Editing Foreign relations of Samoa (section)

==Diplomatic relations==
List of countries which Samoa maintains diplomatic relations with:
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! # !! Country !! Date<ref>{{cite web |title=Countries with Established Diplomatic Relations with Samoa |url=http://www.mfat.gov.ws/embassies/countries-with-established-diplomatic-relations-with-samoa/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214005624/https://www.mfat.gov.ws/embassies/countries-with-established-diplomatic-relations-with-samoa/ |archive-date=14 February 2020 |access-date=19 August 2018 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Samoa}}</ref>
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| 1 || {{flag|New Zealand}}|| {{dts|1 January 1962|format=dmy}}
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| 2 || {{flag|India}}|| {{dts|June 1970|format=dmy}}
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| 3 || {{flag|United Kingdom}}|| {{dts|September 1970|format=dmy}}
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| 4 || {{flag|Australia}}|| {{dts|31 March 1971|format=dmy}}
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| 5 || {{flag|Canada}}|| {{dts|11 June 1971|format=dmy}}
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| 6 || {{flag|United States}}|| {{Dts|14 July 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Countries |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/all |access-date=12 November 2021 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
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| 7 || {{flag|Germany}}|| {{dts|18 May 1972|format=dmy}}
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| 8 || {{flag|Israel}}|| {{dts|30 May 1972|format=dmy}}
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| 9 || {{flag|South Korea}}|| {{dts|15 September 1972|format=dmy}}
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|  10|| {{flag|Japan}}|| {{dts|27 March 1973|format=dmy}}
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| 11 || {{flag|Belgium}}|| {{dts|May 1973|format=dmy}}
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|  12|| {{flag|France}}|| {{dts|September 1974|format=dmy}}
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|  13|| {{flag|Fiji}}|| {{dts|10 November 1974|format=dmy}}
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| 14 || {{flag|China}}|| {{dts|6 November 1975|format=dmy}}
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| 15 || {{flag|Thailand}}|| {{dts|15 November 1975|format=dmy}}
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| 16 || {{flag|Netherlands}}|| {{dts|13 April 1976|format=dmy}}
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| 17 || {{flag|Russia}}|| {{dts|2 July 1976|format=dmy}}
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| 18 || {{flag|Philippines}}|| {{dts|1 June 1977|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2021 |title=The Republic of the Philippines and Samoa celebrate 44 years of formal diplomatic relations today, June 1! |url=https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/1399609758756184067 |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref>
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| 19 || {{flag|Sweden}}|| {{dts|1977|format=dmy}}
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| 20 || {{flag|Solomon Islands}}|| {{dts|17 July 1978|format=dmy}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Report for the Year ... |date=1981 |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TW8TAQAAIAAJ |access-date=16 February 2019|publisher=Solomon Islands}}</ref>
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| 21 || {{flag|Chile}}|| {{dts|24 August 1978|format=dmy}}
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|22  || {{flag|Egypt}}|| {{dts|8 September 1978|format=dmy}}
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| 23 || {{flag|Turkey}}|| {{dts|12 April 1979|format=dmy}}
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| 24 || {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}|| {{dts|27 August 1979|format=dmy}}
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|25
|{{flag|Nauru}}
|{{dts|1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Europa year book : a world survey. 1979. Vol. 2 |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1979 |pages=1770}}</ref>
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| 26 || {{flag|Indonesia}}|| {{dts|17 March 1980|format=dmy}}
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| 27 || {{flag|Vanuatu}}|| {{dts|30 June 1980|format=dmy}}
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| 28 || {{flag|Spain}}|| {{dts|5 November 1980|format=dmy}}
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| 29 || {{flag|Greece}}|| {{dts|3 April 1981|format=dmy}}
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| 30 || {{flag|Switzerland}}|| {{dts|1 August 1981|format=dmy}}
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|31  || {{flag|Malaysia}}|| {{dts|August 1982|format=dmy}}
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| 32 || {{flag|Pakistan}}|| {{dts|7 March 1983|format=dmy}}
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| 33 || {{flag|Bangladesh}}|| {{dts|21 December 1983|format=dmy}}
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| 34 || {{flag|Sri Lanka}}|| {{dts|1 January 1984|format=dmy}}
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|35  || {{flag|Peru}}|| {{dts|23 January 1984|format=dmy}}
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|  36|| {{flag|Italy}}|| {{dts|25 May 1987|format=dmy}}
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| 37 || {{flag|Colombia}}|| {{dts|1 December 1987|format=dmy}}
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|38
|{{flag|Tuvalu}}
|{{dts|1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=条約集: 二国間条約 |publisher=外務省条約局 |year=1988 |quote=Sopoaga Taafaki Tuvalu's Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji and High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and Western Samoa...}}</ref>
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|39  || {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}|| {{dts|19 April 1990|format=dmy}}
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| 40 || {{flag|Singapore}}|| {{dts|3 September 1990|format=dmy}}
