Editing Foreign relations of Lesotho (section)

==Diplomatic relations==
List of countries which Lesotho maintains diplomatic relations with:
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!Country
!Date<ref name="UNDL">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Lesotho and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Lesotho+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
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|1
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|4 October 1966}}<ref name="uk">{{Cite book|title=The Diplomatic Service List|author=Great Britain. Diplomatic Service Administration Office.|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8ofAAAAMAAJ|year=1970 |pages=136–149}}</ref>
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|2
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{dts|4 October 1966}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Lesotho |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/lesotho |access-date=8 November 2023 |website=Office of The Historian}}</ref>
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|3
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{dts|4 October 1966}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia Judaica - Volume 9 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1996 |pages=439}}</ref>
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|4
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|24 November 1966}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/|title=GHANA: KING MOSHOESHOE OF LESOTHO ENDS HIS STATE VISIT.|website=British Pathé|accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref>
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|5
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|7 December 1966}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Overview |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=155 |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=mofa.go.kr}}</ref>
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|6
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|1966}}<ref name="SAN2020">{{Cite news |title=Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho |url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/33/joint_committee_on_foreign_affairs_and_defence/submissions/2024/2024-05-21_opening-statement-mamoratehi-mary-bokopane-first-secretary-embassy-of-lesotho_en.pdf |date=21 May 2024 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|11 March 1967}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>
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|7
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|27 April 1967}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood |first=DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
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|8
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|June 1967}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Who's who of Southern Africa Volume 54 |publisher=Argus Printing & Publishing Company |year=1970 |pages=742 |quote=Paveri-Fontana di Fontana Pradosa ... Ambassador to Lesotho June 1967 and to Swaziland from April 1969;}}</ref>
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|9
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{dts|21 August 1967}}<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Liste Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |journal=Diplomatie.gouv.fr |language=fr |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref>
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|10
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|22 August 1967}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ernennung eines schweizerischen Botschafters in Botswana und Lesotho. Sitz in Pretoria |url=https://dodis.ch/32532 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=dodis.ch |language=de}}</ref>
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|11
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|24 August 1967}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pp4yM5kG3YgC&dq=j.+Smets+ambassadeur+Belgique+en+Botswana+24+aout+1967&pg=PA11579 |title=Belgisch staatsblad Issues 210-248 |date=6 January 1967 |publisher=1967 |page=11579 |language=fr,nl}}</ref>
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|12
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|1967}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Österreichische Zeitschrift Für Aussenpolitik |year=1967 |volume=7 |pages=309}}</ref>
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|13
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|15 February 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesotho: Überblick |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/lesotho-node/lesotho-226960 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}</ref>
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|14
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|22 February 1968}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken Volumes 86-90 |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken |year=1967 |pages=153 |language=nl}}</ref>
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|15
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|29 May 1968}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 June 1968 |title=Sveriges sändebud i Pretoria i Sydafrika, Eric Virgin... |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1968-06-01/6/SVD |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 April 2025 |work=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |page=6 |language=sv}}</ref>
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|16
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{dts|20 June 1968}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999 |pages=115}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 2757-2809 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1968 |pages=4 |quote=... Lesotho has established diplomatic relations with Kenya ; its High Commissioner and roving ambassador ,Charles Molapo , has arrived in Nairobi ( CTK in English 15.30 GMT 20.6.68 )}}</ref>
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|17
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|4 October 1968}}<ref name="Africa Research Bulletin">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1968 |pages=1205}}</ref>
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|18
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|20 October 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 1968 |title=MONROVIA: LESOTHO'S FIRST AMBASSADOR TO LIBERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS (1968) |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/144258/ |access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref>
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|19
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|22 October 1968}}<ref name="Africa Research Bulletin" />
