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==Bilateral relations by country== ===Africa=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:100px;"| {{longitem|Beginning of formal relations}} !Notes |- valign="top" |{{flag|Algeria}}||1 October 1962||See [[AlgeriaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1962.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jean-François Juilliard, Françoise Moussu |title=Chronologie des faits internationaux d'ordre juridique. Annuaire Français de Droit International / AnnĂ©e 1962 / 8 / |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1962_num_8_1_1015 |access-date=30 November 2023 |journal=Annuaire Français de Droit International |date=1962 |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=1088 |language=fr |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209114250/https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1962_num_8_1_1015 |url-status=live}}</ref> * Relations date from the period of the [[Roman Empire]]. * Algeria has an embassy in Rome. * Italy has an embassy in [[Algiers]]. * There are over 100,675 Algerians in Italy (see [[Algerians in Italy]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Angola}}||4 June 1976<ref name="Farnesina1976">{{cite web |title=1976 Testi e Documenti sulla politica estera dell'Italia |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy)]] |access-date=5 January 2024 |page=132 |language=it |quote=I Governi della Repubblica italiana e della Repubblica popolare di Angola hanno convenuto di stabilire relazioni diplomatiche a livello di ambasciatori con effetto dal 4 giugno 1976. |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125125427/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>||See [[AngolaâItaly relations]] * Angola has an embassy in [[Rome]]. * Italy has an embassy in Luanda. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Burkina Faso}}||16 June 1962||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 June 1962 when Mr. Renzo Luigi Romanelli, the first Italian Ambassador to Upper Volta, has presented his letters of credence to President Maurice Yameogo.<ref name="West Africa" /> *Burkina Faso has an embassy in [[Rome]] and honorary consulates in [[Florence]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]], and [[Palermo]].<ref name="esteri.it">{{cite web|url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2019/01/ldc%2031%20gennaio%202019.pdf|title=CONSOLATI DI CARRIERA ED ONORARI ESTERI IN ITALIA|access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226033709/https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2019/01/ldc%2031%20gennaio%202019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> *Italy has an honorary consulate in [[Ouagadougou]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/laretediplomatica/rete-diplomatica-mappa.html?p=BURKINA+FASO&c=&cm=&ricerca=View+the+results|title=Rete diplomatica|access-date=2019-09-25|archive-date=2019-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227003838/https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/laretediplomatica/rete-diplomatica-mappa.html?p=BURKINA+FASO&c=&cm=&ricerca=View+the+results|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Comoros}}||1 November 1976||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 November 1976<ref>{{Cite web |title=1976 Testi e Documenti sulla politica estera dell'Italia |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |access-date=30 May 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=159 |language=it |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410155345/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> *Comoros is represented in Italy by its embassy in [[Paris]], [[France]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2019/01/lda%2031%20gennaio%202019.pdf|title=AMBASCIATE ESTERE IN ITALIA|access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021125228/https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2019/01/lda%2031%20gennaio%202019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in [[Rome|Roma]].<ref name="esteri.it" /> *Italy is represented in Comoros by its embassy in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ambdaressalaam.esteri.it/ambasciata_daressalaam/en/sedi_accreditate/ |title=Country of accreditation |access-date=2019-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904105618/https://ambdaressalaam.esteri.it/ambasciata_daressalaam/en/sedi_accreditate/ |archive-date=2019-09-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in [[Anjouan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ambdaressalaam.esteri.it/ambasciata_daressalaam/en/ambasciata/la_rete_consolare/ |title=Consular network |access-date=2019-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904105618/https://ambdaressalaam.esteri.it/ambasciata_daressalaam/en/ambasciata/la_rete_consolare/ |archive-date=2019-09-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} |21 July 1960 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 July 1960 when accredited first Ambassador of Italy to Congo (Leopoldville) Mr. Pietro Franca<ref name="ReferenceO" /> * In March 2021, Italian Ambassador, [[Luca Attanasio]], was killed while traveling to a [[World Food Programme]]-run school feeding program.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-22|title=Three killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1085352|access-date=2021-03-20|website=UN News|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303031218/https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1085352|url-status=live}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Egypt}}||30 April 1922||See [[EgyptâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 April 1922 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Egypt Mr Lazzaro Negrotto Cambiaso.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rappresentanti Diplomatici in Egitto |url=https://baldi.diplomacy.edu/diplo/texts/Cortese_Il_Cairo_Parte_3.pdf |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=Personalita Istituzionali Italiane |page=286 |language=it |archive-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023183012/https://baldi.diplomacy.edu/diplo/texts/Cortese_Il_Cairo_Parte_3.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> Relations between both countries were established during the period of the Roman Empire. However, in [[World War II]], relations were strained as Italy invaded Egypt. However, after the war, relations were re-established and are close. Egypt has representations in Rome and Milan, while Italy has representations in [[Cairo]] and [[Alexandria]], also the two nations are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. Relations deteriorated after the abduction and killing of Italian student [[Giulio Regeni]]. Egypt has been accused by Italian authorities and public opinion of lacking of transparence. * There are around 3,374 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Egypt (see [[Italian Egyptians]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Eritrea}}||24 May 1993||See [[EritreaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 May 1993.<ref name="ReferenceW" /> * Eritrea was an [[Italian Eritrea|Italian colony]] from 1882 until 1941. * Eritrea has an embassy in Rome. * Italy has an embassy in [[Asmara]]. * There are around 100,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Eritrea (see [[Italian Eritreans]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Ethiopia}}||24 June 1897||See [[EthiopiaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 June 1897.<ref name="Italia : Ministero delle Finanze" /> * Ethiopia was [[Italian Ethiopia|occupied by Italy]] from 1936 to 1941. * Ethiopia has an embassy in Rome. * Italy has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]]. * There are around 3,400 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Ethiopia (see [[Italians of Ethiopia]]). |- valign="top |{{flag|Kenya}}||1963||See [[ItalyâKenya relations]] * Relations were formally established after Kenya gained its independence from British rule. * Italy has an embassy in [[Nairobi]] and 2 counsulates in [[Malindi]] and [[Mombasa]]. * Kenya has an embassy in Rome. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Libya}}|| 21 February 1952||See [[ItalyâLibya relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 February 1952 when has been accredited first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Libya Mr. Mario Conti.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani Undicesima Serie: 1948-1953 Volume VI (26 luglio 1951 â 30 giugno 1952) |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/UNDICESIMASERIE_VOLUMEVI |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=868 |language=it |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029072122/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/UNDICESIMASERIE_VOLUMEVI |url-status=live}}</ref> * Between 1911 and 1947, Libya was an [[History of Libya as Italian Colony|Italian colony]]. * Italy has an embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]. * Libya has an embassy in Rome and 2 general consulates (in [[Milan]] and [[Palermo]]). * See also [[History of Libya as Italian Colony]], [[ItalyâLibya relations]] |- valign="top |{{flag|Mauritania}}||25 February 1963||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1963 when first Ambassador of Mauritania to Italy (resident in Paris) Mr. Bakar Ould Ahmedou presented his credentials to President Antonio Segni.<ref name="ReferenceR">{{Cite web |title=Presidenza Antonio Segni Bakar Ould Ahmedou, nuovo ambasciatore della Mauritania: presentazione lettere credenziali |url=https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-011033/presidente/antonio-segni/bakar-ould-ahmedou-nuovo-ambasciatore-della-mauritania-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162800/https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-011033/presidente/antonio-segni/bakar-ould-ahmedou-nuovo-ambasciatore-della-mauritania-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |archive-date=7 July 2023 |access-date=7 July 2023 |website=Portale storico della Presidenza della Repubblica |language=it}}</ref> *Italy is represented in Mauritania by its embassy in [[Rabat]], [[Morocco]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/laretediplomatica/rete-diplomatica-mappa.html?p=MAURITANIA&c=&cm=&ricerca=View+the+results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724130641/https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/laretediplomatica/rete-diplomatica-mappa.html?p=MAURITANIA&c=&cm=&ricerca=View+the+results|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2021|title=Rete diplomatica}}</ref> *Mauritania has an embassy in [[Rome|Roma]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/doc/lda.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-09-03 |archive-date=2019-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103125227/https://www.esteri.it/mae/doc/lda.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |{{Flag|Morocco}} |1 October 1956 |See [[ItalyâMorocco relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1956<ref name="Storia">{{Cite web |title=Storia |url=https://ambrabat.esteri.it/ambasciata_rabat/it/i_rapporti_bilaterali/cooperazione_politica/storia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162158/https://ambrabat.esteri.it/ambasciata_rabat/it/i_rapporti_bilaterali/cooperazione_politica/storia |archive-date=7 July 2023 |access-date=7 July 2023 |website=Ambasciata d'Italia Rabat |language=it}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Rabat]]. * Morocco has an embassy in Rome and consulate-generals in [[Bologna]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diplomatie.ma/en/directory|title=Annuaire|access-date=2024-01-03|archive-date=2023-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308083424/https://www.diplomatie.ma/en/directory|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Palermo]], [[Turin]] and [[Verona]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/02/294570/coronavirus-moroccan-embassy-in-italy-ensures-communitys-safety/|title=Coronavirus: Moroccan Embassy in Italy Ensures Community's Safety|access-date=2024-01-03|archive-date=2020-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205230423/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/02/294570/coronavirus-moroccan-embassy-in-italy-ensures-communitys-safety/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Nigeria}}||<!--Date started-->|| * Italy has an embassy in Nigeria and a consulate in Lagos. * Nigeria has an embassy in [[Rome]]. |- |{{Flag|Rwanda}} |5 May 1965 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 May 1965 when Ambassador of Rwanda to Italy Mr. Emanuele Kaberuka presented his credentials to President Giuseppe Saragat.<ref name="ReferenceT" /> |- |{{Flag|Senegal}} |1 March 1961 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 March 1961.<ref name="ReferenceP">{{Cite web |title=Presidenza Giovanni Gronchi: Sua Eccellenza Edouard Basse, nuovo ambasciatore del Senegal: presentazione delle lettere credenziali |url=https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-007082/presidente/giovanni-gronchi/sua-eccellenza-edouard-basse-nuovo-ambasciatore-del-senegal-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017033457/https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-007082/presidente/giovanni-gronchi/sua-eccellenza-edouard-basse-nuovo-ambasciatore-del-senegal-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |archive-date=17 October 2023 |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=Portale storico della Presidenza della Repubblica |language=it}}</ref> |- valign="top |{{flag|Somalia}}||1 July 1960||See [[ItalyâSomalia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 July 1960.<ref name="F. le Monnier" /> * Relations date from the period of the [[Roman Empire]]. * Somalia was an [[Italian Somalia|Italian colony]] from 1889 until 1947. * Italy recognizes and supports the [[Federal Government of Somalia]]. * Somalia has an embassy in [[Rome]]. * Italy is scheduled to re-open its embassy in [[Mogadishu]]. * There are around 1,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Somalia (see [[Italian Somalis]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|South Africa}}||31 October 1929 |See [[ItalyâSouth Africa relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 October 1929 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Union of South Africa Natale Labia.<ref name="Magyar" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Pretoria]], a consulate in [[Johannesburg]], 2 consulates (in [[Cape Town]] and [[Durban]]) and 2 honorary consulates (in [[East London, Eastern Cape|East London]] and [[Port Elizabeth]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambpretoria.esteri.it/ambasciata_pretoria|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Pretoria|website=www.ambpretoria.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2015-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919065650/http://www.ambpretoria.esteri.it/ambasciata_pretoria|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conscapetown.esteri.it/Consolato_Capetown|title=Consolato - Cape Town|website=www.conscapetown.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2015-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803102556/http://www.conscapetown.esteri.it/Consolato_Capetown|url-status=live}}</ref> * South Africa has an embassy in Rome and 7 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Naples]], [[Trieste]] and [[Venice]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudafrica.it/|title=Ambasciata del Sudafrica Roma/Italia|website=www.sudafrica.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2011-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406120348/http://www.sudafrica.it/|url-status=live}}</ref> * There are around 77,400 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in South Africa (see [[Italian South Africans]]). * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090405172544/http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/italy.html South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Italy]}} |- |{{Flag|South Sudan}} |23 May 2012 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 May 2012.<ref name="mail-archive.com" /> |- |{{Flag|Sudan}} |31 October 1956 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 October 1956 when Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Sudan to Italy Mr. Omer Abedel Hanid Adeel has presented his credentials to President Giovanni Gronchi.<ref name="archivio.quirinale.it" /> |- |{{Flag|Tanzania}} |9 December 1961 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 December 1961 when open Embassy of Italy in Dar es Salaam with accredited ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to Tanganyika Mr. Luciano Falco<ref name="ReferenceQ" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Tunisia}}||20 June 1956 |See [[ItalyâTunisia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 June 1956.<ref name="Chronologie Internationale" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Tunis]] and 3 honorary consulates (in [[Bizerte]], [[Sfax]] and [[Sousse]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambtunisi.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Tunisi|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Tunisi|website=www.ambtunisi.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2016-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605073902/http://www.ambtunisi.esteri.it/ambasciata_tunisi|url-status=live}}</ref> * Tunisia has an embassy in Rome, a general consulate in [[Palermo]], 3 consulates (in [[Genoa]], [[Milan]] and [[Naples]]) and 2 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]] and [[Novara]]). * Both countries are full members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. * There was an important [[Italian Tunisians|Italian community living in Tunisia]] before the independence. * Italy [[Tunisian campaign|briefly occupied]] Tunisia from 1942 to 1943. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Uganda}}||5 July 1964 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 July 1964<ref name="ambkampala.esteri.it" /> |- |{{Flag|Zimbabwe}} |18 April 1980 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 April 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1980 |title=1980 testi e documenti sulla politica estera dell'Italia |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1980%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |access-date=2 October 2023 |page=29 |language=it |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024154302/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1980%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |} ===Americas=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:110px;"| {{longitem|Beginning of formal relations}} !Notes |- valign="top" |{{flag|Argentina}}||5 May 1856||See [[ArgentinaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 May 1856 when has been accredited first ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to Argentina Marcello Cerruti.