Since the establishment of the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1970, which was upgraded to a full fledged Ministry in 1972, formal diplomatic relations have been established with the following:
No. |
Country Name |
Date of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |
1 |
India |
Jan-68 |
2 |
Bangladesh |
12.04.1973 |
3 |
Kuwait |
23.05.1983 |
4 |
Nepal |
03.06.1983 |
5 |
Maldives |
20.07.1984 |
6 |
Netherlands |
10.06.1985 |
7 |
European Union |
09.08.1985 |
8 |
Denmark |
13.08.1985 |
9 |
Sweden |
27.08.1985 |
10 |
Switzerland |
16.09.1985 |
11 |
Norway |
05.11.1985 |
12 |
Japan |
28.03.1986 |
13 |
Finland |
01.05.1986 |
14 |
Sri Lanka |
13.05.1987 |
15 |
Korea, South |
24.09.1987 |
16 |
Pakistan |
15.12.1988 |
17 |
Austria |
08.05.1989 |
18 |
Thailand |
14.11.1989 |
19 |
Bahrain |
06.01.1992 |
20 |
Australia |
14.09.2002 |
21 |
Singapore |
20.09.2002 |
22 |
Canada |
25.06.2003 |
23 |
Belgium |
21.01.2009 |
24 |
Brazil |
21.09.2009 |
25 |
Afghanistan |
20.04.2010 |
26 |
Spain |
11.02.2011 |
27 |
Cuba |
26.09.2011 |
28 |
Fiji |
18.11.2011 |
29 |
Morocco |
21.11.2011 |
30 |
Luxembourg |
01.12.2011 |
31 |
Czech Republic |
02.12.2011 |
32 |
Serbia |
09.12.2011 |
33 |
Indonesia |
15.12.2011 |
34 |
Mongolia |
18.01.2012 |
35 |
Vietnam |
19.01.2012 |
36 |
Myanmar |
01.02.2012 |
37 |
Argentina |
14.03.2012 |
38 |
Costa Rica |
21.03.2012 |
39 |
Andorra |
23.03.2012 |
40 |
Mauritius |
02.07.2012 |
41 |
Eswatini |
21.08.2012 |
42 |
United Arab Emirates |
13.09.2012 |
43 |
Slovenia |
13.09.2012 |
44 |
Slovakia |
26.09.2012 |
45 |
Armenia |
26.09.2012 |
46 |
Turkey |
26.09.2012 |
47 |
Egypt |
14.11.2012 |
48 |
Kazakhstan |
20.11.2012 |
49 |
Poland |
29.11.2012 |
50 |
Colombia |
21.12.2012 |
51 |
Tajikistan |
24.01.2013 |
52 |
Azerbaijan |
07.02.2013 |
53 |
Oman |
15.03.2013 |
54 |
Germany |
25.11.2020 |
55 |
Israel |
12.12.2020 |