Editing Foreign relations of Finland (section)

==Africa==
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|{{flag|Algeria}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1963-01-18|format=dmy}}
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* Algeria has an embassy in Helsinki.
* Finland has an embassy in [[Algiers]].
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|{{flag|Angola}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1976-09-18|format=dmy}}
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* Angola is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.
* Finland is represented in Angola through its embassy in [[Maputo]], Mozambique.
* Finland also has an honorary consulate in [[Luanda]].
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|{{flag|Botswana}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1978-07-01|format=dmy}}
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* Botswana is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.
* Finland is represented in Botswana through its embassy in [[Pretoria]], South Africa.
* Finland has an honorary consulate in [[Gaborone]].
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|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1978-07-01|format=dmy}}
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* Burkina Faso is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.
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|{{flag|Burundi}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1980-01-01|format=dmy}}
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* Burundi is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Oslo]], Norway.
* Finland is represented in Burundi through its embassy in [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania.
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|{{flag|Comoros}}||<!-- start date -->
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Comoros is represented in Finland by its embassy in [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://um.fi/representation-of-foreign-states-in-finland-or-in-the-nearest-country-to-finland/-/asset_publisher/eSWq5XE6v1DV/contactInfoOrganization/id/122962|title = Embassy of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros, Paris}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Djibouti}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|2007-03-14|format=dmy}}
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*Finland is represented in Djibouti through its embassy in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://um.fi/news/-/asset_publisher/GRSnUwaHDPv5/content/uudet-sivuakkreditoinnit-djiboutiin-ja-nicaraguaan?curAsset=0&stId=47307|title=New side accreditations to Djibouti and Nicaragua}}</ref> 
*Djibouti is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://um.fi/representation-of-foreign-states-in-finland-or-in-the-nearest-country-to-finland/-/asset_publisher/eSWq5XE6v1DV/contactInfoOrganization/id/123840|title = Embassy of the Republic Djibouti, Moscow}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Egypt}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1947-02-15|format=dmy}} 
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* Finland recognised Egypt on February 15, 1947.
* Egypt has an embassy in Helsinki.
* Finland has an embassy in [[Cairo]].
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|{{flag|Ethiopia}}||<!-- start date -->July 17, 1959||See [[Ethiopia–Finland relations]]
Ethiopia is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.  Finland has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]]. Ethiopia is one of Finland's long-term development partners and in the water and education sectors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finland.org.et/public/default.aspx?nodeid=31702&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|title=Finland and Ethiopia|website=Finland.org.et|access-date=February 19, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218222342/http://www.finland.org.et/public/default.aspx?nodeid=31702&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|archive-date=December 18, 2014}}</ref> On April 29, 2009, the [[Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Ethiopia)|Ministry of Finance and Economic Development]] announced that the Finnish government had made a grant of 11.4&nbsp;million [[euro]]s to enable the [[Benishangul-Gumuz Region]] to upgrade its capacity to plan and manage its rural [[Water supply and sanitation in Ethiopia|water supply and sanitation program]] to achieve universal access for all Ethiopians.<ref>[http://www.ena.gov.et/EnglishNews/2009/Apr/29Apr09/86268.htm "Ethiopia, Finland sign 11.4 million Euro grant agreement"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503111504/http://www.ena.gov.et/EnglishNews/2009/Apr/29Apr09/86268.htm |date=May 3, 2009 }}, [[Ethiopian News Agency]] (accessed April 29, 2009)</ref>
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|{{flag|Kenya}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1965-06-14|format=dmy}}
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* Finland recognised Kenya on December 13, 1963.
* Kenya is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.
* Finland has an embassy in [[Nairobi]] and an honorary consulate in [[Mombasa]].
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|{{flag|Morocco}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1959-07-17|format=dmy}}
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* Finland recognised Morocco's independence on June 8, 1956.
* Finland has an embassy in [[Rabat]], an honorary consulate general in [[Casablanca]], and other honorary consulates in [[Agadir]], [[Kenitra]], [[Marrakech]], [[Safi, Morocco|Safi]], and [[Tangiers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finlande.ma/Public/Default.aspx|title=Suomen suurlähetystö, Rabat|website=Finlande.ma|access-date=February 19, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110070400/http://www.finlande.ma/Public/Default.aspx|archive-date=January 10, 2015}}</ref>
* Morocco has an embassy in [[Helsinki]].
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|{{flag|Mozambique}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1975-07-18|format=dmy}}
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* Finland recognised Mozambique on July 4, 1975.
* Mozambique is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.
* Finland has an embassy in [[Maputo]].
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|{{flag|Namibia}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1990-03-21|format=dmy}}||See [[Finland–Namibia relations]]
Finland recognised Namibia on March 21, 1990.  Both countries established diplomatic relations on the same day.
Namibia is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden. Finland has an embassy in [[Windhoek]] and an honorary consulate in [[Walvis Bay]].
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1949-05-15|format=dmy}}
|See [[Finland – South Africa relations]]
A South African legation was established in 1967 and relations were then upgraded to ambassadorial level in March 1991.<ref name=sa/> Finland has an embassy in [[Pretoria]], a general consulate in [[Johannesburg]], and a consulate in [[Cape Town]].  South Africa is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. During World War II South Africa declared war on Finland.<ref name=nordic/>

