Editing Foreign relations of Cuba (section)

==Bilateral relations==
=== Africa ===

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! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
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| {{flag|Angola}} ||<!-- Date started -->|| See [[Angola–Cuba relations]]
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| {{flag|Ethiopia}} || <!-- Date started --> 18 July 1975||See [[Cuba–Ethiopia relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/etiopia| title = Embassy of Cuba in Ethiopia| date = 9 May 2017| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 11 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104337/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/etiopia| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Ethiopia has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Kenya}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Kenya relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Nairobi]].
* Kenya has an embassy in Havana.
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|{{Flag|Libya}} || 1 March 1976 || See [[Cuba–Libya relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 March 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones Diplomaticas y Consulares |url=https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190813/https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2019 |access-date=3 November 2023 |website=Memoria Anual 2015 |page=22 |language=es}}</ref>
* Cuba is accredited to Libya from its embassy in [[Cairo]].
* Libya has an embassy in [[Havana]].
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| {{flag|Namibia}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Namibia relations]]

Cuban-Namibian relations began during the [[South African Border War]], when Cuba helped establish a number of training camps in [[Angola]] for the [[People's Liberation Army of Namibia]] (PLAN), armed wing of the [[South West African People's Organisation]] (SWAPO).<ref name="MAA">{{cite book|last=Peter|first=Abbott|author2=Helmoed-Romer Heitman|author3=Paul Hannon|title=Modern African Wars (3): South-West Africa|pages=5–13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9Aj997IO9gC|isbn=978-1-85532-122-9|year=1991|publisher=Osprey Publishing}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Cuba also supported both SWAPO and PLAN through a number of political and diplomatic initiatives.<ref name="radiohc.cu">[http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/noticias/julio05/5julio/cuba7.htm Cuba-Namibia Joint Commission Meeting Kicks off in Havana]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Radio Habana, Cuba, 5 July 2005</ref> Since independence, Namibia and Cuba have held joint meetings every two years for Economic, Scientific-Technical and Commercial Cooperation. In 2005, it was reported that 1,460 Cuban professionals had worked in Namibia, including 208 in 2005.<ref name="radiohc.cu"/>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Windhoek]].
* Namibia has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} || <!-- Date started -->30 January 1980 || See [[Cuba–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations]]
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| {{anchor|Sierra Leone}}{{flag|Sierra Leone}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

The Cuban government initially pledged to send one hundred and sixty five health workers to [[Sierra Leone]] to take part in combating the [[Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WHO welcomes Cuban doctors for Ebola response in west Africa|url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/cuban-ebola-doctors/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913113043/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/cuban-ebola-doctors/en/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2014|website=The World Health Organization Media Centre|publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=26 September 2014|ref=WHO Statement}}</ref> Later the Cuban government expanded this pledge with an additional three hundred health workers being sent throughout the region.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cuba pledges 300 more doctors, nurses to combat Ebola|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/9/26/ebola-cuba-who.html|access-date=26 September 2014|work=Al Jazeera America|agency=Al Jazeera and wire services|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=September 26, 2014|ref=AJA Ebola}}</ref>
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| {{flag|South Africa}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–South Africa relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Pretoria]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/sudafrica| title = Embassy of Cuba in South Africa| date = 30 September 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 11 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104621/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/sudafrica| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* South Africa has an embassy in Havana.
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=== Americas ===

Cuba has supported a number of leftist groups and parties in Latin America and the Caribbean since the 1959 revolution. In the 1960s Cuba established close ties with the emerging [[Guatemala]]n social movement led by Luis Augusto Turcios Lima, and supported the establishment of the [[Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity|URNG]], a militant organization that has evolved into one of Guatemala's current political parties. In the 1980s Cuba backed both the [[Sandinistas]] in [[Nicaragua]] and the [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front|FMLN]] in [[El Salvador]], providing military and intelligence training, weapons, guidance, and organizational support.

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! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
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| {{flag|Argentina}} || <!-- Date started -->12 May 1909 || See [[Argentina–Cuba relations]]

* Argentina has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ecuba.cancilleria.gob.ar/|title=Embajada en Cuba|website=ecuba.cancilleria.gob.ar}}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/argentina/| title = Embassy of Cuba in Argentina (in Spanish)| date = 15 December 2015| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 10 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170810091654/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/argentina/| url-status = dead}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Bolivia}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Bolivia–Cuba relations]]

* Bolivia has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[La Paz]].
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| {{flag|Brazil}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Brazil–Cuba relations]]

With the electoral win of the President of [[Brazil]], [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] in 2002 ties between Cuba and Brazil steadily warmed. Brazil continued to play its part in trying to revive and upgrade the offshore oil and gas infrastructure of Cuba.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3266509.stm | work=BBC News | title=Cuba's new oil industry | date=2003-11-13 | access-date=2010-05-02 | first=Tom | last=Fawthrop}}</ref> In addition, talks led by Brazil  were underway seeking to develop a framework for Cuba to become a normalised affiliate member of the [[Mercosur]] bloc of countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brazzil.com/789-brazil-confirms-cuba-on-the-verge-of-joining-mercosur/|title = Brazil Confirms: Cuba on the Verge of Joining Mercosur}}</ref>

Brazilian-Cuban relations deteriorated greatly under the presidency of Brazilian rightwing president [[Jair Bolsonaro]] since 2019 .He stopped Mais Medicos (More Doctors) programme and thousands of Cuban doctors left Brazil.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-cuba-idUSKCN1N71ZF| title = Reuters| website = [[Reuters]]| date = 2 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-cuba-doctors-idUSKCN1NR2C5| title = Reuters| website = [[Reuters]]| date = 22 November 2018}}</ref> In November 2019, Brazil voted for the first time against an annual United Nations resolution condemning and calling for an end to Washington's economic embargo on Cuba.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-cuba-brazil-exclusive-idUSKBN1XG2ZZ| title = Reuters| website = [[Reuters]]| date = 6 November 2019}}</ref>
* Brazil has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Brasília]] and a consulate-general in [[São Paulo]].
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| {{flag|Canada}} || <!-- Date started -->1945 || See [[Canada–Cuba relations]]

[[Canada]] has always maintained consistently cordial relations with Cuba, in spite of considerable pressure from the United States, and the island is also one of the most popular travel destinations for Canadian citizens. Canada-Cuba relations can be traced back to the 18th century, when vessels from the [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic provinces]] of Canada traded codfish and beer for rum and sugar. Cuba was the first country in the Caribbean selected by Canada for a diplomatic mission. Official diplomatic relations were established in 1945, when Emile Vaillancourt, a noted writer and historian, was designated Canada's representative in Cuba. Canada and Mexico were the only two countries in the hemisphere to maintain uninterrupted diplomatic relations with Cuba following the Cuban Revolution in 1959.

