Editing Foreign relations of Vanuatu (section)

== Bilateral relations ==

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{{main|Abkhazia–Vanuatu relations}}

On 23 May 2011, Vanuatu became the fifth [[Member states of the United Nations|UN member state]] (after [[Russia]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Nauru]]) to recognise [[Abkhazia]]. On this day joint statement on establishment of diplomatic relations was signed.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=ru:Верительное факсимиле |language=ru |url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1655437 |access-date=7 June 2011 |newspaper=[[Kommersant]] |date=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608150154/http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1655437 |archive-date=8 June 2011}}</ref> At the same time of signing a visa-free travel regime between the two countries was established.<ref name="mfaabkhazpacific">{{cite web|url=http://www.mfaabkhazia.net/en/pacific|title=Abkhazia & Pacific|publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Abkhazia)]]|access-date=1 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416224743/http://www.mfaabkhazia.net/en/pacific|archive-date=16 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mfaabkhazia.net/en/node/966 |title=Visa-free regime is launched between the Republic of Vanuatu and the Republic of Abkhazia. |date=31 May 2011 |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Abkhazia)]] |access-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609050525/http://www.mfaabkhazia.net/en/node/966 |archive-date=9 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Foreign Affairs Minister [[Alfred Carlot]] said that "Vanuatu's foreign policy aims at eradicating colonialism from the face of the earth." In a press release, Carlot stated: "Vanuatu is neutral; our recognition of Abkhazia does not in any way mean that we cannot have diplomatic relations with the Republic of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/world/asia/10vanuatu.html?_r=1 "Yes, No, Yes. Vanuatu Clarifies Position on Abkhazia"], ''New York Times'', 9 June 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.governmentofvanuatu.gov.vu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=65 "Vanuatu’s recognition to the Republic of Abkhazia"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624160025/http://www.governmentofvanuatu.gov.vu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=65 |date=24 June 2011 }}, Government of Vanuatu press release, 17 June 2011</ref>

The following month, however, the Vanuatuan government of Prime Minister [[Sato Kilman]] was voided by the [[Supreme Court of Vanuatu]], on the grounds that Kilman's election in December 2010 had not conformed to constitutional requirements. Former Prime Minister [[Edward Natapei]] became interim prime minister until a new leader could be elected. Natapei promptly withdrew Vanuatu's recognition of Abkhazia, arguing that it had been granted by an illegitimate government, and announced that he would seek to establish diplomatic relations with Georgia, recognising its sovereignty over Abkhazia.<ref>[http://www.dailypost.vu/content/natapei-withdraws-recognition-abkhazia "Natapei withdraws recognition of Abkhazia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121080902/http://www.dailypost.vu/content/natapei-withdraws-recognition-abkhazia|date=21 January 2012}}, ''[[Vanuatu daily Post]]'', 20 June 2011</ref>

On 26 June 2011, Sato Kilman was re-elected Prime Minister<ref name="RNZI_61422">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=61422 |title=Kilman elected Vanuatu PM - ten days after ouster by court |date=27 June 2011 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=19 September 2011}}</ref> and on 12 July 2011 Vanuatu's Foreign Minister Alfred Carlot re-confirmed Vanuatu's recognition of Abkhazia.<ref>[http://www.dailypost.vu/content/todays-dailypost-frontpage-thursday-14-july-2011 "Vanuatu Recognises Abkhazia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326130056/http://www.dailypost.vu/content/todays-dailypost-frontpage-thursday-14-july-2011 |date=26 March 2012 }}</ref> On 12 July 2011 the Ambassador of Abkhazia in the Asia-Pacific region [[Juris Gulbis]] stated, that Abkhazia and Vanuatu plans to sign a framework agreement on cooperation in the field of culture, trade and banking sector. According to him, the Government of Vanuatu twice confirmed the establishment of diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and of their intention to contribute to the development of friendly ties between the two States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/3659.html|title=Новости \ Абхазия и Вануату в ближайшее время планируют подписать соглашения о сотрудничестве в области культуры, торговли и банковской сфере|publisher=Apsnypress.info|access-date=2013-09-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405163918/http://apsnypress.info/news/3659.html|archive-date=5 April 2012}}</ref> In 2013, Vanuatu established diplomatic relations with [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and recognized Abkhazia as a part of that country.
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Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.am/en/country-by-country/vu/ |title=Vanuatu - Bilateral Relations - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053017/http://www.mfa.am/en/country-by-country/vu/ |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Prime Minister of Vanuatu|Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu]] [[Charlot Salwai]], who visited [[Armenia]] on his official visit for the [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie|XVII Francophone Summit]], gave a visit to the [[Tsitsernakaberd|Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex]] with the accompaniment of Aramayis Grigoryan, the Deputy Minister of Diaspora of the RA.

