Editing Foreign relations of Moldova (section)

==Overview==
List of countries which Moldova maintains diplomatic relations with (No dates are found for [[Chad]], [[Equatorial Guinea]] and [[Namibia]]):

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Moldova.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country
!Date<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cooperare bilaterală |url=https://mfa.gov.md/ro/content/republica-islamica-afganistan |access-date=7 October 2024 |language=ro}}</ref>
|-
|1
|{{flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|27 August 1991}}
|-
|2
|{{flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|16 January 1992}}
|-
|3
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|17 January 1992}}
|-
|4
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|20 January 1992}}
|-
|5
|{{flag|China}}
|{{dts|30 January 1992}}
|-
|6
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|{{dts|30 January 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=States with Diplomatic Relations|url=http://mfa.gov.mn/en/mongolian-foreign-policy/diplomatic-relations/states-with-diplomatic-relations/|access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|30 January 1992}}
|-
|8
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|31 January 1992}}
|-
|9
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|31 January 1992}}
|-
|10
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|3 February 1992}}
|-
|11
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|4 February 1992}}
|-
|12
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|5 February 1992}}
|-
|13
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|13 February 1992}}
|-
|14
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|16 February 1992}}
|-
|15
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|16 February 1992}}
|-
|16
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{dts|18 February 1992}}
|-
|17
|{{flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|20 February 1992}}
|-
|18
|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|21 February 1992}}
|-
|19
|{{flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|21 February 1992}}
|-
|20
|{{flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|26 February 1992}}
|-
|21
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|10 March 1992}}
|-
|22
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|11 March 1992}}
|-
|23
|{{flag|France}}
|{{dts|11 March 1992}}
|-
|24
|{{flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|16 March 1992}}
|-
|25
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|17 March 1992}}
|-
|26
|{{flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|25 March 1992}}
|-
|27
|{{flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|27 March 1992}}
|-
|28
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|30 March 1992}}
|-
|29
|{{flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|1 April 1992}}
|-
|30
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|6 April 1992}}
|-
|31
|{{flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|30 April 1992}}
|-
|32
|{{flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|11 May 1992}}
|-
| —
|{{flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|23 May 1992}}<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=31 July 2021|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110022620/https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|29 May 1992}}
|-
|34
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|1 June 1992}}
|-
|35
|{{flag|Norway}}
|{{dts|3 June 1992}}
|-
|36
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|11 June 1992}}
|-
|37
|{{flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|12 June 1992}}
|-
|38
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|12 June 1992}}
|-
|39
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|15 June 1992}}
|-
|40
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{dts|16 June 1992}}
|-
|41
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{dts|22 June 1992}}
|-
|42
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|25 June 1992}}
|-
|43
|{{flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|25 June 1992}}
|-
|44
|{{flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|8 July 1992}}
|-
|45
|{{flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|14 July 1992}}
|-
|46
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|18 July 1992}}
|-
|47
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|28 July 1992}}
|-
|48
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|5 August 1992}}
|-
|49
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|7 August 1992}}
|-
|50
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|28 August 1992}}
|-
|51
|{{flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|1 September 1992}}
|-
|52
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|2 September 1992}}
|-
|53
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|11 September 1992}}
|-
|54
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{dts|16 September 1992}}
|-
|55
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|8 October 1992}}
|-
|56
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{dts|5 October 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=STATES WITH WHICH TURKMENISTAN ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS|url=https://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/articles/55?breadcrumbs=no|access-date=31 July 2021|archive-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508101911/https://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/articles/55?breadcrumbs=no|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|57
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{dts|30 October 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Список стран, с которыми КР установил дипломатические отношения |url=https://mfa.gov.kg/kg/osnovnoe-menyu/vneshnyaya-politika/mezhdunarodnye-dogovory/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-ustanovleny-dipotnosheniya/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-kr-ustanovil-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya |access-date=10 October 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|58
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|10 November 1992}}
|-
|59
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|19 November 1992}}
|-
|60
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|27 November 1992}}
|-
|61
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|9 December 1992}}
|-
|62
|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|11 December 1992}}
|-
|63
|{{flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|23 December 1992}}
|-
|64
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|11 January 1993}}
|-
|65
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|15 January 1993}}
|-
|66
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{dts|26 January 1993}}
|-
|67
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|10 February 1993}}
|-
|68
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|12 February 1993}}
|-
|69
|{{flag|Panama}}
|{{dts|15 February 1993}}<ref name="date">{{cite web|title=RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ|url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf|access-date=17 July 2016|page=195|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|70
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|16 February 1993}}
|-
|71
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|{{dts|8 March 1993}}
|-
|72
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|10 March 1993}}
|-
|73
|{{flag|India}}
|{{dts|20 March 1993}}
|-
|74
|{{flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|6 April 1993}}
|-
|75
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|12 May 1993}}
|-
|76
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|17 May 1993}}