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| 41 || {{flag|Marshall Islands}}|| {{dts|22 October 1990|format=dmy}}
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| 42 || {{flag|Austria}}|| {{dts|18 December 1992|format=dmy}}
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|43  || {{flag|Argentina}}|| {{dts|18 May 1993|format=dmy}}
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| 44 || {{flag|Maldives}}|| {{dts|2 August 1993|format=dmy}}
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| 45 || {{flag|Croatia}}|| {{dts|8 March 1994|format=dmy}}
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| 46 || {{flag|Vietnam}}|| {{dts|29 March 1994|format=dmy}}
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| —|| {{flag|Holy See}}|| {{dts|10 June 1994|format=dmy}}
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| 47 || {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}|| {{dts|14 February 1995|format=dmy}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Список стран, установивших дипломатические отношения... |url=http://www.mfa.gov.kg/contents/view/id/436 |access-date=17 April 2019 |language=ru |quote=Западное Самоа (14 февраля 1995 года); Республика Сан-Марино (20 сентября 2004 года); Королевство Саудовская Аравия (19 октября 1992 года)}}</ref>
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| 48 || {{flag|South Africa}}|| {{dts|22 March 1995|format=dmy}}
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| 49 || {{flag|Portugal}}|| {{dts|9 June 1995|format=dmy}}
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| 50 || {{flag|Czech Republic}}|| {{dts|12 December 1995|format=dmy}}
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| 51 || {{flag|Slovenia}}|| {{dts|25 November 1996|format=dmy}}
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|52 || {{flag|Finland}}|| {{dts|11 August 1999|format=dmy}}
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|  53|| {{flag|Norway}}|| {{dts|1999|format=dmy}}
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| 54|| {{flag|Slovakia}}|| {{dts|16 March 2000|format=dmy}}
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| 55 || {{flag|Cyprus}}|| {{dts|24 March 2000|format=dmy}}
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| 56 || {{flag|Ireland}}|| {{dts|26 June 2000|format=dmy}}
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| 57 || {{flag|Seychelles}}|| {{dts|29 August 2000|format=dmy}}
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| 58 || {{flag|Malta}}|| {{dts|22 July 2004|format=dmy}}
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| 59 || {{flag|Timor-Leste}}|| {{dts|27 July 2004|format=dmy}}
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| 60 || {{flag|Iceland}}|| {{dts|15 October 2004|format=dmy}}
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| 61 || {{flag|Brazil}}|| {{dts|1 February 2005|format=dmy}}
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| 62 || {{flag|North Macedonia}}|| {{dts|18 August 2005|format=dmy}}
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| 63 || {{flag|Brunei}}|| {{dts|8 February 2006|format=dmy}}
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| 64 || {{flag|Romania}}|| {{dts|2 March 2006|format=dmy}}
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| 65 || {{flag|Guatemala}}|| {{dts|20 September 2007|format=dmy}}
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| 66 || {{flag|Cuba}}|| {{dts|11 October 2007|format=dmy}}
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| 67 || {{flag|Albania}}|| {{dts|1 August 2008|format=dmy}}
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| 68 || {{flag|Mexico}}|| {{dts|21 October 2008|format=dmy}}
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| 69 || {{flag|Estonia}}|| {{dts|23 January 2009|format=dmy}}
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| 70 || {{flag|Lithuania}}|| {{dts|19 February 2009|format=dmy}}
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| 71 || {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}|| {{dts|13 March 2009|format=dmy}}
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| 72 || {{flag|Luxembourg}}|| {{dts|2 June 2009|format=dmy}}
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| 73 || {{flag|Georgia}}|| {{dts|12 March 2010|format=dmy}}
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| 74 || {{flag|Botswana}}|| {{dts|18 March 2010|format=dmy}}
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| 75 || {{flag|Monaco}}|| {{dts|4 May 2010|format=dmy}}
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| 76 || {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| {{dts|11 May 2010|format=dmy}}
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| 77 || {{flag|Cambodia}}|| {{dts|18 May 2010|format=dmy}}
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| 78 || {{flag|Montenegro}}|| {{dts|28 January 2011|format=dmy}}
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| 79 || {{flag|Morocco}}|| {{dts|28 January 2011|format=dmy}}
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| 80 || {{flag|Paraguay}}|| {{dts|28 January 2011|format=dmy}}
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| 81 || {{flag|Qatar}}|| {{dts|9 March 2011|format=dmy}}
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| 82 || {{flag|Hungary}}|| {{dts|7 September 2011|format=dmy}}
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| 83 || {{flag|Ecuador}}|| {{dts|20 December 2011|format=dmy}}
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| 84 || {{flag|Mongolia}}|| {{dts|21 December 2011|format=dmy}}
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| 85 || {{flag|Moldova}}|| {{dts|14 June 2012|format=dmy}}
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| 86 || {{flag|Latvia}}|| {{dts|28 June 2012|format=dmy}}
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| 87 || {{flag|Suriname}}|| {{dts|16 November 2012|format=dmy}}
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| 88 || {{flag|Kazakhstan}}|| {{dts|7 February 2013|format=dmy}}
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|89|| {{flag|Poland}}|| {{dts|8 March 2013|format=dmy}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Celebration of the Signing of Diplomatic Relations between Poland and Samoa, Auckland 17th November 2013 |work=Foreign Affairs & Trade Bulletin |issue=January–March 2014 |page=3 |url=http://www.mfat.gov.ws/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Bulletin-JANUARY-MARCH-2014.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Samoa |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>