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|20
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|28 October 1968}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire, Issues 527-534 |publisher=La Documentation africaine., 1968 |pages=10633}}</ref>
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|21
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|29 October 1968}}<ref name="Africa Research Bulletin" />
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|22
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{dts|23 January 1971}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1970 |pages=1636}}</ref>
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|23
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|8 June 1971}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=121}}</ref>
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|24
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|29 July 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2021 |title=Office of the Prime Minister, Kingdom of Lesotho se plasing |url=https://www.facebook.com/Qhobosheaneng/posts/remarks-by-the-rt-hon-the-prime-minister-dr-moeketsi-majoro-on-the-occasion-to-m/340213287777294/?locale=af_ZA |website=Office of the Prime Minister, Kingdom of Lesotho on Facebook |access-date=19 April 2024}}</ref>
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|25
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|November 1971}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999 |pages=122}}</ref>
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|26
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|15 December 1971}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com.ua/search?q=The+Imperial+Government+of+Iran+established+diplomatic+ties+with+Lesotho+on+15+December%2C+1971%2C+...&tbm=bks&hl=en&gl=ua&ei=DVvLZbadKcjdwPAPiaG5uA8&ved=0ahUKEwj21_Wwo6iEAxXILhAIHYlQDvcQsJ4FCAM |title=The White Revolution and Iran's Independent National Policy |publisher=Iranian Government |year=1973 |pages=43}}</ref>
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|27
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{dts|7 December 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/ |title=MADAGASCAR: LESOTHO AND MADAGASCAR ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND ANNOUNCE THEIR BELIEF IN DIALOGUE WITH SOUTH AFRICA. |website=British Pathé |accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref>
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|28
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|25 September 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesotho.doc |url=http://arhiviranisajt.msp.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/LESOTHO.doc |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=arhiviranisajt.msp.gov.rs/}}</ref>
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|29
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{dts|April 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1974. Выпуск восемнадцатый: Зарубежные страны |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/55959/003_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623071827/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/55959/003_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=1 March 2024 |page=322 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|30
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|30 April 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Record of the Arab World: Yearbook of Arab and Israeli Politics |publisher=Research and Publishing House. |year=1973 |pages=226}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|31 May 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=ARR: Arab Report and Record. |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1973 |pages=225}}</ref>
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|32
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|9 July 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vol. 44 No. 7 (July 1973) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-906419061 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref>
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|33
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|19 September 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=127}}</ref>
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|34
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|1 May 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe |access-date=28 December 2023}}</ref>
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|35
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{dts|8 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Revue de la communauté France-Eurafrique Issues 252-277 |publisher=1975 |pages=24 |language=fr |quote=Le Lesotho va établir des relations diplomatiques au niveau des ambassadeurs avec l'Etat des Emirats Arabes Unis , annonce le Ministère des Affaires étrangères à Maseru ...}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{dts|9 September 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/State-Dept-cable-1975-310089/mode/1up?q=establish+diplomatic+relations |title=Mozambique and Lesotho establish diplomatic relations |publisher=State Deptment cable 1975-310089 |year=1975 |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref>
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|37
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|14 November 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://centrogilbertobosques.senado.gob.mx/docs/NI_Nombramientos_Senado_270218.pdf |title=NOMBRAMIENTOS DIPLOMATICOS DE RECIENTE INGRESO AL SENADO DE LA REPUBLICA EN AFRICA,EL CARIBE Y EUROPA. Page 10 (in Spanish) |accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref>
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|38
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|3 December 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=CRIA A EMBAIXADA DO BRASIL NO REINO DO LESOTO. DECRETO Nº 76.968, DE 31 DE DEZEMBRO DE 1975. |url=https://www.diariodasleis.com.br/legislacao/federal/54884-cria-a-embaixada-do-brasil-no-reino-do-lesoto.html |access-date=4 June 2023 |website=PORTAL DE LEGISLAÇÃO |language=pt}}</ref>
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|39
|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|{{dts|12 February 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=131}}</ref>
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|40
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|29 March 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/lesoto |title=Lesoto - Países - Relações Bilaterais - Portal Diplomático |accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref>
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|41
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|3 May 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/documents/fichaspais/lesotho_ficha%20pais.pdf |title=RELACIONES BILATERALES CON ESPAÑA |accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref>
