Editing Foreign relations of Belize (section)

==Europe==

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|{{flag|Bulgaria}}||<!--Date started-->15 February 1994||

*Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 15 February 1994.<ref name=":0" /> 
*Bulgaria is represented in Belize through its embassy in Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.bg/index.php?page=15&staticpage=findanembassy&posolstvo=23 |title=Министерство на външните работи - Намери посолство |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231082435/http://www.mfa.bg/index.php?page=15&staticpage=findanembassy&posolstvo=23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Cyprus}}||<!--Date started-->21 July 2000||

*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 July 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olc.gov.cy/olc/olc.nsf/all/C6C76672A2E2BA9FC22575D70021A27A/$file/BELIZE.pdf?openelement |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120819/http://www.olc.gov.cy/olc/olc.nsf/all/C6C76672A2E2BA9FC22575D70021A27A/$file/BELIZE.pdf?openelement |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
*Cyprus is represented in Belize through its embassy in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/mfa32_en/mfa32_en?OpenDocument | title=Home - MFA }}</ref> 
*Both countries are members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].

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|{{flag|Czech Republic}}||<!--Date started-->15 February 1994||

*The Czech Republic is represented in Belize through its embassy in Mexico City<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/diplomatic_missions/czech_missions_abroad/belize_embassy_of_the_czech_republic_in.html | title=BELIZE - Embassy of the Czech Republic in MEXICO }}</ref> and has an honorary consulate.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/diplomatic_missions/czech_missions_abroad/belize_honorary_consulate_of_the_czech.html | title=BELIZE - Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Orange Walk Town }}</ref> 
*Belize has an honorary consulate in [[Prague]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/diplomatic_missions/foreign_missions_to_the_czech_republic/belize_consulate_of_belize.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220140225/http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/diplomatic_missions/foreign_missions_to_the_czech_republic/belize_consulate_of_belize.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Denmark}}||<!--Date started-->15 November 1991<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/library/bze_treaties/bilateral/Europe/Denmark.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.mfa.gov.bz |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110001749/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/library/bze_treaties/bilateral/Europe/Denmark.pdf |archive-date=10 January 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*Belize has an honorary consulate in [[Copenhagen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.belizeconsulate.dk/|title=Belize Consulate - Consulate of Belize|website=www.belizeconsulate.dk}}</ref> 
*Denmark is represented in Belize by its embassy in [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://belize.um.dk/ |title=Danmark i Belize |access-date=24 December 2018 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224220607/http://belize.um.dk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Estonia}}||<!--Date started-->5 May 1999||

*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 May 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vm.ee/et/tegevused-eesmargid/diplomaatiliste-suhete-taaskehtestamise-kronoloogia | title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (Taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia &#124; Välisministeerium | access-date=17 December 2016 | archive-date=7 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207092932/http://vm.ee/et/tegevused-eesmargid/diplomaatiliste-suhete-taaskehtestamise-kronoloogia | url-status=dead }}</ref> 
*Estonia has an honorary consulate in Belize.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vm.ee/en/countries/belize?display=estonian_honorary_consuls | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811092902/http://vm.ee/en/countries/belize?display=estonian_honorary_consuls | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 August 2014 | title=Belize &#124; Ministry of Foreign Affairs }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Finland}}||<!--Date started-->19 June 1997||

*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 June 1997.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=51880&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |title=Countries and regions: Belize - Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland: Entering Finland and travelling abroad: Belize |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220160424/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=51880&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
*Finland is represented in Belize through its embassy in Mexico City and an honorary consulate in Belize City.<ref name="auto"/>

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|{{flag|France}}||<!--Date started-->||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations in November 1981.<ref name=":0" /> 
*France is represented in Belize through its embassy in [[San Salvador]], El Salvador.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sv.ambafrance.org/|title=La France au Salvador / Francia en El Salvador|website=sv.ambafrance.org}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Germany}}||<!--Date started-->1982||

*Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1982.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Aussenpolitik/Laender/Laenderinfos/01-Nodes/Belize_node.html | title=Federal Foreign Office }}</ref>
*Germany is represented in Belize through its embassy in Guatemala.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guatemala.diplo.de/Vertretung/guatemala/es/02/hauptseite__belize.html |title=Embajada de Alemania Guatemala - General Information for BELIZE |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221095410/http://www.guatemala.diplo.de/Vertretung/guatemala/es/02/hauptseite__belize.html |archive-date=21 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Greece}}||<!--Date started-->4 September 1986||

*Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 4 September 1986.<ref name=":0" /> 
*Belize's Embassy in Mexico has parallel accreditation for Greece. Belize has an Honorary Consulate in [[Athens]] since 1992.<ref name="mfa.gr">{{cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/belize/ | title=Greece's Bilateral Relations }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/index.php/honorary-consulates-of-belize/47-greece |title=Greece |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725173132/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/index.php/honorary-consulates-of-belize/47-greece |archive-date=25 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
*Greece does not have any representation in Belize, its embassy in Mexico is also accredited to Belize.<ref name="mfa.gr"/>

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|{{flag|Hungary}}||<!--Date started-->||
Hungary is represented in Belize through its embassy in Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/missions |title=Government - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Missions |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-date=7 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207181129/http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/missions |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Holy See}}||<!--Date started-->9 March 1983||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 March 1983.<ref name=":0" />

* Belize has an embassy to the Holy See in [[Rome]].
* Holy See is accredited to Belize from its apostolic nunciature in San Salvador, El Salvador.