Finland was a strong supporter of the dismantling of Apartheid in South Africa.<ref name=nordic>{{cite book |title=The Nordic countries and Africa|year=2002|publisher=[[Nordic Africa Institute]] |quote=From 1966 to 1987 when the Parliament of Finland unanimously adopted the South Africa Act prohibiting trade with South Africa the history of Finnish-South ...  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4uXkhuMgrMC&q=%2BFinland+%2B%22South+Africa%22&pg=PT18 |isbn=91-7106-505-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sori|first=Iina|url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-243|title=Finland and national liberation in Southern Africa|publisher=[[Nordic Africa Institute]]|year=1999|isbn=91-7106-431-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Politics on paper: Finland's South Africa policy, 1945-1991 |year=1992 |publisher=[[Nordic Africa Institute]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-Tb4cgYqHoC |isbn=91-7106-326-9}}</ref>

South African exports to Finland include fresh and dried fruits, wine, pulp, paper, iron, steel, and coal. South Africa imports telecommunication equipment, paper, board products, and machinery from Finland.<ref name=sa>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/finland.html |title=Finland |access-date=2009-05-21 |quote=Diplomatic relations were re-established in 1949. A South African legation was established in 1967 and relations were upgraded to ambassadorial level in March 1991. Finland and South Africa enjoy excellent relations and a Declaration of Intent was signed in June 2000 to facilitate bilateral consultations between South Africa and Finland. |publisher=South Africa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605033550/http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/finland.html |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Tanzania}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1965-06-14|format=dmy}}
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* Finland recognised Tanganyika on December 9, 1961.
* Tanzania is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.
* Finland has an embassy in [[Dar es Salaam]].
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|{{flag|Tunisia}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1959-07-17|format=dmy}}
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* Finland recognised Tunisia's independence on June 8, 1956.
* Since 1994 Finland has an embassy in [[Tunis]].  Previously Finland was represented in Tunisia through its embassies in [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]], and Rome, Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finlandtunis.org/public/default.aspx?culture=en-US&contentlan=2|title=Embassy of Finland, Tunis|website=Finlandtunis.org|access-date=February 19, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108203800/http://www.finlandtunis.org/public/default.aspx?culture=en-US&contentlan=2|archive-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref>
* Tunisia has an embassy in [[Helsinki]].
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|{{flag|Zambia}}||<!-- start date -->{{dts|1968-03-08|format=dmy}}
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* Finland recognised Zambia on October 29, 1964.
* Zambia is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.
* Finland has an embassy in [[Lusaka]].
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