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|42
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{dts|8 May 1976}}<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
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|43
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{dts|24 July 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505195337/https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US |archive-date=5 May 2012 |access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{dts|4 September 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1976 |pages=4150 |quote=The Lesotho Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced in Maseru that Lesotho and Malawi have established  diplomatic relations at High Commissioner level on a non-residential basis.}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|31 January 1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Revue française d'études politiques africaines Issues 133-137 |publisher=Société africaine d'édition |year=1977 |pages=11 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|20 December 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesotho |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/rpa/relacje-dwustronne-Lesotho |access-date=23 July 2023 |language=pl}}</ref>
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|47
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|1 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/lso/finland-and-lesotho |title=Finland and Lesotho |website=Finland abroad: Lesotho |accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref>
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|48
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|14 June 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=14 deJunio 1979 - Establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre Cuba y Lesotho. Feliz 40 Aniversario |url=https://twitter.com/CUBAONU/status/1139615269490503680}}</ref>
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|49
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{dts|25 August 1979}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-02-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>
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|50
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|19 October 1979}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |access-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |date=16 April 2021}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|1 November 1979}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Kingdom of Lesotho - Diplomatic list January 1982 |year=1982 |pages=4-5}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|25 November 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH BARBADOS HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BY REGIONS |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Barbados) |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|53
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|1 February 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=RUSSIA - LESOTHO RELATIONS (Embassy of Russian Federation in RSA)|url=https://russianembassyza.mid.ru/russia-lesotho-relations}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|10 July 1980}}
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|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|19 July 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=14 July 2022 |publisher=NCNK |pages=8–9}}</ref>
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|56
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|22 July 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique Issues 170-179 |publisher=1980 |pages=136 |language=fr |quote=ADDIS ABEBA, 22 juillet. – Quatre ambassadeurs qui viennent d'être nommés en Ethiopie ont présenté leurs lettres de créances au chef de l'Etat éthiopien , le lieutenant - colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam . Il s'agit de MM ... Thabo Ephrem Ntlahakana ( Lesotho ) ...}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|6 November 1980}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|1980}}<ref name="facebook.com">{{cite web |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations Lesotho |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1997191540448607&id=197790643722048&__cft__[0]=AZXGhlGrRWVBA7z6UKfITwma6Lm2oQ1YZ46iRA5AE0BC43l0MYOhZowhDLyAyJMu-11n227CuvpGIPDtnOBKUeo_i-mk263BukL4Wfj22db9rmDUSb1tjfB2hmVS8qOBW0ClmytnYHcHNBb1hr83dUBnpCnrXPxrQRJPR-hitFkBoXi9PAonDZ323L6MLXh6R3I&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>
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|59
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|1 July 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Legum |first=Colin |title=Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents |publisher=Africana Publishing Company |year=1982 |pages=642}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA353555/page/15/mode/1up?q=ambassador+Benin+credentials |title=DTIC ADA353555: Sub-Saharan Africa Report No. 2660 |date=19 July 1982 |publisher=Defense Technical Information Center |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|7 November 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Petruf |first=Pavol |title=Československá zahraničná politika 1945 – 1992 |pages=99–119 |language=sk}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{dts|1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Lesotho Clippings |publisher=Documentation and Publications Division, Institute of Southern African Studies, National University of Lesotho |year=1982 |pages=62 |quote=.. Iraqi Ambassador to Lesotho Mr. A. K. Makki who is based in Maputo ...}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|4 March 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-83365/page/143/mode/1up?q=+Lesotho+ |title=Near East/South Asia Report No. 2745 |date=29 April 1983 |pages=143 |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|29 March 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Weekly Bulletin - Volume 22, Issues 1-17 |publisher=The Agency |year=1983 |pages=17}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|China}}