|-
|77
|{{flag|Syria}}
|{{dts|20 May 1993}}
|-
|78
|{{flag|Madagascar}}
|{{dts|28 May 1993}}
|-
|79
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|10 July 1993}}
|-
|80
|{{flag|Nepal}}
|{{dts|20 July 1993}}
|-
|81
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|11 August 1993}}
|-
|82
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|14 September 1993}}
|-
|83
|{{flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|26 October 1993}}
|-
|84
|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|{{dts|27 October 1993}}
|-
|85
|{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|8 November 1993}}
|-
|86
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{dts|18 November 1993}}
|-
|87
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|12 April 1994}}
|-
|88
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|{{dts|8 June 1994}}
|-
|89
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{dts|23 August 1994}}
|-
|90
|{{flag|Angola}}
|{{dts|30 September 1994}}
|-
|91
|{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{dts|1 December 1994}}
|-
|92
|{{flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|9 December 1994}}
|-
|93
|{{flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{dts|27 January 1995}}
|-
|94
|{{flag|Yemen}}
|{{dts|27 January 1995}}
|-
|95
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|{{dts|10 March 1995}}
|-
|96
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|15 March 1995}}
|-
|97
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|17 May 1995}}
|-
|98
|{{flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|11 August 1995}}
|-
|99
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{dts|21 December 1995}}
|-
|100
|{{flag|Mozambique}}
|{{dts|17 January 1996}}
|-
|101
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|25 April 1996}}
|-
|102
|{{flag|Uruguay}}
|{{dts|14 May 1996}}
|-
|103
|{{flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|3 July 1996}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Relaţii politico-diplomatice|url=https://italia.mfa.gov.md/ro/content/relaţii-politico-diplomatice-0|access-date=31 July 2021|language=ro}}</ref>
|-
|104
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|{{dts|8 July 1996}}
|-
|105
|{{flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|9 July 1996}}
|-
|106
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|17 July 1996}}
|-
|107
|{{flag|Andorra}}
|{{dts|9 October 1996}}
|-
|108
|{{flag|Laos}}
|{{dts|29 May 1997}}
|-
|109
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|13 June 1997}}
|-
|110
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|{{dts|19 June 1997}}
|-
|111
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|{{dts|15 October 1997}}
|-
|112
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|30 September 1999}}
|-
|113
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|4 May 2000}}
|-
| —
|{{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{dts|27 June 2000}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Lista tratelor bilaterale încheiate de catre Republica Moldova|url=https://mfa.gov.md/sites/default/files/lista_tratatelor_bilaterale_incheiate_de_republica_moldova_0.pdf|access-date=31 July 2021|pages=138–139|language=ro}}</ref>
|-
|114
|{{flag|Mauritius}}
|{{dts|25 June 2001}}
|-
|115
|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{dts|14 August 2001}}
|-
|116
|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|{{dts|7 April 2004}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Republic of Moldova and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=e&p1=Diplomatic%20relations%20between%20Republic%20of%20Moldova%20and%20...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&ln=en&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United%20Nations%20Digital%20Library%20System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
|-
|117
|{{flag|Cabo Verde}}
|{{dts|2 September 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|118
|{{flag|Mali}}
|{{dts|27 September 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|119
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|27 September 2004}}
|-
|120
|{{flag|San Marino}}
|{{dts|28 September 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|121
|{{flag|Brunei}}
|{{dts|18 October 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|122
|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|{{dts|9 March 2007}}
|-
|123
|{{flag|Fiji}}
|{{dts|7 December 2010}}
|-
|124
|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{dts|29 April 2011}}
|-
|125
|{{flag|Paraguay}}
|{{dts|5 May 2011}}
|-
|126
|{{flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|8 September 2011}}
|-
|127
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|8 November 2011}}
|-
|128
|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{dts|18 November 2011}}
|-
|129
|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{dts|4 May 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|130
|{{flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|14 May 2012}}
|-
|131
|{{flag|Tuvalu}}
|{{dts|17 May 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|132
|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|23 May 2012}}
|-
|133
|{{flag|Dominica}}
|{{dts|30 May 2012}}
|-
|134
|{{flag|Haiti}}
|{{dts|7 June 2012}}
|-
|135
|{{flag|Gambia}}
|{{dts|12 June 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|136
|{{flag|Samoa}}
|{{dts|14 June 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|137
|{{flag|Eswatini}}
|{{dts|21 March 2013}}
|-
|138
|{{flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|5 April 2013}}
|-
|139
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|24 June 2013}}
|-
|140
|{{flag|Guyana}}
|{{dts|12 September 2013}}
|-
|141
|{{flag|El Salvador}}
|{{dts|24 September 2013}}
|-
|142
|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{dts|8 September 2017}}
|-
|143
|{{flag|Benin}}
|{{dts|24 January 2018}}
|-
|144
|{{flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|27 March 2019}}
|-
|145
|{{flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|26 June 2019}}
|-
|146
|{{flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|15 November 2019}}
|-
|147
|{{flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|10 February 2020}}
|-
|148
|{{flag|Djibouti}}
|{{dts|9 October 2020}}
|-
|149
|{{flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|23 October 2020}}
|-
|150
|{{flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{dts|3 March 2021}}
|-
|151
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|30 March 2021}}
|-
|152
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|{{dts|28 April 2021}}
|-
|153
|{{flag|Palau}}
|{{dts|6 December 2021}}
|-
|154
|{{flag|Kenya}}
|{{dts|1 March 2022}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|155
|{{flag|Belize}}
|{{dts|3 August 2022}}
|-
|156
|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|18 August 2022}}
|-
|157
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{dts|25 May 2023}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|158
|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|25 January 2024}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|159
|{{Flag|Kiribati}}
|{{dts|11 September 2024}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|160
|{{Flag|Chad}}
|Unknown<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Diplomatic List 2013 |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2013%20Moldova.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220214422/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2013%20Moldova.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2023 |access-date=7 December 2024 |pages=125–126}}</ref>
|-
|161
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|Unknown<ref name=":3" />
|-
|162
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|Unknown<ref name=":3" />
|}

