Editing Foreign relations of Bahrain (section)

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which Bahrain maintains diplomatic relations with:
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! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Bahrain.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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!#
!Country
!Date<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US|website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahrain)|Kingdom of Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505195337/https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US |archive-date=5 May 2012 |access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|19 August 1971}}
|-
|2
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|21 August 1971}}
|-
|3
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|29 September 1971}}
|-
|4
|{{flag|India}}
|{{dts|12 October 1971}}
|-
|5
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|14 October 1971}}
|-
|6
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{dts|14 October 1971}}
|-
|7
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|1971}}
|-
|8
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{dts|1971}}
|-
|9
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|{{dts|18 January 1972}}
|-
|10
|{{flag|France}}
|{{dts|15 February 1972}}
|-
|11
|{{flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|24 April 1972}}
|-
|12
|{{flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|2 May 1972}}
|-
|13
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|2 May 1972}}
|-
|14
|{{flag|Yemen}}
|{{dts|13 May 1972}}
|-
|15
|{{flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|17 May 1972}}
|-
|16
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|{{dts|29 May 1972}}
|-
|17
|{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{dts|1 June 1972}}
|-
|18
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|5 June 1972}}
|-
|19
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|{{dts|10 June 1972}}
|-
|20
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|25 June 1972}}
|-
|21
|{{flag|Somalia}}
|{{dts|29 October 1972}}
|-
|22
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|15 November 1972}}
|-
|23
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|4 December 1972}}
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|—
|{{flag|Iran}} (severed)
|{{dts|9 December 1972}}
|-
|24
|{{flag|Chad}}
|{{dts|10 December 1972}}
|-
|25
|{{flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|2 February 1973}}
|-
|26
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|5 March 1973}}
|-
|27
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|12 April 1973}}
|-
|28
|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|30 April 1973}}
|-
|29
|{{flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|28 August 1973}}
|-
|30
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|12 September 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen mit Bahrain, Katar, Oman und der Föderation der arabischen Emirate. Akkreditierung von Herrn Max Casanova als Botschafter in diesen Ländern, mit Sitz in Djeddah |url=https://dodis.ch/35109 |access-date=27 June 2023 |website=dodis.ch |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|31
|{{flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|16 December 1973}}
|-
|32
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|5 January 1974}}
|-
|33
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|25 February 1974}}
|-
|34
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|{{dts|18 March 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Declaración Conjunta Estableciendo Relaciones Diplomáticas entre la República Argentina y el Estado de Bahrein |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/busqueda.php?consulta=si&modo=c |access-date=16 May 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|35
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|18 May 1974}}
|-
|36
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|6 June 1974}}
|-
|37
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|10 August 1974}}
|-
|38
|{{flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|4 November 1974}}
|-
|39
|{{flag|Niger}}
|{{dts|11 November 1974}}
|-
|40
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|25 November 1974}}
|-
|41
|{{flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|23 January 1975}}
|-
|42
|{{flag|Syria}}
|{{dts|23 January 1975}}
|-
|43
|{{flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|22 February 1975}}
|-
|44
|{{flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|20 March 1975}}
|-
|45
|{{flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|18 May 1975}}
|-
|46
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|5 August 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2016 |title=COMISIONES UNIDAS DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES Y RELACIONES EXTERIORES, ASIA-PACíFICO |url=https://www.senado.gob.mx/comisiones/relext_ap/docs/Dictamen_JAMO.pdf |access-date=15 May 2023 |page=7 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|47
|{{flag|Gabon}}
|{{dts|8 November 1975}}
|-
|48
|{{flag|Mauritius}}
|{{dts|12 February 1976}}
|-
|49
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|23 February 1976}}
|-
|50
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|17 April 1976}}
|-
|51
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|10 July 1976}}
|-
|52
|{{flag|Lesotho}}
|{{dts|24 July 1976}}
|-
|53
|{{flag|Nepal}}
|{{dts|13 January 1977}}
|-
|54
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|15 January 1977}}
|-
|55
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|31 May 1977}}
|-
|56
|{{flag|Mali}}
|{{dts|6 June 1977}}
|-
|57
|{{flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|27 June 1977}}
|-
|58
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|9 April 1978}}
|-
|59
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|24 May 1978}}
|-
|60
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|27 November 1978}}
|-
|61
|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|{{dts|1978}}
|-
|62
|{{flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|13 June 1979}}
|-
|63
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{dts|14 March 1980}}
|-
|64
|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|3 June 1980}}
|-
|65
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|2 December 1980}}
|-
|66
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|{{dts|13 December 1981}}
|-
|67
|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|14 January 1982}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations: Bahrain |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=Republic%20of%20Cyprus |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|68
