Editing Slovakia (section)

=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Slovakia}}
{{See also|Minister of Foreign and European Affairs|List of diplomatic missions of Slovakia}}
[[File:President Trump Welcomes the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic to the White House (33889395928).jpg|thumb|Former Slovak Prime Minister [[Peter Pellegrini]] (current President of Slovakia) with U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] in the [[White House]], 2019]]

The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovakia)|Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs]] ({{langx|sk|Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí}}) is responsible for maintaining the Slovak Republic's [[Foreign relations of Slovakia|external relations]] and the management of its [[List of diplomatic missions of Slovakia|international diplomatic missions]]. The ministry's [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Slovakia)|director]] is [[Juraj Blanár]]. The ministry oversees Slovakia's affairs with foreign entities, including bilateral relations with individual nations and its representation in international organisations.

Slovakia joined the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]] in 2004, the [[Schengen Area]] in 2007 and the [[eurozone]] in 2009.

Slovakia is a member of the [[United Nations]] (since 1993) and participates in its specialised agencies. The country was, on 10&nbsp;October 2005, elected to a two-year term on the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] from 2006 to 2007. It is also a member of the [[Council of Europe]] (CoE), the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE), the [[World Trade Organization|World Trade Organisation]] (WTO), the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), the [[OECD|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD), the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF), the [[Union for the Mediterranean]] (UfM), the [[International Criminal Police Organization|International Criminal Police Organisation]] (INTERPOL), the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation]] (UNESCO), the [[European Organization for Nuclear Research|European Organisation for Nuclear Research]] (CERN), the [[Bucharest Nine]] (B9) and part of the [[Visegrád Group]] (V4: Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Poland).
[[File:PM of Slovakia Robert Fico meeting President Putin.jpg|thumb|Slovak Prime Minister [[Robert Fico]] with Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] in the [[Moscow Kremlin]], 2024]]
In 2024, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 184 countries and territories, putting the [[Slovak passport]] at the 10th rank of travel freedom (tied with Latvia and Iceland) on the [[Henley Passport Index]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Ranking&nbsp;– Visa Restriction Index 2024|url=https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking|access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref>

Slovakia maintains [[Diplomacy|diplomatic relations]] with 134 countries, primarily through its [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovakia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]. Slovakia maintained 90 missions abroad, including 64 embassies, seven missions to multilateral organisations, nine consulates-general, one consular office, one Slovak Economic and Cultural Office and eight Slovak Institutes.<ref>SITA. [http://www.webnoviny.sk/slovensko/slovensko-ma-velvyslanectvo-v-spojeny/763136-clanok.html "Slovensko má veľvyslanectvo v Spojených arabských emirátoch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001182524/http://www.webnoviny.sk/slovensko/slovensko-ma-velvyslanectvo-v-spojeny/763136-clanok.html |date=1 October 2016 }}, ''WebNoviny.sk'', Bratislava, 1 December 2013. Retrieved on 29 April 2014.</ref> Bratislava hosts 41 foreign [[diplomatic mission|embassies]] and 22 [[consul (representative)|consulates]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embassies.net/slovakia/bratislava|title=Embassies in Bratislava|date=14 December 2024|website=Embassies.net}}</ref>

Largest trading partners are countries of the European Union. In 2024, more than 80% of Slovak exports went to the [[European Union]], and more than 65% of Slovak imports came from other European Union member states.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/products/informationmessages/inf_sprava_detail/76bd0773-1762-4ec2-b293-5bf75c881af2/!ut/p/z1/tVJNc4IwFPwtHjxm8vgMHoNTAYtMQQHh0gFEpSigZGjtr2-ovfSg2ENzSTKz-3b3vYdjvMZxlXTFLmFFXSUH_o9i9dUllqbrAgXQbQms-fPSMacz0fAVHP4GaI73BNaKvhjeXBZAVnB8nx_gGMdZxRq2x1GdtsketSUqqi1KSjYG_qjPR-6mq3LUNueku4yha3NW8puo6QYIkZBAVBHJeSaiVJxISEm3RMk0TUi2Yl--yYoNjh5Ch0N5-zhw41D44U8NasrEBtBsQwGLmr43cSUJqDTUjiv_jsAgP_6G3HMwlOEKoK7rLu0gACMQZ2BJggGO73NJdQCwUnHEU5CbNgWCw67I37Ff9bM94OUfh2QCng81gi9u8XY6xZRvV12x_IPh9X-sF9cRz4vpYscTJGzfl67x-iFqc_SPmnQpClR65qfuICPUWjoafQEbqweL/dz/d5/L0lDUmlTUSEhL3dHa0FKRnNBLzROV3FpQSEhL2Vu/#:~:text=79.2%25%20of%20the%20Slovak%20exports,member%20states%20decreased%20by%2016.7%25.|title=Foreign trade – preliminary results in March and detailed data in the first two months of 2024|date=9 May 2024|website=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic}}</ref>

Slovakia and the [[United States]] retain strong diplomatic ties and cooperate in the [[military]] and [[Law enforcement agency|law enforcement]] areas. U.S. Department of Defence programmes has contributed significantly to Slovak military reforms. The two countries have a long history tracing back to the [[American Revolutionary War]], when a Slovak Major, Ján Ladislav Polerecký, fought alongside [[George Washington]] in [[Siege of Yorktown|Yorktowne]] to win the colonies' independence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20551775/what-connects-americans-and-slovaks.html|title=What connects Americans and Slovaks|date=13 June 2017|website=The Slovak Spectator}}</ref> 
President [[Woodrow Wilson]] and the United States played a major role in the establishment of the original [[First Czechoslovak Republic|Czechoslovak]] state on 28&nbsp;October 1918. Around one million Americans have their roots in Slovakia, and many retain strong cultural and familial ties to the Slovak Republic. American steel producer [[U. S. Steel]] is the largest employer in Eastern Slovakia in [[U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.|Košice]] with 12,000 employees.