In 1994, a joint venture was formed between the Cuban Nickel Union and the Canadian firm [[Sherritt International]], which operates a mining and processing plant on the island in [[Moa, Cuba|Moa]]. A second enterprise, Cobalt Refinery Co. Inc., was created in Alberta for nickel refining. Canada has been critical of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, and strongly objected to the [[Helms-Burton Act]]. In 1996 Foreign Affairs Minister [[Lloyd Axworthy]] stated: "Canada shares the U.S. objectives of improving human rights standards and moving to more representative government in Cuba. But we are concerned that the Helms-Burton Act takes the wrong approach. That is why we have been working with other countries to uphold the principles of international law". In 1996 a [[Private Member's Bill]] was introduced, but not made law, in the [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Parliament]]; this law called the [[Godfrey–Milliken Bill]] was in response to the extraterritoriality of the aforementioned Act.

Former Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]] and [[Fidel Castro]] were personal friends. Castro was among Pierre Trudeau's pallbearers at [[State funeral of Pierre Trudeau|his funeral]] in 2000. Former Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]] and Fidel Castro also maintained a close relationship.

* Canada has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/cuba/index.aspx?lang=eng|title=Embassy of Canada to Cuba|first=Global Affairs|last=Canada|date=September 9, 2013|website=GAC}}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Ottawa]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/canada| title = Embassy of Cuba in Canada| date = 3 June 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 11 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811105026/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/canada| url-status = dead}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Chile}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Chile–Cuba relations]]

{{see also|Fidel Castro's state visit to Chile}}
Cuba has been since the 1960s a reference point to left wing politicians in [[Chile]]. Recently relations to Cuba has been hot subject in [[Concert of Parties for Democracy|Concertación]] politics since the [[Christian Democrat Party of Chile]], member of the Concertación, has supported a harder line in the diplomatic relations with Cuba while the [[Socialist Party of Chile]] has opposed this.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}

In 1971, despite an [[Organization of American States]] convention that no nation in the Western Hemisphere would have a relationship with Cuba (the only exception being Mexico, which had refused to adopt that convention), Castro took a month-long visit to Chile, following the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba. The visit, in which Castro participated actively in the internal politics of the country, holding massive rallies and giving public advice to [[Salvador Allende]], was seen by those on the political right as proof to support their view that "The Chilean Way to Socialism" was an effort to put Chile on the same path as Cuba.<ref>{{cite book | last = Quirk | first = Robert |date= August 1995 | title = Fidel Castro | publisher = W. W. Norton & Company }}</ref>
* Chile has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Santiago]].
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| {{flag|Colombia}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Colombia–Cuba relations]]

Cuba gave training, money, medicines, weapons and safe haven to members of [[Colombian people|Colombian]] guerrilla movements, especially to the [[National Liberation Army (Colombia)|ELN]] and also to members of the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]], both of which were founded in the early 1960s. In the years leading up to his death, Fidel Castro made gestures of reconciliation with different Colombian government administrations, and has been considered responsible for facilitating talks between them and the opposing guerrilla groups.
* Colombia has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Bogotá]].
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| {{flag|Costa Rica}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

[[Costa Rica]] broke relations with Cuba in 1961 to protest Cuban support of the left in Central America and renewed formal diplomatic ties with Fidel Castro's government in March 2009. In 1995, Costa Rica established a consular office in Havana. Cuba opened a consular office in Costa Rica in 2001, but relations continued to be difficult. In 2006, shortly after the death of [[Augusto Pinochet]], Costa Rican President [[Óscar Arias]] compared Fidel Castro's human rights record to that of the former Chilean president. In response, Cuban officials released a statement describing the Washington aligned Arias as a "vulgar mercenary" of U.S. officials, and asserting that Washington "always had on hand another opportunistic clown ready to follow its aggressive plans against Cuba."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-10/11672682008600.xml&storylist=international |title=Cuba slams Costa Rican leader's remarks |agency=Associated Press |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165104/http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Finternational-10%2F11672682008600.xml&storylist=international |archive-date=2007-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://granmai.cubaweb.com/ingles/2006/diciembre/mier27/01decla.html | title = Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Oscar Arias: Vain, mediocre and obsessed with being a star | publisher = Granma | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110524184407/http://granmai.cubaweb.com/ingles/2006/diciembre/mier27/01decla.html | archive-date = 2011-05-24 }}</ref>
* Costa Rica has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]].
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| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba-Dominican Republic relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Santo Domingo]].
* Dominican Republic has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|El Salvador}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

Cuba and [[El Salvador]] resumed diplomatic relations on June 1, 2009. El Salvador previously suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 due to the Cuban Revolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jdUQFbECZYRXiqkl75Rzs3cPsH6w |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315073814/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jdUQFbECZYRXiqkl75Rzs3cPsH6w |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 15, 2011 |title=El Salvador and Cuba reestablish diplomatic ties |date=2009-06-01 |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> Diplomatic ties were resumed after El Salvador's new president [[Mauricio Funes]], who had pledged to reestablish them, was sworn into office. El Salvador is also the very last Latin American nation to resume diplomatic relations with Cuba.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/06/02/el-salvador-and-cuba-normalize-relations/|title = El Salvador and Cuba normalize relations| date=2 June 2009 }}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[San Salvador]].
* El Salvador has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Grenada}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–Grenada relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]].
* Grenada has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Guatemala}} ||<!-- Date started -->||See [[Cuba–Guatemala relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Guatemala City]].
* Guatemala has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Guyana}} || <!-- Date started --> 1972||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on December 8, 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation&#124; Co-operative Republic of Guyana|access-date=2019-02-24|archive-date=2019-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224073504/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]].
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]].
* Guyana has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Haiti}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba-Haiti relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Port-au-Prince]].
* Haiti has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba resumed relations with Haiti in 1997 and since has sent thousands of doctors to Haiti since relations were re-established in 1997, performing hundreds of thousands of surgeries, medical consultations and have trained over 1,000 Haitian doctors at its medical schools. In addition, over 100,000 people in Haiti have become literate through Cuban efforts.
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| {{flag|Jamaica}} ||1972||See [[Cuba–Jamaica relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]].
* Jamaica has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Mexico}} || <!-- Date started -->1902 || See [[Cuba–Mexico relations]]
[[File:Enrique Peña Nieto y Fidel Castro.jpg|thumb|right|Mexican President [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] with former Cuban President [[Fidel Castro]] in January 2014]]

Before the Cuban revolution, [[Mexico]] was the country where several Cubans were exiled fleeing political persecution by the government of Batista like [[Julio Antonio Mella]], Juan Marinello, [[Fidel Castro]] and [[Raúl Castro]].