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|{{flag|Italy}}||<!--Date started-->1 October 1982||

*Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1982.<ref name=":0" /> 
*Belize has a consulate-general in [[Milan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mfa.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Diplomatic-Consular-List.pdf |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707011414/https://mfa.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Diplomatic-Consular-List.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Italy is represented in Belize through its embassy in Mexico City and an honorary consulate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/messico-sampablo-nuovo-console.html |title=Mexico - New Italian honorary consul appointed in Playa del Carmen |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075333/http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/messico-sampablo-nuovo-console.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Norway}}||<!--Date started-->||

Since 2011, Belize and Norway have an Agreement concerning the exchange of information relating to tax matters they had signed in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/the-economy/taxes-and-duties/skatteavtaler/agreement-norway---belize/id632266/| title = Agreement Norway - Belize - regjeringen.no| date = February 2011}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Russia}}||<!--Date started-->25 June 1991||

Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 25 June 1991. Belize immediately recognized Russia as the [[USSR]]'s successor after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Russia is represented in Belize through its embassy in Mexico City and an honorary consulate in Belize City.

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|{{flag|Slovakia}}||<!--Date started-->||

Slovakia is represented in Belize through its embassy in Mexico City.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/ministry/slovak_diplomatic_missions/diplomatic_missions | title=List of Diplomatic Missions of the Slovak Republic - Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic | access-date=23 December 2016 | archive-date=1 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040642/https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/ministry/slovak_diplomatic_missions/diplomatic_missions | url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Slovenia}}||<!--Date started-->||

Belize is represented in Slovenia through its embassy in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mzz.gov.si/fileadmin/pageuploads/foto/1608/DL_19_August_2016.pdf  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224031449/http://www.mzz.gov.si/fileadmin/pageuploads/foto/1608/DL_19_August_2016.pdf  |url-status=dead  |archive-date=24 December 2016  |access-date=23 December 2016 }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Spain}}||<!--Date started-->13 January 1989||See [[Belize–Spain relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 January 1989.<ref name=":0" />

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|{{flag|Sweden}}||<!--Date started-->||

Sweden is represented in Belize through its embassy in [[Stockholm]] and an honorary consulate in [[Belmopan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Caribbean/About-us/Belize/ |title=Belize &#124; SwedenAbroad |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220221810/http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Caribbean/About-us/Belize/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|{{flag|Switzerland}}||<!--Date started-->||

*Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1988.<ref name="eda.admin.ch">{{cite web | url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/laender-reise-information/belize/schweiz-belize.html | title=Bilateral relations Switzerland–Belize }}</ref> 
*Switzerland is represented in Belize through its embassy in Mexico City and since 1996 an honorary consulate in [[Belize City]].<ref name="eda.admin.ch"/>

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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||21 September 1981||See [[Belize–United Kingdom relations]]
Belize established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 21 September 1981. Both countries are [[Commonwealth Realms]].
* Belize maintains a [[High Commission of Belize, London|high commission]] in London.
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Belize from its [[British High Commission|high commission]] in [[Belmopan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-belmopan|title=British High Commission Belmopan|website=GOV.UK|access-date=23 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513153717/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-belmopan|archive-date=13 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

The UK governed [[British Honduras|Belize]] from 1783 to 1981, when Belize achieved full [[Belize Act 1981|independence]].

Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic co-operation pact,<ref>{{Cite x|name=U.S. Department of State | Science Diplomacy USA|user=SciDiplomacyUSA|number=1758160423080140926|date=15 February 2024|title=In 🇧🇿, Ambassador Lapenn welcomed the newest member of the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation, meeting with govt officials & NGOs to discuss sustainable economic development, scientific collaboration, & environmental conservation opportunities among the Atlantic community.|url=https://twitter.com/SciDiplomacyUSA/status/1758160423080140926|access-date=12 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412134513/https://twitter.com/SciDiplomacyUSA/status/1758160423080140926|archive-date=12 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Caribbean Development Bank]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], and the [[World Trade Organization]], as well as the [[Economic Partnership Agreements|CARIFORUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Partington|first=Richard|url= https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/uk-secures-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-group-of-caribbean-countries|website=[[The Guardian]]|title=UK secures post-Brexit trade deal with group of Caribbean countries|date=22 March 2019|access-date=11 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829163029/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/uk-secures-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-group-of-caribbean-countries|archive-date=29 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Bilaterally the two countries have a Defence Cooperation Agreement,<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Phil|last2=Kennard|first2=Matt|date=4 February 2020|url=https://www.declassifieduk.org/exclusive-britain-uses-vast-swathes-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-biodiverse-countries-for-military-training-and-pays-nothing/|title=Exclusive: Britain uses vast swashes of one the world's most biodiverse countries for military training — and pays nothing|website=[[Declassified UK]]|access-date=23 July 2024|archive-date=24 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224062656/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/561/belize---united-kingdom-bit-1982-|url-status=live}}</ref>  and an Investment Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/561/belize---united-kingdom-bit-1982-|title=Belize - United Kingdom BIT (1982)|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=23 July 2024|archive-date=24 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224062656/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/561/belize---united-kingdom-bit-1982-|url-status=live}}</ref> 
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