Editing Foreign relations of Laos (section)

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which Laos maintains diplomatic relations with:
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!
!Country
! class="unsortable" |Date<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2024 |title=Diplomatic relations |url=http://www.mofa.gov.la/gweb/gweb/backend/web/index.php?r=site/detail&id=555 |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref>
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|1
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{DTS|29 July 1950}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Laos |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/laos |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|{{DTS|19 December 1950}}
|-
|3
|{{flag|France}}
|{{DTS|31 January 1951}}
|-
|4
|{{flag|Australia}}
|{{DTS|16 January 1952}}
|-
|5
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|{{DTS|14 January 1955}}
|-
|6
|{{flag|Japan}}
|{{DTS|5 March 1955}}
|-
|7
|{{flag|Myanmar}}
|{{DTS|12 July 1955}}
|-
|8
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{DTS|5 September 1955}}
|-
|9
|{{flag|India}}
|{{DTS|2 February 1956}}
|-
|10
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|{{DTS|15 June 1956}}
|-
|11
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{DTS|1 November 1956}}
|-
|12
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|{{DTS|30 August 1957}}
|-
|13
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{DTS|3 September 1957}}
|-
|14
|{{flag|Germany}}
|{{DTS|31 January 1958}}
|-
|15
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{DTS|20 June 1958}}
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{DTS|20 May 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |access-date=16 November 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816132805/https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{DTS|7 October 1960}}
|-
|18
|{{flag|China}}
|{{DTS|25 April 1961}}
|-
|19
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{DTS|5 September 1962}}
|-
|20
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|{{DTS|5 September 1962}}
|-
|21
|{{flag|Poland}}
|{{DTS|8 September 1962}}
|-
|22
|{{flag|Hungary}}
|{{DTS|12 September 1962}}
|-
|23
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|{{DTS|12 September 1962}}
|-
|24
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{DTS|14 October 1962}}
|-
|25
|{{flag|Romania}}
|{{DTS|25 November 1962}}
|-
|26
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|{{DTS|25 November 1962}}
|-
|27
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|{{DTS|15 July 1963}}
|-
|28
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{DTS|20 March 1964}}
|-
|29
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|{{DTS|10 October 1964}}
|-
|30
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|{{DTS|15 July 1965}}
|-
|31
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|{{DTS|15 July 1965}}
|-
|32
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{DTS|20 July 1965}}
|-
|33
|{{flag|Italy}}
|{{DTS|7 December 1965}}
|-
|34
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|{{DTS|1 July 1966}}
|-
|35
|{{flag|Iran}}
|{{DTS|1967}}
|-
|36
|{{flag|Austria}}
|{{DTS|1 September 1967}}
|-
|37
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|{{DTS|12 December 1967}}
|-
|38
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|{{DTS|15 May 1973}}
|-
|39
|{{flag|Canada}}
|{{DTS|15 June 1974}}
|-
|40
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|{{DTS|22 June 1974}}<ref name="mofa.gov.kr">{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/asiapacific/countries/20070802/1_24413.jsp?menu=m_30_10 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea-Asia Pacific |website=mofa.go.kr |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904015758/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/asiapacific/countries/20070802/1_24413.jsp?menu=m_30_10 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|41
|{{flag|North Korea}}
|{{DTS|24 June 1974}}
|-
|42
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|{{DTS|4 November 1974}}
|-
|43
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|{{DTS|2 December 1974}}
|-
|44
|{{flag|Finland}}
|{{DTS|21 January 1975}}
|-
|45
|{{flag|Albania}}
|{{DTS|18 June 1975}}
|-
|46
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|{{DTS|24 July 1975}}
|-
|47
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|{{DTS|2 October 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congratulatory Messages on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of the National Day of the Republic of Iraq |url=http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/activities/messages/3830-congratulatory-messages-on-the-occasion-of-the-88th-anniversary-of-the-national-day-of-the-republic-of-iraq |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410085136/http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/activities/messages/3830-congratulatory-messages-on-the-occasion-of-the-88th-anniversary-of-the-national-day-of-the-republic-of-iraq |archive-date=10 April 2024 |access-date=10 April 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos}}</ref>
|-
|48
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|{{DTS|17 November 1975}}
|-
|49
|{{flag|Libya}}
|{{DTS|26 July 1976}}
|-
|50
|{{flag|Yemen}}
|{{DTS|26 July 1976}}
|-
|51
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{DTS|November 1976}}
|-
|52
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|{{DTS|29 November 1976}}
|-
|53
|{{flag|Benin}}
|{{DTS|2 February 1977}}
|-
|54
|{{flag|Mali}}
|{{DTS|2 February 1977}}
|-
|55
|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|{{DTS|15 May 1978}}
|-
|56
|{{flag|Madagascar}}
|{{DTS|27 February 1980}}
|-
|57
|{{flag|Somalia}}
|{{DTS|27 February 1980}}
|-
|58
|{{flag|Grenada}}
|{{DTS|4 March 1980}}
|-
|59
|{{flag|Mozambique}}
|{{DTS|16 April 1980}}
|-
|60
|{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{DTS|30 May 1980}}
|-
|61
|{{flag|Angola}}
|{{DTS|11 July 1980}}
|-
|62
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|{{DTS|15 October 1981}}
|-
|63
|{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{DTS|11 March 1983}}
|-
|64
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{DTS|14 August 1986}}
|-
|65
|{{flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{DTS|18 February 1987}}
|-
|—
|{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}
|{{DTS|3 August 1987}}
|-
|66
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{DTS|1988}}
|-
|67