|{{flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|24 January 1983}}
|-
|69
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|6 February 1983}}
|-
|70
|{{flag|Djibouti}}
|{{dts|6 February 1983}}
|-
|71
|{{flag|Gambia}}
|{{dts|6 February 1983}}
|-
|72
|{{flag|Seychelles}}
|{{dts|4 May 1983}}
|-
|73
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|19 November 1983}}
|-
|74
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|23 July 1984}}
|-
|75
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|23 July 1984}}
|-
|76
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|15 October 1984}}
|-
|77
|{{flag|Comoros}}
|{{dts|1984}}
|-
|78
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|30 June 1985}}
|-
|79
|{{flag|Haiti}}
|{{dts|15 September 1985}}
|-
|80
|{{flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|24 October 1987}}
|-
|81
|{{flag|Brunei}}
|{{dts|24 September 1988}}
|-
|—
|{{flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{Dts|3 January 1989}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=News Review on West Asia, 20 |publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |year=1989 |pages=71}}</ref>
|-
|82
|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|25 February 1989}}
|-
|83
|{{flag|China}}
|{{dts|18 April 1989}}
|-
|84
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|{{dts|18 April 1989}}
|-
|85
|{{flag|Panama}}
|{{dts|27 April 1989}}
|-
|86
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|31 August 1989}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Bahrain and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic%20relations%20between%20Bahrain%20and%20...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United%20Nations%20Digital%20Library%20System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=16 May 2023 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
|-
|87
|{{flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|3 March 1990}}
|-
|88
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|29 September 1990}}
|-
|89
|{{flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|10 March 1991}}
|-
|90
|{{flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|22 April 1991}}
|-
|91
|{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|12 August 1991}}
|-
|92
|{{flag|Bhutan}}
|{{dts|6 January 1992}}<ref name="list">{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.bt/?page_id=8824 |access-date=4 May 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan}}</ref>
|-
|93
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{dts|25 February 1992}}
|-
|94
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{dts|3 May 1992}}
|-
|95
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{dts|28 May 1992}}
|-
|96
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{dts|28 May 1992}}
|-
|97
|{{flag|Norway}}
|{{dts|27 June 1992}}
|-
|98
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|27 June 1992}}
|-
|99
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|20 July 1992}}
|-
|100
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|18 January 1993}}
|-
|101
|{{flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|10 May 1993}}
|-
|102
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|10 May 1993}}
|-
|103
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|14 June 1993}}
|-
|104
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|13 September 1993}}
|-
|105
|{{flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|2 October 1993}}
|-
|106
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|15 June 1994}}
|-
|107
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|22 March 1995}}
|-
|108
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|1 April 1995}}
|-
|109
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{dts|20 May 1995}}
|-
|110
|{{flag|Uruguay}}
|{{dts|25 May 1995}}
|-
|111
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|17 June 1995}}
|-
|112
|{{flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|3 July 1995}}
|-
|113
|{{flag|Eritrea}}
|{{dts|2 December 1995}}
|-
|114
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|1996|2|9|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Список стран, с которыми КР установил дипломатические отношения |url=https://mfa.gov.kg/kg/osnovnoe-menyu/vneshnyaya-politika/mezhdunarodnye-dogovory/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-ustanovleny-dipotnosheniya/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-kr-ustanovil-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya |access-date=10 October 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|115
|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|{{dts|28 February 1996}}
|-
|116
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|27 June 1996}}
|-
|117
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|1 July 1996}}
|-
|118
|{{flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{dts|11 September 1996}}
|-
|119
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|15 October 1996}}
|-
|120
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|6 November 1996}}
|-
|121
|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{dts|27 October 1997}}
|-
|122
|{{flag|Mozambique}}
|{{dts|3 November 1997}}
|-
|123
|{{flag|Guyana}}
|{{dts|19 November 1997}}
|-
|124
|{{flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|2 March 1998}}
|-
|125
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|{{dts|16 May 1998}}
|-
|126
|{{flag|Malawi}}
|{{dts|9 September 1998}}
|-
|127
|{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|9 June 1999}}
|-
|128
|{{flag|El Salvador}}
|{{dts|16 June 1999}}
|-
|129
|{{flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|10 November 1999}}
|-
|130
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|28 November 1999}}
|-
|—
|{{flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|12 January 2000}}
|-
|131
|{{flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|27 March 2000}}
|-
|132
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|26 June 2000}}
|-
|133
|{{flag|Honduras}}
|{{dts|27 June 2000}}
|-
|134
|{{flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|23 May 2001}}
|-
|135
|{{flag|Laos}}
|{{dts|15 December 2002}}
|-
|136
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|{{dts|7 April 2004}}
|-
|137
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|27 April 2004}}
|-
|138
|{{flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{dts|17 March 2005}}
|-
|139
|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{dts|1 April 2005}}
|-
|140
|{{flag|Paraguay}}
|{{dts|6 May 2005}}
|-
|141
|{{flag|Eswatini}}
|{{dts|9 September 2005}}
|-
|142
|{{flag|Belize}}
|{{dts|14 December 2005}}
|-
|143
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|22 September 2006}}
|-
|144
|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{dts|20 October 2006}}
|-
|145
|{{flag|Andorra}}
