of armed groups in the Central African Republic] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705001507/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/spotlight/sudan/Sudan_pdf/SIB%205%20CAR.pdf |date=July 5, 2010 }}

Chad's president Idriss Déby has an interest in tranquility in north-western CAR, due to the proximity to the location of the Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project. In April 2006, the Chadian rebel group United Front for Democratic Change, which is based in Darfur used C.A.R. as a transit route to Chad, when attacking N'Djamena. Bozizé, who has received much support from President Déby, immediately decided to close the CAR-Sudan border (a decision which he has no capacity at all to enforce).

The border was officially closed between April and December. Already a couple of weeks later, an Antonov cargo plane crossed the border from Sudan and landed at Tiringoulou airport in C.A.R., where it unloaded weapons and about 50 armed men who spread out in the area. In the end of June, Central African military and FOMUC peacekeepers clashed with these men near Gordil, resulting in at least 30 casualties.

Chad had also maintained good relations with the previous president, Patassé. They were one of the countries that sent troops to defend Patassé during the mutinies in 1996-1997 and assisted in negotiating the subsequent Bangui Agreements. Following the increase of violence in north-western C.A.R. in late 2005, there were at the end of 2006 about 50,000 refugees from C.A.R. in Chad.{{cite web|url=http://www.unhcr.org|title=UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|last=Refugees|website=www.unhcr.org}}

{{Flag|China}}

|29 September 1964

|{{Main|Central African Republic–China relations}}

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 September 1964 under the government of David Dacko, which thereby cut off relations with Taiwan.{{Cite book |last1=Shinn |first1=David H. |title=China's Relations with Africa: a New Era of Strategic Engagement |last2=Eisenman |first2=Joshua |date=2023 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-21001-0 |location=New York |page=346 |author-link=David H. Shinn}} It is believed that France tacitly supported the 1966 coup by Jean-Bédel Bokassa because of Dacko's rapprochement to China. Under Bokassa, the Central African regime immediately cut off its diplomatic relations with China in January 1966 and resumed its diplomatic relations with Taiwan in May 1968. However, on 20 August 1976, Bokassa switched back to the People's Republic with a state visit to Beijing and the signing of a joint communiqué.{{Cite news |title=In Central Africa the Sun Sets on a Republic and Comes Up on an Empire|newspaper=The New York Times |date=1976-12-05 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/05/archives/in-central-africa-the-sun-sets-on-a-republic-and-comes-up-on-an.html |access-date=4 February 2025}} The Central African government once again switched it alliance to Taiwan on 8 July 1991 (under Kolingba) and finally back to China with a joint communiqué signed on 29 January 1998 (under Patassé).

Relations between China and the CAR notably include Chinese gold mining exploits in the country. These activities have repeatedly seen violent backlash from rebel groups. Two Chinese nationals were killed in Sosso-Nakombo in 2020,{{cite web |author= |date=12 May 2024 |title=4 killed during rebel attack on Central African Republic mining town |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/killed-during-rebel-attack-on-central-african-republic-mining-town-/7608050.html |website=Voice of America |access-date=4 February 2025}} nine Chinese workers died in the 2023 Chimbolo massacre,{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Arthur |date=30 March 2023 |title=Beijing Doesn't Know Who to Blame for Gold Mine Murders |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/30/chimbolo-gold-mine-attack-central-african-republic-china-russia-wagner-group |website=Foreign Policy |access-date=4 February 2025}}{{cite web |author= |date=5 April 2023 |title=Beijing evacuates 80 Chinese nationals following killing of nine miners |url=https://www.africaintelligence.com/central-africa/2023/04/05/beijing-evacuates-80-chinese-nationals-following-killing-of-nine-miners,109931829-bre |website={{ill|Africa Intelligence|fr}} |access-date=4 February 2025}} and four workers died in a 2024 rebel attack on the gold mining town of Gaga. China has also provided financial and technical aid to major construction projects, including a stadium in Bangui (finished in 2007),Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development. {{cite web |url=http://aiddatachina.org/projects/352 |title=AidData | Stadium |access-date=2013-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624201136/http://aiddatachina.org/projects/352 |archive-date=2013-06-24 }} a solar power plant near Bangui intended to deal with the widespread power cuts in the CAR (finished in 2023),{{cite web |last=Omofe-Sunday |first=Busayo |date=28 April 2023 |title=CAR: The Sakaï Solar Power Plant Becomes Operational |url=https://theelectricityhub.com/car-the-sakai-solar-power-plant-becomes-operational |website=The Electricity Hub |access-date=4 February 2025}} and a highway from Bossarangba to Mbaïki (started in 2023).{{cite web |author= |date=16 November 2023 |title=POWERCHINA to develop transportation network in Central African Republic |url=https://en.powerchina.cn/2023-11/16/c_828612.htm |website=PowerChina |access-date=4 February 2025}}