The [[ni-Vanuatu]] visitors were welcomed by Harutyun Marutyan, the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, who, in his turn, gave a brief introduction to the notable people who previously have visited the complex and the history, as well as the symbolism, of the complex.

The Prime Minister of Vanuatu laid a wreath at the Memorial and put flowers at the "eternal fire" which is lit to honour the memory of the innocent victims of the [[Armenian genocide]], with the accompaniment of the delegation. Furthermore, the delegation made a tour around the Memory Wall, got familiar with its meaning and significance.

The delegation also visited the Armenian Genocide Museum alongside the Complex and, at the end of their tour, Prime Minister Salwai left a note in the Memory Book of the museum: "In commemoration of the disappeared people of the Armenian Genocide... I express my deep sorrow to the children of the Armenian nation. Let God bless Armenia".

The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute director Harutyun Marutyan awarded the Prime Minister of Vanuatu the [[Aurora Mardiganian|Aurora Mardiganyan]] medal, and the book "[[Armenian Genocide: Front page Coverage in the World Press]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindiaspora.am/en/News/5970|title=RA Ministry of Diaspora - News - Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu honored the memory of the innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide with Deputy Minister of Diaspora of the RA|website=www.mindiaspora.am|access-date=2019-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020156/http://www.mindiaspora.am/en/News/5970|archive-date=7 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Australia and Vanuatu have very strong ties. Australia has provided the bulk of Vanuatu's military assistance, training its [[paramilitary]] mobile force and also providing patrol boats to patrol Vanuatu's waters. In 1983, Vanuatu and Australia entered into a Defence Cooperation Program together. As part of this program, two [[Royal Australian Navy]] advisers are stationed in Vanuatu Australia to assist Vanuatu in maintaining and operating the [[RVS Tukoro]], the [[Pacific class patrol boat]] donated to Vanuatu by Australia in 1987. The RVS Tukoro is Vanuatu's primarily maritime police vessel. Australia also provides assistance to the Mobile Force element of the [[Vanuatu Police Force]] (VPF), as well as providing support to exercises and infrastructure projects.<ref name="dfat.gov.au">{{cite web |url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/vanuatu/vanuatu_brief.html |title=Vanuatu country brief - Vanuatu - Countries and regions - Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |publisher=Dfat.gov.au |access-date=2013-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525023927/http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/vanuatu/vanuatu_brief.html |archive-date=25 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Australia is Vanuatu's largest source of foreign direct investment, mostly directed in the areas of tourist development, agriculture and construction. Australia is Vanuatu's largest source of tourists, with Australians making up 2/3 of all long-term tourist visitors and virtually all cruise ship visits. Since 2008, Vanuatu (along with Tonga, Kiribati and Papua New Guinea) has sent seasonal workers to Australia through the Australian government-funded Pacific Seasonal Workers Pilot Scheme (PSWPS).<ref name="dfat.gov.au"/>

Additionally, Australia is Vanuatu's main source of foreign aid, with the Australian providing A$66 million(US$70.4 million) in 2010–11.<ref name="dfat.gov.au"/> In 2004, Australia threatened to cut its aid to Vanuatu when then-Prime Minister [[Serge Vohor]] reappointed officials who had been dismissed after being charged with criminal activity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1251814.htm |title= Australia threatens to cut aid to Vanuatu. 26/11/2004. ABC News Online|website=www.abc.net.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041230142159/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1251814.htm |archive-date=30 December 2004}}</ref> Vanuatu agreed to Australian demands for more transparent government and anti-corruption steps. The result was that from 2005 to 2010, Australian aid was governed through the Australia–Vanuatu Joint Development Cooperation Strategy.