|{{dts|4 May 2007}}
|-
|146
|{{flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|21 May 2007}}
|-
|147
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|22 October 2007}}
|-
|148
|{{flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|12 March 2008}}
|-
|149
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|{{dts|29 June 2009}}
|-
|150
|{{flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|22 September 2009}}
|-
|151
|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|{{dts|25 September 2009}}
|-
|152
|{{flag|Myanmar}}
|{{dts|10 November 2009}}
|-
|153
|{{flag|Fiji}}
|{{dts|25 September 2010}}
|-
|154
|{{flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|25 September 2010}}
|-
|155
|{{flag|Kenya}}
|{{dts|25 September 2010}}
|-
|156
|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{dts|28 September 2012}}
|-
|157
|{{flag|South Sudan}}
|{{dts|28 September 2012}}
|-
|158
|{{flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|23 September 2013}}
|-
|159
|{{flag|Angola}}
|{{dts|26 September 2013}}
|-
|—
|{{flag|Kosovo}}
|{{dts|12 March 2014}}
|-
|160
|{{flag|Kiribati}}
|{{dts|25 September 2018}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|161
|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{dts|27 September 2018}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|162
|{{flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|28 September 2018}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|163
|{{flag|Palau}}
|{{dts|28 September 2018}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|164
|{{flag|San Marino}}
|{{Dts|25 September 2019}}<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=16-17-18-21-22-23-24 settembre 2020 |url=https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/lavori-consiliari/verbali-sedute/documento17120695.html |access-date=3 December 2021 |pages=15–16 |language=it}}</ref>
|-
|165
|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{dts|27 September 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kingdom of Bahrain announces establishment of Diplomatic Relations with Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=7824&language=en-US&ItemId=11507 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225233422/https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=7824&language=en-US&ItemId=11507 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|166
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{dts|18 October 2020}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 October 2020 |title=Bahrain, Israel sign historic Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic, Peaceful and Friendly Relations |work=[[Bahrain News Agency]] |url=https://www.bna.bh/en/BahrainIsraelsignhistoricJointCommuniqueontheEstablishmentofDiplomaticPeacefulandFriendlyRelations.aspx?cms=q8FmFJgiscL2fwIzON1%2BDkw6yYauU2jBB8j1QMKQ9jQ%3D |access-date=23 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 November 2023 |title=Bahrain says envoy to Israel returned home, Israel says ties stable |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/bahrain-parliament-says-envoy-israel-returned-home-israel-says-ties-stable-2023-11-02/ |access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|167
|{{flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{dts|24 March 2022}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 March 2022 |title=Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Central African Republic sign joint statement |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=7824&language=en-US&ItemId=19457 |website=mofa.gov.bh |access-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324181833/https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=7824&language=en-US&ItemId=19457 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|168
|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|8 June 2022}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|169
|{{flag|Tonga}}
|{{dts|19 September 2022}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|170
|{{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}
|{{dts|21 September 2022}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|171
|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{dts|21 September 2022}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|172
|{{flag|Togo}}
|{{dts|21 September 2022}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|173
|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{dts|21 September 2022}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|174
|{{flag|Dominica}}
|{{dts|23 September 2022}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|175
|{{flag|Madagascar}}
|{{dts|23 September 2022}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|176
|{{flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{dts|13 December 2022}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|177
|{{flag|Samoa}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 April 2023}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|178
|{{flag|Nauru}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 May 2023}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|179
|{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{dts|1 June 2023}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|180
|{{flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|19 September 2023}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|181
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{dts|22 September 2023}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|182
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{dts|22 September 2023}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|183
|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{dts|9 February 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2024 |title=Bahrain, Vanuatu sign statement on establishing diplomatic relations |url=https://www.bna.bh/en/BahrainVanuatusignstatementonestablishingdiplomaticrelations.aspx?cms=q8FmFJgiscL2fwIzON1%2bDrPiM6qjorOy%2bWF2dmE%2bT5E%3d |access-date=10 February 2024 |website=Bahrain News Agency}}</ref>
|-
|184
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{dts|24 September 2024}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|185
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|26 September 2024}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|186
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{dts|26 September 2024}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|187
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|9 February 2025}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 February 2025 |title=Nigeria, Bahrain to strengthen diplomatic ties |url=https://punchng.com/nigeria-bahrain-to-strengthen-diplomatic-ties/ |access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>
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