The CAR was among 53 countries backing the Hong Kong national security law at the UN in June 2020.{{cite web |last1=Lawler |first1=Dave |title= The 53 countries supporting China's crackdown on Hong Kong|url= https://www.axios.com/countries-supporting-china-hong-kong-law-0ec9bc6c-3aeb-4af0-8031-aa0f01a46a7c.html|website=Axios |access-date=3 July 2020 |language=en |date=2 July 2020}}

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

{{Main|Central African Republic–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations}}

Bozizé has surprisingly good relations both with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila and the former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba. When the old president Kolingba tried to overthrow Patassé in May 2001, the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) came to his rescue. MLC controlled the northern part of DRC and its rebels were stationed on the other side of the Ubangi river from Bangui. The MLC executed between 60 and 120 persons, mainly from the Yakoma tribe and committed atrocities–including killing, looting and rape–against the population. This terror and the crimes carried out during MLC's war against Bozizé's rebels between October 2002 and March 2003 is now being investigated by the International Criminal Court, which says it has identified 600 rape victims and the real numbers are expected to be higher.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070614084915/http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/press/pressreleases/ICC-OTP-BN-20070522-220_A_EN.pdf – International Criminal Court: Background – Situation in the Central African Republic, 22 May 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627171746/http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/press/pressreleases/ICC-OTP-BN-20070522-220_A_EN.pdf |date=June 27, 2007 }}

Most of the crimes were committed by Congolese MLC soldiers, but Bozizé's rebels, including elements from Chad, were also responsible.{{cite web|url=http://www.sangonet.com/actu-snews/santeah/fich-RCA-unhcr2005.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.sangonet.com/actu-snews/santeah/fich-RCA-unhcr2005.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=– UNHCR: Fiche Pays République Centrafricaine, January 2005}} During Bozizé's time in power, new clashes have taken place between his soldiers and the MLC. Bozizé has strengthened military presence along the border and deployed an amphibious force patrolling the Ubangi river. There were refugees from DRC in C.A.R. from July 1999 (when Kabila advanced in the region bordering C.A.R.). The refugees were repatriated following an agreement between UNHCR and the governments of the two countries in 2004. Refugees from C.A.R. in DRC were beginning to be repatriated in July 2004.

Currently, several hundred troops of the Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are stationed in CAR.

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|{{flag|France}}

14 August 1960{{Main|Central African Republic–France relations}}

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 August 1960{{Cite web |title=LISTE 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 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=www.diplomatie.gouv.fr}}

The CAR was a French colony under the name Ubangi-Shari between 1903 and 1960. Throughout the Cold War and afterwards, the country retained political and economic ties with France as well as a French military presence. As of 2022, imports from France accounted for $50,308 million, a significant decrease from €109,426 million in 2017.{{cite web |author= |date=2025 |title=Central African Republic Imports from France in US$ Thousand 2015-2022 |url=https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/CAF/StartYear/2015/EndYear/2022/TradeFlow/Import/Partner/FRA/Indicator/MPRT-TRD-VL |website=World Integrated Trade Solution |publisher=World Bank |access-date=2 February 2025}}