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|  90|| {{flag|Uruguay}}|| {{dts|21 March 2013|format=dmy}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Samoa and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Samoa+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&ln=en&action_search=Search&sf=title&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
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| 91 || {{flag|Nepal}}|| {{dts|28 March 2013|format=dmy}}
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| — || {{flag|Cook Islands}}|| {{dts|30 August 2013|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foreign Affairs & Trade Bulletin |url=https://www.mfat.gov.ws/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Bulletin-JANUARY-MARCH-2014.pdf |access-date=18 June 2022 |page=2}}</ref>
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| 92 || {{flag|Ukraine}}|| {{dts|23 September 2013|format=dmy}}<ref name=":0" />
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|  —|| {{flag|Kosovo}}|| {{dts|10 March 2017|format=dmy}}<ref>[http://www.kosovapress.com/en/news/kosovo-and-samoa-establish-diplomatic-relations-105149/ Kosovo and Samoa establish diplomatic relations], KosovaPress, 2017-03-10</ref>
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|  93|| {{flag|Tajikistan}}|| {{dts|22 December 2017|format=dmy}}<ref name=":0" />
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| 94|| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}|| {{dts|19 January 2018|format=dmy}}<ref name=":0" />
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| 95|| {{flag|El Salvador}}|| {{dts|17 April 2018|format=dmy}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Luis Eliezer |title=El Salvador establece relaciones diplomáticas con el Estado Independiente de Samoa |url=https://rree.gob.sv/el-salvador-establece-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-el-estado-independiente-de-samoa/ |access-date=9 July 2019 |work=rree.gob.sv |date=17 April 2018 |language=es |archive-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709170719/https://rree.gob.sv/el-salvador-establece-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-el-estado-independiente-de-samoa/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| 96|| {{flag|San Marino}}|| {{dts|28 February 2019|format=dmy}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Accordo tra la Repubblica di San Marino e lo Stato Indipendente di Samoa sullo stabilimento delle relazioni diplomatiche, firmato a New York il 28 febbraio 2019 – Consiglio Grande e Generale |url=https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/lavori-consiliari/verbali-sedute/scheda17161809.html |website=consigliograndeegenerale.sm |access-date=13 July 2019 |language=it}}</ref>
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| 97 || {{flag|Ghana}}|| {{dts|20 December 2019|format=dmy}}<ref name=":0" />
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|98
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|23 September 2021|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2021 |title=ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |url=https://www.un.int/samoa/news/establishment-diplomatic-relations-between-independent-state-samoa-and-dominican-republic |access-date=25 August 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|99
|{{flag|Jamaica}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 April 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=JAMAICA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=https://mfaft.gov.jm/jamaica-and-the-independent-state-of-samoa-establish-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref>
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|100
|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 April 2023}}<ref name=":0" />
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|101
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 May 2023}}<ref name=":0" />
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|102
|{{flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{dts|9 May 2023|format=dmy}}<ref name=":0" />
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| 103 || {{flag|Saint Lucia}}|| {{dts|14 December 2023|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2023 |title=Saint Lucia and the Independent State of Samoa establish diplomatic relations, with the joint communiqué signed by the PRs H.E Menissa Rambally and H.E Fatumanava Paolelei Luteru of and current AOSISChair. |url=https://twitter.com/SaintLuciaUN/status/1735350079215542350 |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref>
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| 104 || {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}|| {{dts|23 May 2024|format=dmy}}<ref name=":0" />
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|105
|{{flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|22 October 2024|format=dmy}}<ref name=":0" />
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|106
|{{flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|23 October 2024}}<ref name=":0" />
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|107
|{{flag|Belize}}
|{{Dts|25 February 2025}}<ref name=":0" />
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|108
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{Dts|7 March 2025}}<ref name=":0" />
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| 109 || {{flag|Kiribati}}|| Established, date unknown<ref>{{cite thesis |author1=Ueantabo Fakaofo Neemia |title=Smallness, islandness and foreign policy behaviour: aspects of island microstates foreign policy behaviour with special reference to Cook Islands and Kiribati |date=1995 |url=https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/1439/ |access-date=7 September 2019 |publisher=University of Wollongong}}</ref>
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|110
|{{flag|Tonga}}
|Established, date unknown<ref>{{cite news |date=7 October 2009 |title=His Majesty's Government reaches out to neighbouring Samoas |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/tonga/his-majestys-government-reaches-out-neighbouring-samoas |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>
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