===Relations with the European Union===
{{main|Moldova–European Union relations|Accession of Moldova to the European Union}}
Moldova aspires to join the European Union<ref>[http://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=68715 Moldova will prove that it can and has chances to become EU member] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430044847/http://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=68715 |date=30 April 2008 }}, Moldpress News Agency, 19 June 2007</ref> and is implementing its first three-year Action Plan within the framework of the [[European Neighbourhood Policy]] (ENP) of the EU.<ref>[http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/40/ Moldova-EU Action Plan Approved by European Commission] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204031935/http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/40/ |date=4 December 2007 }}, 14 December 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2007</ref>

As regards to its energy policy, Moldova was an observer to the treaty establishing Energy Community from the outset (2006). Following its interest in full membership, the European Commission was mandated to carry out negotiations with Moldova in 2007. In December 2009, the Energy Community Ministerial Council decided on the accession, but made it conditional to amendment of Moldova's gas law.<ref>[http://www.energy-community.org/portal/page/portal/ENC_HOME/DOCS/488187/Conclusions%20of%20the%207th%20MC%20Meeting.pdf Energy Community Ministerial Council Conclusions, Dec 2009]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> Moldova joined the [[Energy Community]] as a full-fledged member in March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.energy-community.org/portal/page/portal/ENC_HOME/DOCS/576178/Protocol%20on%20Accession%20of%20Moldova%20to%20the%20EnC.pdf |title=Accession Protocol of Republic of Moldova to the Energy Community |access-date=20 February 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Relations with NATO===
[[File:Stamp of Moldova 302.gif|thumb|[[Manfred Wörner|Wörner]] and [[Mircea Snegur|Snegur]] signing [[Partnership for Peace|PfP]] on 16 March 1994]]
{{main|Moldova–NATO relations}}

NATO relations with Moldova date back to 1992, when the country joined the [[North Atlantic Cooperation Council]]. Moldova works alongside NATO allies and partner countries in a wide range of areas through the [[Partnership for Peace]] and the [[Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council]].

===Relations with post-Soviet states===
The Moldovan Parliament approved the country's membership in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] and the CIS charter on economic union in April 1994. Moldova however has never participated in any military aspects of CIS, citing its [[Moldovan neutrality|neutral]] status.

In 1998, Moldova contributed to the founding of [[GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development|GUAM]], a regional cooperation agreement made up of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Azerbaijan]] and [[Moldova]]. Although the agreement initially included a declaration of mutual defense, Moldova has since declared its disinterest in participating in any GUAM-based mutual defense initiative.

Russia continues to maintain a military presence in the Transnistrian region of Moldova, despite previous agreements with Moldova and within OSCE and CAF to withdraw its troops and ammunition.

Moldova was granted Observer Status in the Russian-led [[Eurasian Union]] in April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/moldova-granted-observer-status-in-eurasian-union/|title=Moldova granted observer status in Eurasian Union|date=19 April 2017|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-date=28 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528033924/http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/moldova-granted-observer-status-in-eurasian-union|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Relations with Transnistria===
{{main|Transnistria}}
The territory of Moldova includes the separatist [[Transnistria (geographical region)|Transnistria]] region. Transnistria had a particularly large non-Moldovan population (about 60%) and broke away from Moldova less than a year after Moldova became independent at the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union|fall of the Soviet Union]]. The [[Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic]] controls main part of this region, and also the city of [[Bender, Moldova|Bender]] and its surrounding localities on the west bank. The international diplomatic situation with respect to the question of Transnistria determines and is determined by Moldova's relations with Russia. Russia, [[Ukraine]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]], EU, and United States are involved at different degrees in the conflict resolution.

===Relations with the United Kingdom===
On 20 November 2024, Moldova and the United Kingdom signed a Defence and Security Partnership.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-20 |title=UK signs new agreement on migration, defence & security with Moldova|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-signs-new-agreements-on-migration-defence-security-with-moldova/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.gov.uk |language=English}}</ref>