This was superseded with the signing in May 2009 of the Australia-Vanuatu Partnership for Development. The central focus of the Partnership is for Australia to assist Vanuatu in achieving its UN [[Millennium Development Goals]] (MDG's). The priorities stated in the Partnership are to
•support increased access and quality of education for boys and girls and equip them with relevant skills and knowledge 
•strengthen health services and accelerate progress towards health MDGs 
•develop essential infrastructure to support economic growth and service delivery 
•progress reform on economic governance 
•address equality of opportunity for all men and women and include the needs and priorities of people with disability in development activities<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/partnership/vanuatu.cfm |title= Pacific Partnership - Vanuatu|website=www.ausaid.gov.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330013055/http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/partnership/vanuatu.cfm |archive-date=30 March 2012}}</ref> ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110602010019/http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/pdf/Australia_Vanuatu_Partnership_for_Development.pdf full text of Partnership agreement])
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|{{flag|China}}
|See [[China–Vanuatu relations]]

China established an embassy in Vanuatu in 1989, while Vanuatu established an honorary consulate in China in 1999; it officially became an embassy in 2005.<ref>[http://vu.chineseembassy.org/eng/zwgx/t467290.htm "China-Vanuatu Relations"], PRC embassy in Vanuatu, 20 June 2008</ref>

Vanuatu briefly recognized the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan) in late 2004 when on 3 November Prime Minister [[Serge Vohor]] signed a communiqué in [[Taipei]] with ROC Foreign Minister [[Mark Chen]]. Taipei had offered $30 million in aid in return (compared with the $10 million given by the PRC). Under the [[One-China policy]], this would result in the severing of ties with the People's Republic of China. Vohor did so without consultations with his cabinet and the PRC Foreign Ministry, quoting the Vanuatu Foreign Minister, denied ties with the ROC had been established.

The Vanuatu Council of Ministers, in the Prime Minister's absence, announced on 11 November that the communiqué had been withdrawn. A spokesman for the Prime Minister denied this a day later. There were reports that previous attempts by Vohor to travel to Taipei were thwarted amid pressure from Beijing so his latest visit was done secretly on purpose. For a period of few weeks, both the PRC and ROC had diplomatic missions posted in Vanuatu while the Vanuatu government was in internal disagreement.

At one point Prime Minister Vohor punched the PRC ambassador when approached to explain why the [[flag of the Republic of China]] was flying over the hotel where the Taiwanese representative was posted. The standoff ended on 11 December 2004 when the parliament passed a motion of no-confidence against Vohor and replaced him with [[Ham Lini]].

In May 2009, Vanuatu appointed its first ever ambassador to China, former Minister of Finance [[Willie Jimmy]].<ref name="Minister confirms appointment">[http://www.dailypost.vu/index.php?news=4668 "Minister confirms appointment"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623114911/http://www.dailypost.vu/index.php?news=4668 |date=23 June 2013}}, ''[[Vanuatu Daily Post]]'', 22 May 2009</ref> Jimmy "call[ed] [...] for China to have a foot firmly planted in the Pacific through [[Port Vila]]", which -the ''[[Vanuatu Daily Post]]'' remarked- "no doubt caused ruffled feathers among other foreign diplomatic partners".<ref name="dailypost.vu">[http://www.dailypost.vu/index.php?news=4834 "Chinese Club donate Vt1.4m supplies to landslide victims"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623135002/http://www.dailypost.vu/index.php?news=4834 |date=23 June 2013}}, ''Vanuatu Daily Post'', 23 June 2009</ref>

On the Chinese parade due to the 70th Anniversary of the end of [[World War II]], policemen from Vanuatu participated.<ref>[https://time.com/4018182/vanuatu-china-military-parade-world-war-ii/ "Tiny Pacific Nation of Vanuatu to Join Motley Crew at China’s WWII Anniversary Parade"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 31 August 2015</ref>

