Foreign relations of Georgia

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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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Relations by country

Neighboring countries

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Armenia 01992-07-17 17 July 1992[1] See Armenia–Georgia relations
  • There are nearly 248,929 Armenians in Georgia, among them 90,373 living in Javakheti and 73,229 in Tbilisi.[2] The Georgian minority in Armenia is less sizable.
  • Armenia and Georgia have a long history of cultural and political relations. The interaction peaked in the Middle Ages when both nations engaged in prolific cultural dialogue and allied themselves against the neighboring Muslim empires. There were frequent intermarriages between Armenian and Georgian the royal and noble families and both ethnicities intermingled in several border areas.
 Azerbaijan 01992-11-18 18 November 1992[3] See Azerbaijan–Georgia relations
 Turkey 01992-05-21 21 May 1992[4] See Georgia–Turkey relations


Europe

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Austria 01993-01-18 18 January 1993[7]
 Belarus See Foreign relations of Belarus
 Bulgaria 01992-06-05 5 June 1992[8] See Bulgaria–Georgia relations
 Cyprus 01993-07-09 9 July 1993[11] See Foreign relations of Cyprus
 Czech Republic 01993-01-01 1 January 1993[12] See Foreign relations of the Czech Republic
 Denmark 01992-07-01 1 July 1992[13] See Denmark–Georgia relations
 Estonia 01992-06-16 16 June 1992[14] See Foreign relations of Estonia
 Finland 01992-07-08 8 July 1992[15] See Foreign relations of Finland
 France 01992-08-21 21 August 1992[16] See Foreign relations of France
 Germany 01992-04-13 13 April 1992[17]
 Hungary 01992-05-14 14 May 1992[20]
 Italy 01992-05-11 11 May 1992[22] See Georgia–Italy relations
 Latvia 01993-03-11 11 March 1993[23]
 Lithuania 01994-09-16 16 September 1994[25]
 Malta 01993-02-01 1 February 1993[28] See Georgia–Malta relations
 Moldova 01992-06-25 25 June 1992[29]
 Netherlands 01992-04-21 21 April 1992[30]
  • Georgia has an embassy in The Hague.
  • Netherlands has an embassy in Tbilisi.
 Poland 01992-04-28 28 April 1992[31] See Georgia–Poland relations
  • Georgia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Tbilisi.
 Romania 01992-06-25 25 June 1992[32]
 Serbia 01995-06-26 26 June 1995[33]
 Sweden 01992-09-19 19 September 1992[34]
  • Georgia has an embassy in Stockholm.
  • Sweden has an embassy in Tbilisi.
  • After the war, when Abkhazia and South Ossetia broke away from Georgia, Georgia and Sweden both did not recognize the independence of both states. There were protests near the Russian embassy in Stockholm, as the war was going on August 12, 2008. The protests was held by a group of Georgians and Swedes.
 Switzerland 01992-06-10 10 June 1992[35]
 Ukraine 01992-07-22 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 01992-04-27 27 April 1992[38]

Asia

Country Formal Relations Began Notes¨
 Brunei 02010-03-01 1 March 2010[41]
 India 01992-09-28 28 September 1992[42]
 Iran 01992-05-15 15 May 1992[44] See Persia-Georgia relations, Georgia–Iran relations
  • Persia and Georgia have had relations for thousands of years.
 Israel 01992-06-01 1 June 1992[45] See Georgia–Israel relations
  • Georgia has an embassy in Tel Aviv.
  • Israel has an embassy in Tbilissi.
  • There are 13,000 Jews living in Georgia.
 Japan 01992-08-03 3 August 1992[46] See Georgia–Japan relations
 Kazakhstan 01992-07-24 24 July 1992[47]
 Malaysia 01993-05-07 7 May 1993[48]
 Maldives 02010-03 March 2010[49]
 People's Republic of China 01992-06-09 9 June 1992[50]

Rest of world

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Antigua and Barbuda 02011-04-11 11 April 2011[52] Antigua and Barbuda and Georgia established diplomatic relations on 11 April 2011, and signed a joint protocol.[52]
 Bahamas 02011-05-13 13 May 2011[53]
 Botswana 02010-01-15 15 January 2010[54] See Foreign relations of Botswana
 Canada 01992-07-23 23 July 1992[55] See Foreign relations of Canada
 Central African Republic 02010-12-23 23 December 2010[56]
 Comoros 02010-03-26 26 March 2010[57]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 02011-01-14 14 January 2011[58]
 Dominica 02010-12 December 2010[59]
 Dominican Republic 02010-01-22 22 January 2010[60]
 Egypt 01992-05-11 11 May 1992[61]
 Equatorial Guinea 02010-06-23 23 June 2010[63]
 Fiji 02010-03-29 29 March 2010[64]
 Gambia 02010-04-21 21 April 2010[65]
 Guinea-Bissau 02011-03-09 9 March 2011[66]
 Honduras 02011-03-09 9 March 2011[67]
 Mauritius 02011-03-05 5 March 2011[68]
 Federated States of Micronesia 02011-08-12 12 August 2011[69]
 Paraguay 02010-03-09 9 March 2010[70]
 Rwanda 02011-03 March 2011[71]
 Saint Lucia 02010-02 February 2010[72]
 Solomon Islands 02011-03-12 12 March 2011[73]
 Somalia 02011-02-26 26 February 2011[74]
 South Africa
 Suriname 02011-05-28 28 May 2011[75]
 Tuvalu[76] 02011-02-04 4 February 2011[77]
 United States 01992-04-23 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]

No diplomatic relations

Country Formal Relations Notes
 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] 01994-09-14 14 September 1994[81]02008-11-28 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] 01992-07-01 1 July 199202008-09-02 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]

Overview

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:

See also

References

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  36. ^ Swiss embassy in Tbilissi
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  39. ^ British embassy in Tbilissi
  40. ^ Georgian embassy in London
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  43. ^ Indian embassy in Yerevan (also accredited to Georgia)
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  51. ^ Chinese embassy in Tbilissi
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  62. ^ Georgian embassy in Cairo
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  76. ^ a b c d e f g h i Has recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence
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  78. ^ "Relations Between Georgia and the United States of America". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Georgia). http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=268&lang_id=ENG. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 
  79. ^ United States-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership. Civil Georgia. January 9, 2009
  80. ^ Georgia-Macedonia relations
  81. ^ a b "Relations between Georgia and the Republic of Nicaragua". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Georgia). http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=342&info_id=9644. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 
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  83. ^ "Relations between Georgia and Russia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Georgia). http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=351&lang_id=ENG. Retrieved 11 July 2011. 
  84. ^ a b Georgia breaks relations with Russia
  85. ^ Bilateral Relations
  86. ^ LIST OF COUNTRIES, WHICH HAVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GEORGIA

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