Editing Foreign relations of Malta (section)

===Europe===

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|{{flag|Austria}}|| 9 November 1966
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* Austria is represented in Malta through an honorary consulate in [[Ta' Xbiex]].
* Malta has an embassy in [[Vienna]] and 4 honorary consulates (in [[Innsbruck]], [[Linz]], Salzburg and [[Vienna]]).
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
* [https://archive.today/20121215180746/http://www.bmeia.gv.at/aussenministerium/aussenpolitik/voelkerrecht/staatsvertraege/bilaterale-staatsvertraege.html?dv_staat=106&mode=country&submit=1&vb_vp_id=107&cHash=7efa88db00 Austria Ministry of Foreign Affairs: List of bilateral treaties between both countries (in German only)]
* [http://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Foreign%20Consular%20Representations%20in%20Malta/Austria.aspx Direction of the Austrian honorary consulate in Ta' Xbiex] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407152625/http://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Foreign%20Consular%20Representations%20in%20Malta/Austria.aspx |date=April 7, 2016 }}
* [http://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Maltese%20Diplomatic%20Representations%20Overseas/Austria.aspx Directions of the Maltese representation in Austria] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407194645/http://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Maltese%20Diplomatic%20Representations%20Overseas/Austria.aspx |date=April 7, 2016 }}
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|{{flag|Belarus}}|| 16 February 1993
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* Belarus is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/BAA_BELARUS.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Malta is represented in Belarus through its embassy in Moscow (Russia).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/BELARUS.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Belgium}}|| June 1965||
* Both countries established diplomatic relations soon after Malta's independence.
* Belgium has an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/embassies_and_consulates/belgian_embassies_and_consulates_abroad/|title=Diplomatie.be|work=diplomatie |date=March 23, 2016|access-date=March 27, 2016|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227075341/https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/embassies_and_consulates/belgian_embassies_and_consulates_abroad|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Malta has an embassy in [[Brussels]] and an honorary consulate in [[Antwerp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/B33_BELGIUM.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|Bulgaria}}|| 11 September 1971
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* Bulgaria is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy).<ref>[http://www.mfa.bg/en/index.php?option=com_selfpage&Itemid=253 Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420061440/http://www.mfa.bg/en/index.php?option=com_selfpage&Itemid=253 |date=April 20, 2010 }}</ref>
* Malta has 2 honorary consulates in Bulgaria (in [[Sofia]] and [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/pages/default.asp|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-date=May 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516050203/http://www.mfa.gov.mt/pages/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Malta joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on May 1, 2004, while Bulgaria joined on January 1, 2007.
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|{{flag|Croatia}}|| 30 June 1992
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* Croatia is represented in Malta through it embassy in Rome (Italy).
* Malta is represented in Croatia through its general embassy in [[Valletta]] (Malta) and 2 honorary consulate in [[Zagreb]] and [[Split, Croatia|Split]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mvep.hr/hr/predstavnistva/veleposlanstva-stranih-drzava-u-rh/malta-split,443.html|title=MVEP • Veleposlanstva stranih država u RH • Malta, Split|access-date=October 1, 2015|archive-date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407001447/http://www.mvep.hr/hr/predstavnistva/veleposlanstva-stranih-drzava-u-rh/malta-split,443.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Malta joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on May 1, 2004, while Croatia joined on July 1, 2013.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719032108/http://www.mvpei.hr/CustomPages/Static/HRV//templates/_frt_bilateralni_odnosi_po_drzavama_en.asp?id=130   Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Malta]
* [http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/91E_CROATIA.pdf  Malta Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Croatia]{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 
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|{{flag|Cyprus}}|| 13 September 1972
| See [[Cyprus–Malta relations]]
* The two countries share membership of the [[European Union]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* Cyprus is represented to Malta through its accredited embassy in Rome (Italy).
* Malta is represented to Cyprus through its accredited embassy in [[Athens]] ([[Greece]]).
* The political relations are close due to similarities between the 2 countries (on historical, economical and regional).
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110929213509/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2006.nsf/All/F49A9BB557374CF7C22571E1002D8459/$file/Malta.pdf?OpenElement List of Treaties between the 2 countries by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus]
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|{{flag|Czech Republic}}|| 10 July 1968 and 1 January 1993
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* The Czech Republic is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome, (Italy) and through an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.czech-malta.com/ |title=Czech honorary consulate in Valletta |publisher=Czech-malta.com |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-date=May 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526042543/http://czech-malta.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Malta is represented in the Czech Republic through a non-resident ambassador based in the Foreign Ministry at [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreign.gov.mt/images/files/file/CZECH%20REPUBLIC%20for%20blue%20book.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|Denmark}}|| 26 March 1969
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* Denmark is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy) and through an honorary general consulate in [[Valletta]].
* Malta has an embassy in [[Copenhagen]] and 3 honorary consulates (in [[Aarhus]], Copenhagen and [[Odense]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/472_DENMARK.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|Estonia}}|| 1 January 1992
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* Malta recognised Estonia on August 26, 1991.
* Estonia is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreign.gov.mt/images/files/file/F24_Estonia.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Malta is represented in Estonia through a non-resident embassy based in [[Valletta]] (in the Foreign Affairs Ministry) and through an honorary consulate in [[Tallinn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/7BA_ESTONIA.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070718105930/http://www.vm.ee/eng/kat_176/3105.html Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Malta] 
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|{{flag|Finland}}||21 February 1969||See [[Foreign relations of Finland|Finland–Malta relations]] 
* Finland is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy) and an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]]. 
* Malta is represented in Finland through a non-resident ambassador based in [[Valletta]] (in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and an honorary consulate in [[Helsinki]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|France}}|| 21 September 1964
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* The two countries share membership of the [[European Union]].
* France has an embassy in Malta.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-mt.org/ |title=French embassy in Malta |publisher=Ambafrance-mt.org |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726180458/http://www.ambafrance-mt.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The president of France, [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] went to Malta on a private trip just after his election in May 2007.
* [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/malta-republic_345/index.html French Foreign Ministry about relations with Malta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406100818/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/malta-republic_345/index.html |date=April 6, 2012 }}
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|{{flag|Germany}}|| 16 February 1965||