After the Cuban revolution when Cuba was expelled from the [[Organization of American States]], Mexico did not support this resolution and abstained, claiming a non-intervention policy. Relations were stable from 1934 to 1998.

Although the relationship between Cuba and Mexico remains strained, each side appears to make attempts to improve it. In 1998, Fidel Castro apologized when he said that "Mexican kids knew [[Mickey Mouse]] better than national heroes of their own country", which led Mexico to recall its ambassador from Havana.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.fiu.edu/~fcf/castroapologizes.html |title=Castro apologizes to Mexico's kids for put-down |publisher=.fiu.edu |date=1998-12-19 |access-date=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808044249/http://www2.fiu.edu/~fcf/castroapologizes.html |archive-date=2010-08-08 }}</ref> Rather, he said, his words were meant to underscore the cultural dominance of the US.<ref>{{cite news |date=1998-12-19 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/238827.stm | title = Castro says sorry to Mexico | work = BBC News | access-date = 2006-05-21 | location=London}}</ref>

Mexican [[President of Mexico|President]] [[Vicente Fox]] apologized to Fidel Castro in 2002 over statements by Castro, who had taped their telephone conversation, to the effect that Fox forced him to leave a United Nations summit in Mexico so that he would not be in the presence of President Bush, who also attended.<ref>{{cite news |date=2002-04-25 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1946089.stm | title = Mexico's Fox apologises to Castro | work = BBC News | access-date = 2006-05-21 | location=London}}</ref>

In 2004, Mexico suspended relations with Cuba after businessman [[Carlos Ahumada]] was arrested and deported to Mexico and the paperwork provided by the Cuban government proved that there was a plan from the Mexican government to make a complot against the potential presidential candidate from the opposition party [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]. In April 2012, Mexican president [[Felipe Calderón]] made a two-day visit to Havana. In January 2014, Mexican president [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] paid an official visit to Cuba.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2014/01/28/pena-nieto-llega-a-cuba-para-reafirmar-la-amistad-entre-los-paises|title=Peña Nieto llega a Cuba para "reafirmar" la amistad entre los países|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref>

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Mexico City]] and consulates-general in [[Cancún]], [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]], [[Monterrey]] and [[Veracruz (city)|Veracruz City]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/mexico| title = Embassy of Cuba in Mexico| date = 4 April 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 22 May 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190522055930/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/mexico| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/cuba/|title=Inicio|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Panama}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

Cuba and [[Panama]] have restored diplomatic ties after breaking them off in 2004 when Panama's former president [[Mireya Moscoso]] pardoned four Cubans, including [[Luis Posada Carriles]], who were accused of attempting to assassinate Cuban President [[Fidel Castro]]. The foreign minister of each country re-established official diplomatic relations in Havana by signing a document describing a spirit of fraternity that has long linked both nations.<ref name="Cuba and Panama restore relations">{{cite news | last = Gibbs| first = Stephen| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4170374.stm | title = Cuba and Panama restore relations | work = BBC News | access-date = 2006-05-21 | date=2005-08-21 | location=London}}</ref> In March 2009, the governments of Costa Rica and El Salvador announced that they plan on re-establishing full diplomatic relations with Cuba.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7951908.stm|title=Cuba neighbours to restore ties |work= BBC News|date=2009-03-18|access-date=2009-03-19 | location=London}}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Panama City]].
* Panama has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Peru}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–Peru relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Lima]].
* Peru has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Suriname}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–Suriname relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Paramaribo]].
* Suriname has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|United States}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–United States relations]]

The [[Cuban Revolution]] led to the deterioration of relations between the two countries, and diplomatic ties were broken on January 3, 1961, after the Eisenhower administration rejected a demand from Fidel Castro to reduce the number of US embassy personnel in Havana. However, since December 2014, relations have improved greatly, and on July 20, 2015, Cuba and the United States re-opened diplomatic relations, upgrading their "interest sections" to embassies. In December 2014, US President [[Barack Obama]] and Cuban President [[Raúl Castro]] announced the start of the [[United States-Cuban Thaw|process to normalize diplomatic relations between the two countries]], following 18 months of secret negotiations in [[Canada]] and [[Vatican City]]. Although relations have greatly improved since then, the United States still holds a trade embargo against Cuba, making it illegal for American companies to do business in Cuba. However, Barack Obama has called for an end to the embargo, saying that it failed to get Cuba to abandon one-party rule.

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cubadiplomatica.cu/eeuu/EN/Mission/ConsularSectioninWashington.aspx |title=Embassy of Cuba in the United States |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104425/http://www.cubadiplomatica.cu/eeuu/EN/Mission/ConsularSectioninWashington.aspx |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* United States has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cu.usembassy.gov/|title=U.S. Embassy in Cuba|website=U.S. Embassy in Cuba}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Uruguay}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–Uruguay relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Montevideo]].
* Uruguay has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Venezuela}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Venezuela relations]]

Relations between Cuba and [[Venezuela]] significantly improved during the [[Presidency of Hugo Chávez]]. Chávez formed a major alliance with Cuban president Fidel Castro and significant trade relationship with Cuba since his election in 1999. The warm relationship between the two countries continued to intensify.<ref name=BRITANNICA>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9403289/Cuba|title=Cuba|author=Daniel P. Erikson|access-date=2008-06-10|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]]}}</ref>  Hugo Chávez described Castro as his mentor<ref name=DNAWAHC>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1043203&pageid=0|title=The world according to Hugo Chávez|date=2006-07-22|access-date=2008-06-08|newspaper=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618232327/http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1043203&pageid=0|archive-date=2008-06-18}}</ref> and called Cuba "a revolutionary democracy".<ref name=BBCVEUCV>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4179050.stm|title=Venezuela ends upbeat Cuba visit|date=2005-08-24|access-date=2008-06-09|work=BBC News | location=London|first=Stephen|last=Gibbs}}</ref>

