Editing Foreign relations of Cuba (section)

=== Asia ===

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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>
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| {{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.
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* 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>
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* 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]]
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| {{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>
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