The Cold War involvement of France in Central African politics included propping up David Dacko to be the first president,{{cite book |last=Titley |first=Brian |date=1997 |title=Dark Age. The Political Odyssey of Emperor Bokassa |location=Montreal |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |isbn=0773516026}}{{rp|16-17}} tacitly supporting the 1965 coup by Jean-Bédel Bokassa{{cite web |author= |date=26 February 2016 |title=Archives Foccart: la France et le coup d'Etat de Bokassa |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20160210-archives-foccart-france-rca-coup-etat-bokassa-histoire |website=RFI |access-date=2 February 2025}} and providing substantial support to his lavish coronation ceremony in 1977,{{rp|82-98}} overthrowing Bokassa and re-installing Dacko in Operation Caban, and supporting André Kolingba in his coup against Dacko two years later.{{rp|83}}{{rp|161-162}}{{cite journal |last1=Andriamirado |first1=Sennen |last2=Barrada |first2=Hamid |last3=Sada |first3=Hugo |date=1991 |title=L'Ancien chef des services secrets se met à table |journal=Jeune Afrique |issue=12 |pages=40–55}} The French military advisor {{ill|Jean-Claude Mantion|fr}}, serving as head of the Presidential Guard under Dacko and Kolingba, was described as a "proconsul" and as "the president of President Kolingba", implying he was even more powerful than Kolingba himself.{{cite book |last1=Borrel |first1=Thomas |last2=Thomas |first2=Yanis |date=2023 |editor-last1=Borrel |editor-first1=Thomas |editor-last2=Boukari-Yabara |editor-first2=Amzat |editor-last3=Collombat |editor-first3=Benoît |editor-last4=Deltombe |editor-first4=Thomas |title=Une histoire de la Françafrique: L'empire qui ne veut pas mourir |publisher=Seuil |location=Paris|pages=476 |chapter=L'Afrique francophone dans la nasse militaire française |isbn=9782757897751}}{{cite magazine |last=Malagardis |first=Maria |date=2016 |title=Hollande rattrapé par l'histoire |url=https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2013/12/04/hollande-rattrape-par-l-histoire_964276 |magazine=Libération |access-date=18 January 2025}}{{rp|181}}

France closed its military bases in Bangui and Bouar in 1997 and relations with the CAR decreased during the Patassé era. After the 2003 coup that brought François Bozizé to power, France again sent 300 troops to Bangui, initially to repatriate foreigners, but keeping them in place after a request from Bozizé.{{cite web |author= |date=29 May 2003 |title=Central African Republic: France pledges to continue supporting CEMAC peacekeeping force |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/central-african-republic/central-african-republic-france-pledges-continue-supporting-cemac |website=ReliefWeb |access-date=2 February 2025}} The military ties with France were further restored by sending the Foreign Legion general Jean-Pierre Pérez - who was also connected to the private military company EHC - to be Bozizé's counseller.{{cite web |author= |date=16 March 2024 |title=AFRIQUE / AFRIQUE CENTRALE - La nouvelle guerre froide passe par les mercenaires |url=https://www.fides.org/fr/news/74826-AFRIQUE_AFRIQUE_CENTRALE_La_nouvelle_guerre_froide_passe_par_les_mercenaires |website=Agenzia Fides |access-date=25 January 2025}}{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Yanis |date=30 September 2014 |title=Mercenariat en Centrafrique : une tradition bien française |url=https://survie.org/billets-d-afrique/2014/239-octobre-2014/article/mercenariat-en-centrafrique-une-4826 |website=Survie |access-date=25 January 2025}}

Between 2013 and 2016, France carried out a military intervention codenamed Operation Sangaris against Séléka and Anti-balaka rebel militias.{{cite web |url=http://www.opex360.com/2013/12/07/centrafrique-loperation-sangaris-comptera-1-600-militaires-francais |last=Lagneau |first=Laurent |title=Centrafrique : L'opération Sangaris comptera 1.600 militaires français pour désarmer les milices |date=7 December 2013 |website=Opex360 |access-date=2 February 2025}} However, in the early stages of the intervention, France was also accused of cooperating with the Anti-balaka against Séléka, which helped cement Séléka's popularity among groups that suffered from Anti-balaka attacks and massacres.{{cite journal |last=Marchal |first=Roland |date=October 2015 |title=Premières leçons d'une « drôle » de transition en République centrafricaine |url=https://shs.cairn.info/revue-politique-africaine-2015-3-page-123?lang=fr |journal=Politique africaine |volume=3 |issue=139 |pages=142 |access-date=28 January 2025}} France officially ended Sangaris in 2016{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.africanews.com/2016/10/29/sangaris-mission-in-car-officially-ends-on-october|title=Sangaris mission in CAR officially ends on October 30|date=29 October 2016|website=Africanews|access-date=2 February 2025}} and the last French troops left in 2022, after bilateral relations significantly cooled due to the CAR's increasing ties to Russia under Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