In 2005 the two countries also signed cooperation agreements in the area of energy and electricity, an accord between Venezuela's oil company [[PDVSA]] and its Cuban counterpart [[Cupet]] to buy and sell crude oil and a crude oil storage agreement between the two companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=1835 |title=Cuba and Venezuela sign millionaire bilateral trade agreement |publisher=Bilaterals.org |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref>

Hugo Chávez, who said he was one of the few people in the world who knew Castro's illness from July 31, 2006, helped Cuba undermine a strict U.S. embargo by sending cheap oil and boosting commercial relations. Agreements between Cuba and Venezuela, the world's No. 5 oil exporter, have brought more than 20,000 Cuban doctors to Venezuela to provide medical services for the poor. The program, one of numerous oil-funded social projects, helped Chávez build a strong political support base, and he won a reelection bid in December 2006.<ref name=reuters-09-03>{{cite news|title=Castro recovering and giving orders: Chavez|date=2006-09-03|work=Reuters|url=http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-09-03T213241Z_01_N03251032_RTRUKOC_0_US-CUBA-CASTR0-VENEZUELA.xml&archived=False|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025044729/http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews|archive-date=2006-10-25}}</ref>

A U.S. official told the ''Miami Herald'' in 2016 that U.S. estimates of total Venezuelan subsidies to Cuba per year "are up to the $2 billion figure." This is comparable to the $4 billion to $6 billion that the Soviet Union once pumped into Cuba per year.<ref>[http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/cuba/15395148.htm] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Caracas]].
* Venezuela has an embassy in Havana.
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=== Asia ===

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! style="width:15%;"| Region
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
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| {{flag|Armenia}} || <!-- Date started -->27 March 1992 ||

* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 March 1992.<ref name="mfa.am">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.am/en/country-by-country/cu/ |title=Cuba - Bilateral Relations - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia |access-date=2017-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702183505/http://mfa.am/en/country-by-country/cu/ |archive-date=2017-07-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Armenia is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref name="mfa.am"/>
* Cuba is accredited to Armenia from its embassy in Moscow, Russia.<ref name="mfa.am"/>
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| {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || 27 March 1992<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Cuba|url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/369/cuba|access-date=2021-01-25|website=mfa.gov.az}}{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><!-- Date started -->||See [[Azerbaijan–Cuba relations]]
* The diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Cuba were established on March 27, 1992.<ref name=":0" />
*There is an Azerbaijan-Cuba interparliamentary working group acting within the parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan.<ref name=":0" />
*There is a Cuba-Azerbaijan interparliamentary working group acting within the parliament of the Republic of Cuba.<ref name=":0" />
*Azerbaijan has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Baku]].
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| {{flag|China}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[China–Cuba relations]]

As the economy of the [[Soviet Union]] fell into a decline which ultimately led to [[Collapse of the Soviet Union|its collapse]] in 1991, the [[People's Republic of China]] has emerged as a new key partner for Cuba's foreign relations and the guardian of [[socialist states|socialist countries]] around the world. Relations between Cuba and China continue to grow including deals for China to set up a possible military base in Cuba, similar to the [[Bejucal]] Base and an agreement was signed between China and Cuba for China open more factories producing local goods such as televisions. Cuba has also purchased from China a wide range of items including bicycles, buses, refrigerators, rice cookers, energy-saving lightbulbs and diesel-electric locomotives with the aim of providing a boost to Cuba's national infrastructure.<ref>[http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2006/01/16/trains.shtml Cuba gets China's first trains exported to Latin America] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510171902/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2006/01/16/trains.shtml |date=2006-05-10 }} Caribbean Net News</ref>
* China has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Beijing]] and consulates-general in [[Guangzhou]] and [[Shanghai]].
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| {{flag|India}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–India relations]]

Relations between India and Cuba have generally been warm and cordial since the Cuban revolution. Both nations are part of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] and Cuba has repeatedly called for a more "democratic" representation of the United Nations Security Council, supporting India's candidacy for permanent membership on a reformed Security Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indembassyhavana.org/?q=en/node/9|title=Ind Embassy Havana|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-date=28 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228012957/http://www.indembassyhavana.org/?q=en%2Fnode%2F9|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Fidel Castro]] had said that  "The maturity of India…, its unconditional adherence to the principles which lay at the foundation of the Non-Aligned Movement give us the assurances that under the wise leadership of [[Indira Gandhi]] (the former [[Prime Minister of India]]), the non-aligned countries will continue advancing in their inalienable role as a bastion for peace, national independence and development…"
<ref name="frontlineonnet.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2708/stories/20100423270805500.htm |title=50 years of friendship |access-date=2013-06-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203145522/http://frontlineonnet.com/fl2708/stories/20100423270805500.htm |archive-date=2011-02-03 }}</ref>

India provided Cuba with 10,000 tonnes of wheat and 10,000 tonnes of rice in 1992 when Cuba was undergoing hardship. Fidel Castro termed the donation as the "Bread of India" because it was sufficient for one loaf of bread for each one of the then Cuban population of eleven million people.<ref name="frontlineonnet.com"/>
India also provided donations worth two million dollars during the Cuban earthquake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cuba/india-04.htm|title=Reitera la India su apoyo a Cuba frente a políticas agresivas de Estados Unidos|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref>

* Cuba has an embassy in [[New Delhi]].
* India has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Indonesia}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–Indonesia relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Jakarta]].
* Indonesia has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Iran}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Iran–Cuba relations]]

Iran has a productive trade balance with Cuba. The two governments signed a document to bolster cooperation in Havana in January 2006.<ref name=ge>{{cite news |title=Iran, Cuba sign banking agreement |url=http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/cuba/3768.html |work=Islamic Republic News Agency |date=2008-02-19 |access-date=2008-06-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124150809/http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/cuba/3768.html |archive-date=2008-01-24 }}</ref> President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] called relations "firm and progressive" over the past three decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-3/0806037601194249.htm |title=President urges Tehran-Havana cooperation in NAM – Irna |access-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210103311/http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-3/0806037601194249.htm |archive-date=2012-02-10 }}</ref>  Ahmadinejad made an official visit to the island in January 2012 as part of a series of official visits to various countries in Latin America.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-cuba_n_1200050.html | work=Huffington Post | title=PHOTOS: Ahmadinejad In Cuba | date=2012-01-11}}</ref>  During his brief stay in Cuba, Ahmadinejad met with Fidel Castro and said that the two countries were "fighting on the same front."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/ahmadinejad-castro_n_1202471.html | work=Huffington Post | title=Ahmadinejad: Iran And Cuba Fighting On The Same Front | date=2012-01-12}}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Tehran]].
* Iran has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Iraq}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Iraq relations]]

