Foreign relations of the Marshall Islands

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While the Government of the Marshall Islands is free to conduct its own foreign relations, it does so under the terms of its Compact of Free Association with the United States. Since independence, the Republic of the Marshall Islands has established relations with 67 nations, including most other Pacific Island nations. Regional cooperation, through membership in various regional and international organizations, is a key element in its foreign policy.

The Marshall Islands became a member of the United Nations in September 1991. The Marshall Islands maintains embassies in the United States, Fiji, Japan, and the Republic of China (Taiwan).

In May 2005, Chen Shui-bian, President of the Taiwan (Republic of China), became the first foreign head of state to make an official visit to the Marshall Islands.

Disputes - international: The United States and the Marshall Islands governments both claim Wake Island

[edit] See also

• Marshall Islands

[edit] External links

• Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations
• RMI Embassy to the U.S.
• US Embassy in Majuro

Member states of the Pacific Islands Forum
Australia · Cook Islands · Fiji · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Nauru · New Zealand · Niue · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Samoa · Solomon Islands · Tonga · Tuvalu · Vanuatu associate members: French Polynesia · New Caledonia ·— observer Tokelau    special observer: Timor-Leste