|{{dts|30 April 1983}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjdt_665385/2649_665393/200204/t20020425_679068.html |title=Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the People's Republic of China and the Kingdom of Lesotho |website=www.fmprc.gov.cn |accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|14 June 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Keesing's Contemporary Archives. Volume 29. |year=1983 |pages=32482}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|26 June 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Volume 1 of V mensaje al Congreso de la República: Caracas, 26 de enero de 1984, Venezuela. President (1979-1984 : Herrera Campíns) |publisher=Ministerio de Información y Turismo, 1984 |pages=615}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|24 August 1983}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|1983}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Ambrose |first=David |title=Lesotho |date=1983 |pages=814}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{dts|1983}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 April 2022 |title=HIS MAJESTY ACCEPTS LETTERS OF CREDENCE FROM ANGOLA |url=https://www.gov.ls/his-majesty-accepts-letter-of-credence-from-angola/ |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|1983}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2021 |title=HIS MAJESTY ACCEPTS LETTERS OF CREDENCE FROM RWANDA |url=https://www.gov.ls/his-majesty-accepts-letters-of-credence-from-rwanda/ |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|4 July 1984}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa, Issues 7684-7709|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service|year=1984|pages=16}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{dts|2 July 1985}}
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|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|31 March 1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Foreign Affairs Malaysia, Volume 21, Issues 1-3 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs., 1988 |pages=80}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|17 April 1989}}
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|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|21 July 1989}}
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|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|12 January 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{dts|11 April 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook |year=2002 |pages=1027}}</ref>
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|78
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesotho |url=http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/110/language/en-US/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129174141/http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politiqueétrangère/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/110/language/en-US/Default.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=27 May 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|79
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|21 May 1992}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=516}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|4 November 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesotho |url=https://kemlu.go.id/pretoria/kebijakan/profil-negara-dan-capaian-hubungan-bilateral/lesotho |access-date=4 February 2025 |website=kemlu.go.id |lang=id}}</ref>
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|81
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|8 May 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesotho |url=https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/detail/-/asset_publisher/Iw1ppvnScIPx/content/lesothske-kralovstvo?displayMode=1 |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=sk}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|6 January 1998}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/cn_vakv/|title=- General Information about Countries and Regions|website=www.mofa.gov.vn|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
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|83
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|15 April 1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2017 |title=Today we celebrate 19 years of formal diplomatic relations with Lesotho! |url=https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/853123246144860160 |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
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|84
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{dts|17 April 1998}}
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|85
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|17 April 1998}}
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|86
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{dts|26 May 1998}}
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|87
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|25 August 1998}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=repositorio/10221/12006/1/91367_BCNINFORME_GRID_01-08-2011_JJ_AFRICA.doc|title=Relaciones político-económicas entre Chile y el continente africano|accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref>
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|88
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{dts|3 September 1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930040551/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=3 April 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia}}</ref>
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|89
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|6 November 1998}}
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|90
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{dts|19 May 1999}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados|url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/tratado_ficha.php?id=lZ6mlQ==}}</ref>
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|91
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{dts|30 March 2000}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Brunei Darussalam Newsletter |publisher=Department of Information, Prime Minister's Office |date=March 2000}}</ref>
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|92
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|27 April 2000}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic & Consular Representatives Accredited to NZ |url=http://www.mfat.govt.nz/about/PRD/precedence.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811164720/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/about/PRD/precedence.html |archive-date=11 August 2002 |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade}}</ref>
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|93
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|1 June 2000}}
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|94
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|14 July 2000}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |language=}}</ref>
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|95
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|20 July 2000}}
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|96
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|1 December 2000}}
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|97
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|10 April 2001}}
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|98