  • Central African Republic has an embassy in Paris.{{cite web|url=http://www.amb-rcaparis.org/site/|title=Jeanne Bucher - Tips Seputar Domino Online|website=Jeanne Bucher|access-date=22 November 2014|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216071515/http://www.amb-rcaparis.org/site/|url-status=dead}}
  • France has an embassy in Bangui.{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-cf.org|title=La France en République Centrafricaine|website=www.ambafrance-cf.org}}
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|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 June 1967.

Ghana is represented in the Central African Republic through its embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{Cite web |title=Our ambassador |url=https://ghanaembassy-drc.com/mission/ambassador/ |access-date=29 September 2023}}

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7 June 1976{{main|Central African Republic–India relations}}

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 June 1976.

India maintains a Honorary Consulate General in Bangui.{{cite web|title=Indian Missions Abroad|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?40/Central_African_Republic|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=4 February 2025|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Hony Consulates under Embassy of India, Kinshasa|url=http://eoi.gov.in/kinshasa/?0806?000|website=Embassy of India, Kinshasa|access-date=4 February 2025|language=en}} The two countries signed a protocol to hold recurring "Foreign Office Consultations" in 2010, although only one such consultation was held (in 2011), and have maintained contacts in the context of economic cooperation.{{cite web |author= |date=September 2023 |title=India-Central African Republic Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Central_African_Republic.pdf |website=Ministry of External Affairs |access-date=4 February 2025}}

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10 November 1961Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 November 1961 when government of the CAR agreed to the appointment of Ephraim Ben-Haim as Israel's first Ambassador to Central African Republic.{{Cite book |last=Yitzhak Oron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&dq=Middle+East+Record+-+Volume+2++ambassador+of+Israel+to+CAR+Ephraim+Ben+Haim+...+1961&pg=PA333 |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961, Volume 2 |publisher=The Moshe Dayan Center |year=1961 |pages=333 |access-date=1 July 2023}} But CAR severed diplomatic relations with Israel on 21 October 1973.{{Cite web |last=Benyamin Neuberger |title=Israel's Relations with the Third World (1948–2008) |url=https://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/abraham/publications/israel.pdf |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=tau.ac.il |page=19}} Diplomatic relations were restored on 16 January 1989.{{Cite web |title=Timeline of Jewish History: Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1980 - 1989) |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/timeline-of-modern-israel-1980-1989 |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=Jewish Virtual Library}}

The CAR also recognizes the State of Palestine. In the United Nations General Assembly, its position has varied over time. In the Bokassa era, as the country remained a Western and especially French ally,{{cite book |last1=Borrel |first1=Thomas |last2=Boukari-Yabara |first2=Amzat |last3=Collombat |first3=Benoît |last4=Deltombe |first4=Thomas |title=Une histoire de la Françafrique: L'empire qui ne veut pas mourir |publisher=Seuil |date=2023 |pages=454–456 |chapter=La folie des grandeurs. Armes, pétrole et nucléaire |isbn=9782757897751}} it was among 35 countries voting against the 1975 resolution determining that Zionism is a form of racism.{{cite web|url=http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=108V0691N26Y9.82&menu=search&aspect=power&npp=50&ipp=20&profile=voting&ri=&index=.VM&term=A/RES/3379%28XXX%29|title=UNBISnet|access-date=31 August 2017|archive-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231132408/http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=108V0691N26Y9.82&menu=search&aspect=power&npp=50&ipp=20&profile=voting&ri=&index=.VM&term=A/RES/3379(XXX)|url-status=dead}} However, it has taken a more favorable stance towards Palestine in recent years, voting in favour of the 2023 resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war{{Cite web |date=12 December 2023 |title=General Assembly Tenth Emergency Special session: 45th plenary meeting |url=https://docs.un.org/en/A/ES-10/PV.45 |page=11-12 |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=United Nations}} and the 2024 resolution upgrading Palestine's rights in the UN.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=UN General Assembly presses Security Council to give 'favourable consideration' to full Palestinian membership |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1149596 |access-date=10 May 2024 |website=United Nations}}