* Cuba is accredited to Iraq from its embassy in Tehran, Iran.
* Iraq is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.
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| {{flag|Israel}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Israel relations]]
[[File:Cuban ambassador to Israel1960.jpg|thumb|Cuban ambassador to Israel with [[Golda Meir]], 1960]]

On 29 November 1947, Cuba voted against the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]], the Cuban delegation stating they would vote against partition because they could not be party to coercing the majority in Palestine.<ref>[http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=nypl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS68896125&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Palestine Vote Delayed] The Times of London, 29 Nov, 1947</ref> Nevertheless, Israel came into being on 14 May 1948, and Cuba recognised the [[State of Israel]] ''de facto'' on 14 January 1949. In March 1949 Cuba voted in the UN Security Council in favour of admission of Israel to the United Nations, and recognised Israel ''de jure'' on 18 April 1949.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Levinson, Jay|title=Jewish Community of Cuba: The Golden Age, 1906-1958|publisher=Westview Publishing Co|year=2006|page=150|isbn=978-0-9776207-0-8}}</ref> In May of that year Cuba also voted in favour of Israel's admission to the UN in the UN General Assembly.

Israel-Cuba relations have been icy since the 1960s. Cuba didn't succumb to Arab pressure to sever relations with Israel,  but sent troops to fight against Israel during the [[War of Attrition]] (1967–70), and also joined the expeditionary forces during the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], and broke diplomatic relations with Israel the same year. Israel has been the only country to consistently vote with the U.S. in the UN General Assembly against the annual [[United States embargo against Cuba#Criticism of embargo laws and rules|resolution criticizing the embargo]], which began in 1992.

In late 2010, [[Fidel Castro]], who no longer held office in Cuba's government, stated that he believes Israel has a "right to exist", which is a shift from his regime's earlier policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/america/2010/09/22/cuba/1285188678.html |title=Fidel Castro reconoce el derecho de Israel a la existencia como un Estado judío &#124; Cuba |work=El Mundo|location=Spain |date=22 September 2010}}</ref> Margalit Bejarano posed in 2015 that any future relationship between Israel and Cuba will not solely rest on the course that will take Havana-Washington ties, but will also factor in Cuba's dependence on Iran, on Venezuela and its closeness to the Palestinians.<ref name="test">[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/23739770.2015.1005450 Israel and Cuba: A New Beginning?], Margalit Bejarano. (2015). Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, IX(1), 75-85.</ref><ref>See also Margalit Bejarano, La Comunidad Hebrea de Cuba: La memoria y la historia, (Jerusalem: Abraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Judaism, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1996)</ref>

In the light of the [[United States–Cuban Thaw|thaw in US-Cuba relations]], the Israeli government is re-examining the state of its relations with Cuba – Israel is presently represented in Cuba through an interest section in the Canadian embassy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cjnews.com/news/Israel/will-see-Israeli-cuban-rapprochement|title=Will we see an Israeli-Cuban rapprochement?|author=The CJN|date=10 August 2015|work=The Canadian Jewish News|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{flag|Japan}} || <!-- Date started -->21 December 1929|| See [[Cuba–Japan relations]]
Cuba and Japan established diplomatic relations on 21 December 1929.
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| {{flag|Malaysia}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–Malaysia relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Kuala Lumpur]].
* Malaysia has an embassy in Havana.
|-
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|<!-- Date started -->7 December 1960
|
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Ulaanbaatar]].
* Mongolia has an embassy in Havana.
*In the 1980s, the trade and cooperation agreements between the two governments were ratified.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cuba y Mongolia celebran 60 años de amistad {{!}} Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba|url=http://www.cubaminrex.cu/es/cuba-y-mongolia-celebran-60-anos-de-amistad|access-date=2021-06-04|website=www.cubaminrex.cu|archive-date=2021-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604021354/http://www.cubaminrex.cu/es/cuba-y-mongolia-celebran-60-anos-de-amistad|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Nepal}}
|<!-- Date started -->25 March 1975<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nepal - Cuba Relations - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal MOFA|url=https://mofa.gov.np/nepal-cuba-relations/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=mofa.gov.np|archive-date=2021-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921001429/https://mofa.gov.np/nepal-cuba-relations/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
* Cuban Ambassador to India is accredited to Nepal.
* Embassy of Nepal in Ottawa is concurrently accredited to Cuba.
* The friendly relations between the two countries have been further strengthened by exchange of visits and contacts at various levels in the past. Late King Birendra paid an official visit to Havana in September 1979 to represent Nepal in the 6th NAM summit.
* The Cuban Government had offered some scholarships to the Nepalese students in the streams of culture and sports, engineering, psychology and agriculture for bachelor's degrees.
* A medical team from the Government of Cuba extended medical treatment to the earthquake affected people of Nepal.

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| {{flag|North Korea}} || <!-- Date started -->29 August 1960|| See [[Cuba–North Korea relations]]
The Republic of Cuba has had diplomatic relations with [[North Korea]] since 29 August 1960.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wertz|first1=Daniel|last2=Oh|first2=JJ|last3=Kim|first3=Insung|date=August 2016|title=Issue Brief: DPRK Diplomatic Relations|publisher=The National Committee on North Korea|url=http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf|access-date=22 February 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228074114/http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2016|page=8}}</ref> Cuba maintains an embassy in [[Pyongyang]] and North Korea maintains an embassy in [[Havana]]. [[Che Guevara]] then a [[Cuban government]] minister visited North Korea in 1960 and proclaimed it a model for Cuba to follow.<ref>Bruce Cumings, ''Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History'', W W Norton & Company, New York, 1997, p 394</ref> Cuban leader [[Fidel Castro]] visited in 1986. In 2013 a North Korean cargo ship seized while travelling through the [[Panama Canal]] and was found to be carrying weapons from Cuba, apparently to be repaired in North Korea. The ship was later returned to the North Korean government.
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| {{flag|Pakistan}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Pakistan relations]]
The relations between the two countries strengthened after Cuba provided humanitarian assistance to the victims of the [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]]. Both nations continue to strengthen the bilateral relations especially in the fields of higher education, agriculture, industry and science and technology and have also held talks for military cooperation. In March 2008 ambassador Gustavo Machin Gomez met Gen. [[Tariq Majid]], the [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC)]] at Joint Staff Headquarters and discussed issues related to military cooperation. Both of them expressed positive views over the increasing relations between the two nations and were optimistic that the bilateral cooperation will expand in different fields. Majid stressed that Pakistan has formed strong defence infrastructure both in defence production and in shape of military academies to provide help and cooperation to the [[Military of Cuba]]. He also said that both countries should use their capacity for expanding military cooperation. In an interview with Overseas Pakistani Friends, Machin Gomez suggested further ways that Cuba and Pakistan might be able to help each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opfblog.com/7087/interview-of-honorable-gustavo-machin-gomez-ambssador-of-cuba-in-pakistan/|title=Interview with Honorable Gustavo Machin Gomez Ambassador of Cuba in Pakistan|work=Overseas Pakistani Friends|access-date=27 April 2016|date=2009-03-04|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061046/http://www.opfblog.com/7087/interview-of-honorable-gustavo-machin-gomez-ambssador-of-cuba-in-pakistan/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Islamabad]].
* Pakistan has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Philippines}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba-Philippines relations]]

