Editing Foreign relations of Cameroon (section)

==Bilateral relations==
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|{{flag|Australia}}||2 March 2002||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 March 2002<ref name="parlinfo.aph.gov.au"/>
* Both countries are full members of [[The Commonwealth]].
* Cameroon is accredited to Australia through its embassy in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Missions/37|title = The Department - About us - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref>
* Australia is represented in Cameroon through its High Commission in [[Abuja]], Nigeria.
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|{{flag|Canada}}||7 December 1961||
Cameroon and Canada have established diplomatic ties on 7 December 1961<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019#Beginnings |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute}}</ref> with three agreements and four protocoles signed in 1965. Both countries share the use of English and French as the two official languages as well as memberships in the [[Francophonie]] and [[The Commonwealth]].

* Cameroon has a high commission in [[Ottawa]].<ref>[https://www.hc-cameroon-ottawa.org High Commission of Cameroon in Ottawa]</ref>
* Canada has a high commission in Yaoundé.<ref>[http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/cameroon-cameroun/index.aspx?lang=eng High Commission of Canada in Yaoundé]</ref>
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|{{Flag|Chile}}
|11 August 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 August 1964<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reseña histórica de la presencia chilena en África |url=https://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=repositorio/10221/12006/1/91367_BCNINFORME_GRID_01-08-2011_JJ_AFRICA.doc |access-date=23 February 2024 |page=6 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{flag|China}}||26 March 1971||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 March 1971<ref>{{Cite web |title=General picture of bilateral relations between China and Cameroon |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183577.htm}}</ref>{{see also|Cameroon–China relations}}
The People's Republic of China has a number of health and infrastructure projects underway in Cameroon. In January 2007, China signed a series of economic agreements with Cameroon, giving more than $54 million in loans.,<ref>{{cite news| title=China, Cameroon Sign Economic Agreements| date=31 January 2007| publisher=Voice of America| url=http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-01/2007-01-31-voa53.cfm| work=VOA News| access-date=25 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306172443/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-01/2007-01-31-voa53.cfm| archive-date=6 March 2009| url-status=dead}}</ref> China constructed the multipurpose sports complex in Yaounde and renovated the famous Amadou Ahidjo stadium.
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|{{Flag|Cote d'Ivoire}}||3 September 1962||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 September 1962<ref name="prc_cm" />
* Cameroon has an embassy in [[Abidjan]].
* Côte d'Ivoire has an embassy in [[Yaounde]] which also functions as the non-resident embassy to [[Central African Republic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Biographie de l´Ambassadeur |url=https://www.cameroun.diplomatie.gouv.ci/mot-ambassadeur.php?lang=&num=2 |website=Ivory Coast Embassy, Yaounde |access-date=22 December 2021 |language=fr |archive-date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222143215/https://www.cameroun.diplomatie.gouv.ci/mot-ambassadeur.php?lang=&num=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{flag|France}}||1 January 1960||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=LISTE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES AMBASSADEURS, ENVOYÉS EXTRAORDINAIRES,MINISTRES PLÉNIPOTENTIAIRES ET CHARGÉS D'AFFAIRES DE FRANCE À L'ÉTRANGER DEPUIS 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr}}</ref>

Cameroon has particularly close ties with France, with whom it has numerous military, economic, and cultural agreements, the construction of the Bonaberi bridge in Douala is pioneered by the French and they are to exploit uranium discovered in the North by 2018. 
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|{{flag|Israel}}||15 September 1960||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 September 1960,<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary_org" /> but relations was broken on 13 October 1973<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezs7AAAAMAAJ&dq=sierra+leone+broken+diplomatic+relations+with+Israel+27+October+1973&pg=PA554 |title=Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1975 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1974 |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> and re-established diplomatic relations on 26 August 1986<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Between Cameroon and Israel as of 26 Aug. 1986 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1639056?ln=en |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>{{see also|Cameroon–Israel relations}}
Cameroon's Rapid Reaction Force is trained and armed by Israel, and Cameroon supports Israel in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) draft resolution votes. Many citizens of Cameroon receive training and education in agriculture in Israel. The Israeli ambassador described Cameroon as Israel's best friend in Africa. Additionally, Cameroon strongly opposes the existence of and antagonizes Palestine and is one of only two nations in Africa not to have yet recognized it<ref>[http://www.cameroon-tribune.cm/index2.php/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77166:israel-grateful-for-cameroons-support&catid=1:politique&Itemid=3] {{dead link|date=August 2017}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||22 December 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 December 1975<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoy celebramos el 47 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y Camerún |url=https://twitter.com/SRE_mx/status/1605986598914400256?s=20 |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=Relaciones Exteriores |language=es}}</ref>
* Cameroon is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cameroonembassyusa.org/camusa/ |title=Embassy of Cameroon in the United States |access-date=8 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501100804/http://cameroonembassyusa.org/camusa/ |archive-date=1 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with a consulate in Mexico City.
* Mexico is accredited to Cameroon from its embassy in [[Abuja]], Nigeria<ref>[https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/nigeria/index.php/es/ Embassy of Mexico in Nigeria]</ref> with a consulate in Yaoundé.
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|{{flag|Nigeria}}||November 1960||Both countries established diplomatic relations in November 1960<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hilary V. Lukong |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDVHeK2cNTkC&dq=Nigeria+and+Cameroon+established+diplomatic+relations+...+1960&pg=PA1 |title=The Cameroon-Nigeria Border Dispute Management and Resolution, 1981-2011 |publisher=Langaa Research & Pub. CIG |year=2011 |pages=1| isbn=9789956717590 }}</ref>{{see also|Cameroon–Nigeria relations}}