<ref name="books.google.com" /> * Argentina has an embassy in Rome<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eital.cancilleria.gov.ar/|title=Bienvenido a RepĂșblica Italiana - RepĂșblica Italiana|website=eital.cancilleria.gov.ar|access-date=2014-11-09|archive-date=2018-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126100126/http://eital.cancilleria.gov.ar/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a consulate-general in [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmila.cancilleria.gov.ar/|title=Bienvenido a Consulado General y Centro de PromociĂłn Comercial en MilĂĄn - Consulado General y Centro de PromociĂłn Comercial en MilĂĄn|website=cmila.cancilleria.gov.ar|access-date=2014-11-09|archive-date=2014-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109164911/http://cmila.cancilleria.gov.ar/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]] and consulates-general in [[BahĂa Blanca]], [[CĂłrdoba, Argentina|CĂłrdoba]], [[La Plata]] and [[Rosario]] and consulates in [[Mar del Plata]] and [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambbuenosaires.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Buenosaires|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Buenos Aires|website=www.ambbuenosaires.esteri.it|access-date=2014-11-09|archive-date=2016-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215053354/http://www.ambbuenosaires.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Buenosaires|url-status=dead}}</ref> * There are around 25,000,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Argentina (see [[Italian Argentines]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Belize}}|| data-sort-value="1982-10-01" | 1 October 1982|| *Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1982.<ref name="mfa_gov_bz" /> *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=2022-07-27 |archive-date=2022-07-07 |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|website=www.esteri.it|access-date=2016-12-30|archive-date=2016-12-31|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> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Bolivia}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1864-05-25"| 25 February 1864 ||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Bolivia Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceC" /> * Bolivia has an embassy in Rome and a consulate-general in Milan. * Italy has an embassy in [[La Paz]]. * There are around 15,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Bolivia (see [[Italian Bolivians]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Brazil}}||6 November 1859||See [[BrazilâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 November 1859 when has been appointed first ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to Brazil Gabriele Galateri di Genola.<ref name="ReferenceC" /> * Brazil has an embassy in [[Rome]], a consulate-general in [[Milan]], and honorary consulates in [[Bari]], [[Catanzaro]], [[Florence]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Genoa]], [[Trieste]], [[Turin]] and [[Venice]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/assuntos/portal-consular/reparticoes-consulares-do-brasil/regiao/italia/italia |title=Resident diplomatic missions of Brazil in Italy |work=MinistĂ©rio das RelaçÔes Exteriores |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-date=2022-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902173400/https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/assuntos/portal-consular/reparticoes-consulares-do-brasil/regiao/italia/italia |url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[BrasĂlia]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ambbrasilia.esteri.it/ambasciata_brasilia/it/ |title=Embassy of Italy in Brasilia |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-date=2020-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204140537/https://ambbrasilia.esteri.it/ambasciata_brasilia/it/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> consulates-general in [[Curitiba]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.conscuritiba.esteri.it/consolato_curitiba/it/ |title=Consulate-General of Italy in Curitiba |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-date=2020-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130072239/https://conscuritiba.esteri.it/consolato_curitiba/it/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Porto Alegre]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.consportoalegre.esteri.it/Consolato_PortoAlegre/it/ |title=Consulate-General of Italy in Porto Alegre |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-date=2020-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201185029/https://consportoalegre.esteri.it/consolato_portoalegre/it/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Rio de Janeiro]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.consriodejaneiro.esteri.it/consolato_riodejaneiro/it/ |title=Consulate-General of Italy in Rio de Janeiro |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-date=2020-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202210951/https://consriodejaneiro.esteri.it/Consolato_RioDeJaneiro/it |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[SĂŁo Paulo]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.conssanpaolo.esteri.it/consolato_sanpaolo/it |title=Consulate-General of Italy in SĂŁo Paulo |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-date=2020-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201105143/https://conssanpaolo.esteri.it/Consolato_SanPaolo/it/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> and consulates in [[Belo Horizonte]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Consolato - Belo Horizonte|url=https://consbelohorizonte.esteri.it/Consolato_BeloHorizonte/it/|access-date=10 June 2021|website=consbelohorizonte.esteri.it|language=it-it|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614044608/https://consbelohorizonte.esteri.it/consolato_belohorizonte/it/|url-status=live}}</ref> and in [[Recife]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.consrecife.esteri.it/Consolato_Recife/it/ |title=Consulate of Italy in Recife |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-date=2020-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202205921/https://consrecife.esteri.it/consolato_recife/it/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> * There are around 32,000,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Brazil (see [[Italian Brazilians]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Canada}}||13 August 1947||See [[CanadaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 August 1947 when has been established Legation of Canada in Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood DeLong |date=January 2020 |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 October 2023 |website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607090946/https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019#Beginnings |url-status=live}}</ref> * Canada has an embassy in Rome, and 2 consulates (in [[Milan]] and [[Udine]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/italy-italie/contact-contactez.aspx?lang=eng|title=Contact Us|first=Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Canada|last=Government of Canada|date=29 July 2009|access-date=6 August 2015|archive-date=12 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812030454/http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/italy-italie/contact-contactez.aspx?lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Ottawa]], 3 consulates-general (in [[Montreal]], [[Toronto]] and [[Vancouver]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambottawa.esteri.it/ambasciata_ottawa|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Ottawa|website=www.ambottawa.esteri.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2013-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717122339/http://www.ambottawa.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Ottawa|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.constoronto.esteri.it/Consolato_Toronto|title=Consolato Generale - Toronto|website=www.constoronto.esteri.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2013-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714190950/http://www.constoronto.esteri.it/Consolato_Toronto|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consvancouver.esteri.it/Consolato_Vancouver|title=Consolato Generale - Vancouver|website=www.consvancouver.esteri.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2010-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007112643/http://www.consvancouver.esteri.it/Consolato_Vancouver|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], the [[G8]], and [[NATO]]. * There are around 1,587,970 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Canada (see [[Italian Canadians]]). *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090206142721/http://geo.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/geo/italy-en.aspx Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade about the relation with Italy]}} |- valign="top" |{{flag|Chile}}||25 February 1864||See [[ChileâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Chile Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceC" /> * Chile has an embassy in Rome and a consulate-general in [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chileabroad.gov.cl/italia/|title=Embajada de Chile en Italia - Chile en el Exterior|first=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de|last=Chile|website=Chile en el Exterior|access-date=2014-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109154022/http://chileabroad.gov.cl/italia/|archive-date=2014-11-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Santiago]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambsantiago.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Santiago|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Santiago|website=www.ambsantiago.esteri.it|access-date=2014-11-09|archive-date=2014-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109153824/http://www.ambsantiago.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Santiago|url-status=live}}</ref> * There are around 600,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Chile (see [[Italian Chileans]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Colombia}}||13 March 1864||See [[ColombiaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Colombia Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceC" /> *Colombia has an embassy in Rome and a consulate-general in [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://italia.embajada.gov.co/en|title=- Embajada de Colombia en Italia|website=italia.embajada.gov.co|access-date=2013-11-29|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010922/http://italia.embajada.gov.co/en|url-status=live}}</ref> *Italy has an embassy, with a [[military attachĂ©]], in [[BogotĂĄ]] and three honorary consulates in [[Barranquilla]], [[Cali]], and [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambbogota.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Bogota|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Bogota|website=www.ambbogota.esteri.it|access-date=2013-11-29|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203040747/http://www.ambbogota.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Bogota|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambbogota.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Bogota/Menu/Ambasciata/La_rete_consolare/|title=La rete consolare|website=www.ambbogota.esteri.it|access-date=2013-11-29|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203043226/http://www.ambbogota.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Bogota/Menu/Ambasciata/La_rete_consolare/|url-status=live}}</ref> * There are around 2,000,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Colombia (see [[Italian Colombian]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Costa Rica}}||25 February 1864 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Ecuador Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceD" /> * Costa Rica has an embassy in Rome. * Italy has an embassy in San JosĂ©, Costa Rica.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambsanjose.esteri.it/Ambasciata_SanJose|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - San JosĂ© de Costa Rica|access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018005400/http://www.ambsanjose.esteri.it/Ambasciata_SanJose/|url-status=live}}</ref> * There are around 30,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Costa Rica (see [[Italian Costa Ricans]]) |- valign="top" | {{flag|Cuba}} || 4 February 1903 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 February 1903.<ref name="misiones.cubaminrex.cu" /> * Cuba has an embassy in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/italia |title=Embassy of Cuba in Italy |access-date=2018-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104658/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/italia |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amblavana.esteri.it/ambasciata_lavana/it/ |title=Embassy of Italy in Havana |access-date=2018-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811105514/http://www.amblavana.esteri.it/ambasciata_lavana/it/ |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * There are around 20,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Cuba (see [[Italian Cubans]]) |- valign="top" | {{flag|Dominican Republic}} ||24 February 1898 |See [[Dominican Republic-Italy relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 February 1898 when has been accredited Minister Resident of Italy to Dominican Republic Chicco Enrico.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani Terza Serie: 1896-1907 Volume II (1 maggio 1897 - 23 giugno 1898) |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/TERZASERIE_VOLII |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=371 |language=it |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017033500/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/TERZASERIE_VOLII |url-status=live}}</ref> * Dominican Republic has an embassy in Rome. * Italy has an embassy in [[Santo Domingo]]. * There are around 300,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in the Dominican Republic (see [[Italian Dominicans]]) |- |{{Flag|Ecuador}} |25 February 1864 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Ecuador Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceD" /> |- valign="top" | {{flag|El Salvador}} || 25 February 1864 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to El Salvador Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceJ" /> * El Salvador has an embassy in Rome and a consulate-general in Milan. * Italy has an embassy in [[San Salvador]]. * There are around 200,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in El Salvador (see [[Italian Salvadorans]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Grenada}}||<!--Date started-->|| *Italy is accredited to Grenada from its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.<ref name="ambcaracas.esteri.it">{{Cite web |url=https://ambcaracas.esteri.it/ambasciata_caracas/en/ambasciata/sedi_accreditate |title=Countries of concurrent accreditation |access-date=2019-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426191444/https://ambcaracas.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Caracas/en/ambasciata/sedi_accreditate |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *Grenada has an honorary consulate in [[Florence]].<ref name="esteri.it" /> |- |{{Flag|Guatemala}} |25 February 1864 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Guatemala Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceE" /> |- |{{Flag|Haiti}} |24 February 1898 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 February 1898 when has been accredited Minister Resident of Italy to Haiti Chicco Enrico.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani Terza Serie: 1896-1907 Volume II (1 maggio 1897 - 23 giugno 1898) |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/TERZASERIE_VOLII |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=369 |language=it |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017033500/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/TERZASERIE_VOLII |url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{Flag|Honduras}} |25 February 1864 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Honduras Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceE" /> |- |{{Flag|Jamaica}} |14 February 1963 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 February 1963.<ref name="mfaft.gov.jm" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Mexico}}||28 December 1864||See [[ItalyâMexico relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 December 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Mexico Vittorio Sallier de la Tour.<ref name="ReferenceE" /> * Relations were established in 1874 after the unification of Italy. Diplomatic relations were severed during World War II when Mexico declared war on the [[axis powers]]. Relations were re-established in 1946. * Mexico has an embassy in Rome<ref>{{cite web|url=http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/italia/|title=Inicio|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx|access-date=2014-11-09|archive-date=2016-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406122617/http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/italia/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a consulate-general in [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/milan/|title=Inicio|website=consulmex.sre.gob.mx|access-date=2014-11-09|archive-date=2014-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109162112/http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/milan/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambcittadelmessico.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Cittadelmessico|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Citta del Messico|website=www.ambcittadelmessico.esteri.it|access-date=2014-11-09|archive-date=2014-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109153740/http://www.ambcittadelmessico.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Cittadelmessico|url-status=live}}</ref> * Both countries are members of the [[G-20 major economies|G-20]] and the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]]. * There are around 85,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Mexico (see [[Italian immigration to Mexico]]) |- |{{Flag|Nicaragua}} |25 February 1864 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Nicaragua Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceE" /> |- |{{Flag|Panama}} |15 January 1904 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 January 1904<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomaticas de la Reublica de Panama |url=https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=Memoria 2011-2012 |page=197 |language=es}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Paraguay}}||21 July 1867 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 July 1867 when has been appointed first ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to Paraguay Luigi Joannini Ceva di San Michele.