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|{{DTS|30 September 1988}}
|-
|68
|{{flag|Peru}}
|{{DTS|27 April 1989}}
|-
|—
|{{flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{DTS|15 May 1989}}
|-
|69
|{{flag|Greece}}
|{{DTS|15 June 1989}}
|-
|70
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|{{DTS|30 November 1989}}
|-
|71
|{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{DTS|6 April 1990}}
|-
|72
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{DTS|29 May 1990}}
|-
|73
|{{flag|Norway}}
|{{DTS|12 November 1991}}
|-
|74
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{DTS|6 December 1991}}
|-
|75
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{DTS|10 September 1992}}
|-
|76
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{DTS|17 September 1992}}
|-
|77
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laos |url=https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/detail/-/asset_publisher/Iw1ppvnScIPx/content/laoska-ludovodemokraticka-republika?displayMode=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708062423/http://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/detail/-/asset_publisher/Iw1ppvnScIPx/content/laoska-ludovodemokraticka-republika?displayMode=1 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia |language=sk}}</ref>
|-
|78
|{{flag|Brunei}}
|{{DTS|27 July 1993}}
|-
|79
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{DTS|6 December 1993}}
|-
|80
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{DTS|4 February 1994}}
|-
|81
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|{{DTS|7 February 1994}}
|-
|82
|{{flag|Lithuania}}
|{{DTS|1 September 1994}}
|-
|83
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|{{DTS|27 September 1994}}
|-
|84
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|{{DTS|29 March 1995}}
|-
|85
|{{flag|Latvia}}
|{{DTS|27 April 1995}}
|-
|86
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{DTS|22 May 1995}}
|-
|87
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|{{DTS|31 May 1995}}
|-
|88
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|{{DTS|12 June 1995}}
|-
|89
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{DTS|13 July 1995}}
|-
|90
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|{{DTS|4 March 1996}}
|-
|91
|{{flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{DTS|6 March 1996}}
|-
|92
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{DTS|7 March 1996}}
|-
|93
|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|{{DTS|28 March 1996}}
|-
|94
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{DTS|15 October 1996}}
|-
|95
|{{flag|Zambia}}
|{{DTS|9 November 1996}}
|-
|96
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|{{DTS|30 January 1997}}
|-
|97
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|{{DTS|25 May 1997}}
|-
|98
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{DTS|19 September 1997}}
|-
|99
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{DTS|23 September 1997}}
|-
|100
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{DTS|25 September 1997}}
|-
|101
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|{{DTS|21 April 1998}}
|-
|102
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|{{DTS|7 August 1998}}
|-
|103
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|{{DTS|6 November 1998}}
|-
|104
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|{{DTS|10 June 1999}}
|-
|105
|{{flag|Jamaica}}
|{{DTS|27 August 1999}}
|-
|106
|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|{{DTS|29 June 2000}}
|-
|107
|{{flag|Mauritius}}
|{{DTS|23 May 2002}}
|-
|108
|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{DTS|29 July 2002}}
|-
|109
|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|{{DTS|15 December 2002}}
|-
|110
|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{DTS|8 January 2004}}
|-
|111
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|{{DTS|2 September 2004}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001104210/https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |archive-date=1 October 2022 |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
|-
|112
|{{flag|Syria}}
|{{DTS|22 December 2004}}
|-
|113
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|{{DTS|3 February 2005}}
|-
|114
|{{flag|Oman}}
|{{DTS|9 March 2005}}
|-
|115
|{{flag|Paraguay}}
|{{DTS|28 September 2005}}
|-
|116
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|{{DTS|5 October 2005}}
|-
|117
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|{{DTS|14 October 2005}}
|-
|118
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{DTS|9 December 2005}}
|-
|119
|{{flag|Seychelles}}
|{{DTS|22 June 2006}}
|-
|120
|{{flag|Niger}}
|{{DTS|8 December 2006}}
|-
|121
|{{flag|Andorra}}
|{{DTS|8 June 2007}}
|-
|122
|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{DTS|1 August 2007}}
|-
|123
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{DTS|27 September 2007}}
|-
|124
|{{flag|Guatemala}}
|{{DTS|20 February 2008}}
|-
|125
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|{{DTS|14 July 2008}}
|-
|126
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{DTS|22 July 2008}}
|-
|127
|{{flag|Kenya}}
|{{DTS|11 December 2008}}
|-
|128
|{{flag|Rwanda}}
|{{DTS|31 August 2009}}
|-
|129
|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|{{DTS|3 February 2010}}
|-
|130
|{{flag|Fiji}}
|{{DTS|27 August 2010}}
|-
|131
|{{flag|Malta}}
|{{DTS|13 January 2011}}
|-
|132
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|{{DTS|12 September 2011}}
|-
|133
|{{flag|Maldives}}
|{{DTS|10 February 2012}}
|-
|134
|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|{{DTS|19 September 2013}}
|-
|135
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{DTS|28 September 2015}}
|-
|136
|{{flag|Monaco}}
|{{DTS|27 November 2015}}
|-
|137
|{{flag|Liberia}}
|{{DTS|12 August 2016}}
|-
|138
|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{DTS|23 September 2017}}
|-
|139
|{{flag|San Marino}}
|{{DTS|17 December 2018}}
|-
|140
|{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{DTS|29 August 2019}}
|-
|141
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|{{DTS|27 September 2019}}
|-
|142
|{{flag|Dominica}}
|{{DTS|29 July 2021}}
|-
|143
|{{flag|Panama}}
|{{DTS|9 September 2021}}
|-
|144
|{{flag|Uganda}}
|{{DTS|27 September 2021}}
|-
|145
|{{flag|Burundi}}
|{{DTS|4 February 2022}}
|-
|146
|{{flag|Botswana}}
|{{DTS|11 December 2023}}
|-
|147
|{{flag|Uruguay}}
|{{DTS|19 September 2024}}
|-
|148
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|{{DTS|6 November 2024}}
|}