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6 May 1971Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 May 1971

Libya still plays an important role in the domestic politics of C.A.R.. Libya assisted C.A.R. in negotiating a peace agreement was signed in Tripoli in February 2007, between President Bozizé and the head of the Front démocratique du people centrafricain (FDPC) rebel movement (who is also said to have close ties to Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR), the rebel group that seized several cities in northern C.A.R. in November 2006).{{cite web|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/centrafrique/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=AFP70437accorselleb0|title=Centrafrique – JeuneAfrique.com|website=JeuneAfrique.com}}

Libya was previously one of the former president Patassé's closest allies, providing him with strong military support when he no longer trusted his own military or France. Patassé granted Libyan enterprises outstanding economic advantages, such as a 99-year concession on diamonds, gold, oil and uranium all over the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.fodem.org/la_depeche/200210/021101-15%20AE%20MASSI.htm|title=– Afrique Education n° 119 – du 1er au 15 Novembre 2002|access-date=2007-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927102659/http://www.fodem.org/la_depeche/200210/021101-15%20AE%20MASSI.htm|archive-date=2007-09-27|url-status=dead}} It is not known whether these agreements are still valid, but Bozizé has anyway a continuously good relation with Libya.

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4 February 2020Both nations established diplomatic relations on 4 February 2020 in New York City, with the signing by their respective ambassadors to the United Nations.{{cite web |title=México establece relaciones diplomáticas con la República Centroafricana |url=https://www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/mexico-establece-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-la-republica-centroafricana |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Gobierno de Mexico (in Spanish)}}

  • Mexico is accredited to the Central African Republic from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City.{{cite web| url = https://directorio.sre.gob.mx/index.php/misiones-de-mexico-en-el-exterior/onu| title = Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations| access-date = 2020-08-19| archive-date = 2020-08-08| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200808230549/https://directorio.sre.gob.mx/index.php/misiones-de-mexico-en-el-exterior/onu| url-status = dead}}
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5 September 1969{{Main|Central African Republic–North Korea relations}}

Both nations established diplomatic relations on 5 September 1969{{cite book |last=Yonhap News Agency |authorlink=Yonhap |date=2002 |title=North Korea Handbook |location=Seoul |publisher=M. E. Sharpe |page=957 |isbn=076-563-523-2 }}

While insignificant in recent years, there existed some contacts between the two countries during the Cold War, including state visits by both Bokassa{{cite book |last=Armstrong |first=Charles K. |date=2013 |title=Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992 |location=Ithaca |page=184 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-080-146-893-3 }}{{rp|102}} and Kolingba{{cite journal |last=Kihl |first=Young Whan |date=January 1984 |title=North Korea in 1983: Transforming "The Hermit Kingdom"? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644170 |journal=Asian Survey |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=108 |doi=10.2307/2644170 |jstor=2644170 |access-date=2 February 2025}}{{cite book |last=Kim |first=Ilpyong J. |date=2003 |title=Historical Dictionary of North Korea |url=https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/ForeignAcademic/HistoricalDictionaryOfNorthKorea-IlpyongJ.Kim-2003-OCR.pdf |location=Lanham, Maryland, and Oxford |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810843315 |page=xxvi |access-date=2 February 2025}} to Pyongyang.

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2 April 1974Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 April 1974 when Pakistan's first ambassador to the Central African Republic, Mr. Sha Ansani, presented credentials to President Jean Bedel Bokassa.{{Cite book |title=West Africa Issues 2951-2975 |publisher=West Africa Publishing Company, Limited |year=1974 |pages=447}}

The Central African Republic has maintained friendly relations with Pakistan, although these are not very intense. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid a state visit to Bangui in 1997.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} Pakistan is the third largest military contributor to the UN mission MINUSCA, only surpassed by Rwanda and Bangladesh.{{Cite web|title=MINUSCA|url=https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/minusca|access-date=3 February 2025|website=United Nations Peacekeeping|language=en}} It is also the third largest recipient of Central African exports (behind the United Arab Emirates and Italy), receiving $23.1 million as of 2022.

