Editing Foreign relations of Uruguay (section)

=== Asia ===
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|{{flag|Armenia}}||<!--Start date-->27 May 1992|| See [[Armenia–Uruguay relations]]

* Armenia has an embassy in Montevideo.
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Yerevan]].
* There are around 19,000 people of [[Armenian diaspora|Armenian descent]] living in Uruguay. Uruguay was the first country to [[Recognition of the Armenian Genocide|recognize]] the [[Armenian genocide]] on April 20, 1965.
* In May 2022, the two countries agreed to open embassies in each other's countries; [[Yerevan]] and [[Montevideo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Armenia and Uruguay will open embassies |url=https://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/300554/Armenia_and_Uruguay_will_open_embassies |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=PanARMENIAN.Net}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}||<!--Start date-->11 January 1995<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uruguay |url=https://bilateralnavigator.com/Azerbaijan-Uruguay |access-date=2021-01-25 |website=mfa.gov.az}}</ref>
|See [[Azerbaijan–Uruguay relations]]

* Azerbaijan is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* Uruguay is accredited to Azerbaijan from its embassy in Tehran, Iran.
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|{{flag|China }}||<!--Start date-->1988|| See [[China–Uruguay relations]]

* China has an embassy in Montevideo.
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
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|{{flag|India}}||<!--Start date-->||See [[India–Uruguay relations]]

* India is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[New Delhi]].
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|{{flag|Iran}}||<!--Start date-->||See [[Iran–Uruguay relations]]

* Iran has an embassy in Montevideo.
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Tehran]].
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|{{flag|Israel}}||<!--Start date-->||See [[Israel–Uruguay relations]]

* Israel has an embassy in Montevideo.<ref>[http://montevideo.mfa.gov.il/mfm/web/main/document.asp?SubjectID=2020&MissionID=77&LanguageID=420&StatusID=0&DocumentID=-1 Israeli embassy in Montevideo (in Spanish only)]</ref>
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]] and two honorary consulates in [[Ashdod]] and [[Haifa]].
* Uruguay was one of the first nations to recognize Israel as independent.<ref name=israel>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1984-1988/163%20Joint%20Statement%20Israel-Uruguay-%204%20May%201986 |title=Joint Statement Israel-Uruguay, 4 May 1986 |access-date=2009-07-04 |publisher=[[Israel]] }}</ref>
* There are more than 30,000 [[Jewish diaspora|Jews]] living in Uruguay, representing about 1% of the [[Demographics of Uruguay|Uruguayan total population]] (See [[Jews in Uruguay]]).
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|{{flag|Japan}}||<!--Start date-->September 1921|| See [[Japan–Uruguay relations]]
* Japan has an embassy in Montevideo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uy.emb-japan.go.jp/ |title=Japanese embassy in Montevideo (in Japanese and Spanish) |access-date=2006-03-14 |archive-date=2015-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330161034/http://www.uy.emb-japan.go.jp/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Tokyo]].
* There are a few hundred people of [[Japanese people|Japanese descent]] living in Uruguay. (See also [[Japanese Uruguayan]])
* [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/latin/uruguay/index.html Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Uruguay]
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|{{flag|Lebanon}}||<!--Start date-->1945||See [[Lebanon–Uruguay relations]]

* Lebanon has an embassy in Montevideo.
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Beirut]].
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|{{flag|Malaysia}}||<!--Start date-->||See [[Malaysia–Uruguay relations]]

* Malaysia is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Kuala Lumpur]].
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|{{flag|Pakistan}}||<!--Start date-->||
*In 2006 a commercial agreement was celebrated between Pakistan and [[Mercosur]] (a trade bloc of which Uruguay is part).<ref>[http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/pl/acuerdos/acue-ap-34800.htm Pakistan-Mercosur] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130023207/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/pl/acuerdos/acue-ap-34800.htm |date=2015-11-30 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> There is a Pakistan-Uruguay Chamber of Commerce.<ref>[http://www.cncs.com.uy/camaras_binacionales/pakistan/ Chamber of Commerce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224074818/http://www.cncs.com.uy/camaras_binacionales/pakistan/ |date=2014-12-24 }}
*Uruguayan military observers took part in the [[United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan]].</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=UN Forces 1948-94|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7lypY_FJ8ZYC&pg=PA60|year=1994|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-85532-454-1|page=60}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Pla1989">{{cite book|author=Uldaricio Figueroa Pla|title=Manual de organismos internacionales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CwJ56LMsb9UC&pg=PA168|year=1989|publisher=Editorial Jurídica de Chile|page=168|id=GGKEY:CPPBA7S0N0P}}</ref> *When [[Bangladesh Liberation War|war broke out]] in [[East Pakistan]] in 1971, Uruguay initially hesistated to take sides. However, on August 24, 1971, Uruguay recognized [[Bangladesh]] (hithero East Pakistan) as an independent state.<ref name="GeneralGobierno1973">{{cite book|author1=Uruguay. Asamblea General|author2=Uruguay. Consejo Nacional de Gobierno|title=Mensaje del poder ejecutivo a la Asamblea General al inaugurarse la legislatura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PwIkAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|pages=25–26}}</ref>
*In 2007 Montevideo hosted the first 'International Kashmir Conference'. The Prime Minister of [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan]] took part in the event, which was co-organized by the Catholic University of Uruguay.<ref>Associated Press of Pakistan. ''[http://app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13815 AJK PM arrives in Montevideo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065329/http://app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13815 |date=2016-03-04 }}''</ref><ref>Associated Press of Pakistan. ''[http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2007/kashmir20070731a.html First Latin American Intl. Kashmir Conference Begins In Uruguay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031916/http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2007/kashmir20070731a.html |date=2016-03-04 }}''</ref> Khan met with a number of Uruguayan senators during his stay.<ref>''Greater Kashmir''. ''[http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2007/Aug/1/pak-premier-meets-uruguay-senators-18.asp Pak premier meets Uruguay senators]''</ref>
* Pakistan is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* Uruguay is accredited to Pakistan from is embassy in Tehran, Iran.
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|{{flag|Palestine}}||<!--Start date-->||See [[Palestine–Uruguay relations]]

* Palestine has an embassy in Montevideo.
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Ramallah]].
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|{{flag|South Korea }}||<!--Start date-->7 October 1964<ref name="mofa.go.kr">{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24586.jsp?menu=m_30_30 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea |website=www.mofa.go.kr |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122011905/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24586.jsp?menu=m_30_30 |archive-date=22 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>|| See [[South Korea–Uruguay relations]]
* The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Uruguay) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) began on 7 October 1964.
* [[Koreans in Uruguay]] 
* In September 2008 Uruguayan President [[Tabaré Vázquez]] visited the Republic of Korea.
* South Korea has an embassy in Montevideo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ury.mofat.go.kr/index.jsp |title=South Korean embassy in Montevideo |access-date=2010-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722140417/http://ury.mofat.go.kr/index.jsp |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Seoul]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313165504/http://www.mofat.go.kr/english/regions/latinamerica/20070803/1_330.jsp  South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Uruguay]
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||<!--Date started-->1929<ref name="mfa.gov.tr">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/rrelations-between-turkey-and-uruguay.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Uruguay}}</ref>||See [[Turkey–Uruguay relations]]
* Turkey has an embassy in Montevideo.
* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Ankara]] and a consulate-general in [[Istanbul]].<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$341.4 million in 2019 (Uruguay's exports/imports: 298.6/42.8 million USD).<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
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|{{flag|Vietnam}}||<!--Start date-->||See [[Uruguay–Vietnam relations]]

* Uruguay has an embassy in [[Hanoi]].
* Vietnam is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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