Foreign relations of Cape Verde
Cape Verde follows a policy of nonalignment and seeks cooperative relations with all friendly states. Angola, Brazil, the People's Republic of China, Cuba, France, Germany, Portugal, Senegal, Russia, South Korea and the United States maintain embassies in Praia.
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Cape Verde is actively interested in foreign affairs, especially in Africa. It has bilateral relations with some Lusophone nations and holds membership in a number of international organizations. It also participates in most international conferences on economic and political issues.
Bilateral relations
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![]() | 30 June 2006 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on June 30, 2006.[1]
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![]() | 7 March 1976 | See Angola–Cape Verde relations
Cape Verde signed a friendship accord with Angola in December 1975, shortly after Angola gained its independence. Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau served as stop-over points for Cuban troops on their way to Angola to fight UNITA rebels and South African troops. Prime Minister Pedro Pires sent FARP soldiers to Angola where they served as the personal bodyguards of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos.[2] |
![]() | 26 September 1975 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on September 26, 1975.[3]
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![]() | 26 February 1993 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 February 1993.[4] |
![]() | 22 September 2009 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 september 2009[5]
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29 April 1978 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 April 1978[6][7] |
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22 March 2004 | The governments of Azerbaijan and Cape Verde established diplomatic relations on 22 March 2004[8] |
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17 March 2005 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 March 2005[9][10] |
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6 June 2018 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 June 2018[11] |
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4 June 1992 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 June 1992[12] |
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1 March 1989 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 March 1989[13] |
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18 October 1995 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 October 1995[14] |
![]() | 5 July 1975 | See Brazil–Cape Verde relations
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![]() | 1976 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1976.[15]
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![]() | 25 April 1976[16] | See Cape Verde–China relations
In January 2007, Manuel Inocêncio Sousa, Minister of Infrastructure, Transports and Sea, acknowledged the People's Republic of China's importance to Cape Verde stating: "China has been a friend of Cape Verde even before it gained independence from Portugal 30 years ago. Bilateral relations have been very good: in 2002, for example, the trade value between our two countries reached US $1.8 million, in Chinese exports of light industry products and miscellaneous goods."
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27 July 1987 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 July 1987[17] |
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23 May 1996 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 May 1996[18] |
![]() | 19 August 1994 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on August 19, 1994.[19][20] |
![]() | 5 September 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 September 1975[21]
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![]() | 31 May 2000 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 31, 2000.[22] |
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15 May 2019 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 May 2019[26] |
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29 September 2007 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 September 2007[27] |
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10 August 2010 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 August 2010[28] |
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1 October 1991 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1991[29] |
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2 April 2012 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 April 2012[30] |
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22 July 1983 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 July 1983 |
![]() | 1976 | See Cape Verde–France relations |
![]() | 22 January 2010 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on January 22, 2010[31] |
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24 April 1986 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 April 1986[32] |
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25 July 2006 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 July 2006[33] |
![]() | 1975 | See Cape Verde–Guinea-Bissau relations
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is about 900 km south-east of Cape Verde in coastal West Africa. Both were colonies of the Portuguese Empire and they campaigned together for independence with a plan for unification, but the countries separated after 1980.[34][35]
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![]() | 16 July 1975 |
Hungary is represented in Cape-Verde by its embassy in Lisbon, Portugal[36][37] and an honorary consulate in Praia.[36] |
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20 July 1977 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 July 1977[38] |
![]() | 1977 | See Cape Verde–India relations
After Cape Verde became a Portuguese colony in the 15th century, it became an important transit point for trade routes from Europe to India and Australia.[39] The Embassy of India in Dakar, Senegal is concurrently accredited to Cape Verde. Cape Verde maintains an Honorary Consulate General in New Delhi.[40] Foreign Minister Jose Brito was the first Cape Verdean minister to visit India in November 2009.[41] Minister of State for Rural Development Sudarshan Bhagat visited Cape Verde in September 2015 as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy. Bhagat invited Cape Verde to send a delegation to attend the third India Africa Forum Summit. Foreign Minister Tolentini Araujo Jorge led the Cape Verdean delegation to participate in the Summit in New Delhi in October 2015.[42] Bilateral trade between Cape Verde and India totaled US$4.20 million in 2014-15, declining by 40.72% from the previous fiscal. India exported $1.43 million worth of goods to Cape Verde, and imported $2.77 million. The main commodities exported from India to Cape Verde are drugs, pharmaceuticals, plastic and linoleum products, and man-made fibers.[42] IBSA provided a grant to refurbish a healthcare Centre in Cape Verde. India provided a line of credit worth $5 million to establish a Technology Park in the country. India donated $50,000 in 2010 to help the Government of Cape Verde to fight dengue fever, and supplied computers for the Government's "A New World" programme in October 2012. Citizens of Cape Verde are eligible for scholarships under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.[42] A small Indian community resides in Cape Verde.[42] |