<ref name="ReferenceF" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Asuncion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambassunzione.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Assunzione|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Assunzione|website=www.ambassunzione.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2009-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403023301/http://www.ambassunzione.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Assunzione/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Paraguay has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/representaciones/Embajadas.asp?CodRepresentacion=45&tipo=1|title=Paraguay embassy in Rome (in Spanish only)|access-date=2018-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217191854/http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/representaciones/Embajadas.asp?CodRepresentacion=45&tipo=1|archive-date=2012-02-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> * There are around 600,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Paraguay (see [[Italians in Paraguay]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Peru}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1874-12-23"| 25 February 1864 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Peru Giovanni Antonio Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceF" />{{main|ItalyâPeru relations}} * Italy and Peru have a long and very rich history of cultural and political connections. * Italy has an embassy in Lima.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amblima.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Lima|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Lima|website=www.amblima.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2009-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053534/http://www.amblima.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Lima|url-status=live}}</ref> * Peru has an embassy in [[Rome]] and consulates-general in [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Milan]] and [[Turin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambasciataperu.it/sp/home_sp.html|title=Embassy of Peru in Rome (in Italian and Spanish)|access-date=2014-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016172326/http://www.ambasciataperu.it/sp/home_sp.html|archive-date=2014-10-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> * There are between 500,000 and 900,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Peru (see [[Italian Peruvians]]). |- |{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} |4 January 1964 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 January 1964.<ref name="ReferenceS" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|United States}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1861-04-11"| 11 April 1861 ||See [[ItalyâUnited States relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 April 1861.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Italy |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/italy |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=Office of the Historian |archive-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618095156/https://history.state.gov/countries/italy |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[United States]] enjoys a peculiar and friendly relation with Italy, as the latter, defeated in WWII, has been a secret battlefield of the Cold War. Italy and the US are NATO allies and cooperate in the United Nations, in various regional organizations, and bilaterally. Italy has worked closely with the United States and with other nations on such issues as NATO and UN operations as well as with assistance to Russia and the New Independent States; the Middle East peace process; multilateral talks. Under longstanding bilateral agreements flowing from NATO membership, Italy hosts important U.S. military forces at [[Vicenza]] and [[Pisa]] (army); [[Aviano]] (air force); and Sigonella, Gaeta, and [[Naples]]- home port for the U.S. Navy [[United States Sixth Fleet|Sixth Fleet]]. The United States still has about 16,000 military personnel stationed in Italy. The NATO War College is situated at Cecchignola, a neighborhood of Rome. * There are around 17,063,646 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in United States (see [[Italian Americans]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Uruguay}}||5 May 1856||See [[ItalyâUruguay relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 May 1856 when has been appointed first ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to Uruguay Marcello Cerruti.<ref name="ReferenceG" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Montevideo]] and 4 honorary consulates (in [[Colonia del Sacramento|Colonia]], [[Maldonado, Uruguay|Maldonado]], [[Melo, Uruguay|Melo]] and [[PaysandĂș]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambmontevideo.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Montevideo|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Montevideo|website=www.ambmontevideo.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2009-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720020945/http://www.ambmontevideo.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Montevideo|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Uruguay has an embassy in [[Rome]], a general consulate in [[Milan]] and 4 honorary consulates (in [[Bologna]], [[Genoa]], [[Livorno]] and [[Padua]]). * There are around 1,500,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Uruguay (see [[Italian Uruguayans]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Venezuela}}||13 March 1864||See [[ItalyâVenezuela relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 March 1864 when has been appointed first Minister Resident of Italy to Venezuela Antonio Maria Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceG" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Caracas]] and a consulate in [[Maracaibo]]. * Venezuela has an embassy in Rome and consulates-general in Milan and Naples. * There are around 5,000,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Venezuela (see [[Italian Venezuelans]]) |} ===Asia=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:110px;"| {{longitem|Beginning of formal relations}} !Notes |- valign="top" |{{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}}|| data-sort-value="1919" | 3 June 1921||See [[AfghanistanâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 June 1921.<ref name="ReferenceN" /> * Afghanistan has an embassy in [[Rome]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afghanistanembassyitaly.com/|title=Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Italy|access-date=2010-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203065642/http://www.afghanistanembassyitaly.com/|archive-date=2011-02-03|url-status=usurped}}</ref> which was established as a legation in 1921, and was upgraded to embassy in 1960.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100107163355/http://www.afghanistanembassyitaly.com/embassy_history.htm Embassy history]}}, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Italy</ref> Italy has an embassy in Kabul.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambkabul.esteri.it/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721125641/http://www.ambkabul.esteri.it/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2012|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Kabul|website=www.ambkabul.esteri.it}}</ref> *Italy was among the first nations to recognise Afghanistan's sovereignty, following the 1919 recognition by the Soviet Union.<ref>Amin Saikal, Ravan Farhadi, Kirill Nourzhanov. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MuF55mSIt4EC&q=italy&pg=PA65 Modern Afghanistan: a history of struggle and survival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415095006/https://books.google.com/books?id=MuF55mSIt4EC&q=italy&pg=PA65 |date=2023-04-15}}. I.B.Tauris, 2006. {{ISBN|1-84511-316-0}}, {{ISBN|978-1-84511-316-2}}. Pg 64</ref> *Following Germany's 1935 closening with Afghanistan, Italy also established close relations. Afghanistan resisted calls from Moscow and London to expel the Italian and German diplomatic corps for most of World War II.<ref>Tom Lansford. [https://books.google.com/books?id=n1pKnc3RJGIC&q=germany&pg=PA62 ''A bitter harvest: US foreign policy and Afghanistan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506162253/https://books.google.com/books?id=n1pKnc3RJGIC&q=germany&pg=PA62 |date=2023-05-06}}. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003 {{ISBN|0-7546-3615-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7546-3615-1}}. Pg 2</ref> *Italy has served as a place of exile for two former Afghan kings, [[Amanullah Khan]] (deposed 1929) and [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]] (deposed 1973). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Armenia}}||<!--Date started-->|17 March 1992 |See [[ArmeniaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 March 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/it |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027122518/https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/it |url-status=live}}</ref> * Armenia has an embassy in Rome.<ref>[http://xoomer.alice.it/gbaghdas/Index.html Armenian embassy in Rome] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081213153932/http://xoomer.alice.it/gbaghdas/Index.html |date=December 13, 2008}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Yerevan]] and an honorary consulate in [[Gyumri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambjerevan.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Jerevan|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Jerevan|website=www.ambjerevan.esteri.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2011-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105054214/http://www.ambjerevan.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Jerevan|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has [[Recognition of the Armenian Genocide|recognized]] the [[Armenian genocide]] in 2000. * There are around 2,500 people of [[Armenian diaspora|Armenian descent]] living in Italy (see [[Armenians in Italy]]). * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Azerbaijan}}||8 May 1992||See [[AzerbaijanâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 May 1992.<ref name="The Italian Republic" /> * Azerbaijan has an embassy in Rome.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azembassy.it/index.php?lang=eng|title=Ambasciata della Repubblica dell'Azerbaigian|last=FS|website=www.azembassy.it|access-date=2009-07-17|archive-date=2013-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316045840/http://www.azembassy.it/index.php?lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Baku]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambbaku.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Baku|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Baku|website=www.ambbaku.esteri.it|access-date=2009-07-17|archive-date=2008-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210191810/http://www.ambbaku.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Baku|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- |{{Flag|Bahrain}} |16 December 1973 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 December 1973.<ref name="mofa.gov.bh" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Bangladesh}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1972"| 18 January 1973|| Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 January 1973 when first Ambassador of Bangladesh to Italy Mr.Ikbal Athar presented his credentials to President Giovanni Leone.<ref name="ReferenceU" /> Bangladesh is a huge import market for Italy. Italy has an embassy in Dhaka. Bangladesh has an embassy in Rome. |- valign="top" |{{flag|China}}||6 November 1970||See [[People's Republic of China â Italy relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 November 1970.<ref name="news.xinhuanet.com" /> In 2005, Italy and the [[People's Republic of China]] have celebrated the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations. However, China's massive exports of textile and footwear into Italy are said to be a rising concern to [[Economy of Italy|Italy's economy and productivity]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200506/27/eng20050627_192457.html|title=People's Daily Online -- China-Italy relations experiencing "powerful acceleration": Fini|last=|website=english.people.com.cn|access-date=2006-07-26|archive-date=2013-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512003651/http://english.people.com.cn/200506/27/eng20050627_192457.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Georgia}}||11 May 1992||See [[GeorgiaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 May 1992.<ref name="Italian Republic" /> * Georgia has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://embassy.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=120|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711034305/http://embassy.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=120|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-11|title=Georgian embassy in Rome}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Tbilisi]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ambtbilisi.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Tbilisi/Menu/Informazioni_e_servizi/Servizi_consolari/Cittadinanza/| title = Italian embassy in Tbilisi| access-date = 2009-07-17| archive-date = 2012-02-13| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120213142302/http://www.ambtbilisi.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Tbilisi/Menu/Informazioni_e_servizi/Servizi_consolari/Cittadinanza/| url-status = dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. * Georgia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Georgia to the European Union|candidate]] and Italy is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]]. *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080903225911/http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=380&lang_id=ENG Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Italy]}} |- valign="top" |{{flag|India}}||25 March 1948||See [[IndiaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 March 1948.<ref name="Lorenzo Angeloni, Maria Elettra Verrone 2018 xiii">{{Cite book |last=Lorenzo Angeloni, Maria Elettra Verrone |title=There's Something in the Air Life Stories from Italy and India |publisher=Juggernaut Books |year=2018 |page=xiii}}</ref> * India has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianembassyrome.gov.in/|title=Embassy of India, Rome, Italy|website=www.indianembassyrome.gov.in|access-date=2015-05-14|archive-date=2018-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901084553/http://www.indianembassyrome.gov.in/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a consulate-general in [[Milan]] * Italy has an embassy in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambnewdelhi.esteri.it/Ambasciata_NewDelhi|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - New Delhi|website=www.ambnewdelhi.esteri.it|access-date=2015-05-14|archive-date=2015-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626072840/http://www.ambnewdelhi.esteri.it/Ambasciata_NewDelhi|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a consulate-general in [[Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consmumbai.esteri.it/Consolato_Mumbai|title=Consolato Generale - Mumbai|website=www.consmumbai.esteri.it|access-date=2015-05-14|archive-date=2009-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706092631/http://www.consmumbai.esteri.it/Consolato_Mumbai/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Kolkata]] In 2012, relations deteriorated following the [[Enrica Lexie case|Enrica Lexie Case]] * There are around 15,000-20,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in India (see [[Italians in India]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Indonesia}}||25 June 1950||See [[IndonesiaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 June 1950.<ref name=":1" /> * Both nations have shown strong desire to improve their relations, especially in intercultural understanding and trade.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/02/italy-boost-relations-with-ri-honors-3-indonesians.html-0 |title = Italy to boost relations with RI, honors 3 Indonesians |author = png/dic |date = June 2, 2012 <!-- , 4:37 PM --> |newspaper = The Jakarta Post |access-date = 14 June 2013 |archive-date = 15 October 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221015013816/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/02/italy-boost-relations-with-ri-honors-3-indonesians.html-0 |url-status = live }}</ref> * Indonesia recognizes Italy's strategic location and important role in the middle of [[Mediterranean]] region, while Italy has favoured relations with Indonesia, and sees Indonesia as the leader in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name="Farnesina1">{{cite web |url = http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Sala_Stampa/ArchivioNotizie/Approfondimenti/2012/04/20120424_terzindo.htm |title = Italy-Indonesia: possible trade increase from $4.5 to 25 billion - partnership for major investments, says Terzi |date = 24 April 2012 |publisher = Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy |access-date = 14 June 2013 |archive-date = 5 June 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200605104608/https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/2012/04/20120424_terzindo.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> * The relations between two countries not only important to bridge the two regional communities; [[European Union]] and [[ASEAN]], but also vital as intercultural and interfaith dialog.<ref name="AsiaNews">{{cite web |url = http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Jakarta-and-Rome-promoting-interfaith-dialogue-to-counter-extremism-24579.html |title = Jakarta and Rome promoting interfaith dialogue to counter extremism |author = Mathias Hariyadi |date = 2012-04-24 <!-- 12:31 --> |publisher = Asia News |access-date = 14 June 2013 |archive-date = 2022-10-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221015004733/https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Jakarta-and-Rome-promoting-interfaith-dialogue-to-counter-extremism-24579.html |url-status = live }}</ref> * Indonesia has an embassy in [[Rome]], that also accredited to [[Malta]], [[Cyprus]], [[San Marino]], while Italy has an embassy in [[Jakarta]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Iran}}||18 February 1886||See [[IranâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 February 1886 when has been appointed first ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to Persia Alessandro De Rege Di Donato.