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{DTS|20 December 2001}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 December 2001 |title=Mauritius and Lesotho Enter into Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/articles/2002/Mauritius%20and%20Lesotho%20Enter%20into%20Diplomatic%20Relations.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030310024612/http://www.lesotho.gov.ls:80/articles/2002/Mauritius%20and%20Lesotho%20Enter%20into%20Diplomatic%20Relations.htm |archive-date=10 March 2003 |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>
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|99
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{dts|28 May 2002}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Lebanon and Lesotho normalise diplomatic relations |url=http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/articles/2002/Lebanon%20and%20Lesotho%20Stabilises.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030123230707/http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/articles/2002/Lebanon%20and%20Lesotho%20Stabilises.htm |archive-date=23 January 2003 |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>
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|100
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|20 March 2003}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speech by His Majesty King Letsie III on occasion of the presentation of credentials by the Secretary (Ambassador) Designate of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mr. Mohamed F. Alagamudi at the Royal Palace on Thursday, 20 March 2003 |url=http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/articles/2003/Speech%20-%20King%20-%20Lybia%20Abassador.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030402070558/http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/articles/2003/Speech%20-%20King%20-%20Lybia%20Abassador.htm |archive-date=2 April 2003 |access-date=26 April 2025 |website=lesotho.gov.ls}}</ref>
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|101
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|25 February 2004}}
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|102
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|14 June 2005}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 June 2005 |title=Mono – Diplomats |url=https://presspack.rte.ie/2005/06/14/mono-diplomats/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124190157/https://presspack.rte.ie/2005/06/14/mono-diplomats/ |archive-date=24 January 2022 |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=presspack.rte.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2024 |title=His Majesty applauds Ireland over fund |url=https://www.gov.ls/credentials/his-majesty-applauds-ireland-over-fund/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=Government of Lesotho}}</ref>
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|103
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|11 April 2006}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesotho – Protocol on the establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the two countries |url=https://foreign.gov.mt/treaty/lesotho-protocol-on-the-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-the-two-countries/ |access-date=3 October 2023 |website=foreign.gov.mt}}</ref>
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|104
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|15 November 2007}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 November 2007 |title=SUDAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS LETTERS OF CREDENCE |url=http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/articles/2007/SUDAN_AMBASSADOR_PRESENTS.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209155722/http://www.lesotho.gov.ls:80/articles/2007/SUDAN_AMBASSADOR_PRESENTS.php |archive-date=9 December 2007 |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>
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|105
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|15 July 2008}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remise des lettres de créance de S.E. M. le Dr Makase NYAPHISI Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plénipotentiaire du Royaume du Lesotho auprès de la Principauté de Monaco |url=https://www.palais.mc/fr/actualites/s-a-s-le-prince-albert-ii/audience/2008/juillet/remise-des-lettres-de-creance-de-s-e-m-le-dr-makase-nyaphisi-ambassadeur-extraordinaire-et-plenipotentiaire-du-royaume-du-lesotho-aupres-de-la-principaute-de-monaco-1069.html}}</ref>
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|106
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{dts|18 May 2010}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal}}</ref>
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|107
|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|{{dts|30 November 2010}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rapporti bilaterali della Repubblica di San Marino |url=https://www.esteri.sm/pub2/EsteriSM/Relazioni-Internazionali/Rapporti-Bilaterali.html |access-date=15 December 2021 |language=it}}</ref>
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|108
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{dts|25 January 2011}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 January 2011 |title=First Lesotho high commissioner to Seychelles accredited |url=https://www.nation.sc/archive/229387/first-lesotho-high-commissioner-to-seychelles-accredited |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>
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|109
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|26 September 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2018 |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=et}}</ref>
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|110
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|28 September 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Kingdom of Lesotho |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/category/africa/lesotho |access-date=3 September 2023 |website=mfa.gov.az}}</ref>
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|111
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{dts|2 November 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Non-Resident Missions Accredited to T&T |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/missions-consuls/non-resident-missions-accredited-tt/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130025739/https://foreign.gov.tt/missions-consuls/non-resident-missions-accredited-tt/ |archive-date=30 November 2017 |access-date=27 December 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Trinidad and Tobago}}</ref>
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|112
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|23 September 2013}}
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|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{dts|23 September 2013}}