Like Cuba, the [[Philippines]] was once a [[Spanish East Indies|Spanish possession]], and Spanish rule in both colonies ended with the victory of the United States in the [[Spanish–American War]]. Provisions in the subsequent 1898 [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|Treaty of Paris]] gave Cuba independence while giving the Philippine Islands over to [[American Colonial Period (Philippines)|American control]], which was gradually lessened until the country achieved full sovereignty on 4 July 1946. Despite the Philippines being a long-time American ally, it has denounced the [[United States embargo against Cuba|American sanctions]] against Cuba.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/349064/cuba-thanks-philippines-support |title=Cuba thanks Philippines for support &#124; Manila Bulletin |publisher=Mb.com.ph |date=2001-06-08 |access-date=2012-06-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113144430/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/349064/cuba-thanks-philippines-support |archive-date=2013-01-13 }}</ref> 
* Cuba is accredited to the Philippines from its embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
* Philippines is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.
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| {{flag|South Korea}} || <!-- Date started -->14 February 2024|| See [[Cuba–South Korea relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 July 1949, Cuba was the first country that recognize South Korea in Latin America.

There was no official-level diplomatic relation between the Cuba and [[South Korea]] from 1 January 1959 to 14 February 2024. Despite this there has been unofficial interactions in the economic level between the two countries. For instance South Korea's [[Hyundai Heavy Industries]] sent Packaged power station mobile generators to Cuba for the country's power grids. A picture of a PPS was later incorporated into the 10 [[Cuban convertible peso]] banknote.<ref>{{cite news | first = Ji-eun | last = Seo | title = 'Viva Hyundai' on a Cuban bill | date = 2007-01-30 | url = http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2871887 | work = Joongang Daily | access-date = 2011-07-28}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Syria}} || ||See [[Cuba–Syria relations]]
|- valign="top"
| {{flag|Turkey}} || <!-- Date started --> 1952<ref name="auto43">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-republic-of-cuba.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and the Republic of Cuba}}</ref>||See [[Cuba–Turkey relations]] 
*Cuba has an embassy in [[Ankara]].
*Turkey has an embassy in [[Havana]].<ref name="auto43"/>
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$54.7 million in 2019 (Cuban exports/imports: 11.8/42.9 million USD).<ref name="auto43"/>
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| {{flag|Uzbekistan}} || <!-- Date started -->13 March 2006 || See [[:ru:Узбекистанско-кубинские отношения|Cuba–Uzbekistan relations]]
* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 March 2006.
* Uzbekistan is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]] ([[United States|USA]]).
* Cuba is accredited to Uzbekistan from its embassy in [[Baku]] ([[Azerbaijan]]).
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| {{flag|Vietnam}} || <!-- Date started -->December 1960 || See [[Cuba–Vietnam relations]]
Diplomatic relations between the two countries was established in December 1960. Since then, Vietnam has become Cuba's second-largest trading partner in Asia, with Vietnam trailing behind China. Vietnam, just as Cuba is, is a [[Communist state]] and [[socialist state]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.china.org.cn/world/2012-07/06/content_25840216.htm | title = Cuban leader Raul Castro to visit Vietnam | access-date = 13 October 2012 | date = 6 July 2012 | publisher = [[Xinhua]]. China.org.ch | author = Staff writer| author-link = Staff writer }}</ref>
|}

=== Europe ===

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|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
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| {{flag|European Union}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–European Union relations]]

[[European Union]] (EU) relations with Cuba are governed by the Common Position, as approved by the [[European Council of Ministers]] in 1996, which is updated every six months following regular evaluations. According to the Common Position "the objective of the European Union in its relations with Cuba is to encourage a process of transition to a pluralist democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as sustainable recovery and improvement in the living standards of the Cuban people". Cuba rejects the Common Position as interference in its internal affairs. There is an EU Delegation in Havana that works under the responsibility of the EC Delegation in [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]].

Cuba benefits from the GPS (Generalized Preference System) preferential treatment for its exports. Furthermore, Cuba does not benefit from the ACP-EU Sugar Protocol but from a sugar quota granted by the EU (some 59,000 tonnes per year; duty paid on this quota is EUR 98/t).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/comm/development/body/country/country_home_en.cfm?cid=cu&status=new |title=European Union – EEAS (European External Action Service) &#124; Countries / Territories |publisher=Ec.europa.eu |date=2010-06-21 |access-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019232940/http://ec.europa.eu/comm/development/body/country/country_home_en.cfm?cid=cu&status=new |archive-date=2006-10-19 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{flag|Belgium}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

During Spanish Governor-general period, Cuba was offered for sale in 1837.<ref>{{cite journal | s2cid=222514899 | doi=10.1215/00182168-39.3.413 | title=Belgium and the Prospective Sale of Cuba in 1837 | year=1959 | last1=Gooch | first1=Brison D. | journal=Hispanic American Historical Review | volume=39 | issue=3 | pages=413–427 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Belgium has an embassy in Havana.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Brussels]].
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| {{flag|France}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–France relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/francia| title = Embassy of Cuba in France| date = 18 August 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 13 August 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180813094612/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/francia| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* France has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cu.ambafrance.org/|title=La France à Cuba|website=cu.ambafrance.org}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{flag|Greece}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Greece relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Athens]].
* Greece has an embassy in Havana.
|- valign="top"
| {{flag|Holy See}} || <!-- Date started --> ||See [[Cuba–Holy See relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in Rome accredited to the Holy See.
* Holy See has an apostolic nunciature in Havana.
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| {{flag|Ireland}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/irlanda| title = Embassy of Cuba in Ireland| date = 11 April 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 11 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811105321/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/irlanda| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Ireland is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/mexico/|title=Mexico - Department of Foreign Affairs|first=Department of Foreign|last=Affairs|website=www.dfa.ie}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Italy}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/italia |title=Embassy of Cuba in Italy |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104658/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/italia |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Italy has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amblavana.esteri.it/ambasciata_lavana/it/ |title=Embassy of Italy in Havana |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811105514/http://www.amblavana.esteri.it/ambasciata_lavana/it/ |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
|- valign="top"
| {{flag|Poland}} || <!-- Date started -->1933||See [[Cuba–Poland relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Warsaw]].
* Poland has an embassy in Havana. 
|- valign="top"
| {{flag|Russia}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Russia relations]]