<ref name="ReferenceL" /> In 2005, Italy was the third largest trading partner of Iran with 7.5% of all exports to Iran.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.payvand.com/news/06/may/1046.html |title=The Cost of Economic Sanctions on Major Exporters to Iran |publisher=Payvand.com |access-date=2018-04-13 |archive-date=2011-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709163548/http://www.payvand.com/news/06/may/1046.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Italy was the top trading partner of Iran in the European Union in early 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/07/jan/1338.html|title=Italy remains top trading partner of Iran in EU|website=www.payvand.com|access-date=2009-07-18|archive-date=2011-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125033241/http://www.payvand.com/news/07/jan/1338.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Commercial exchanges hit 6 billion euros in 2008.<ref>[http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3390/html/economy.htm Iran-daily.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607055910/http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3390/html/economy.htm |date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Iraq}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[IraqâItaly relations]] Iraq has an embassy in [[Rome]] and Italy has an embassy in [[Baghdad]] and a consulate-general in [[Basra]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Israel}}||13 July 1949||See [[IsraelâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 July 1949 when has been accredited first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Israel to Italy Mr. Shlomo Ginossar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani Undicesima Serie: 1948-1953 Volume III (1 luglio 1949 - 26 gennaio 1950) |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/UNDICESIMASERIE_VOLUMEIII |access-date=28 October 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=688 |language=it |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028123028/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/UNDICESIMASERIE_VOLUMEIII |url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]], two general consulates in [[West Jerusalem]] and [[East Jerusalem]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consgerusalemme.esteri.it/Consolato_Gerusalemme/Templates/HomePage.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID={C2518C9D-E619-42BC-AFB5-1D4EB0444E43}&NRORIGINALURL=%2fconsolato_gerusalemme&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest|title=Italian general consulates in West Jerusalem and East Jerusalem|access-date=2012-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313163636/http://www.consgerusalemme.esteri.it/Consolato_Gerusalemme/Templates/HomePage.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7BC2518C9D-E619-42BC-AFB5-1D4EB0444E43%7D&NRORIGINALURL=%2fconsolato_gerusalemme&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest|archive-date=2012-03-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 4 honorary consulates (in [[Beersheba]], [[Eilat]], [[Haifa]] and [[Nazareth]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambtelaviv.esteri.it/ambasciata_telaviv|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Telaviv|website=www.ambtelaviv.esteri.it|access-date=2009-07-18|archive-date=2016-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404165505/http://www.ambtelaviv.esteri.it/Ambasciata_TelAviv|url-status=live}}</ref> * Israel has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rome.mfa.gov.il/mfm/web/main/document.asp?SubjectID=2010&MissionID=41&LanguageID=260&StatusID=0&DocumentID=-1|title=Israeli embassy in Rome (in Italian only)|access-date=2009-07-18|archive-date=2011-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016082907/http://rome.mfa.gov.il/mfm/web/main/document.asp?SubjectID=2010&MissionID=41&LanguageID=260&StatusID=0&DocumentID=-1|url-status=live}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. * See also [[Italian Jews]] |- valign="top" |{{flag|Japan}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1867-03-31"| 25 August 1866 |See [[ItalyâJapan relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 August 1866.<ref name="it.emb-japan.go.jp" /> * Both countries [[Axis powers|allied with Germany]] during [[World War II]] (though the [[Kingdom of Italy]] left the alliance in 1943, the [[Nazi Germany|German]]-controlled [[Italian Social Republic]] joined it the same year), and also allied during the [[Cold War]] with the [[United States]]. * Italy has an embassy in [[Tokyo]], a general consulate in [[Osaka]] and 3 honorary consulates (in [[Hiroshima]], [[Nagoya]] and [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambtokyo.esteri.it/ambasciata_tokyo|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Tokyo|website=www.ambtokyo.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2009-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703103834/http://www.ambtokyo.esteri.it/ambasciata_tokyo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consosaka.esteri.it/Consolato_Osaka/Templates/HomePage.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bC92F6205-3B3E-40E5-AED0-9E5F30323BA6%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fConsolato_Osaka&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest|title=Italian general consulate in Osaka|access-date=2018-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007214051/http://www.consosaka.esteri.it/Consolato_Osaka/Templates/HomePage.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bC92F6205-3B3E-40E5-AED0-9E5F30323BA6%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fConsolato_Osaka&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest|archive-date=2011-10-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Japan has an embassy in [[Rome]], a general consulate in [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.it.emb-japan.go.jp/|title=Ambasciata del Giappone in Italia|website=www.it.emb-japan.go.jp|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2009-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619224726/http://www.it.emb-japan.go.jp/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milano.it.emb-japan.go.jp/|title=Japanese general consulate in Milan (in Italian and Japanese only)|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2009-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622052841/http://www.milano.it.emb-japan.go.jp/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/italy/index.html Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Italy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121125258/http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/italy/index.html |date=2009-11-21}} |- |{{Flag|Jordan}} |7 March 1950 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 March 1950 when has been accredited first ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Jordan to Italy Mr. Edmond Roch Bey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani Undicesima Serie: 1948-1953 Volume IV (27 gennaio â 31 ottobre 1950) |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/UNDICESIMASERIE_VOLIV |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=593 |language=it |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029070600/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/UNDICESIMASERIE_VOLIV |url-status=live}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Kazakhstan}}||21 August 1992||See [[Italy-Kazakhstan relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 August 1992.<ref name="Informazioni generali" /> * In 2017, the trade between Kazakhstan and Italy amounted to $9.6 billion, which is an increase of 13.5% compared to 2016.<ref name="Rome1">{{cite web|title=Meeting in Rome: Kazakhstan, Italy discuss cooperation across many spheres|url=http://lenta.inform.kz/en/meeting-in-rome-kazakhstan-italy-discuss-cooperation-across-many-spheres_a3155602|website=inform.kz|access-date=2018-05-01|archive-date=2018-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502140334/http://lenta.inform.kz/en/meeting-in-rome-kazakhstan-italy-discuss-cooperation-across-many-spheres_a3155602|url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Astana]]. * Kazakhstan has an embassy in Rome. |- |{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}} |24 March 1992 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 March 1992.<ref name="mfa.gov.kg" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Lebanon}}||20 November 1946||See [[ItalyâLebanon relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 November 1946 when has been accredited first ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to Lebanon Mr. Adolfo Alessandrini.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani Decima Serie: 1943-1948 Volume IV (13 luglio 1946 - l o febbraio 1947) |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/DECIMASERIE_VOLIV |access-date=28 October 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=857 |language=it |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028112756/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/DECIMASERIE_VOLIV |url-status=live}}</ref> * Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. * Lebanon opened a [[legation]] in 1946, which was transformed into an embassy in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relazioni tra il Libano e l'Italia |url=http://www.liban.it/lebit.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204131805/http://www.liban.it/lebit.htm |archive-date=4 December 2007 |access-date=28 October 2023 |website=L'Ambasciata del Libano in Italia |language=it}}</ref> * Both countries signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Navigation in 1949.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/1951/05/11/050U1281/sg;jsessionid=MwEfN+kEQXiKJSEa44xsrA__.ntc-as1-guri2b|title=LEGGE 22 dicembre 1950, n. 1281|access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|archive-date=28 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428143317/https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/1951/05/11/050U1281/sg;jsessionid=MwEfN+kEQXiKJSEa44xsrA__.ntc-as1-guri2b|url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy supported the reconstruction of Lebanon after the [[Taef Agreement]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACi_AwAAQBAJ&dq=italia+libano+ricostruzione+Accordi+di+Ta%27if&pg=PA80|title=Nel paese dei cedri: Gli studenti dell'UniversitĂ Cattolica raccontano|isbn=9788867803910 |access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|last1=Alizzi |first1=Antonio |last2=Fiorani |first2=Valeria Piacentini |date=6 June 2014 |publisher=EDUCatt - Ente per il diritto allo studio universitario dell'UniversitĂ Cattolica}}</ref> * There are around 4,400 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Lebanon ([[Italians in Lebanon]]). |- valign="top" |{{MDV}}||1966||Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Countries with which the Republic of Maldives has established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629032804/https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Colombo]] which also functed as non-resident ambassador to Maldives. * Maldives is represented in Italy through its permanent mission to UN in [[Geneva]] since 2012. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Malaysia}}||31 August 1957||See [[ItalyâMalaysia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1957.<ref name="History" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Kuala Lumpur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambkualalumpur.esteri.it/Ambasciata_KualaLumpur|title=Ambasciata d' Italia a Kuala Lumpur|language=it|publisher=Ambasciata d' Italia a Kuala Lumpur|access-date=13 January 2014|archive-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103233559/http://www.ambkualalumpur.esteri.it/Ambasciata_KualaLumpur|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Malaysia has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kln.gov.my/web/ita_rome/home|title=Malaysia Embassy In Rome|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia|access-date=13 January 2014|archive-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103230735/http://www.kln.gov.my/web/ita_rome/home|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{Flag|Myanmar}} |24 November 1950 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 November 1950.<ref name="Diplomatic Relations" /> |- |{{Flag|Nepal}} |31 August 1959 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1959.<ref name="Nepal- Italy Relations" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|North Korea}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="2000-01-04"| 4 January 2000<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ambseoul.esteri.it/ambasciata_seoul/ko/i-rapporti-bilaterali/accreditamento-secondario.html |title=ë¶íêłŒì ìê”êŽêł |access-date=2019-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729145835/https://ambseoul.esteri.it/ambasciata_seoul/ko/i-rapporti-bilaterali/accreditamento-secondario.html |archive-date=2019-07-29 |url-status=dead}}</ref>||See [[ItalyâNorth Korea relations]] |- |{{Flag|Oman}} |26 January 1972 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 January 1972<ref name="Bilateral relations" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Pakistan}}||7 April 1948 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 April 1948.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Papers: Pakistan : struggling for survival, 1 January-30 September 1948 |publisher=Quaid-i-Azam Papers Project, National Archives of Pakistan |year=1993 |page=XLVI}}</ref> * Pakistan and Italy enjoy close relationship in all fields. Both countries formally have friendly foreign relations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pakistantimes.net/2004/09/29/top.htm|title=Pakistantimes.net|access-date=2018-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301004539/http://www.pakistantimes.net/2004/09/29/top.htm|archive-date=2005-03-01|url-status=usurped}}</ref> There are over 100,000 Pakistanis living in Italy, mainly living in [[Milan]] and [[Brescia]].<ref>[http://www.idea.int/resources/analysis/upload/Abbasi_low_2-2.pdf Idea.int] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821142808/http://www.idea.int/resources/analysis/upload/Abbasi_low_2-2.pdf |date=2010-08-21}}</ref> * Pakistan has an embassy in Rome and a consulate-general in Milan for representation * Italy maintains an embassy in [[Islamabad]], a consulate-general in [[Karachi]] and an honorary consulate in [[Lahore]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Philippines}}||3 November 1946||See [[ItalyâPhilippines relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 November 1946 when has been accredited first interim ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to Philippines Mr. Vittorio Strigari.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani Decima Serie: 1943-1948 Volume IV (13 luglio 1946 - l o febbraio 1947) |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/DECIMASERIE_VOLIV |access-date=28 October 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=855 |language=it |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028112756/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/DECIMASERIE_VOLIV |url-status=live}}</ref> *A Treaty of Friendship which was signed in Rome and ratified in December 1948. Italy has an embassy in Manila and the Philippines has an embassy in Rome. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Qatar}}||15 February 1973||See [[ItalyâQatar relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 February 1973<ref name="ReferenceV" /> * Qatar has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref name="doha">{{cite web|url=http://rome.embassy.qa/en/italy/qatar-italy-relations|title=Qatar-Italy Relations|publisher=Qatar Embassy in Rome|access-date=1 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616135403/http://rome.embassy.qa/en/italy/qatar-italy-relations|archive-date=16 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Doha]].<ref name="doha" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}||10 February 1932||See [[ItalyâSaudi Arabia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 February 1932.<ref name="formiche.net" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Riyadh]] and general consulate in [[Jeddah]]. * Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Rome. |- |{{Flag|Singapore}} |28 October 1965 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 October 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2017 |title=Diplomatic & Consular List |url=https://app1.mfa.gov.sg/dipcon/pdf/dipconopen.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820202434/https://app1.mfa.gov.sg/dipcon/pdf/dipconopen.pdf |archive-date=20 August 2017 |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore |page=111}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|South Korea}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1884-02-26"| 24 November 1956|| See [[ItalyâSouth Korea relations]] The establishment of diplomatic relations between the kingdom of Italy and the kingdom of Korea began on 26 June 1884 and the Re establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Italian republic the Republic of Korea was on November 24, 1956.<ref name="mofa.go.kr" /> * Italy has a [[Working Holiday Program]] Agreement with South Korea. * During the [[Korean War]] Italy sent medical staff to help the South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.difesa.it/Area_Storica_HTML/pilloledistoria/Pagine/Guerra_Corea_70_anni_fa_missione_militare_internazionale_italiana.aspx|title=Guerra di Corea, 70 anni fa la prima missione militare internazionale italiana|access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409090612/https://www.difesa.it/Area_Storica_HTML/pilloledistoria/Pagine/Guerra_Corea_70_anni_fa_missione_militare_internazionale_italiana.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> ** Italian embassy in Seoul.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ambseoul.esteri.it/Templates/HomePage.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bA3683BD5-A00D-48D5-A60E-BBEF367703B0%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fAmbasciata_Seoul&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest |title=Ambasciata d'Italia a Seoul, Home Page |access-date=2017-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312202545/http://www.ambseoul.esteri.it/Templates/HomePage.