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|114
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|10 February 2014}}
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|115
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{dts|2 April 2015}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Страны, установившие дипломатические отношения с Республикой Казахстан |url=http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220233503/http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|116
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{dts|21 June 2015}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 June 2015 |title=Lesotho: Ambassador Saleh Omar Presents Credentials to King of Lesotho |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201506221119.html |access-date=4 August 2023 |website=allAfrica}}</ref>
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|117
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|14 April 2016}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 April 2016 |title=Burkina Faso- Royaume du Lesotho : L'Ambassadeur Salamata SAWADOGO/TAPSOBA présente ses lettres de créances |language=fr |url=https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article70706 |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref>
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|118
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|9 March 2017}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2017 |title=Notre ambassadeur à Maseru présente ses lettres de créances au Roi du Lesotho |url=https://ami.mr/fr/index.php/2017/03/11/notre-ambassadeur-a-maseru-presente-ses-lettres-de-creances-au-roi-du-lesotho/ |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=Agence Mauritanienne d'information |language=fr}}</ref>
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|119
|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{dts|20 July 2017}}
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|120
|{{Flag|Niger}}
|{{dts|17 August 2017}}<ref>{{cite news |title=His majesty receives Denmark, Niger credentials |url=http://www.gov.ls/gov_webportal/articles/2017/August/denmark_niger_present_credentials_to_king.html |url-status=dead |access-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225452/http://www.gov.ls/gov_webportal/articles/2017/August/denmark_niger_present_credentials_to_king.html |archive-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{dts|23 November 2017}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 November 2017 |title=السفير الدجاني يثمن دور مملكة ليسوتو في التضامن مع شعبنا الفلسطيني |url=https://nn.najah.edu/news/Palestine/2017/11/23/71321/ |access-date=13 May 2024 |language=ar}}</ref>
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|121
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|2020}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Обзор итогов внешней политики Республики Беларусь и деятельности Министерства иностранных дел в 2020 году |url=https://mfa.gov.by/publication/reports/d6f0d673cfeb1664.html |access-date=9 July 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|122
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|29 March 2021}}
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|123
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|20 August 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 20, 2021 |title=The Kingdom signs an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with Lesotho |url=https://sawahpress.com/en/news/the-kingdom-signs-an-agreement-to-establish-diplomatic-relations-with-lesotho/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204211430/https://sawahpress.com/en/news/the-kingdom-signs-an-agreement-to-establish-diplomatic-relations-with-lesotho/ |archive-date=4 February 2022 |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=SawahPress}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{dts|7 December 2021}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 December 2021 |title=Order of Malta's mission to the UN in New York announces opening of diplomatic ties with the Kingdom of Lesotho |url=https://www.orderofmalta.int/news/order-of-maltas-mission-to-the-un-in-new-york-announces-opening-of-diplomatic-ties-with-the-kingdom-of-lesotho/ |access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|2 November 2023}}
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|{{Flag|Bhutan}}
|{{dts|29 October 2024}}
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|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{dts|8 November 2024}}
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|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|2024}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=21 February 2025 |title=Lesotho Expands Diplomatic Ties in 2024/2025 |url=https://theafricadailypost.com/322404/diplomacy/lesotho-expands-diplomatic-ties-in-2024-2025/ |access-date=28 April 2025 |website=The Africa Daily Post}}</ref>
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|128
|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{dts|2024}}<ref name=":3" />
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|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{dts|7 May 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 May 2025 |title=Establishment of Formal Diplomatic Relations between the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |url=https://www.facebook.com/mofairlesotho/posts/%F0%9D%97%98%F0%9D%98%80%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%AF%F0%9D%97%B9%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%98%80%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%BA%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%98%81-%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%B3-%F0%9D%97%99%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%BA%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%B9-%F0%9D%97%97%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%BD%F0%9D%97%B9%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BA%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%B0-%F0%9D%97%A5%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%B9%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%98%80-%F0%9D%97%AF%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%98%84%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%BB-%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%B2-%F0%9D%97%9E%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%97%B4%F0%9D%97%B1%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BA-%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%B3-%F0%9D%97%9F%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%98%80%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%BC-%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%97%B1-/1110282364466522/ |access-date=9 May 2025 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations Lesotho on Facebook}}</ref>
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