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Indonesia is represented in Cape Verde by its embassy in Dakar.[43] | |
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19 March 2021 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 March 2021[44][45] |
![]() | 27 July 1994 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 July 1994.[46] |
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22 March 1999 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 March 1999[47] |
![]() | December 1977 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on July 11, 1975.[48] |
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30 March 1987 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 March 1987[49] |
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26 September 2019 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 September 2019[50] |
![]() | 21 October 1992 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on October 21, 1992.[51] |
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20 May 2021 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 May 2021[52] |
![]() | 28 May 1992 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 28, 1992.[53] |
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31 March 1977 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 March 1977[54] |
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23 April 2003 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 April 2003[55] |
![]() | 17 March 2016 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on March 17, 2016.[56] |
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1 December 1995 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 December 1995[57] |
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2 September 2004 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 September 2004[59] |
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10 August 2017 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 August 2017[60] |
![]() | 19 November 1975 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on November 19, 1975.[61] |
![]() | 17 December 2010 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on December 17, 2010.[62] |
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3 August 2017 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 August 2017[63][64] |
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9 May 1977 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 May 1977[65] |
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22 May 2006 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 May 2006[66] |
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30 October 1987 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 October 1987[49] |
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5 April 2021 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 April 2021[67] |
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21 March 2000 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 March 2000[68][69] |
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12 February 1976 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 February 1976[70] |
![]() | 5 July 1975 | See Cape Verde–Portugal relations
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17 September 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 September 1975[71] |
![]() | 14 July 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 July 1975[72]
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13 June 2007 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 June 2007[73] |
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25 September 2019 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 September 2019[74][75] |
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![]() | 1975 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1975.[76] |
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17 August 1992 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 August 1992[77] |
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26 May 2011 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 May 2011[78] |
![]() | 4 April 1994 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on April 4, 1994.[79]
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![]() | 3 October 1988[80] |
Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Korea and Cape Verde is 3 October 1988. In 2011 Bilateral Trade were Exports $1,140,792 (Machineries, Automobile, Optical Instruments) Imports: $65,166.[81] |
![]() | 21 December 1977[82] | See Cape Verde–Spain relations
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30 May 2010 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 May 2010[83][84] |
![]() | 1980 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1980.[85] |
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7 June 2018 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 June 2018[86] |
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2 December 1986 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 December 1986[87] |
![]() | 24 June 1979[88] | See Cape Verde–Turkey relations |
![]() | 25 March 1992[90] |
Ukraine is represented in Cape-Verde by its embassy in Dakar, Senegal.[91] |
![]() | 19 July 1975[92] | See Cape Verde–United States relations
The United States provided emergency humanitarian aid and economic assistance to Cape Verde in the period immediately following Cape Verde's independence, as well as after natural disasters, including a hurricane that struck the island of Brava in 1982, and after a severe volcanic eruption on Fogo in 1995. Cape Verde also is eligible for trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), and has signed an Open Skies agreement to facilitate air travel safety and expansion. On July 4, 2005, Cape Verde became the third country to sign a compact with the U.S. Government-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); the five-year assistance package is worth over $110 million in addressing rural economic expansion, infrastructure development, and development of the credit sector.
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10 September 2013 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 September 2013[93] |
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20 September 2006 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 September 2006[94] |
![]() | 8 July 1975 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on July 8, 1975.[95] |
Multilateral Relations
European Union
See also
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