* Germany opened an embassy in Valletta in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valletta.diplo.de/Vertretung/valletta/de/Startseite.html |title=German embassy in Valletta (in German only) |language=de |publisher=Valletta.diplo.de |access-date=December 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102090629/http://www.valletta.diplo.de/Vertretung/valletta/de/Startseite.html |archive-date=2011-11-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Malta has an embassy in [[Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://missions.foreign.gov.mt/embassies/federal-republic-of-germany/ |access-date=|title=Embassy of Malta in the Federal Republic of Germany}}</ref>
* [http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/Laenderinformationen/01-Laender/Malta.html German Foreign Ministry about relations with Malta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201647/http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/Laenderinformationen/01-Laender/Malta.html |date=March 3, 2016 }} 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|Greece}}|| 30 April 1966 ||See [[Greece–Malta relations]]

* Greece has an embassy in Valletta.
* Malta has an embassy in Athens. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|Holy See}}|| 15 December 1965||

* The Holy See has a [[nunciature]] in [[Rabat, Malta|Rabat]].<ref>{{catholic-hierarchy|diocese|dxxmt|Malta (nunciature)}}</ref>
* Malta has an embassy to the Holy See located in Rome.
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|{{flag|Hungary}}|| 12 December 1970 ||

* Hungary is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome, Italy and through an honorary consulate in Valletta.
* Malta is represented in Hungary through its embassy in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] and through an honorary consulate in [[Budapest]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|Iceland}}|| 3 July 1998||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on July 3, 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Treaties%20Series/Pages/Treaties%20Documents/Iceland---Attached-press-release-on-the-Establushment-of-Diplomatic-Relations-between-the-Government-of-the-Republic-of-Mal.aspx|title=Iceland - Attached press release on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Government of the Republic of Malta and the Government of the Republic of Iceland|access-date=March 12, 2018|archive-date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312204947/https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Treaties%20Series/Pages/Treaties%20Documents/Iceland---Attached-press-release-on-the-Establushment-of-Diplomatic-Relations-between-the-Government-of-the-Republic-of-Mal.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Ireland}}|| 13 June 1990||
* Ireland has an embassy in [[Ta' Xbiex]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/malta/ |title=Malta - Department of Foreign Affairs |publisher=dfa.ie |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510024101/https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/malta/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Malta has an embassy in [[Dublin]] and two honorary consulates ([[Dublin]] and [[Cork (city)|Cork]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignandeu.gov.mt/en/Embassies/Me_Dublin/Pages/ME_Dublin.aspx|title=Home - Ireland|access-date=February 11, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123041123/https://foreignandeu.gov.mt/en/Embassies/ME_Dublin/Pages/ME_Dublin.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
* The Irish [[Defence Forces (Ireland)|Defence Forces]] trains officer cadets of the [[Armed Forces of Malta]] (AFM)<ref>{{cite news|title=Malta's Air Wing conducts training with the Irish Air Corps|url=http://flyinginireland.com/2016/03/maltas-air-wing-conducts-training-with-the-irish-air-corps/|access-date=24 December 2016|publisher=Flying in Ireland|date=17 March 2016|archive-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224112411/http://flyinginireland.com/2016/03/maltas-air-wing-conducts-training-with-the-irish-air-corps/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Italy}}|| <!--Date started-->
| See [[Italy–Malta relations]]
* Both countries established official diplomatic relations soon after Malta's independence.
* Italy has an embassy in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amblavalletta.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Lavalletta |title=Italian embassy in Valletta |publisher=Amblavalletta.esteri.it |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-date=July 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720072646/http://www.amblavalletta.esteri.it/Ambasciata_LaValletta |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Malta has an embassy in Rome and 18 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Brescia]], [[Cagliari]], [[Catania]], [[Genoa]], [[Livorno]], Milan, [[Naples]], [[Palermo]], [[Perugia]], [[Reggio Calabria]], [[Savona]], [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], [[Turin]], [[Trieste]], and [[Venice]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/46F_ITALY.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
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|{{flag|Kosovo}}|| 22 September 2011
