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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy datesTemplate:Politics of Botswana Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa. It has sought to make the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region self-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, and good governance.

Diplomatic relations

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List of countries which Botswana maintains diplomatic relations with:

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Bilateral relations

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  • Australia is accredited to Botswana from its high commission in Pretoria, South Africa, with an honorary consul in Gaborone.
  • Botswana has a high commission in Canberra and a consulate in Kendall<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag 26 September 1985 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 September 1985<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Botswana has an embassy in Brasília.
  • Brazil has an embassy in Gaborone.
Template:Flag 6 January 1975 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 January 1975<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See Botswana–China relations

  • Botswana has an embassy in Beijing.
  • China has an embassy in Gaborone.
Template:Flag 10 April 1978 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 April 1978<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Botswana is accredited to Greece from its Permanent Representation to the United Nation Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Greece is accredited to Botswana from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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  • Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 28 October 1975.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Guyana is accredited to Botswana from its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Both countries are full members of Commonwealth of Nations.
Template:Flag 17 January 1972 See Botswana–India relations
  • Botswana has a high commission in New Delhi.
  • India has a high commission in Gaborone.
Template:Flag 28 March 2012 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 March 2012<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Botswana is accredited to Indonesia from its high commission in Canberra, Australia.<ref name="kemlu.go.id">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Indonesia is accredited to Botswana from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.<ref name="kemlu.go.id"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag See Botswana–Israel relations
  • Botswana is accredited to Israel from its high commission London, United Kingdom.
  • Israel is accredited to Botswana from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
Template:Flag 30 October 1967<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref> See Botswana–Kenya relations
  • Botswana has a high commission in Nairobi.
  • Kenya has a high commission in Gaborone.
Template:Flag 5 December 1975 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 December 1975<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Botswana is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States and maintains an honorary consulate in Mexico City.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Mexico is accredited to Botswana from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag 11 September 1990 See Botswana–Namibia relations

Botswana–Namibia relations are friendly, with the two neighbouring countries cooperating on economic development. Botswana gained independence from Britain in September 1966. Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990 following the South African Border War.

  • Botswana has a high commission in Windhoek.
  • Namibia has a high commission in Gaborone.
Template:Flag 27 December 1974,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but severs 19 February 2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> See Botswana–North Korea relations
Template:Flag 6 March 1970 See Botswana–Russia relations

Botswana and the Soviet Union initiated diplomatic relations on 6 March 1970. Despite its pro-Western orientation, Botswana participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics. The present-day relations between the two countries are described as friendly and long standing. In March, the two countries also celebrated the 35th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. According to the minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia was one of the first countries to establish full diplomatic relations with Botswana.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Botswana are stipulated by the Trade Agreement of 1987 and the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation of 1988. The Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Botswana signed the Agreement on Cultural, Scientific and Educational Cooperation in September 1999. Russia and Botswana have had fruitful cooperation in a variety of fields, particularly in human resource development. And Russia is still offering more scholarship in key sectors such as health, which is currently experiencing a critical shortage of manpower. Botswana also is one of the countries where Russian citizens do not require a visa.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Russia has an embassy in Gaborone, while Botswana covers Russia from its embassy in Stockholm (Sweden) and an honorary consulate in Moscow.

Template:Flag 22 June 1994 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 June 1994<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See Botswana–South Africa relations

Template:Flag 18 April 1968 The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Botswana began on 18 April 1968.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2011 the number of South Koreans living in Botswana amounted to 163.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Since 2014, the government of Botswana recognized ROK as the sole legitimate government of Korea.<ref name="suspension of diplomatic relations">Template:Cite web</ref>
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  • Permanent Representation of Botswana in the UN Geneva Office is also accredited to Turkey.
  • Turkey has an embassy in Gaborone<ref name="auto90">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Trade volume between the two countries was US$2.9 million in 2019.<ref name="auto90" />
Template:Flag Template:Date table sorting See Botswana–United Kingdom relations

Botswana established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 30 September 1966.

The UK governed Botswana from 1885 to 1966, when it achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth, the International Criminal Court, and the World Trade Organization, as well as the SACUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Embassy of Botswana in Washington, D.C.

The United States considers Botswana an advocate of and a model for stability in Africa and has been a major partner in Botswana's development since its independence. The U.S. Peace Corps returned to Botswana in August 2002 with a focus on HIV/AIDS-related programs after concluding 30 years of more broadly targeted assistance in 1997. Similarly, the USAID phased out a long-standing bilateral partnership with Botswana in 1996, after successful programs emphasizing education, training, entrepreneurship, environmental management, and reproductive health. Botswana, however, continues to benefit along with its neighbours in the region from USAID's Initiative for Southern Africa, now based in Pretoria, and USAID's Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Hub, headquartered in Gaborone. The United States International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) operates a major Voice of America (VOA) relay station in Botswana serving most of the African continent.

In 1995, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) started the BOTUSA Project in collaboration with the Botswana Ministry of Health in order to generate information to improve tuberculosis control efforts in Botswana and elsewhere in the face of the TB and HIV/AIDS co-epidemics. Under the 1999 U.S. Government's Leadership and Investment in Fighting an Epidemic (LIFE) Initiative, CDC through the BOTUSA Project has undertaken many projects and has assisted many organizations in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana. Botswana is one of the 15 focus countries for PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, and has received more than $230 million since the program began in January 2004 through September 2007. PEPFAR assistance to Botswana, which totalled $76.2 million in FY 2007, is contributing to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care interventions.

The Governments of Botswana and the United States entered into an agreement in July 2000 to establish an International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Gaborone. The academy, jointly financed, managed and staffed by the two nations, provides training to police and government officials from across the Sub-Saharan region. The academy's permanent campus, in Otse outside of Gaborone, opened March 2003. Over 3,000 law enforcement professionals from Sub-Saharan Africa have received training from ILEA since it began offering classes in 2001.

  • Botswana has an embassy in Washington, D.C.
  • United States has an embassy in Gaborone.
Template:Flag 31 May 1983 See Botswana–Zimbabwe relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 May 1983<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Botswana still struggles to seal its border from thousands of Zimbabweans who flee economic collapse and political persecution. In 2015, 22,000 Zimbabweans were arrested and deported. This has increased to nearly 29,000 deportations in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

  • Botswana has an embassy in Harare.
  • Zimbabwe has an embassy in Gaborone.

Botswana and the Commonwealth of Nations

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Botswana has been a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations since independence in 1966.

Botswana and FOSS

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Botswana has been a member of The Forum of Small States (FOSS) since the group's founding in 1992.<ref name="singaporebook">Template:Cite bookaccess-date=28 March 2024</ref>

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