On 27 February 2017, the Chinese ambassador to Vanuatu, handed over the keys for 14 military vehicles to the [[Military of Vanuatu|Vanuatu Mobile Force]]. This was done as an effort to safeguard Vanuatu's sovereignty.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Roberts|first1=Anita|title=Military equipment for VMF from China|url=http://dailypost.vu/news/military-equipment-for-vmf-from-china/article_c288da92-85de-57fe-8353-319b912885b3.html|work=Vanuatu Daily Post|access-date=7 July 2017|date=27 February 2017}}</ref>
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|See [[Cuba–Vanuatu relations]]
Vanuatu and Cuba established official diplomatic relations in 1983.<ref>HUFFER, Elise, ''Grands hommes et petites îles: La politique extérieure de Fidji, de Tonga et du Vanuatu'', Paris: Orstom, 1993, {{ISBN|2-7099-1125-6}}, p. 275</ref>

In the late 2000s, Vanuatu began to strengthen its relations with [[Cuba]]. Cuba provides medical aid to Vanuatu, sending doctors to the country<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]], 29 March 2008</ref> and providing scholarships for ni-Vanuatu medical students to 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> In September 2008, a representative of the ni-Vanuatu government attended the [[Cuban-Pacific relations#September 2008 ministerial meeting|first Cuba-Pacific Islands ministerial meeting]] in [[Havana]]. The meeting aimed at "strengthening cooperation" between Cuba and [[Pacific Island]] countries, notably in coping with the effects of climate change.<ref>[https://archive.today/20090614213049/http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2008/0916amistadislaspacifico.htm "Cuban Foreign Minister Opens Cuba-Pacific Islands Meeting"], Cuban News Agency, 16 September 2008</ref><ref name="RNZI_42045">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=42045 |title=Pacific and Cuba meet to discuss co-operation |date=17 September 2008 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522042921/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=42045 |archive-date=22 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*Cyprus is represented in Vanuatu by its High Commission in [[Canberra]], [[Australia]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/mfa32_en/mfa32_en?OpenDocument |title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Bilateral Relations |website=www.mfa.gov.cy |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924010912/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/mfa32_en/mfa32_en?OpenDocument |archive-date=24 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Both countries are full members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
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|{{flag|France}}
|See [[France–Vanuatu relations]]
* [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo_833/vanuatu_580/france-vanuatu_3395/index.html Current relations between France and Vanuatu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309153010/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo_833/vanuatu_580/france-vanuatu_3395/index.html |date=9 March 2012 }}, as seen by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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* [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and Vanuatu established diplomatic relations on 12 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia Establishes Relations With Vanuatu|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-vanuatu-diplomatic-relations/25045811.html|website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|access-date=8 October 2020|date=14 July 2013}}</ref> In 2019, [[Ralph Regenvanu]] visited Georgia and signed a cooperation agreement with representatives of the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vanuatu signs cooperation agreement with Georgia|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/384797/vanuatu-signs-cooperation-agreement-with-georgia|website=[[Radio New Zealand]] |access-date=8 October 2020|date=15 March 2019}}</ref>
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|{{flag|India}}
|See India–Vanuatu relations
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170102080612/https://www.mea.gov.in/foreign-relations.htm#V Current relations between India and Vanuatu], Indian Ministry of External Affairs
* Indian High Commission for Vanuatu accreditation is at [[Suva]], [[Fiji]].<ref>{{cite web|title=India-Vanuatu Brief|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Vanuatu_2015_07_07.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=9 January 2017|date=June 2015}}</ref>
* As per the Indo-Vanuatu pact, Indians do not require a visa to visit Vanuatu
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Vanuatu and Israel established relations in 1993 and relations are conducted through Israel's [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in Jerusalem.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israel-s-diplomatic-missions-abroad| title=Israel International Relations: Diplomatic Missions Abroad|website=Jewish Virtual Library|date=May 2016|access-date=8 December 2017}}</ref> Vanuatu recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelhayom.com/2017/07/10/island-nation-vanuatu-recognizes-jerusalem-as-israels-capital/ | website=Israel Hayom | date=1 June 2017| access-date=8 December 2017|title=Island nation Vanuatu recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital}}</ref> In 2021, French diplomat [[Bernard Leclerc]] was appointed the [[Special Envoy]] to the State of Israel for the Republic of Vanuatu.
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Italy has an honorary consulate in [[Port Vila]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210729153736/https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/laretediplomatica/rete-diplomatica-mappa.html?p=VANUATU&c=&cm=&ricerca=View+the+results They established relationship on the 23 march 1982]</ref> 
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|{{flag|Libya}}
|See [[Libya–Vanuatu relations]]
* Vanuatu's foreign policy in the 1980s, under Prime Minister Father [[Walter Lini]], was based on refusing alignment with either bloc in the context of the [[Cold War]], distinguishing it from every other country of [[Oceania]], aligned with the West.<ref name="HUFFER, Elise 1993, pp. 272–282"/>
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* Mexico is accredited to Vanuatu from its embassy in Canberra, Australia.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/australia/| title = Embassy of Mexico in Australia}}</ref>
* Vanuatu does not have an accreditation to Mexico.