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* Kosovo [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declared its independence]] from [[Serbia]] on February 17, 2008, and Malta [[International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|recognised]] it on August 21, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Malta recognises independence of Kosovo|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080821/local/malta-recognises-independence-of-kosovo|work=The Times|location=Malta|date=August 21, 2008|access-date=August 21, 2008|archive-date=May 26, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526212420/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080821/local/malta-recognises-independence-of-kosovo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Malta tirrikonoxxi lil Kosovo bħala Stat Indipendenti|url=http://www.doi.gov.mt/en/press_releases/2008/08/pr1181.asp|publisher=Department of Information – Government of Malta|date=August 21, 2008|access-date=August 22, 2008|language=mt|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606134934/http://www.doi.gov.mt/en/press_releases/2008/08/pr1181.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* Kosovo and Malta established diplomatic relations on September 22, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=1,4,955 |title=Ministri i Jashtëm Enver Hoxhaj dhe homologu i tij nga Malta, Tonio Borg, kanë nënshkruar marrëveshjen për vendosjen e marrëdhënieve diplomatike mes Republikës së Kosovës dhe Republikës së Maltës. |publisher=Mfa-ks.net |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-date=June 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622192732/http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=1,4,955 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Lithuania}}|| 7 February 1994
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* Malta is represented in Lithuania through a non-resident ambassador based in [[Valletta]] (in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and an honorary consulate in [[Vilnius]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/B3A_LITHUANIA.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Lithuania is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy) and an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://it.mfa.lt/index.php?990572489 |title=Lithuania embassy in Rome (also accredited to Malta) |publisher=It.mfa.lt |date=May 8, 2007 |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522104704/http://it.mfa.lt/index.php?990572489 |archive-date=May 22, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
* [http://www.urm.lt/index.php?-634447235 Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Malta (in Lithuanian only)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930133637/http://www.urm.lt/index.php?-634447235 |date=September 30, 2011 }} 
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|{{flag|Luxembourg}}|| 3 June 1969
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* Luxembourg is accredited to Malta from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
* Malta is accredited to Luxembourg from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|Moldova }}|| 3 July 1996
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* Malta is represented in Moldova through a non-resident embassy based in [[Valletta]] (in the Foreign Affairs Ministry).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/A13_MOLDOVA.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Moldova is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreign.gov.mt/images/files/file/MOLDOVA.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[http://www.mfa.gov.md/tratate-bilaterale/mt/  Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration about the relation with Malta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722172753/http://www.mfa.gov.md/tratate-bilaterale/mt/ |date=July 22, 2011 }}
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|{{flag|Netherlands }}|| 1965
|See [[Foreign relations of the Netherlands|Malta–Netherlands relations]]
* The Netherlands have an embassy in [[Valletta]].<ref>[https://diplomaticmonitor.org/c2c/NL-MT Netherlands in Malta] </ref>
* Malta has an embassy in [[The Hague]] and 2 honorary consulates (in [[Amsterdam]] and [[Breda]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreign.gov.mt/images/files/file/THE%20NETHERLANDS.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
* [http://www.minbuza.nl/dsresource?type=pdf&objectid=buzabeheer:47388&versionid=&subobjectname=  Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Malta (in Dutch)]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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|{{flag|North Macedonia}}|| 25 January 2017
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Both countries established diplomatic relations on January 25, 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/index.php/en/media-centar/za-novinari/press-releases/2176-republika-makedonija-vospostavi-diplomatski-odnosi-so-republika-malta | title=Министерство за надворешни работи | access-date=February 26, 2017 | archive-date=May 5, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505162309/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/index.php/en/media-centar/za-novinari/press-releases/2176-republika-makedonija-vospostavi-diplomatski-odnosi-so-republika-malta | url-status=live }}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Poland }}||<!--Date started-->||