Relations between the two countries suffered somewhat during the [[Boris Yeltsin]] administration, as Cuba was forced to look for new major allies, such as China, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Relations improved when [[Vladimir Putin]] was elected as the new Russian President. Putin, and later [[Dmitry Medvedev]], emphasized re-establishing strong relations with old Soviet allies. In 2008, Medvedev visited Havana and [[Raúl Castro]] made a week-long trip to Moscow. In that same year the two governments signed multiple economic agreements and Russia sent tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba. Cuba, meanwhile, gave staunch political support for Russia during the [[2008 South Ossetia war]]. Relations between the two nations are currently at a post-Soviet high, and talks about potentially re-establishing a Russian military presence in Cuba are even beginning to surface.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Serbia}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Serbia relations]]

Cuba and [[Serbia]] have a long history of diplomatic relations from the period of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] when both countries were members of [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. Cuba supports Serbia in its [[Serbia's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|stance]] towards [[Kosovo]] considering [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|Kosovo's independence]] an illegitimate act and a violation of [[international law]] and principles of the [[United Nations Charter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Srpski/Foreinframe.htm |title=Spoljna politika |publisher=Mfa.gov.rs |access-date=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617213259/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Srpski/Foreinframe.htm |archive-date=2012-06-17 }}</ref> Serbia supports Cuba at the [[United Nations]] in condemning the [[United States embargo against Cuba|United States embargo]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Beta |url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/aktuelno.69.html:270736-Dobri-odnosi-Kube-i-Srbije |title=Dobri odnosi Kube i Srbije &#124; Aktuelno |publisher=Novosti.rs |date=2012-03-20 |access-date=2012-07-26}}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Belgrade]].
* Serbia has an embassy in Havana.
|- valign="top"
| {{flag|Spain}} || <!-- Date started -->1899 || See [[Cuba–Spain relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Madrid]] with consulates-general in [[Barcelona]], [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]], [[Santiago de Compostela]] and [[Seville]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/espana| title = Embassy of Cuba in Spain| date = 22 April 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 15 September 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915230323/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/espana| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Spain has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/embajadas/lahabana/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx|title=Páginas - Embajada de España en Cuba|website=www.exteriores.gob.es|access-date=2017-08-11|archive-date=2017-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104528/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/embajadas/lahabana/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{flag|United Kingdom}} ||20 May 1902|| See [[Cuba–United Kingdom relations]]

Cuba established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 20 May 1902.<ref name="britain"/>
*Cuba maintains an [[Embassy of Cuba, London|embassy]] in London.
* United Kingdom is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in [[Havana]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-havana|title=British Embassy Havana|website=GOV.UK|access-date=3 April 2024|archive-date=13 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213190815/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-havana|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/1154/cuba---united-kingdom-bit-1995-|title=Cuba - United Kingdom BIT (1995)|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-date=20 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220225738/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/1154/cuba---united-kingdom-bit-1995-|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Political Dialogue and Co-operation Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rutley|first=David|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-minister-visits-cuba-to-agree-new-cooperation-agreement|title=UK Minister visits Cuba to agree new cooperation agreement|date=21 November 2023|website=GOV.UK|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-date=21 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121204344/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-minister-visits-cuba-to-agree-new-cooperation-agreement|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Oceania ===
{{Main|Cuban-Pacific relations}}

Cuba has two embassies in Oceania, located in [[Wellington]] (opened in November 2007)<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4259546a11.html |title=Cuban connection runs deeper than the carnival |date=3 November 2007 |work=[[The Post (New Zealand newspaper)|The Dominion Post]] |access-date=30 September 2011 |archive-date=26 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226132654/http://www.stuff.co.nz/4259546a11.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and also one in [[Canberra]] opened October 24, 2008. It also has a [[Consulate General]] in [[Sydney]].<ref>[http://embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/Default.aspx?alias=embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/australiaing General Consulate of The Republic of Cuba in Australia<!-- Bot generated title -->]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110202140/http://embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/Default.aspx?alias=embacuba.cubaminrex.cu%2Faustraliaing |date=January 10, 2008 }}</ref> However, Cuba has official diplomatic relations with [[Nauru]] since 2002<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cubanews.acn.cu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226212507/http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2007/1001proque_nauru.htm|url-status=dead|title=Cuba expects US reverses measures taken under the pretext of sonic incidents|archive-date=February 26, 2008|website=Agencia Cubana de Noticias}}</ref> and the [[Solomon Islands]] since 2003,<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web|url=http://www.solomonstarnews.com/?q=node/13224 |title=solomonstarnews.com |publisher=solomonstarnews.com |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> and maintains relations with other Pacific countries by providing aid.

In 2008, Cuba will reportedly be sending doctors to the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Vanuatu]], [[Tuvalu]], Nauru and Papua New Guinea,<ref>[http://www.plenglish.com:80/article.asp?ID=%7B771AA7E5-B9F3-4129-AFF7-208C0DC1D65D%7D)&language=EN "Cuban Physicians to Aid 81 Nations"]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Prensa Latina]], March 29, 2008</ref> while seventeen medical students from Vanuatu will study in Cuba.<ref name="RNZI_41373">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=41373 |title=Vanuatu to get six doctors from Cuba |date=10 August 2008 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> It may also provide training for Fiji doctors. Indeed, Fiji's ambassador to the United Nations, [[Berenado Vunibobo]], has stated that his country may seek closer relations with Cuba, and in particular medical assistance, following a decline in [[New Zealand-Fiji relations|Fiji's relations with New Zealand]].<ref name="RNZI_38964">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=38964 |title=Fiji says Cuban help sought as neighbours turn away |date=4 April 2008 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Australia}} || <!-- Date started -->1989 ||

[[Australia]] and Cuba have a growing relationship on positive terms. Relations began in 1989. Relations were given a rebirth in 2009 when the foreign minister [[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith]] visited Cuba. In 2010, Cuba's foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez visited Australia. The ministers signed a memorandum of understanding in political cooperation between the foreign ministries and for closer bilateral relations. There is a Cuban embassy in Australia. It was opened on 24 October 2008. There are only two Australia–Cuba bilateral treaties, extended to Australia by the [[British Empire]] covering extradition.