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Vanuatu has an honorary consulate in [[The Hague]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zaken |first=Ministerie van Algemene |date=2018-02-21 |title=Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Vanuatu ('s-Gravenhage) - Embassies, consulates and other representations - Government.nl |url=https://www.government.nl/topics/embassies-consulates-and-other-representations/overview-countries-and-regions/vanuatu/honorary-consulate-of-the-republic-of-vanuatu-s-gravenhage |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=www.government.nl |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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* New Zealand has a High Commission in Port Vila.
* Vanuatu has a High Commission in [[Wellington]] and a consulate-general in [[Auckland]]. 
Following the [[2024 Port Vila earthquake]] in mid-December 2024, New Zealand dispatched [[New Zealand Defence Force]], [[Urban Search and Rescue]] and [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)|MFAT]] personnel, equipment and supplies to assist with post-disaster rescue and relief efforts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vanuatu earthquake: New Zealand sends rescue teams, aid after deadly 7.3 magnitude quake |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/vanuatu-earthquake-new-zealand-sends-rescue-teams-aid-after-deadly-73-magnitude-quake/2YT4PYNRQ5HRXLZN4NMFNNQGZY/ |access-date=19 December 2024 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=18 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218103115/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/vanuatu-earthquake-new-zealand-sends-rescue-teams-aid-after-deadly-73-magnitude-quake/2YT4PYNRQ5HRXLZN4NMFNNQGZY/ |archive-date=18 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vanuatu earthquake: NZ rescue crews head to quake-hit nation as search for survivors continues |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/537071/vanuatu-earthquake-nz-rescue-crews-head-to-quake-hit-nation-as-search-for-survivors-continues |access-date=19 December 2024 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=18 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218152248/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/537071/vanuatu-earthquake-nz-rescue-crews-head-to-quake-hit-nation-as-search-for-survivors-continues |archive-date=18 December 2024}}</ref>
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Vanuatu recognized the [[State of Palestine]] on 21 August 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanuatu%27s_Recognation_of_Palestine.jpg |title=File:Vanuatu's Recognation of Palestine.jpg - Wikimedia Commons |publisher=Commons.wikimedia.org |access-date=2013-09-09}}</ref> On 19 October 1989 both States established diplomatic relations. Non-resident embassy of Palestine based in Canberra, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palestine-australia.com/content.php/category/id/11/title/welcome-from-the-head-of-the-general-delegation |title=The General Delegation of Palestine to Australia and New Zealand :: Greetings from His Excellency Izzat Salah Abdulhadi |publisher=Palestine-australia.com |date=2012-05-25 |access-date=2013-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119122832/http://palestine-australia.com/content.php/category/id/11/title/welcome-from-the-head-of-the-general-delegation |archive-date=19 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, Vanuatu was one of fifteen countries to oppose [[Palestine]]'s application to join [[UNESCO]], as part of its bid for greater international recognition. Vanuatu former Foreign Affairs Minister and former chairman of the Vanuatu National Commission for UNESCO [[Joe Natuman]] expressed surprise at his country's position, saying it appeared to contradict Vanuatu's long-standing support for Palestine. He raised the issue in [[Parliament of Vanuatu|Parliament]], whereupon Prime Minister [[Sato Kilman]] assured him he had not been aware that the country was voting against Palestine's membership of UNESCO, and that he would "review this decision". On that occasion, Kilman reportedly clarified Vanuatu's position with regard to Palestine, saying "Vanuatu will always maintain its position to support the right of the Palestinian people to a homeland but at the same time with [[Israel]] existing as a state on its own, with secure borders".<ref>[http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=65055 "Former Vanuatu Foreign Minister questions government’s UN stand against Palestinians"], Radio New Zealand International, 14 December 2011</ref>
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|{{flag|Russia }}
|See [[Russia–Vanuatu relations]]
* In 1987, Vanuatu authorised Soviet vessels to fish within Vanuatu's Exclusive Economic Zone, in exchange for economic aid. The agreement lapsed the following year, and was not renewed, due to disagreements over the price to be paid for fishing rights by the USSR.<ref name="HUFFER, Elise 1993, pp. 272–282"/> In 2021, French diplomat [[Bernard Leclerc]] was appointed the [[Special Envoy]] to the Russian Federation for the Republic of Vanuatu.
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Vanuatu recognized the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic|SADR]] on 27 November 1980, as part of its support to the right of self-determination of the peoples. On 24 November 2000, then Foreign affairs minister Serge Vohor announced that Vanuatu suspended that recognition and established ambassadorial level relations with [[Morocco]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/001214/2000121419.html | title = Vanuatu to open diplomatic representation in Morocco | publisher = Arabic news | date = 2000-12-14 | access-date = 2010-06-19 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120527162033/http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/001214/2000121419.html | archive-date = 27 May 2012}}</ref>  Vanuatu's government made on 1 July 2008 a statement resuming its recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and established ambassadorial level relations also with SADR.<ref>{{cite news | title = Vanuatu and the Saharawi Republic establish diplomatic relations at Ambassadorial level | url = http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=2226 | publisher = SPS | date = 1 August 2008 | access-date = 2010-06-19 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100411043241/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=2226 | archive-date = 11 April 2010}}</ref> The non-resident embassy of SADR to Vanuatu is based in Dili, [[East Timor]]. 
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|See [https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=37 South Korea–Vanuatu relations]

