Editing Foreign relations of Sweden (section)

==Asia==
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|{{flag|Armenia}}||10 July 1992||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 July 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avtal med Armenien om upprättande av diplomatiska förbindelser, Helsingfors den 10 juli 1992 |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/4dd607b37e2047b2b8ce2c7adc19cf0f/avtal-med-armenien-om-upprattande-av-diplomatiska-forbindelser-helsingfors-den-10-juli-1992.pdf |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=regeringen.se |language=sv}}</ref>
* Armenia has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden opened an embassy in [[Yerevan]] 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/5616/a/68460/l/en/pd/5616|title=Felsida|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221232532/http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/5616/a/68460/l/en/pd/5616|archive-date=February 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Sweden has [[Recognition of the Armenian Genocide|recognized]] the [[Armenian genocide]] on March 29, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ourararat.com/eng/e_rec.htm |title=International Affirmation and Recognition of Armenian Genocide |access-date=June 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715081139/http://www.ourararat.com/ENG/e_rec.htm |archive-date=July 15, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* There are around 8,000 people of [[Armenian diaspora|Armenian descent]] living in Sweden. 
* Both countries are members of the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|8 May 1992
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 May 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avtal med Azerbajdzjan om upprättande av diplomatiska förbindelser, Baku den 8 maj 1992 |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/1fb343d2c123489ea8bc6d06d42681da/avtal-med-azerbajdzjan-om-upprattande-av-diplomatiska-forbindelser-baku-den-8-maj-1992.pdf |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=regeringen.se |language=sv}}</ref>
* The embassy of Sweden in [[Baku]] opened in 2014.
* Azerbaijani opened an embassy in Stockholm.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
* Currently, approximately 10 thousand Azerbaijanis live in Sweden, and in addition about 30 thousand Azerbaijanis from Iran.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Media.Az|title=Как азербайджанцы-мигранты адаптируются в Швеции? Media.Az поговорила с Конгрессом азербайджанцев Швеции|url=https://media.az/society/1067722709/azerbaydzhancev-v-shvecii-privlekaet-vysokiy-uroven-zhizni/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=media.az|language=ru}}</ref>
* In 2006, a diaspora organization called «Odlar yurdu» was established in Sweden.<ref name=":0" />
* In 2010, the Congress of Swedish Azerbaijanis was established.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://minval.az/news/123681171|title=Эмиль Мирзоев: В Швеции мы все доверяем друг другу, а Азербайджане никто никому не верит|date=April 18, 2017|website=Minval.az|access-date=December 17, 2020|archive-date=January 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126035512/https://minval.az/news/123681171|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|China }}||<!-- Start date -->||See [[China–Sweden relations]].

* China has an embassy in Stockholm and a consulate-general in [[Gothenburg]].
* Sweden has an embassy in Beijing and consulates-general in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
In July 2019, the UN ambassadors from 22 nations, including Sweden, signed a joint letter to the [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UNHRC]] condemning [[Persecution of Uyghurs in China|China's mistreatment of the Uyghurs]] as well as its mistreatment of other minority groups, urging the Chinese government to close the [[Xinjiang internment camps]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Which Countries Are For or Against China's Xinjiang Policies? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/which-countries-are-for-or-against-chinas-xinjiang-policies/ |work=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]] |date=15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More than 20 ambassadors condemn China's treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/more-than-20-ambassadors-condemn-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-in-xinjiang |work=The Guardian|date=11 July 2019}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Georgia }}||19 September 1992||See [[Georgia–Sweden relations]].  
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 September 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avtal med Georgien om upprättande av diplomatiska förbindelser, Moskva den 19 september 1992 |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/26fa567356b54cccb8b55dc3b5692513/avtal-med-georgien-om-upprattande-av-diplomatiska-forbindelser-moskva-den-19-september-1992.pdf |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=regeringen.se |language=sv}}</ref> 
* Georgia has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Tbilisi]]. 
* Both countries are members of the [[Council of Europe]].
* Georgia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Georgia to the European Union|candidate]] and Sweden is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]].
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|{{flag|India}}||<!--start date -->||See [[India–Sweden relations]].
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|{{flag|Indonesia}}||<!--start date -->||See [[Indonesia–Sweden relations]].
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|{{flag|Iran }}||5 September 1897||See [[Iran–Sweden relations]].
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 September 1897 when has been accredited first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Persia to Sweden with residence in St. Peterbourg Mirza Reza Khan Ar Faed-Doouleh.<ref name="Almanach de Gotha"/>
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|{{flag|Iraq}}||<!--start date -->||See [[Iraq–Sweden relations]].

The Swedish Embassy in Iraq is permanently closed after attacks by protesters over Quran Burning on the Swedish Embassy in [[Baghdad]]. Iraq severed ties with Sweden since July 2023, after Swedish authorities allowed a man to burn the Iraqi flag and the Quran in front of the [[Diplomatic mission|Iraqi Embassy]], [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/Bagdad/Aktuellt/Nyheter/Officiell-invigning-av-ambassaden/ |publisher=[[Embassy of Sweden, Baghdad]] |title=Officiell invigning av ambassaden |trans-title=Official opening of the Embassy |date=24 February 2010 |access-date=9 March 2016 |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310041201/http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/Bagdad/Aktuellt/Nyheter/Officiell-invigning-av-ambassaden/ |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Iraq asks Sweden's ambassador to leave Baghdad {{!}} CNN |date=2023-07-20 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/07/20/exp-iraq-sweden-embassy-protest-salma-abdelaziz-live-fst-072011aseg02-cnni-world.cnn |access-date=2023-07-20 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Iraq severs diplomatic ties with Sweden over anti-Quran demonstration as protesters storm Baghdad embassy {{!}} Fox News |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/iraq-severs-diplomatic-ties-sweden-anti-quran-demonstration-protesters-storm-baghdad-embassy.amp |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.foxnews.com}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Israel }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Israel–Sweden relations]].

Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1949. Israel has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stockholm.mfa.gov.il/|title=Israels ambassad i Sverige|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> Sweden has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/Start____7239.aspx|title=Tel Aviv – SwedenAbroad|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413151008/http://www.swedenabroad.com/Start____7239.aspx|archive-date=April 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Japan}}||<!--start date -->1868||See [[Japan–Sweden relations]].

Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1868 by signing the [[Swedish-Japanese Treaty]] in 1868.<ref name="MOFA ja">{{Cite web |script-title=ja:スウェーデン基礎データ |work=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] |url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/sweden/data.html |date=17 November 2014 |access-date=30 January 2015 |language=ja}}</ref>

* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo|has an embassy]] in [[Tokyo]].
** Sweden has consulates in [[Kobe]] and [[Fukuoka]]. 
* Japan has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].
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|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|7 April 1992
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 April 1992.<ref name="kaz1"/>

* Sweden has an embassy in [[Astana]].
* Kazakhstan has an embassy in Stockholm. 
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|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|22 December 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 December 1964 when Sweden opened its embassy in Kuwait.<ref name="حدث في مثل هذا اليوم في الكويت"/>
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|{{flag|Malaysia }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Malaysia–Sweden relations]].
Diplomatic relations were established in 1958.<ref name="Scandasia.com"/> Sweden has an embassy in [[Kuala Lumpur]], and Malaysia has an embassy in Stockholm. As of 2009, 90 Swedish companies are present in Malaysia and about 450 Swedish citizens live in Malaysia.
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|{{flag|North Korea }}||April 7, 1973<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#page=5|access-date=January 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228074114/http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf#page=5|archive-date=December 28, 2016|page=4}}</ref>||See [[North Korea–Sweden relations]].
* North Korea has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].
* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Pyongyang|has an embassy]] in [[Pyongyang]].
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|{{flag|Palestine }}||October 30, 2014||See [[Palestine–Sweden relations]].
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|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}||<!--start date -->||See [[Saudi Arabia–Sweden relations]].
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1957.<ref name="regeringen.se-2023">{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2014 |title=Saudiarabien |url=https://www.regeringen.se/sveriges-regering/utrikesdepartementet/sveriges-forbindelser-med-omvarlden/mellanostern-och-nordafrika/saudiarabien/ |access-date=31 December 2023 |website=regeringen.se |language=sv}}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||11 March 1959||See [http://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=122 South Korea–Sweden relations]

The establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Sweden began on March 11, 1959.<ref name="Overview"/>
* Sweden has a [[Working Holiday Program]] agreement with South Korea. There is no quote for South Korean citizens working in Sweden.   
** South Korea has an embassy in Stockholm.
** Sweden has an embassy in [[Seoul]].  
** Sweden has consulates in [[Busan]], [[Daegu]], [[Daejon]], [[Gwangju]], [[Hongcheon]], [[Incheon]]. 
* Sweden and South Korea are member states of the [[UN]], [[WTO]] and [[OECD]]. 
* [http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/se-en/wpge/m_7967/contents.do South Korean MFA relations with the Kingdom of Sweden]
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|{{Flag|Syria}}
|24 June 1947
|See [[Sweden–Syria relations]].

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 June 1947 when has been accredited Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Syria with residence in Cairo, Widar Bagge.<ref name="sy1"/>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||<!--start date -->||See [[Sweden–Turkey relations]].
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Ankara]] and a consulate-general in [[Istanbul]].
* Turkey has an embassy in Stockholm. 
* Sweden is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member State of the European Union|member]] and Turkey is a [[Accession of Turkey to the European Union|candidate]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], [[NATO]], the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD), the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) and the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. Sweden supports Turkey's [[European Union]] membership.<ref name="Turkish">{{cite news|url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/73474/turkey-has-friends-in-eu-swedish-prime-minister-fredrik-reinfeldt.html|title=Turkey Has Friends in EU, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt|date=April 21, 2009|publisher=Turkish Weekly|access-date=2009-05-22|archive-date=August 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805225619/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/73474/turkey-has-friends-in-eu-swedish-prime-minister-fredrik-reinfeldt.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="TurkNet">{{cite news|url=http://haber.turk.net/ENG/2271280/-DIP--EU-S-UPCOMING-PRESIDENT-EXTENDS-FULL-SUPPORT-FOR-TURKEY-S-MEMBERSHIP|title=EU'S UPCOMING PRESIDENT EXTENDS FULL SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP|date=May 8, 2009|publisher=TurkNet|access-date=2009-05-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004222038/http://haber.turk.net/ENG/2271280/-DIP--EU-S-UPCOMING-PRESIDENT-EXTENDS-FULL-SUPPORT-FOR-TURKEY-S-MEMBERSHIP|archive-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref> Turkey did not fully support the [[accession of Sweden to NATO]] until January 2024, whereupon it was accepted.
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