Foreign Relations of Vanuatu - Relations By Country

Relations By Country

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
Cuba 1983 See Cuba–Vanuatu relations

Vanuatu and Cuba established official diplomatic relations in 1983.
France 1980 See France–Vanuatu relations
  • Current relations between France and Vanuatu, as seen by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
India 1983 See India–Vanuatu relations
  • Current relations between India and Vanuatu, as seen by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs
Libya 1986 See Libya–Vanuatu relations
  • Vanuatu's foreign policy in the 1980s, under Prime Minister Father Walter Lini, was based on refusing alignment with either bloc in the context of the Cold War, distinguishing it from every other country of Oceania, aligned with the West.
People's Republic of China 1982-03-26 See People's Republic of China – Vanuatu relations
  • China established an embassy in Vanuatu in 1989, while Vanuatu established an honorary consulate in China in 1999; it officially became an embassy in 2005.
Russia 1986-06-30 See Russia–Vanuatu relations
  • In 1987, Vanuatu authorised Soviet vessels to fish within Vanuatu's Exclusive Economic Zone, in exchange for economic aid. The agreement lapsed the following year, and was not renewed, due to disagreements over the price to be paid for fishing rights by the USSR.
United States 1986-09-30 See United States – Vanuatu relations
  • The United States and Vanuatu established diplomatic relations on 30 September 1986 - three months to the day after Vanuatu had established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

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