The Republic of Vanuatu and the Republic of Korea have established diplomatic relations on November 5, 1980. 
* The two countries have good diplomatic relations.
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* Spain is accredited to Vanuatu from its embassy in Canberra, Australia.
* Vanuatu is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
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Ukraine is represented in Vanuatu by its embassy in [[Canberra]], [[Australia]].<ref>They established relations on the 29 september 1999. [https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-mfa/abroad/embassies/8] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806115530/https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-mfa/abroad/embassies/8|date=6 August 2019}}</ref>
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|Vanuatu established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 30 July 1980.
*Vanuatu does not maintain a high commission in the United Kingdom.
*The UK is accredited to Vanuatu through its [[British High Commission|high commission]] in [[Port Vila]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-vanuatu|title=British High Commission Port Vila|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=23 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820110022/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-vanuatu|archive-date=20 August 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

The UK governed [[New Hebrides|Vanuatu]] jointly with France from 1906 until 1980, when Vanuatu achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]],  and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have signed an Investment Agreement.<ref>{{cite web|title=United Kingdom - Vanuatu BIT (2003)|url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/3064/united-kingdom---vanuatu-bit-2003-|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=23 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811052711/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/3064/united-kingdom---vanuatu-bit-2003-|archive-date=11 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|See [[United States–Vanuatu relations]] 
* The [[United States]] and Vanuatu established diplomatic relations on 30 September 1986 - three months to the day after Vanuatu had established diplomatic relations with the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>HUFFER, Elise, ''Grands hommes et petites îles: La politique extérieure de Fidji, de Tonga et du Vanuatu'', Paris: Orstom, 1993, {{ISBN|2-7099-1125-6}}, p. 278</ref>
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Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 March 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |title=- Home Page |url=https://www.mofa.gov.vn/vi/ |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=www.mofa.gov.vn |language=vi}}</ref> There is a small Vietnamese community in Vanuatu, stemming from the colonial period when Vietnamese indentured workers were bought in by the French.<ref name="Calnitsky">{{cite web |last1=Calnitsky |first1=Naomi Alisa |title=The Tonkinese Labour Traffic to the Colonial New Hebrides: The Role of French Inter-Colonial Webs|url=https://www.academia.edu/20370598 |website=Academia.edu |publisher=Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University |access-date=24 August 2020}}</ref>
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