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7 December 1960{{Main|Central African Republic–Russia relations}}

{{See also|Wagner Group activities in the Central African Republic}}

The CAR and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations on 7 December 1960

In March 2018, Russia agreed to provide free military aid to the Central African Republic, sending small arms, ammunition, and 175 instructors to train the Central African Armed Forces.{{cite news |publisher=Russian News Agency TASS |quote="At the request of the Central African Republic’s president, Russia decided to provide the country with free military aid," he said. According to him, with the consent of the United Nations Security Council committee, the Russian Defense Ministry handed a batch of small arms and ammunition to the armed forces of the Central African Republic and sent five military and 170 civilian instructors to train the country’s military servicemen. |url=http://tass.com/defense/995674 |date=March 22, 2018 |title=Russia provides free military aid to Central African Republic — Foreign Ministry}} The advisers are believed to be members of the Wagner Group.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/russian-mercenaries-wagner-africa/568435/ |magazine=The Atlantic |quote=Then, in March 2018, the Kremlin issued a statement that 170 "civilian advisors" (widely understood to mean Wagner forces) had arrived in the CAR to train government forces. At the end of July, another 500 alleged Wagner fighters appeared on the Sudan-CAR border. |title=Russia's Favorite Mercenaries |date=August 27, 2018 |first=Neil |last=Hauer}} It was Russia's largest military deployment to Africa since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.{{Cite book |last1=Kisangani |first1=Emizet F. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781108550802/type/book |title=African Interventions: State Militaries, Foreign Powers, and Rebel Forces |last2=Pickering |first2=Jeffrey |date=2021-11-30 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-55080-2 |edition=1 |doi=10.1017/9781108550802.002|s2cid=240255564 }} {{As of|2019|1}}, the CAR is considering hosting a Russian Armed Forces base.{{cite web|url=https://www.stripes.com/russian-base-in-central-africa-on-the-table-while-us-refocuses-its-strategy-1.563808 |title=Russian base in central Africa on the table while US refocuses its strategy |author=John Vandiver |date=January 10, 2019 |website=Stripes.com |access-date=January 14, 2019}} A former Russian intelligence official has been installed by the Central African president as his top security adviser.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/world/russia-diamonds-africa-prigozhin.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/world/russia-diamonds-africa-prigozhin.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title=Gems, Warlords and Mercenaries: Russia's Playbook in Central African Republic|last=Searcey|first=Dionne|date=2019-09-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-09-30|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}

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21 May 1964The CAR and Yugoslavia established diplomatic relations on 21 May 1964

In 2011, the CAR recognized the independence of Kosovo.[http://www.1deputyprimeminister-ks.net/repository/images/25.06.2011_nota_verbale_Republika_e_Afrikes_Qendrore.jpg Verbal Note] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131104003420/http://www.1deputyprimeminister-ks.net/repository/images/25.06.2011_nota_verbale_Republika_e_Afrikes_Qendrore.jpg |date=4 November 2013}}, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, 22 July 2011 (in French) However, it again withdrew this recognition in 2019, making it the fourteenth country to do so.{{cite web |author= |date=2019 |title=Dacic: Central African Republic has withdrawn recognition of Kosovo independence (B92, Tanjug, RTS) |url=https://media.unmikonline.org/mediareports/serb-monitoring-12433 |website=UNMIK Media Observer |access-date=3 February 2025}} Serbian prime minister Ivica Dačić visited the CAR in 2018{{cite web |author= |title=Central African Republic |url=https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-cooperation/central-african-republic |website=Republic of Serbia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=3 February 2025}} and Faustin-Archange Touadéra visited Serbia in 2024.{{cite web |author= |date=28 February 2024 |title=Dacic welcomes President of Central African Republic |url=https://www.srbija.gov.rs/vest/en/219825/dacic-welcomes-president-of-central-african-republic.php |location=Belgrade |website=Government of the Republic of Serbia |access-date=3 February 2025}}

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27 November 1964Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 November 1964

  • Central African Republic is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Paris, France.
  • Spain is accredited to the Central African Republic from its embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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1962{{Main|Central African Republic–Sudan relations}}

Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1962

Given that Bozizé accuses Sudan of supporting the UFDR rebels who are actively fighting the Central African Government, the relation between the two countries has remained good. Bozizé even planned to visit Khartoum in December 2006, but had to cancel his trip when Chad (which has strained relations with the Sudanese Government) threatened to withdraw its military support to C.A.R. Bozizé said that he was afraid of getting involved in the Darfur crisis and claimed that the solution is in the hands of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.[http://www.alwihdainfo.com/articles/voir_art.php?numart=7053&categorie=articles – François Bozizé se confie au Messager, June 21, 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012431/http://www.alwihdainfo.com/articles/voir_art.php?numart=7053&categorie=articles |date=September 27, 2007 }}

During the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005), there was a massive uncontrolled crossing of the Sudan-C.A.R. border by soldiers from the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), looking for safety during periods of attacks or drought. At the same time, C.A.R. was used by the Sudanese Armed Forces when launching attacks on the SPLA. Moreover, thousands of Sudanese refugees lived in C.A.R.; at the peak of the influx, by the early 1990s there were 36,000 Sudanese refugees in Mboki in south-east C.A.R. About half of the refugees were SPLA soldiers with more than 5000 weapons, who allegedly occupied towns as far as 200 km into the C.A.R. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was forced to close its refugee camp at Mboki in October 2002, due to the high prevalence of weapons.

After the war, all refugees were repatriated to Sudan; the last of the 9,700 remaining in Central African Republic were evacuated in April 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/461f67102.html|title=News|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|last=Refugees}} Sudan was one of the contributors to the peacekeeping force of the Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN-SAD) in Central African Republic in 2001–2002.

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29 January 1980{{Main|Central African Republic–Turkey relations}}

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 January 1980

The trade volume between the two countries was US$5.81 million in 2019 (the CAR's exports/imports: 1.97/3.84 million USD). As of 2022, the CAR's exports to Turkey had risen to $5.23 million, most of which consisted of rough wood.{{cite web |author= |title=Central African Republic / Turkey |url=https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/caf/partner/tur |website=OEC |access-date=4 February 2025}} After a 2022 visit of Foreign Minister Sylvie Baïpo-Temon to Turkey, the two countries signed agreements on political and economic cooperation.{{cite news |title=Meeting of Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu with Foreign Minister Sylvie Baïpo Temon of the Central African Republic |url=https://nnn.ng/meeting-foreign-minister-2/ |access-date=3 April 2022 |work=NNN |date=28 January 2022 |language=en}}

  • Central African Republic has an Honorary Consulate in Istanbul.{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-the-central-african-republic.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and the Central African Republic}}
  • The Turkish ambassador in Yaoundé to Cameroon is also accredited to the Central African Republic.
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22 May 2009Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 May 2009

The UAE are by far the largest recipient of Central African exports, with estimates for 2022 ranging from $47.3{{cite web |author= |date=2025 |title=Central African Republic Imports from Cameroon in US$ Thousand 2010-2022 |url=https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/CAF/StartYear/2010/EndYear/2022/TradeFlow/Export/Partner/ARE/Indicator/XPRT-TRD-VL |website=World Integrated Trade Solution |publisher=World Bank |access-date=4 February 2025}} to $91.9 million. More than two thirds of these exports consist of gold while the remnant is almost entirely composed of diamonds.{{cite web |author= |title=United Arab Emirates / Central African Republic |url=https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/are/partner/caf?dynamicBilateralTradeSelector=year2022 |website=OEC |access-date=4 February 2025}} These exports increased over tenfold between 2017 and 2022. In November 2024, at a plenary meeting in Dubai, the Kimberley Process lifted the ban on rough diamonds from the CAR it had imposed after the 2013 Séléka takeover. Lifting this embargo on potential "blood diamonds" had been put on the table by Russia when it chaired the Kimberley Process in 2020-2021, but pressure to lift it especially intensified under UAE chairmanship.{{cite web |author= |date=4 December 2024 |title=Kimberley Process lifts conflict diamonds embargo on the Central African Republic – Q&A |url=https://ipisresearch.be/kimberley-process-lifts-conflict-diamonds-embargo-on-the-central-african-republic-qa |website=IPIS Research |access-date=4 February 2025}} When the embargo was still active, organizations including Amnesty International found that traders in Dubai and Antwerp (two major hubs of the diamond trade) used loopholes to continue trading illegally acquired diamonds from the CAR.{{cite web |author= |date=29 September 2015 |title=Chains of abuse: The case of diamonds from the Central African Republic and the global diamond supply chain |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr19/2494/2015/en |website=Amnesty International |page=54-57 |access-date=4 February 2025}}{{cite web |author= |date=June 2017 |title=A Game of Stones |url=https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/central-african-republic-car/game-of-stones |website=Global Witness |page=9 |access-date=4 February 2025}}