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7BA3683BD5-A00D-48D5-A60E-BBEF367703B0%7D&NRORIGINALURL=%2FAmbasciata_Seoul&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest |archive-date=2015-03-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ambseoul.esteri.it/ambasciata_seoul/it/ |title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Seoul |access-date=2019-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812032324/https://ambseoul.esteri.it/ambasciata_seoul/it/ |archive-date=2019-08-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ** South Korean embassy in Rome.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ita.mofa.go.kr/korean/eu/ita/main/index.jsp |script-title=ko:ìŁŒ ìŽí늏ì ëíëŻŒê” ëìŹêŽ |language=ko |publisher=Ita.mofa.go.kr |date=2018-03-30 |access-date=2018-04-13 |archive-date=2017-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209152523/http://ita.mofa.go.kr/korean/eu/ita/main/index.jsp |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/it-ko/index.do| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180127143248/http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/it-ko/index.do| archive-date = 2018-01-27| title = ìŁŒ ìŽí늏ì ëíëŻŒê” ëìŹêŽ}}</ref> * Bilateral Trade in 2014 ** Exports 3,473,000,000 US dollars ** Imports 6,260,000,000 US dollars * Bilateral Investments in 2014 ** South Korea's Investment in Italy 654,000,000 US ** Italy's Investment in South Korea US$539,000,000 * The number of the South Koreans living in Italy in 2012 was about 4,054. * The Italian Prime Minister [[Mario Monti]] visited Seoul in March 2012. (To attend the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit) * The President of the Republic of Korea [[Park Geun-hye]] visited [[Rome]] in October 2014. * From 20 to 24 November 2011, 54 participating Italian companies, 8 trade associations and chambers of commerce and 7 banks, held over 300 meetings with 139 Korean companies. The events were promoted by Confindustria (the Italian employers' federation), the Italian Banking Association (ABI), the Ministry for Economic Development (MiSE) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA). It took the form of seminars, workshops, B2B meetings and institutional events, as well as visits to representations of Korean industry. This was the first structured initiative, with a broad-ranging business representation in Korea, by the Italian economic system since the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/20111125_sistemapaese_coreadelsud.html|title=System Italy: Stronger economic relations between Italy and South Korea|website=www.esteri.it|access-date=2015-10-31|archive-date=2015-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020526/http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/20111125_sistemapaese_coreadelsud.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Sri Lanka}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1950-04-18"| 18 April 1950|| Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 April 1950.<ref name="mfa.gov.lk" /> Italy and Sri Lanka maintain a strong relationship dated back from 1st century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://embassy.nettech.it/content/sri-lanka-italy-relations|title=Sri Lanka - Italy Relations|access-date=22 April 2022|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111054543/http://embassy.nettech.it/content/sri-lanka-italy-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Italy aided Sri Lanka with almost 50 million Euros when a tsunami struck Sri Lanka in 2004. *Italy has an embassy in [[Colombo]]. *Sri Lanka has an embassy in [[Rome]]. *The estimated trade value between these countries were US$604.49 million in 2009. |- |{{Flag|Tajikistan}} |19 May 1992 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 May 1992.<ref name="mfa.tj" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Thailand}}||3 October 1868 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 October 1868.<ref name="mfa.go.th" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Bangkok]] and two honorary consulates (in [[Chiang Mai]] and [[Phuket Province|Phuket]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=La rete consolare|url=http://www.ambbangkok.esteri.it/ambasciata_bangkok/en/ambasciata/la_rete_consolare|website=Ambasciata d'Italia Bangkok|access-date=24 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030727/http://www.ambbangkok.esteri.it/ambasciata_bangkok/en/ambasciata/la_rete_consolare|url-status=live}}</ref> * Thailand has an embassy in Rome.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.go.th/web/1229.php?depid=211|title=Thai embassy in Rome|access-date=2018-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605012409/http://www.mfa.go.th/web/1229.php?depid=211|archive-date=2012-06-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |{{Flag|Timor Leste}} |2002 |Both countries established diplomatic relations in 2002.<ref name="mnec.gov.tl" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Turkey}} ||25 September 1856 |See [[ItalyâTurkey relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 September 1856 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Turkey Giacomo Durando.<ref name="ReferenceG" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Ankara]], a general consulate in [[Istanbul]], a consulate [[İzmir]] and 3 honorary consulates in [[Bursa]], [[Antalya]] and [[İskenderun]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambankara.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Ankara|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Ankara|website=www.ambankara.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2009-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707040703/http://www.ambankara.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Ankara/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Turkey has an embassy in Rome and a general consulate in Milan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambasciataditurchia.it/|title=Benvenuto â Bobi 2001 â Just another WordPress site|website=www.ambasciataditurchia.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831065848/http://www.ambasciataditurchia.it/|archive-date=2009-08-31|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. * Italy is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member State of the European Union|member]] and Turkey is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Turkey to the European Union|candidate]]. * In 2006, Turkey and Italy celebrated the 150th anniversary of the initiation of diplomatic relations. * Turkey is a prime destination for Italian tourists * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110608205441/http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey_s-political-relations-with-italy.en.mfa Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Italy]}} |- |{{Flag|Turkmenistan}} |9 June 1992 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 June 1992.<ref name="mfa.gov.tm" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}||<!--Date started-->|| * Italy has an embassy in [[Abu Dhabi]] and general consulate in [[Dubai]]. * United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Rome. * There are around 10,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in United Arab Emirates ([[Italians in the United Arab Emirates]]). |- |{{Flag|Uzbekistan}} |24 March 1992 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 March 1992.<ref name="mfa.uz" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Vietnam}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1973-03-23"| 23 March 1973 |See [[ItalyâVietnam relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 March 1973.<ref name="I rapporti bilaterali" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Hanoi]] and a general consulate in [[Ho Chi Minh City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambhanoi.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Hanoi|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Hanoi|website=www.ambhanoi.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2009-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720031639/http://www.ambhanoi.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Hanoi|url-status=live}}</ref> * Vietnam has an embassy in [[Rome]]. |} ===Europe=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:110px;"| {{longitem|Beginning of formal relations}} !Notes |- valign="top" |{{flag|Albania}}||21 February 1914||See [[AlbaniaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 February 1914 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Albania Carlo Aliotti.<ref name="ReferenceM" /> The [[Kingdom of Italy]] supported [[Albanian Declaration of Independence]] in 1912.<br />[[ArbĂ«reshĂ« people]]<br />[[Italian protectorate over Albania]]<br />[[Italian invasion of Albania]]<br />[[Albanian Kingdom (1939â1943)]]<br />[[Italian colonists in Albania]] * Albania has an embassy in [[Rome]] and a consulate general in [[Bari]] and [[Milan]]. * Italy has an embassy in [[Tirana]] and consulates in [[GjirokastĂ«r]], [[Shkodra]], [[Vlora]]. * Italy and Albania share similar historical, political and cultural backgrounds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fp6migratoryflows.uniba.it/html/AlbanianCulturalProfile.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - Cult prof English version.doc |access-date=2018-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213093124/http://www.fp6migratoryflows.uniba.it/html/AlbanianCulturalProfile.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-13 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * Albania is home to 20,000 Italian migrants and has a 5,000 Italian indigenous community.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-27733135|title=Italians 'seeking work in Albania'|work=BBC News |date=6 June 2014|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210205/https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-27733135|url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy is home to indigenous [[ArbĂ«reshĂ« people|Arbereshe community]], including up to 900,000 Albanian immigrants. * Italian is the third most spoken language of Albania, after Albanian and Greek.<ref name="initaly.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.initaly.com/regions/ethnic/arberesh.htm|title=In Italy Online - Ethnic Italy - The History of Albanians in Italy|website=www.initaly.com|access-date=2014-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095107/http://www.initaly.com/regions/ethnic/arberesh.htm|archive-date=2014-10-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy is considered one of Albania's strongest allies especially within the European Union. * Albanian is a prominent language in Italy with Albanian immigrants speaking Albanian in large numbers on top of the over 800,000 Italians who speak the Arbereshe dialect of Albanian (see [[Albanians in Italy]] and [[ArbĂ«reshĂ« people]]).<ref name="initaly.com" /> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Andorra}}||1 February 1995|| Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 February 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.exteriors.ad/en/101-continguts-angles/diplomatic-representations/diplomatic-relations?start=5 |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=Afers Exteriors Andorra |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019145946/https://www.exteriors.ad/en/101-continguts-angles/diplomatic-representations/diplomatic-relations?start=5 |url-status=live}}</ref> Italy is represented in Andorra through its embassy in [[Madrid]] ([[Spain]]) and an honorary consulate in [[Andorra La Vella]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Austria}}||27 January 1867||See [[AustriaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 January 1867 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Austro-Hungary Giulio Camillo De Barral De Monteauvrard.<ref name="books.google.com" /> * Austria has an embassy in [[Rome]], a general consulate in [[Milan]] and 10 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Trieste]], [[Turin]], [[Venice]] and [[Verona]]). * Italy has an embassy in [[Vienna]], a consulate in [[Innsbruck]], and 5 honorary consulates (in [[Graz]], [[Klagenfurt]], [[Linz]], [[Rankweil]] and [[Salzburg]]). * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and the [[Council of Europe]]. * There are around 315,000 local ethnic Austrians living in Italy ([[South Tyrol]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Belarus}}||<!--Date started-->|13 April 1992 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 April 1992.<ref name="italy.mfa.gov.by" /> * Belarus has an embassy in Rome and 2 honorary consulates (in [[Naples]] and [[Turin]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belembassy.it/|title=Belarus Fake Embassy â I'm a student from Belarus, passionate about politics and this is my personal blog|website=www.belembassy.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2009-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422041705/http://www.belembassy.it/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in Minsk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambminsk.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Minsk|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Minsk|website=www.ambminsk.esteri.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2009-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720020937/http://www.ambminsk.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Minsk|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Belgium}}||<!--Date started-->|24 February 1851 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 February 1851 when has been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Belgium Alberto Lupi Di Montalto.<ref name="books.google.com" /> * Belgium has an embassy in [[Rome]] and a general consulate in [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diplomatie.be/romeit/|title=Diplomatie.be|website=www.diplomatie.be|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2011-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604150723/http://www.diplomatie.be/romeit/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in Brussels, 2 general consulates (in [[Charleroi]] and [[LiĂšge]]) and 2 consulates (in [[Genk]] and [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambbruxelles.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Bruxelles|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Bruxelles|website=www.ambbruxelles.esteri.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2010-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007112321/http://www.ambbruxelles.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Bruxelles|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conscharleroi.esteri.it/Consolato_Charleroi|title=Consolato Generale - Charleroi|website=www.conscharleroi.esteri.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2010-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119024855/http://www.conscharleroi.esteri.it/Consolato_Charleroi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consmons.esteri.it/Consolato_Mons|title=Italian general consulate in LiĂšge (in French and Italian only)|access-date=2009-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607040436/http://www.consmons.esteri.it/Consolato_Mons/|archive-date=2009-06-07|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consgenk.esteri.it/Consolato_Genk|title=Italian consulate in Genk (in Dutch and Italian only)|access-date=2009-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427080525/http://www.consgenk.esteri.it/Consolato_Genk/|archive-date=2009-04-27|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consmons.esteri.it/Consolato_Mons|title=Italian consulate in Mons (in French and Italian only)|access-date=2009-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607040436/http://www.consmons.esteri.it/Consolato_Mons/|archive-date=2009-06-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], of the [[European Union]] and of [[NATO]]. * There are around 450,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] and around 255,000 Italian citizens living in Belgium (see [[Italian Belgians]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}||1 February 1993||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 February 1993.<ref name="mvp.gov.ba" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Sarajevo]] and an honorary consulate in [[Banja Luka]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Bulgaria}}||25 July 1879||See [[BulgariaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 July 1879.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ĐŁŃŃĐ°ĐœĐŸĐČŃĐČĐ°ĐœĐ”, ĐżŃĐ”ĐșŃŃĐČĐ°ĐœĐ” u ĐČŃĐ·ŃŃĐ°ĐœĐŸĐČŃĐČĐ°ĐœĐ” ĐœĐ° ĐŽĐžĐżĐ»ĐŸĐŒĐ°ŃĐžŃĐ”ŃĐșĐžŃĐ” ĐŸŃĐœĐŸŃĐ”ĐœĐžŃ ĐœĐ° ĐŃлгаŃĐžŃ (1878-2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%25D0%2597%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B3%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%2520%25D0%25BF%25D1%2580%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B4%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2582%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BB%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B0/%25D0%2594%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%25D0%25B5%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%2520%25D0%25BE%25D1%2582%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D1%2588%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F.doc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826071151/http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 26, 2018 |access-date=27 October 2023 |language=bg}}</ref><ref name="ambsofia.esteri.it" /> * Bulgaria has an embassy in Rome, a general consulate in [[Milan]] and 6 honorary consulates (in [[Ancona]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Naples]], [[Turin]] and [[Treviso]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.bg/milan/|title=ĐĐžĐœĐžŃŃĐ”ŃŃŃĐČĐŸ ĐœĐ° ĐČŃĐœŃĐœĐžŃĐ” ŃĐ°Đ±ĐŸŃĐž|website=ĐĐžĐœĐžŃŃĐ”ŃŃŃĐČĐŸ ĐœĐ° ĐČŃĐœŃĐœĐžŃĐ” ŃĐ°Đ±ĐŸŃĐž|access-date=2009-07-17|archive-date=2009-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416141119/http://www.mfa.bg/milan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Sofia]] and an honorary consulate in [[Plovdiv]] and [[Stara Zagora]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.bg/rome/index.php?lang=en|title=Bulgarian embassy in Rome|access-date=2009-07-17|archive-date=2009-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324085000/http://www.mfa.bg/rome/index.php?lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ambsofia.esteri.it/ambasciata_sofia Italian embassy in Sofia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720042120/http://www.ambsofia.esteri.it/ambasciata_sofia |date=2009-07-20}}.</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Croatia}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1992-01-17"| 17 January 1992 ||See [[CroatiaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 January 1992.