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Template:Short description Template:Politics 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.

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.

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Bilateral relations

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Template:Flag Template:Dts<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name="b">Template:Cite book</ref>

  • Angola has an embassy in Praia.
  • Cape Verde has an embassy in Luanda and a consulate in Benguela.
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  • Cape Verde has an embassy in Brasília.
  • Brazil has an embassy in Praia.
Template:Flag Template:Dts<ref name=":10" /> 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."

  • Cape Verde has an embassy in Beijing.
  • China has an embassy in Praia.
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  • Cape Verde is accredited to the Czech Republic from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Czech Republic is accredited to Cape Verde by its embassy in Lisbon, Portugal<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and an honorary consulate in Praia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Template:Dts<ref name=":9" /> See Cape Verde–France relations
  • Cape Verde has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Nice.
  • France has an embassy in Praia.
Template:Flag 5 July 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

  • Cape Verde has an embassy in Bissau.
  • Guinea-Bissau has an embassy in Praia.
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Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 July 1975<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Hungary is represented in Cape-Verde by its embassy in Lisbon, Portugal<ref name="kormany.hu">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and an honorary consulate in Praia.<ref name="kormany.hu" />

Template:Flag Template:Dts<ref name=":4" /> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Embassy of India in Dakar, Senegal is concurrently accredited to Cape Verde. Cape Verde maintains an Honorary Consulate General in New Delhi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Foreign Minister Jose Brito was the first Cape Verdean minister to visit India in November 2009.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="MEA2016">Template:Cite web</ref>

Bilateral trade between Cape Verde and India totaled US$4.20 million in 2014 to 2015, 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.<ref name="MEA2016" />

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.<ref name="MEA2016" />

A small Indian community resides in Cape Verde.<ref name="MEA2016" />

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Indonesia is represented in Cape Verde by its embassy in Dakar.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:Flag 19 February 1976 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 February 1976<ref name="Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1977"/>
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  • Cape Verde is accredited to Mozambique from its embassy in Luanda, Angola and maintains an honorary consulate in Maputo.
  • Mozambique is accredited to Cape Verde from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Maputo.
  • Both nations also conduct diplomatic relations from their respective ambassadors accredited to the CPLP in Lisbon, Portugal.
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  • Cape Verde is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to Cape Verde from its embassy in Dakar, Senegal.
Template:Flag Template:Dts<ref name=":3" /> See Cape Verde–Portugal relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 July 1975 when Chargé d'Affaires of Portugal Embassy in Praia Manuel António Pacheco Jorge Barreiros presented letters of credentials<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

  • Cape Verde has an embassy in Lisbon.
  • Portugal has an embassy in Praia.
Template:Flag Template:Dts<ref name=":8" /> Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 July 1975<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Cape Verde has an honorary consulate in Moscow.
  • Russia has an embassy in Praia.
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Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 April 1994<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

  • Cape Verde is accredited to South Africa from its embassy in Luanda, Angola.
  • South Africa is accredited to Cape Verde from its embassy in Dakar, Senegal.
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Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 October 1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2011 Bilateral Trade were Exports $1,140,792 (Machineries, Automobile, Optical Instruments) Imports: $65,166.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Template:Flag Template:Dts<ref name=":32" /> See Cape Verde–Spain relations
  • Cape Verde has an embassy in Madrid.
  • Spain has an embassy in Praia.
Template:Flag Template:Dts<ref name=":11" /> See Cape Verde–Turkey relations
  • The Turkish embassy in Dakar, Senegal is accredited to Cape Verde.<ref name="auto157">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Trade volume between the two countries was $9.5 million in 2019.<ref name="auto157" />
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Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 March 1992<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ukraine is represented in Cape-Verde by its embassy in Dakar, Senegal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:Flag Template:Dts<ref name=":7" /> 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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