Cameroon is engaged in a sporadic armed conflict with Nigeria in the oil-rich [[Bakassi Peninsula]]. The dispute was resolved through the 2006 [[Greentree Agreement]] which led to the full withdrawal of Nigerian troops from the region and its administrative transfer back to Cameroon in August 2013.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 August 2013|url=https://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403677_text|title=Cameroon; Nigeria: Bakassi Peninsula Transition Completed|website=Loc.gov|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref> The two countries agree on maritime [[boundary delimitation|delimitation]].Economic relations between both states are however timid, the uprise of the Boko Haram terrorists group called for military co-operation between Cameroon and Nigeria.
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|{{flag|Russia}}||20 February 1964||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 February 1964<ref>{{Cite web |title=DiploHistory: 53 years ago Russia and Cameroon established diplomatic relations |url=https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/833638205043965952?s=20 |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=MFA Russia}}</ref>{{see also|Cameroon–Russia relations}}
* Cameroon has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in Yaoundé. 
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|{{flag|Republic of Korea}}||10 August 1961||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 August 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries & Regions |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=137 |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}</ref> In 2012 Bilateral Trade was US$64 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/middleeast/countries/20070824/1_24483.jsp?menu=m_30_50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904015758/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/middleeast/countries/20070824/1_24483.jsp?menu=m_30_50|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-09-04|title=Countries and Regions&nbsp;>&nbsp;Middle East and Africa&nbsp;>&nbsp;List of the Countries|first=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of|last=Korea|website=Mofa.go.kr|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Spain}}||10 November 1961||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 November 1961<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conferencia pública sobre el papel de Camerún en los conflictos |url=https://www.casafrica.es/es/evento/conferencia-publica-sobre-el-papel-de-camerun-en-los-conflictos |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=casafrica.es}}</ref>{{see also|Cameroon–Spain relations}}
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|{{flag|Turkey}}|| 9 August 1963||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 August 1963<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s6CS4FzVIKQC&dq=Turkish+ambassador+to+Cameroon+Mustapha+Fehmi+Nuza&pg=RA7-PA1 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 155-156 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1963 |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>
* [[Cameroon]] has an embassy in [[Ankara]]
*Turkey has an embassy in [[Yaoundé]]
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$205 million in 2019 (Cameroon's exports/imports: 54/151 million USD).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-cameroon.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Cameroon}}</ref>
*There are direct flights from [[Istanbul]] to [[Yaoundé]].
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||{{Date table sorting|1 February 1960}}||See [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom]]
Cameroon established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 1 February 1960.<ref name=":12"/>
*Botswana maintains a [[High Commission of Cameroon, London|high commission]] in [[London]].
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Cameroon through its [[British High Commission|high commission]] in Yaoundé.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-yaounde|title=British High Commission Yaounde|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=4 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202034445/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-yaounde|archive-date=2 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

The UK governed western [[Southern Cameroons|Cameroon]] from 1916 to 1961, when it joined the [[Federal Republic of Cameroon]].

Both countries share common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have an [[Economic Partnership Agreements|Economic Partnership Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Jayawardena|first=Ranil|authorlink=Ranil Jayawardena|title=United Kingdom and Cameroon secure Economic Partnership Agreement|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/united-kingdom-and-cameroon-secure-economic-partnership-agreement |website=GOV.UK|access-date=30 December 2020|date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230103448/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/united-kingdom-and-cameroon-secure-economic-partnership-agreement|archive-date=30 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||1 January 1960||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Cameroon |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/cameroon |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=history.state.gov}}</ref>{{see also|Cameroon–United States relations}}

* Cameroon has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cameroonembassyusa.org/camusa/ |title=Embassy of Cameroon in Washington, D.C. |access-date=8 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501100804/http://cameroonembassyusa.org/camusa/ |archive-date=1 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* United States has an embassy in [[Yaoundé]].<ref>[https://cm.usembassy.gov Embassy of the United States in Yaoundé]</ref>
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|{{flag|Vietnam}}||30 August 1972||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 August 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic of Cameroon |url=https://vietnam.gov.vn/diplomacy-detail-70572?countryId=562&typeId=1 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=vietnam.gov.vn}}</ref> Vietnam is represented in Cameroon through a non-resident embassy in Abuja, Nigeria and an honorary consulate in Douala.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam |title=TÀI LIỆU CƠ BẢN VỀ NƯỚC CỘNG HOÀ CA-MƠ-RUN VÀ QUAN HỆ VỚI VIỆT NAM |url=https://www.mofa.gov.vn/cn_vakv/nr040819100948/nr091207163251/ns200811092601 |accessdate=2020-08-01 |language=vi |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120014857/https://www.mofa.gov.vn/cn_vakv/nr040819100948/nr091207163251/ns200811092601 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tin từ Cục Lãnh sự: Việt Nam bổ nhiệm Lãnh sự danh dự tại Cameroon |url=https://baoquocte.vn/tin-tu-cuc-lanh-su-viet-nam-bo-nhiem-lanh-su-danh-du-tai-cameroon-92460.html |accessdate=2019-04-23 |publisher=Baoquocte.vn. |language=vi }}</ref> In 2014 Nexttel, Joint operative company of [[Viettel]] becomes the First 3G operator in Cameroon.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Nexttel telecommunications network {{!}} Let's fly with 3G High speed|url = http://www.nexttel.cm/|website = www.nexttel.cm|access-date = 2016-01-05|archive-date = 22 October 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211022030428/http://www.nexttel.cm/|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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