<ref name="mvep.gov.hr" /> * Croatia has an embassy in Rome, 2 general consulates (in Milan and Trieste), and 5 honorary consulates (in Bari, Florence, Montemitro, Naples, and Padua). * Italy has an embassy in [[Zagreb]], a general consulate in [[Rijeka]], a consulate in Split and 2 honorary consulates (in [[Buje]] and [[Pula]]). * Both countries are full members of the European Union, NATO, Council of Europe and of the Union for the Mediterranean. * There are around 19,500 local ethnic Italians ([[Istrian Italians]] and [[Dalmatian Italians]]) living in Croatia, whose number decreased following the [[IstrianâDalmatian exodus]]. * There are 21,360 Croats, some of which are local ethnic, living in Italy (see [[Croats of Italy]] and [[Molise Croats]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Cyprus}}||<!--Date started-->|12 September 1961 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 September 1961 when the first Ambassador of Italy to Cyprus, Pietro Solari presentation of credentials.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Italy and Cyprus 60 years of diplomatic relations |url=https://ambnicosia.esteri.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/60_cy_italy_booklet.pdf |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=Embassy of Italy Nicosia |page=10 |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026183126/https://ambnicosia.esteri.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/60_cy_italy_booklet.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> * Cyprus has an embassy in Rome and 5 honorary consulates (in [[Genoa]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]], [[Perugia]] and [[Augusta, Sicily|Augusta]]). * Italy has an embassy in [[Nicosia]] and 2 honorary consulates (in [[Limassol]] and [[Larnaca]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambnicosia.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Nicosia|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Nicosia|website=www.ambnicosia.esteri.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2009-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721203549/http://www.ambnicosia.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Nicosia|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], the [[Council of Europe]] and of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. * There are long cultural and historical ties between the two countries, as Cyprus has been part of the [[Roman Empire]] and has been a [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] Kingdom, while there are Greek-speaking minorities in Italy. * Cyprus recognises Latins, the descendants of the [[Roman Catholic]] Venetian families that were settled in the island, as a protected minority, and grants the representation in the Parliament. * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120225131330/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2006.nsf/All/F5B281CFA11393A8C22571E100264AA5/$file/Italy.pdf?OpenElement Cyprus Foreign Affairs: List of bilateral treaties with Italy]}} |- valign="top" |{{flag|Czech Republic}}||<!--Date started-->24 October 1918||See [[Czech RepublicâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 October 1918.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sylva SklenĂĄĆovĂĄ |date=2010 |title=DiplomatickĂ© vztahy Äeskoslovenska a Nizozemska v letech 1918â1948 a jejich pĆedstavitelĂ© |url=http://www.veduta-nakladatelstvi.cz/download/1296117837cs__1_diplomaticke_vztahy_text_pro_net.pdf |access-date=29 October 2023 |website= |page=20 |language=cs |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029125308/http://www.veduta-nakladatelstvi.cz/download/1296117837cs__1_diplomaticke_vztahy_text_pro_net.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> * The Czech Republic has an embassy in [[Rome]], a general consulate in [[Milan]], and 5 honorary consulate (in [[Florence]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Udine]], and [[Venice]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/default.asp?idj=2&amb=65|title=Czech embassy in Rome|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2015-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903214226/http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/default.asp?idj=2&amb=65|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mzv.cz/milan|title=Czech general consulate in Milan|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2010-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415001629/http://www.mzv.cz/milan|url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in Prague <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ambpraga.esteri.it/ambasciata_praga|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Praga|website=www.ambpraga.esteri.it|access-date=2019-08-06|archive-date=2015-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707180208/http://www.ambpraga.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Praga/|url-status=live}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in Brno.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ambpraga.esteri.it/ambasciata_praga/it/ambasciata/la_rete_consolare|title=La Rete Consolare - Brno|website=www.ambpraga.esteri.it|access-date=2019-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806100308/https://ambpraga.esteri.it/ambasciata_praga/it/ambasciata/la_rete_consolare|archive-date=2019-08-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Denmark}}||23 December 1859||See [[DenmarkâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 December 1859 when has been appointed first interim chargĂ© d'affaires Giovanni Antonio Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceD" /> * Denmark has an embassy in Rome and 16 consulates (in [[Ancona]], [[Bari]], [[Cagliari]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[La Spezia]], [[Livorno]], [[Messina]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Sanremo]], [[Taormina]], [[Turin]], [[Trieste]] and [[Venice]]). * Italy has an embassy in Copenhagen, and two honorary vice-consulates in [[Aalborg]] and [[Thorshavn]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * There are 2,084 Danes living in Italy. * There are 6,600 Italians living in Denmark. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Estonia}}||31 August 1991||Both countries re-established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1991.<ref name="Italy and Estonia" />|See [[EstoniaâItaly relations]] * Italy recognised Estonia on 26 January 1921. Italy re-recognised Estonia on 27 August 1991. * Estonia has an embassy in [[Rome]] and six honorary consulates (in [[Cagliari]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]] and [[Turin]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estemb.it/|title=Estonian Embassy in Rome|website=www.estemb.it|access-date=2011-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220213746/http://www.estemb.it/|archive-date=2015-02-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Tallinn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambtallinn.esteri.it/ambasciata_tallinn|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Tallinn|website=www.ambtallinn.esteri.it|access-date=2011-03-01|archive-date=2016-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109071307/http://www.ambtallinn.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Tallinn|url-status=dead}}</ref> * There are over 200 Estonians living in Italy. * There are 1,407 Italians living in Estonia. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070803034039/http://www.mfa.ee/eng/kat_176/2375.html Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Italy]}} |- valign="top" |{{flag|Finland}}||6 September 1919||See [[FinlandâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 September 1919.<ref name="Finland and Italy" /> * Italy recognised Finland's independence on June 27, 1919. * Italy is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Helsinki]] and its honorary consulates in [[Hanko, Finland|Hanko]], [[JyvĂ€skylĂ€]], [[Kotka]], [[Kuopio]], [[Oulu]], [[Pori]], [[Rovaniemi]], [[Tampere]], [[Turku]] and [[Vaasa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambhelsinki.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Helsinki|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Helsinki|website=www.ambhelsinki.esteri.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2016-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210756/http://www.ambhelsinki.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Helsinki|url-status=live}}</ref> * Finland has an embassy in Rome, two honorary consulate generals in [[Milan]] and [[Turin]] and other honorary consulates in [[Genoa]], [[Bari]], [[Cagliari]], [[Catania]], [[Florence]], [[Livorno]], [[Messina]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Rimini]], [[Trieste]] and [[Venice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finland.it/public/Default.aspx?culture=fi-FI&contentlan=1|title=Suomen suurlĂ€hetystö, Rooma|website=www.finland.it|access-date=2010-10-12|archive-date=2015-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219212730/http://www.finland.it/public/Default.aspx?culture=fi-FI&contentlan=1|url-status=live}}</ref> * There are 4,000 Finns living in Italy. * There are around 3,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Finland (see [[Italians in Finland]]). * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * Italy fully supported Finland's application to join NATO, which resulted in membership on 4 April 2023. * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110820034651/http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=52346&nodeid=17221&contentlan=2&culture=en-US Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs: relations with Italy]}} |- valign="top" |{{flag|France}}||25 July 1861||See [[FranceâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 July 1861 when has been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to France Costantino Nigra.<ref name="ReferenceD" /> *Italy has embassy in [[Paris]] and consulates in [[Bordeaux]], [[Lyon]], [[Lourdes]], [[Marseille]], [[Metz]], [[Nice]], [[Toulon]], [[Toulouse]], [[Saint-Denis, RĂ©union]], [[Fort-de-France]] ([[Martinique]]), [[Kourou]] ([[French Guiana]]), [[Pointe-Ă -Pitre]] ([[Guadeloupe]]), [[NoumĂ©a]] ([[New Caledonia]]). *France has an embassy in Rome and consulates in [[Ancona]], [[Aosta]], [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Brindisi]], [[Cagliari]], [[Catania]], [[Cosenza]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[La Spezia]], [[Livorno]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Parma]], [[Perugia]], [[Pescara]], [[Reggio Calabria]], [[Sassari]], [[Trento]], [[Trieste]], [[Turin]], [[Venice]], and [[Ventimiglia]]. * There are around 116,000 local ethnic French living in Italy ([[Aosta Valley]]). * There are around 5,444,000 people of partial [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in France (see [[Italians in France]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Germany}}||20 April 1871||See [[GermanyâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 April 1871 when has been appointed first Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Germany Edoardo De Launay.<ref name="ReferenceK">{{Cite book |title=Annuario diplomatico del Regno d'Italia ... |publisher=Italia : Ministero degli affari esteri |year=1931 |pages=44 |language=it}}</ref> * Ties between these two nations can be traced back to the time when they were part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and [[German Confederation]]. * Relations were established after the Unification of Italy. * Both countries enjoy friendly relations and were members of [[Axis powers|the Axis]] during [[World War II]], formed an alliance during the [[Cold War]] (West Germany), and are full members of the [[European Union]]. * Italy has an embassy in [[Berlin]] and consulates in [[Frankfurt]], [[Freiburg]], [[Hamburg]], [[Hanover]], [[Munich]], [[Nuremberg]], [[SaarbrĂŒcken]], and [[Stuttgart]]. * Germany has an embassy in [[Rome]] and consulates in [[Milan]] and [[Naples]]. * There are 280,000 Germans living in Italy. * There are 648.360 Italian citizens (2020) living in Germany (see [[Italians in Germany]]).<ref name=statista>{{cite web|url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1221/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-deutschland-nach-herkunftsland/|title=Anzahl der AuslĂ€nder in Deutschland nach Herkunftsland in den Jahren 2015 und 2016|work=statista|language=de|access-date=2022-07-07|archive-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526120757/https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1221/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-deutschland-nach-herkunftsland/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Greece}}||16 June 1861||See [[GreeceâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 June 1861 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Greece Terenzio Mamiani della Rovere.<ref name="ReferenceE" /> * Relations are excellent, due to the shared heritage and common interests of both countries. More than two [[millennium|millennia]] of shared heritage and Greco-Italian relations strengthened the bonds between the two countries. * Italy has an embassy in [[Athens]], and 15 honorary consulates in [[Alexandroupoli]], [[Kefalonia]], [[Chania]], [[Chios]], [[Corfu]], [[Corinth]], [[Ioannina]], [[Heraklion]], [[Kavala]], [[Larissa]], [[Patras]], [[Rhodes]], [[Thessaloniki]], [[Santorini]], and [[Volos]]. * Greece has an embassy in [[Rome]], 2 general consulates in [[Milan]] and [[Naples]], a consulate in [[Venice]], and 11 honorary consulates in [[Trieste]] (General), [[Turin]] (General), [[Ancona]], [[Catania]], [[Livorno]], [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Brindisi]], [[Florence]], [[Palermo]], [[Perugia]], and a Port Consulate in [[Genoa]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] and of the European Union and NATO. * There are around 180,000 Greek Orthodox or people of Greek descent living in Italy, of which the majority lives in southern Italy and Sicily (see [[Greeks in Italy]]). * An approximation of 200,000 Roman Catholic Italians or people of [[Italians|Italian descent]] are living in Greece with the majority of them in the Ionian Islands, western Greece and the capital Athens (see [[Corfiot Italians]] and [[Italian colonists in the Dodecanese]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Holy See}}||24 June 1929||See [[Holy See â Italy relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 June 1929.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Of The Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110022620/https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the size of the [[Vatican City]] State, embassies accredited to the Holy See are based on Italian territory. Treaties signed between [[Italy]] and the Vatican City State permit such embassages. The Embassy of Italy to the Holy See is unique amongst foreign embassages in that it is the only embassy based on its home territory. The Holy See maintains formal diplomatic relations with 176 sovereign states, the [[European Union]], and the [[Order of Malta]]; 69 of the diplomatic missions accredited to the Holy See are situated in [[Rome]], though those countries than have two embassies in the same city, since, by agreement between the Holy See and Italy, the same person cannot be accredited simultaneously to both. This is shown clearly by the fact that Italy recognizes the [[People's Republic of China]], and as such, the Chinese Embassy is in Rome. However, the Vatican City State recognizes the [[Taiwan]], and as such, Taiwan's embassy to the Holy See is also in Rome. As Italy was the first country to recognize the Holy See as a sovereign nation, their embassy was the first one established. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Hungary}}||21 November 1920 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 November 1920 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Hungary Gaetano Caracciolo Di Castagneto.<ref name="Magyar" /> * Hungary has an embassy in [[Rome]], a general consulate in [[Milan]], and 11 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Perugia]], [[Trieste]], [[Turin]], [[Venice]] and [[Verona]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/IT/it/mainpage.htm|title=Hungarian embassy in Rome (in Hungarian and Italian only)|access-date=2010-11-18|archive-date=2016-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927173500/http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/IT/it/mainpage.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/MILANO/HU|title=Hungarian general consulate in Milan (in Hungarian and Italian only)|access-date=2010-11-18|archive-date=2017-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914061452/http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/Milano/hu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Budapest]] and 3 honorary consulates (in [[NyĂregyhĂĄza]], [[PĂ©cs]] and [[Szeged]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambbudapest.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Budapest|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Budapest|website=www.ambbudapest.esteri.it|access-date=2010-11-18|archive-date=2016-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427060736/http://www.ambbudapest.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Budapest|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of [[NATO]]. * There are 9,000 Hungarians living in Italy. * There are 7,000 Italians living in Hungary. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Iceland}}||15 August 1945||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 August 1945.<ref name="government.is" /> * Iceland is represented in Italy through its embassy in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iceland.org/fr/english/|title=Icelandic embassy in Paris (also accredited to Italy)|access-date=2011-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528022208/http://www.iceland.org/fr/english/|archive-date=2011-05-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy is represented in Iceland through its embassy in [[Oslo]] ([[Norway]]) and an honorary consulate in [[ReykjavĂk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amboslo.esteri.it/ambasciata_oslo|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Oslo|website=www.amboslo.esteri.it|access-date=2011-03-01|archive-date=2009-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811070536/http://www.amboslo.esteri.it/ambasciata_oslo|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], of [[NATO]] and of [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]]. * There are 3,000 Icelanders living in Italy. * There are 208 Italians living in Iceland. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Ireland}}||27 September 1937||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 September 1937 when has been accredited first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Ireland Mr. Romano Lodi Fe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani Ottava Serie: 1935-1939 Volume VII (1 luglio- 31 dicembre 1937) |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/OTTAVASERIE_VOLVII |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=887 |language=it |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029101506/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/OTTAVASERIE_VOLVII |url-status=live}}</ref> * Ireland has an embassy in [[Rome]] and an honorary consulate in [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.embassyofireland.it/ |title=Irish embassy in Rome |publisher=Embassyofireland.it |date=2010-05-21 |access-date=2010-10-24 |archive-date=2014-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217082606/http://embassyofireland.it/ |url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambdublino.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Dublino |title=Italian embassy in Dublin |publisher=Ambdublino.esteri.it |date=2009-05-19 |access-date=2010-10-24 |archive-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105103923/http://www.ambdublino.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Dublino/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in [[Galway]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and the [[Council of Europe]]. * There are 15,000 Irish people living in Italy. * There are 7,656 Italians living in Ireland. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Kosovo}}||15 May 2008||See [[ItalyâKosovo relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 May 2008.<ref name="Visoka2" /> Italy [[International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|recognized]] Kosovo on 21 February 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.governo.it/Governo/ConsiglioMinistri/dettaglio.asp?d=38401|title=Consiglio dei Ministri n. 93 del 21 febbraio 2008|date=2008-02-21|publisher=Italian Council of Ministers|language=it|access-date=2008-03-18|archive-date=2008-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402053007/http://www.governo.it/Governo/ConsiglioMinistri/dettaglio.asp?d=38401|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/politica/200802articoli/30334girata.asp|title=Kosovo, Italia riconosce indipendenza|date=2008-02-21|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|language=it|access-date=2008-03-18|archive-date=2008-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430002529/http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/politica/200802articoli/30334girata.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Italy has an embassy in [[Pristina]] since 15 May 2008.<ref>[http://www.newkosovareport.com/20080515932/Politics/Italy-appoints-Ambassador-to-Kosovo.html "Italy appoints Ambassador to Kosovo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314141250/http://newkosovareport.com/20080515932/politics/italy-appoints-ambassador-to-kosovo.html |date=2016-03-14}} ''newkosovareport.com'' 16 May 2008 Link accessed 15/05/08</ref> Kosovo will open an embassy in [[Rome]]. * There are upwards to 900,000 ethnic Albanians in Italy, many also from Kosovo. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Latvia}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1991-08-30"| 30 August 1991 |Both countries re-established diplomatic relations on 30 August 1991.<ref name="mfa.gov.lv" /> * Italy never officially recognised the annexation of the Baltic states by the [[USSR]]. * Both countries renewed their diplomatic relations on August 30, 1991. * Since 1992, Italy has an embassy in [[Riga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambriga.esteri.it/ambasciata_Riga|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Riga|website=www.ambriga.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2009-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720045159/http://www.ambriga.esteri.it/ambasciata_Riga|url-status=live}}</ref> * Latvia has an embassy in [[Rome]] and 7 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]], [[Florence]], [[Milan]], [[Modena]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]] and [[Trieste]]). Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/rome/|title=Embassy of Latvia in Italy|website=www.mfa.gov.lv|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2009-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809114050/http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/rome/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Liechtenstein}}||11 December 1995 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 December 1995 when has been appointed Ambassador of Italy to Liechtenstein with residence in Berne Mr. Arduino Fornara.<ref name="Melanesia" /> * Italy is represented in Liechtenstein through its embassy in [[Bern]] ([[Switzerland]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Lithuania}}||30 August 1991 |Both countries re-established diplomatic relations on 30 August 1991.<ref name="jp.mfa.lt" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Vilnius]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambvilnius.esteri.it/ambasciata_vilnius|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Vilnius|website=www.ambvilnius.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2009-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601074246/http://www.ambvilnius.esteri.it/ambasciata_vilnius|url-status=live}}</ref> * Lithuania has an embassy in [[Rome]] and 6 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]], [[Cagliari]], [[Genoa]], [[Milan]], [[Turin]] and [[Venice]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://it.mfa.lt/index.php?990572489|title=Lithuanian embassy in Rome|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522104704/http://it.mfa.lt/index.php?990572489|archive-date=2013-05-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. * [http://www.urm.lt/index.php?1589763666 Lithuanian Ministry o Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Italy (in Lithuanian only)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930134911/http://www.urm.lt/index.php?1589763666 |date=2011-09-30}} |- valign="top" |{{flag|Luxembourg}}||7 February 1891 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 February 1891.<ref name="P. Ruppert 1892" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Luxembourg City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amblussemburgo.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Lussemburgo/Menu/Informazioni_e_servizi/Servizi_consolari/Anagrafe/|title=Anagrafe|website=www.amblussemburgo.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2015-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709050728/http://www.amblussemburgo.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Lussemburgo/Menu/Informazioni_e_servizi/Servizi_consolari/Anagrafe/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Luxembourg has an embassy in [[Rome]] and 9 honorary consulates (in [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Perugia]], [[Riccione]], [[Turin]], and [[Venice]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambasciatalussemburgo.it/|title=Ambasciata del Lussemburgo a Roma: Tutte le info che cerchi|website=Ambascita Lussemburgo|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2021-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501142323/https://ambasciatalussemburgo.it/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], of the [[European Union]] and of [[NATO]]. * There are around 19,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Luxembourg. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Malta}}||21 September 1964||See [[ItalyâMalta relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 September 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2017 |title=PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT: Dinner speech delivered by the President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca on the occasion of the state visit of the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella (13-14 September 2017), at Verdala Palace, Buskett |url=https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Press%20Releases/Pages/2017/September/13/PR172051.aspx |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=gov.mt |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026210033/https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Press%20Releases/Pages/2017/September/13/PR172051.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> * Both countries established official diplomatic relations soon after Malta's independence. * Italy has an embassy in [[Valletta]]. * Malta has an embassy in [[Rome]] and 18 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Brescia]], [[Cagliari]], [[Catania]], [[Genoa]], [[L'Aquila]], [[Livorno]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Perugia]], [[Reggio Calabria]], [[Savona]], [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], [[Turin]], [[Trieste]], and [[Venice]]). * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Moldova}}||21 February 1992||See [[Italy-Moldova relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 February 1992.<ref name="Relazioni politiche e diplomatiche" /> * Italy opened an [[Italian Embassy, ChiĆinÄu|Embassy in ChiĆinÄu]]. The actual Italian ambassador to Moldova with residence in Bucharest is Daniele Mancini. * [http://www.ambmoldova.it/ Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Rome] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721145145/http://www.ambmoldova.it/ |date=2009-07-21}} * Italy is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Moldova is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Moldova to the European Union|candidate]]. * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722032908/http://www.ambbucarest.esteri.it/NR/exeres/0BD87CB3-E18D-4627-AFFF-02ADEA53B036.htm?NRMODE=Unpublished%20wbc_purpose=Basic%20WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished Italian Embassy in Bucharest]}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081005160104/http://www.mfa.md/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova]}} * [http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202063811/http://www.esteri.it/mae/en |date=2016-02-02}} |- valign="top" |{{flag|Monaco}}||25 April 1875|| {{anchor|Monaco}} Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 April 1875.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rapport de Politique ExtĂ©rieure 2007 |url=https://www.gouv.mc/Action-Gouvernementale/Monaco-a-l-International/Publications/Rapports-de-Politique-Exterieure |access-date=26 October 2023 |page=44 |language=fr |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718081941/https://www.gouv.mc/Action-Gouvernementale/Monaco-a-l-International/Publications/Rapports-de-Politique-Exterieure |url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Monaco]]. * Monaco has an embassy in Rome and an honorary consulate in Venice. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Montenegro}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="2006-06-12"| 14 June 2006 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 June 2006.<ref name="gov.me" />|See [[ItalyâMontenegro relations]] * Italy recognized Montenegro's independence on June 14, 2006. * Montenegro has an embassy in [[Rome]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]], of [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. * Italy is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Montenegro is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Montenegro to the European Union|candidate]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Netherlands}}||15 September 1859 |See [[ItalyâNetherlands relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 September 1859 when has been appointed first ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to the Netherlands Andrea Taliacarne.<ref name="ReferenceE" /> * The Netherlands has an embassy in [[Rome]], a general consulate in [[Milan]], and 14 honorary consulates (in [[Ancona]], [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Cagliari]], [[Catania]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Livorno]], [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Trieste]], [[Turin]], [[Venice]] and [[Verona]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.nl/italy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505064916/http://www.mfa.nl/italy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-05-05|title=Nederland wereldwijd - Nederlandwereldwijd.nl|first=Ministerie van Buitenlandse|last=Zaken|website=www.mfa.nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.nl/rom-it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319211622/http://www.mfa.nl/rom-it/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-03-19|title=Nederland wereldwijd - Nederlandwereldwijd.nl|first=Ministerie van Buitenlandse|last=Zaken|website=www.mfa.nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.nl/mil-it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502211439/http://www.mfa.nl/mil-it|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-05-02|title=Nederland wereldwijd - Nederlandwereldwijd.nl|first=Ministerie van Buitenlandse|last=Zaken|website=www.mfa.nl}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[The Hague]], a general consulate in [[Amsterdam]] and an honorary consulate in [[Willemstad]] (island of Curaçao).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amblaja.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Laja|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - L'Aja|website=www.amblaja.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2009-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509213019/http://www.amblaja.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Laja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consamsterdam.esteri.it/Consolato_Amsterdam|title=Italian general consulate in Amsterdam (in Dutch and Italian only)|access-date=2018-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708154251/http://www.consamsterdam.esteri.it/Consolato_Amsterdam|archive-date=2014-07-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], of the [[European Union]] and of [[NATO]]. * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100822181325/http://www.minbuza.nl/dsresource?type=pdf&objectid=buzabeheer:47371&versionid=&subobjectname= Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Italy (in Dutch only)]}} |- valign="top" |{{flag|North Macedonia}}||16 December 1993 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 December 1993.<ref name="mfa.gov.mk" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Skopje]] * North Macedonia has an embassy in Rome. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]] and of [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Norway}}||<!--Date started-->|22 March 1906 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 March 1906.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 27, 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922045702/https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Oslo]] and consulates in [[Ă lesund (town)|Ă lesund]], [[Bergen]], [[Stavanger]], [[TromsĂž (city)|TromsĂž]] and [[Trondheim]]. * Norway has an embassy in Rome. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]] and of [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Poland}}||27 February 1919||See [[ItalyâPoland relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 February 1919.<ref name="Polonia in Italia" /> * In 1918, Italy was the first country in Europe to recognise Poland's sovereignty. * Italy has an embassy in [[Warsaw]] and 2 honorary consulates (in [[Gdynia]] and [[KrakĂłw]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambvarsavia.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Varsavia/Menu/Ambasciata/Gli_uffici/|title=Gli uffici|website=www.ambvarsavia.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2009-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622125422/http://www.ambvarsavia.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Varsavia/Menu/Ambasciata/Gli_uffici/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Poland has an embassy in Rome and 2 general consulates (in [[Catania]] and [[Milan]]).<ref>[http://www.rzym.polemb.net/index.php?document=20 Poland embassy in Rome] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210015137/http://rzym.polemb.net/index.php?document=20 |date=2009-02-10}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. * There are around 100,000 [[Polish people|Poles]] living in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naszswiat.net/wiadomosci/wiadomosci/wlochy/maleje-liczba-polakow-we-wloszech.html|title=Maleje liczba PolakĂłw we WĆoszech|trans-title=The number of Poles in Italy is decreasing|language=pl|website=Naszswiat.net|access-date=1 January 2016|archive-date=3 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103134022/http://www.naszswiat.net/wiadomosci/wiadomosci/wlochy/maleje-liczba-polakow-we-wloszech.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> * Both of the countries' largest religion is Roman Catholicism. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Portugal}}||24 October 1860 |See [[ItalyâPortugal relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 October 1860 when has been appointed first ChargĂ© d'Affaires of Italy to Portugal Minerva Domenico Pes Di San Vittorio.<ref name="ReferenceF" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Lisbon]] and honorary consulates in [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]], [[Funchal]] and [[Porto]]. * Portugal has an embassy in [[Rome]] and honorary consulates in [[Milan]], [[Turin]], [[Venice]], [[Trieste]], [[Genoa]], [[Florence]], [[Livorno]], [[Naples]], [[Bari]] and [[Palermo]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Romania}}||<!--Date started-->data-sort-value="1873-04-23"| 26 December 1879 |See [[ItalyâRomania relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 December 1879.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327210336/https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |url-status=live}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Bucharest]], a general consulate in [[TimiÈoara]], and 4 honorary consulates (in [[Cluj-Napoca]], [[ConstanĆŁa]], [[Craiova]] and [[Piatra NeamÈ]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambbucarest.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Bucarest|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Bucarest|website=www.ambbucarest.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2009-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716182206/http://www.ambbucarest.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Bucarest/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Romania has an embassy in [[Rome]], a general consulate in Milan and 3 honorary consulate (in [[Florence]], [[Genoa]] and [[Treviso]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://roma.mae.ro/|title=AMBASADA ROMĂNIEI Ăźn Republica ItalianÄ|website=roma.mae.ro|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2009-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304033217/http://roma.mae.ro/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>* [http://www.consulatmilano.com/ Romanian general consulate in Milan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202120949/http://consulatmilano.com/ |date=2009-02-02}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. * There are 1,137,728 Romanian citizens (2020) living in Italy (see [[Italians of Romanian descent]]).