* Australia is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mexico.embassy.gov.au/ |title=Embassy of Australia in Mexico |access-date=2020-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706202321/https://mexico.embassy.gov.au/ |archive-date=2019-07-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/australia| title = Embassy of Cuba in Australia| date = 2 June 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 11 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104816/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/australia| url-status = dead}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Kiribati}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Kiribati relations]]

Relations between Cuba and Kiribati are nascent, having developed in the 2000s (decade). Like other countries in Oceania, Kiribati is a beneficiary of Cuban medical aid; bilateral relations between [[Tarawa]] and Havana should be viewed within the scope of [[Cuban-Pacific relations|Cuba's regional policy in Oceania]].

There are currently sixteen Cuban doctors providing specialised medical care in [[Kiribati]], with sixteen more scheduled to join them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/10/01/six-more-cuban-physicians-to-serve-in-kiribati|title=Pacific Magazine: Six More Cuban Physicians To Serve In Kiribati<!-- Bot generated title -->}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Cubans have also offered training to I-Kiribati doctors.<ref name="RNZI_26617">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=26617 |title=Kiribati discusses medical training with Cuba |date=6 September 2006 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522033754/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=26617 |archive-date=22 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cuban doctors have reportedly provided a dramatic improvement to the field of medical care in Kiribati, reducing the child mortality rate in that country by 80 percent,<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=33793 |title=Cuban doctors reduce Kiribati infant mortality rate by 80 percent |date=19 July 2007 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> and winning the proverbial hearts and minds in the Pacific. In response, the [[Solomon Islands]] began recruiting Cuban doctors in July 2007, while [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Fiji]] considered following suit.<ref name="autogenerated2" />
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| {{flag|Nauru}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

In June 2007, [[Nauru]] adopted the "Cuban literacy method", reportedly used also in several other countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B047A98FA-B977-4545-9AA9-94CEA03C1C93%7D)&language=EN |title=Cuban Literacy Method to Pacific Isle – Prensa Latina |publisher=Plenglish.com |date= |access-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228023539/http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B047A98FA-B977-4545-9AA9-94CEA03C1C93%7D%29&language=EN |archive-date=2008-02-28 }}</ref> In October 2007, Nauruan Foreign Minister and Trade Minister [[David Adeang]] travelled to Cuba to strengthen relations between the two island nations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B024A0C98-99F7-4CEA-92F2-B6F13A3A4A60%7D)&language=EN |title=Cuba, Nauru to Strengthen Links – Prensa Latina |publisher=Plenglish.com |date= |access-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228023535/http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B024A0C98-99F7-4CEA-92F2-B6F13A3A4A60%7D%29&language=EN |archive-date=2008-02-28 }}</ref> This led to the creation of a Cuba-Nauru Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2007/1002nauru-cuba.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226212521/http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2007/1002nauru-cuba.htm |title=ECONOMY|archive-date=26 February 2008|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> An unspecified number of Cuban doctors are serving in Nauru.
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| {{flag|New Zealand}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

Regarding relations with [[New Zealand]], Cuban ambassador José Luis Robaina García said his country had "admiration for [[Foreign relations of New Zealand|New Zealand's independent foreign policy]]".<ref name="autogenerated1" />

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Wellington]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/nuevazelanda |title=Embassy of Cuba in New Zealand |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419180414/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/nuevazelanda |archive-date=2018-04-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* New Zealand is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/latin-america/mexico/embajada-de-nueva-zelandia |title=Embassy of New Zealand in Mexico |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811142621/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/latin-america/mexico/embajada-de-nueva-zelandia |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| {{flag|Solomon Islands}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba – Solomon Islands relations]]
Relations between the [[Solomon Islands]] and Cuba have only a short history. The two countries moved to establish relations from the 2000s (decade), and particularly from 2007, within the context of Cuba's growing interest in the [[Pacific Islands]] region. Like other countries in Oceania, Solomon Islands is a beneficiary of Cuban medical aid; bilateral relations between Havana and [[Honiara]] must be viewed within the scope of [[Cuban-Pacific relations|Cuba's regional policy in Oceania]].

In April 2007, the ''[[Solomon Star]]'' reported that the [[Solomon Islands]]' High Commissioner to the United Nations was soon to be sworn in as Ambassador to Cuba.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solomonstarnews.com/?q=node/13688 |title=solomonstarnews.com |publisher=solomonstarnews.com |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> In September 2007, it was announced that 40 Cuban doctors would be sent to the Solomon Islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s2030359.htm |title=News &#124; ABC Radio Australia |publisher=Radioaustralia.net.au |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> The Solomons' Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Patterson Oti]] said that Solomon Islander doctors would "learn from their Cuban colleagues in specialized areas".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solomonstarnews.com/?q=node/13243 |title=solomonstarnews.com |publisher=solomonstarnews.com |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> In addition to providing doctors, Cuba provided scholarships for 50 Solomon Islanders to study medicine in Cuba for free.<ref name="autogenerated3" /><ref name="RNZI_38300">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=38300 |title=Cuban-trained doctors sorely needed in Solomons |date=28 February 2008 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Tuvalu}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Tuvalu relations]]

Relations between Tuvalu and Cuba are recent, having developed in the 2000s (decade). Like other countries in Oceania, Tuvalu is a beneficiary of [[Cuban medical internationalism|Cuban medical aid]]; bilateral relations between [[Funafuti]] and Havana must be viewed within the scope of [[Cuban-Pacific relations|Cuba's regional policy in Oceania]].
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| {{flag|Vanuatu}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Vanuatu relations]]

Relations between the Republic of [[Vanuatu]] and Cuba began shortly after the former gained its independence from [[France]] and the United Kingdom in 1980, and began establishing [[Foreign relations of Vanuatu|its own foreign policy]] as a newly independent state. Vanuatu and Cuba established official diplomatic relations in 1983.<ref name=hommes>{{cite book |last= Huffer |first=Elise |title=Grands hommes et petites îles: La politique extérieure de Fidji, de Tonga et du Vanuatu |year=1993 |publisher=ORSTOM |language=fr | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R--2AAAACAAJ |isbn=978-2-7099-1125-2 }}</ref>
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