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum met with Faustin-Archange Touadéra to discuss bilateral relations on multiple occasions, including in Abu Dhabi in 2021,{{cite web |author= |date=13 December 2021 |title=Mohammed bin Rashid meets with President of Central African Republic |url=https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395303002587 |website=WAM |access-date=4 February 2025}} Dubai in 2023{{cite web |author= |date=12 February 2023 |title=Mohammed bin Rashid meets with President of Central African Republic |url=https://www.wam.ae/en/article/hszrgfob-mohammed-bin-rashid-meets-with-president-central |website=WAM |access-date=4 February 2025}} and Bangui in 2024.{{cite web |author= |date=23 November 2024 |title=His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot Bin Nahyan Meets President of Central Africa to Discuss Strengthening Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mofa.gov.ae/en/mediahub/news/2024/11/23/23-11-2024-uae-uae |website=United Arab Emirates - Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=4 February 2025}} In January 2024, the two countries also agreed to build a new airport in Bangui with $200 million in Emirati funding.{{cite web |last=Abraham |first=Sneha |date=24 January 2024 |title=Central African Republic Signs Deal For New Airport |url=https://constructafrica.com/news/central-african-republic-signs-deal-new-airport |website=ConstructAfrica |access-date=4 February 2025}}{{cite web |author= |date=20 January 2024 |title=Central African Republic, UAE ink agreement to build new airport in Bangui |url=https://report.az/en/other-countries/central-african-republic-uae-ink-agreement-to-build-new-airport-in-bangui |website=Report News Agency |access-date=4 February 2025}}

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{{Date table sorting|1960}}The UK established diplomatic relations with the Central African Republic on 9 December 1960.

  • The Central African Republic does not maintain an embassy in the UK.
  • The United Kingdom is not accredited to the Central African Republic through an embassy; the UK develops relations through its embassy in Kinshasa, DR Congo.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/central-african-republic|title=UK help and services in Central African Republic|website=GOV.UK|access-date=10 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929094116/https://www.gov.uk/world/central-african-republic|archive-date=29 September 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-kinshasa|title=British Embassy Kinshasa|website=GOV.UK|access-date=10 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610041207/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-kinshasa|archive-date=10 June 2024|url-status=live}}
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Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 August 1960{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Central African Republic |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/central-african-republic |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Office of the Historian}}

The U.S. Embassy in Bangui was briefly closed as a result of the 1996–97 mutinies. It reopened in 1998 with limited staff, but U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Peace Corps missions previously operating in Bangui did not return. The American Embassy in Bangui again temporarily suspended operations on November 2, 2002, in response to security concerns raised by the October 2002 launch of François Bozizé's 2003 military coup.

The Embassy reopened in January 2005; however, there currently is limited U.S. diplomatic/consular representation in the CAR. As a result, the ability of the Embassy to provide services to American citizens remains extremely limited. The United States Department of State approved the lifting of Section 508 aid restrictions triggered by the coup; U.S. assistance to the Central African Republic had been prohibited except in the areas of humanitarian aid and support for democratization.

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  • Central African Republic has an embassy in Washington, DC.{{cite web|url=http://www.rcawashington.org/|title=Embassy of the Central African Republic in Washington – Ambassade République centrafricaine aux Etats-Unis (et Canada)|website=www.rcawashington.org|access-date=2014-11-22|archive-date=2021-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506194316/https://rcawashington.org/|url-status=dead}}
  • United States has an embassy in Bangui.{{cite web|url=http://bangui.usembassy.gov|title=Embassy of the United States in Bangui (in English and French)|access-date=2019-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129114613/http://bangui.usembassy.gov/|archive-date=2014-11-29|url-status=dead}}

See also

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