<ref name="romani">{{Cite web |date=2021-08-14 |title=4 milioane de romĂąni, rezidenÈi Ăźn Italia, Marea Britanie, Spania Èi Germania. Statistica romĂąnilor stabiliÈi Ăźn alte state |trans-title=4 million Romanians, residents in Italy, Great Britain, Spain and Germany. The statistics of the Romanians established in other states |url=https://www.g4media.ro/4-milioane-de-romani-rezidenti-in-italia-marea-britanie-spania-si-germania-statistica-romanilor-stabiliti-in-alte-state.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814230327/https://www.g4media.ro/4-milioane-de-romani-rezidenti-in-italia-marea-britanie-spania-si-germania-statistica-romanilor-stabiliti-in-alte-state.html |archive-date=2021-08-14 |access-date=2021-08-14 |website=G4Media |language=ro-RO}}</ref> * There are around 3,203 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Romania (see [[Italians in Romania]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Russia}}||25 September 1856||See [[ItalyâRussia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 September 1856 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Russia Francesco Maria Sauli.<ref name="ReferenceF" /> Russia has an embassy in [[Rome]] and [[consulate]]s in [[Genoa]], [[Milan]] and [[Palermo]], and Italy has an [[Embassy of Italy in Moscow|embassy in Moscow]], a [[consulate]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], two consulte generals (in [[Ekaterinburg]] and [[Kaliningrad]]), and two embassy branches in ([[Samara, Russia|Samara]] and [[Volgograd]]). Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]] and the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]]. In 2006, Russia and Italy have signed a protocol of cooperation for fighting crime and defending civil liberties. The relationship between Russia and Italy goes back a long way. Already in the 1960s, Italy's FIAT built a car-assembling plant in the Soviet city of [[Tolyatti]] (a city named after the Italian Communist Party's secretary [[Palmiro Togliatti]]). In the past, Russians visited Italy in great numbers. Many Russian students came to Italy each year to study in Italian universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicusano.it/blog/universita/studiare-in-italia/|title=Studiare in Italia: come iscriversi all'universitĂ se sei un cittadino russo?|date=17 June 2021 |access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|archive-date=29 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529080310/https://www.unicusano.it/blog/universita/studiare-in-italia/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Silvio Berlusconi]] Government (2001â2006) strengthened Italy's ties with Russia, due to his personal friendship with President [[Vladimir Putin]]. Cooperation extended also to the aviation sector, between Italy's Alenia and Russia's Sukhoi. Finally, for a long time Italy had the largest communist party in the Western world, with over 2 million members. .<ref>[http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2006/01/20/71472.html Italy, Russia sign 'protocol of cooperation' - Pravda.Ru<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102807/http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2006/01/20/71472.html |date=2007-09-29}}</ref> Good relations ended in 2022 after the invasion of Russia in Ukraine. |- valign="top" |{{flag|San Marino}}||<!--Date started--> |See [[ItalyâSan Marino relations]] * Italy has an embassy in [[San Marino]]. * San Marino has an embassy in Rome. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Serbia}}||18 January 1879 |See [[ItalyâSerbia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 January 1879.<ref name="Italy" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Belgrade]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambbelgrado.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Belgrado|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Belgrado|website=www.ambbelgrado.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2009-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720023643/http://www.ambbelgrado.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Belgrado|url-status=live}}</ref> * Serbia has an embassy in [[Rome]] and 2 general consulates (in [[Milan]] and [[Trieste]]). * There are around 55,000 people of [[Serbian diaspora|Serbian descent]] living in Italy (see [[Serbs in Italy]]). * [http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/Italy/index_e.html Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Italy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519070419/http://mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/Italy/index_e.html |date=2011-05-19}} * Italy is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Serbia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Serbia to the European Union|candidate]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Slovakia}}||1 January 1993 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993.<ref name="Ć tĂĄty a teritĂłriĂĄ" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Bratislava]]. * Slovakia has an embassy in Rome. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Slovenia}}||17 January 1992 |See [[ItalyâSlovenia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 January 1992.<ref name="gov.si" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Ljubljana]] and an consulate in [[Koper]]. * Slovenia has an embassy in Rome and a general consulate in [[Trieste]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * There are around 2,000 local ethnic Italians ([[Istrian Italians]]) living in Slovenia, whose number decreased following the [[IstrianâDalmatian exodus]]. * There are around 100,000 local ethnic Slovenians living in Italy (see [[Slovene minority in Italy]]).<ref name="Glasgow">{{cite web |url=http://zgs.zrc-sazu.si/Portals/8/Slo_Geo_Over/16.pdf |title=Ethnic Structure of Slovenia and Slovenes in Neighbouring Countries |work=Slovenia: a geographical overview |first=Jernej |last=ZupanÄiÄ |publisher=Association of the Geographic Societies of Slovenia |date=August 2004 |access-date=10 April 2008 |archive-date=14 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014101117/http://zgs.zrc-sazu.si/Portals/8/Slo_Geo_Over/16.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="atlas">ZupanÄiÄ, Jernej (author), OroĆŸen AdamiÄ, Milan (photographer), FilipiÄ, Hanzi (photographer): ''Slovenci po svetu''. In publication: ''Nacionalni atlas Slovenije'' (Kartografsko gradivo) / InĆĄtitut za geografijo, Geografski inĆĄtitut Antona Melika. Ljubljana: Rokus, 2001.{{COBISS|ID=18593837}}{{in lang|sl}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|Spain}}||5 May 1856||See [[ItalyâSpain relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 May 1856 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Spain barone Romualdo Tecco.<ref name="ReferenceH" /> Both countries established diplomatic relations after the unification of Italy. Relations between Italy Spain have remained strong and affable for centuries owing to various political, cultural, and historical connections between the two nations. * Italy has an embassy in [[Madrid]] and consulate-general in [[Barcelona]] and Vice-consulate [[Arona, Tenerife|Arona]]. * Spain has an embassy in Rome and consulates-general in Milan and Naples. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * There are around 228,283 [[Italian diaspora|Italian citizens]] living in Spain (see [[Italians in Spain]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Sweden}}||23 December 1859||See [[ItalyâSweden relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 December 1859 when has been appointed first interim ChargĂ© d'Affaires Giov. Antonio Migliorati.<ref name="ReferenceI" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Stockholm]] and consulates in [[Gothenburg]], [[Karlstad]], [[LuleĂ„]], [[Malmö]], [[Sundsvall]] and [[UmeĂ„]]. * Sweden has an embassy in Rome. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * Italy fully supported Sweden's application to join NATO, which resulted in membership on 7 March 2024. * There are around 19,087 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Sweden (see [[Swedish Italians]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Switzerland}}||12 February 1860||See [[ItalyâSwitzerland relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 February 1860 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Switzerland Alessandro Jocteau.<ref name="ReferenceG" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Bern]] and consulates-general in [[Geneva]], [[Lugano]] and [[ZĂŒrich]] and a consulate in [[Basel]]. * Switzerland has an embassy in Rome and a consulate-general in [[Milan]]. * There are around 720,000 local ethnic Italians living in Switzerland ([[Canton Ticino]] and [[Canton of Grigioni]]). * There are around 295,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Switzerland (see [[Italian immigration to Switzerland]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|Ukraine}}||29 January 1992 |See [[ItalyâUkraine relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 January 1992.<ref name="Dialogo bilaterale politico" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Kyiv]] (see [[Embassy of Italy, Kyiv]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambkiev.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Kiev|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Kiev|website=www.ambkiev.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2012-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224193726/http://www.ambkiev.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Kiev|url-status=live}}</ref> * Ukraine has an embassy in [[Rome]] (see [[Embassy of Ukraine, Rome]]), a general consulate in [[Milan]] and 4 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Naples]], [[Padua]] and [[Reggio Calabria]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucrainaviaggi.com/ambasciata-ucraina-italia.php|title=Sedi consolari ucraine in Italia.|website=www.ucrainaviaggi.com|access-date=2015-08-06|archive-date=2015-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627132405/http://www.ucrainaviaggi.com/ambasciata-ucraina-italia.php|url-status=live}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. * Italy is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Ukraine is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Ukraine to the European Union|candidate]]. * There are around 380,000 people of [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian descent]] living in Italy (see [[Ukrainians in Italy]]).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/direct/ukraine/9432726.stm |title=BBC News: Why are Ukrainians working abroad? |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=2022-07-07 |archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707103717/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/direct/ukraine/9432726.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> * There are around 3,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Ukraine (see [[Italians of Crimea]]). |- valign="top" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}||13 April 1859||See [[ItalyâUnited Kingdom relations]] Italy established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 13 April 1859.<ref name="ReferenceD"/>{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when Italy and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=April 2025}} * Italy maintains an [[Embassy of Italy, London|embassy]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Diplomat Magazine|date=20 May 2019|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/europe/italy/|title=Italy|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=6 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331162542/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/europe/italy/|archive-date=31 March 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> * The United Kingdom is accredited to Italy through its [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Rome|embassy]] in Rome, and a consulate general in Milan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukinitaly.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/other-locations-in-italy/|title=British Embassy Rome|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=6 April 2025|archive-date=11 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250311180848/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-rome|url-status=live}}</ref> Both countries share common membership of the [[Council of Europe]], the [[European Court of Human Rights]], [[G7]], [[G20]], the [[International Criminal Court]], [[NATO]], the [[OECD]], the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have an Export and Investment Partnership,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smout|first=Alistair|date=8 February 2023|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-italy-sign-export-investment-partnership-2023-02-08/|title=Britain and Italy sign export and investment partnership|website=[[Reuters]]|location=[[London]]|access-date=6 April 2025|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222043104/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-italy-sign-export-investment-partnership-2023-02-08/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Double Taxation Convention.<ref>{{Cite web|author=[[HM Revenue and Customs]]|date=6 August 2006|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/italy-tax-treaties|title=Italy: tax treaties|website=GOV.UK|access-date=6 April 2025|archive-date=21 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221093414/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/italy-tax-treaties|url-status=live}}</ref> |} ===Oceania=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:100px;"| {{longitem|Beginning of formal relations}} !Notes |- valign="top" |{{flag|Australia}}||4 February 1949||See [[AustraliaâItaly relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 February 1949.<ref name=":2" /> * Australia has an embassy in Rome and a general consulate in Milan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.italy.embassy.gov.au/|title=Australian Embassy in|first=corporateName= Department of Foreign Affairs and|last=Trade|website=www.italy.embassy.gov.au|access-date=2009-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703145951/http://www.italy.embassy.gov.au/|archive-date=2009-07-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Italy has an embassy in [[Canberra]], 2 general consulates (in [[Melbourne]] and [[Sydney]]) and 3 consulates (in [[Adelaide]], [[Brisbane]] and [[Perth]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambcanberra.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Canberra|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Canberra|website=www.ambcanberra.esteri.it|access-date=2009-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720024955/http://www.ambcanberra.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Canberra|archive-date=2009-07-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conssydney.esteri.it/Consolato_Sydney|title=Consolato Generale - Sydney|website=www.conssydney.esteri.it|access-date=2009-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721094757/http://www.conssydney.esteri.it/Consolato_Sydney|archive-date=2009-07-21|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consperth.esteri.it/Consolato_Perth|title=Consolato - Perth|website=www.consperth.esteri.it|access-date=2009-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804033647/http://www.consperth.esteri.it/Consolato_Perth|archive-date=2009-08-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> * There are around 1,000,013 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Australia (see [[Italian Australian]]) *[http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/italy/index.html Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about the relation with Italy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328162314/http://dfat.gov.au/geo/italy/index.html |date=2014-03-28}} |- |{{Flag|Fiji}} |13 October 1972 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 October 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Formal Diplomatic Relations (FDR) List |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827171052/http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2019 |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fiji |page=9}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flag|New Zealand}}||22 August 1950 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 August 1950.<ref name=":0" /> * Italy has an embassy in [[Wellington]] and 3 honorary consulates (in [[Auckland]], [[Christchurch]] and [[Dunedin]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambwellington.esteri.it/ambasciata_wellington|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Wellington|website=www.ambwellington.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2016-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807170628/http://www.ambwellington.esteri.it/Ambasciata_wellington|url-status=live}}</ref> * New Zealand has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzembassy.com/home.cfm?c=7|title=The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade acts in the world to make New Zealanders safer and more prosperous|first=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and|last=Trade|website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2010-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102192958/http://nzembassy.com/home.cfm?c=7|url-status=dead}}</ref> * New Zealand had a large force in Italy during WW2, and confronted the Yugoslav army in [[Trieste]], thus liberating the city. * [http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Countries/Europe/Italy.php New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Italy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426015109/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Countries/Europe/Italy.php |date=2009-04-26}} * There are around 3,795 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in New Zealand (see [[Italian New Zealanders]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Vanuatu}}||<!--Date started-->|| Italy has an honorary consulate in [[Port Vila]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ambcanberra.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Canberra/it/sedi-accreditate/vanuatu|title=Vanuatu|access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128090821/https://ambcanberra.esteri.it/ambasciata_canberra/it/sedi-accreditate/vanuatu/|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
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