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Georgia's location, nestled between the Black Sea, Russia, and Turkey, gives it strategic importance far beyond its size. It is developing as the gateway from the Black Sea to the Caucasus and the larger Caspian region, but also serves as a buffer between Russia and Turkey. Georgia has a long and close relationship with Russia, but it is reaching out to its other neighbors and looking to the West in search of alternatives and opportunities. It signed a partnership and cooperation agreement with the European Union, participates in the Partnership for Peace, and encourages foreign investment. France, Germany, the United Kingdom,and the United States all have embassies in Tbilisi.
Georgia is a member of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE
Because of its strategic location it is in both the Russian and American spheres of influence.
Disputes - international: Georgia relationships with Russia are at it lowest point in modern history due to Georgian-Russian espionage controversy and due to the 2008 South Ossetia war, Georgia broke off diplomatic relations with Russia and has left the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Armenia | 17 July 1992[1] | See Armenia–Georgia relations
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Azerbaijan | 18 November 1992[3] | See Azerbaijan–Georgia relations
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Turkey | 21 May 1992[4] | See Georgia–Turkey relations
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Austria | 18 January 1993[7] |
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Belarus | See Foreign relations of Belarus | |
Bulgaria | 5 June 1992[8] | See Bulgaria–Georgia relations
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Cyprus | 9 July 1993[11] | See Foreign relations of Cyprus |
Czech Republic | 1 January 1993[12] | See Foreign relations of the Czech Republic |
Denmark | 1 July 1992[13] | See Denmark–Georgia relations |
Estonia | 16 June 1992[14] | See Foreign relations of Estonia |
Finland | 8 July 1992[15] | See Foreign relations of Finland |
France | 21 August 1992[16] | See Foreign relations of France |
Germany | 13 April 1992[17] |
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Hungary | 14 May 1992[20] |
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Italy | 11 May 1992[22] | See Georgia–Italy relations
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Latvia | 11 March 1993[23] |
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Lithuania | 16 September 1994[25] |
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Malta | 1 February 1993[28] | See Georgia–Malta relations |
Moldova | 25 June 1992[29] |
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Netherlands | 21 April 1992[30] |
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Poland | 28 April 1992[31] | See Georgia–Poland relations
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Romania | 25 June 1992[32] |
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Serbia | 26 June 1995[33] |
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Sweden | 19 September 1992[34] |
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Switzerland | 10 June 1992[35] |
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Ukraine | 22 July 1992[37] | See Georgia–Ukraine relations
Relations between Georgia and Ukraine and between the Georgian and Ukrainian people in particular last from the Middle Ages. |
United Kingdom | 27 April 1992[38] |
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Brunei | 1 March 2010[41] | |
India | 28 September 1992[42] | |
Iran | 15 May 1992[44] | See Persia-Georgia relations, Georgia–Iran relations
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Israel | 1 June 1992[45] | See Georgia–Israel relations |
Japan | 3 August 1992[46] | See Georgia–Japan relations
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Kazakhstan | 24 July 1992[47] |
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Malaysia | 7 May 1993[48] |
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Maldives | March 2010[49] | |
People's Republic of China | 9 June 1992[50] |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 11 April 2011[52] | Antigua and Barbuda and Georgia established diplomatic relations on 11 April 2011, and signed a joint protocol.[52] |
Bahamas | 13 May 2011[53] | |
Botswana | 15 January 2010[54] | See Foreign relations of Botswana |
Canada | 23 July 1992[55] | See Foreign relations of Canada |
Central African Republic | 23 December 2010[56] | |
Comoros | 26 March 2010[57] | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 14 January 2011[58] | |
Dominica | December 2010[59] | |
Dominican Republic | 22 January 2010[60] | |
Egypt | 11 May 1992[61] |
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Equatorial Guinea | 23 June 2010[63] | |
Fiji | 29 March 2010[64] | |
Gambia | 21 April 2010[65] | |
Guinea-Bissau | 9 March 2011[66] | |
Honduras | 9 March 2011[67] | |
Mauritius | 5 March 2011[68] | |
Federated States of Micronesia | 12 August 2011[69] | |
Paraguay | 9 March 2010[70] | |
Rwanda | March 2011[71] | |
Saint Lucia | February 2010[72] | |
Solomon Islands | 12 March 2011[73] | |
Somalia | 26 February 2011[74] | |
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Suriname | 28 May 2011[75] | |
Tuvalu[76] | 4 February 2011[77] | |
United States | 23 April 1992[78] | See Georgia – United States relations
On January 9, 2009, the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze signed a Charter on Strategic Partnership, a nonbinding document outlining areas of cooperation and reiterating the U.S. support for Georgia's territorial integrity and to Georgia's NATO membership.[79] |
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Macedonia | none | Georgia has no diplomatic relations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia due to the name issue and hopes that the UN could find a viable solution to this problem. Georgia is especially interested in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's experience in the process of integration into the Transatlantic structures.[80] |
Nicaragua[76] | 14 September 1994[81] — 28 November 2008[82] | Nicaraguan-Georgian diplomatic relations established on September 19, 1994[81] ended on November 29, 2008. The Georgian Foreign Ministry said that it had cut diplomatic ties with Nicaragua in a response to the latter’s recognition of independence of breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia.[82] |
Russia[76] | 1 July 1992— 2 September 2008[83] | See Georgia–Russia relations
On August 29, 2008, in the aftermath of the 2008 South Ossetia war, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze announced that Georgia had broken diplomatic relations with Russia. He also said that Russian diplomats must leave Georgia, and that no Georgian diplomat would remain in Russia, while only consular relations would be maintained. Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said that Russia regretted this step.[84] |
Georgia has established relations with 164 countries, the Vatican City, Order of Malta and Palestine.[85][86]
Georgia has terminated its diplomatic relations with Russia[84][76] and Nicaragua[76].
Georgia has not yet established diplomatic relations with:
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