* Malta has an embassy in [[Warsaw]].
* Poland has an embassy in Valletta. 
* Both countries became members of the [[European Union]] on 1 May 2004. 
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|{{flag|Portugal }}|| November 1968
|See [[Malta–Portugal relations]]
* Malta has an embassy in [[Lisbon]] and 4 honorary consulates (in [[Algarve]], [[Azores]], Lisbon and [[Porto]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/729_PORTUGAL.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Portugal has an embassy and an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreign.gov.mt/images/files/file/PORTUGAL(1).pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
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|{{flag|Romania }}|| 7 June 1968
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* Malta has an honorary consulate in [[Bucharest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreign.gov.mt/pages/default.asp|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112035647/http://foreign.gov.mt/pages/default.asp|archive-date=November 12, 2008}}</ref>
* Romania has a non-resident embassy for Malta in Rome (Italy) and an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mae.ro/index.php |title=Romanian Foreign Ministry |publisher=Mae.ro |date=July 26, 2013 |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709023200/http://www.mae.ro/index.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
* Malta joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on May 1, 2004, while Romania joined on January 1, 2007.
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|{{flag|Russia }}|| 26 July 1967
|See [[Malta–Russia relations]]
* Malta has an [[Embassy of Malta in Moscow|embassy in Moscow]] and an honorary consulate in [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/AF3_RUSSIA.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001203815/http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/AF3_RUSSIA.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Russia has an embassy in [[San Ġwann]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.malta.mid.ru/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415014219/http://www.malta.mid.ru/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-04-15 |title=Russian embassy in Valletta |publisher=Malta.mid.ru |access-date=August 20, 2013 }}</ref>
*[http://www.russian-malta.com Coordination Board of Russian Compatriots in Malta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006115949/http://russian-malta.com/ |date=October 6, 2020 }}
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|{{flag|Serbia }}|| 4 June 1968
| See [[Malta–Serbia relations]]
* Malta is represented in Serbia through a non-resident ambassador based in [[Valletta]] (in the Foreign Ministry).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/211_SERBIA.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Serbia is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy) and through an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/Malta/index_e.html |title=Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Malta |access-date=May 15, 2009 |archive-date=August 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815080702/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/Malta/index_e.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* Malta is an EU [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Serbia is an EU [[Accession of Serbia to the European Union|candidate]].
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|{{flag|Slovakia }}|| 1 January 1993
| See [[Malta–Slovakia relations]]
* Malta is represented in Slovakia through a non-resident ambassador based in [[Valletta]] (in the Foreign Ministry).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foreign.gov.mt/default.aspx?MDIS=144&MLEV=6 |title=Maltese representations in Slovakia |publisher=Foreign.gov.mt |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-date=August 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827073454/http://www.foreign.gov.mt/default.aspx?MDIS=144&MLEV=6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Slovakia is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy) and an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foreign.gov.mt/default.aspx?MDIS=288&MLEV=8 |title=Slovakian representations in Malta |publisher=Foreign.gov.mt |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-date=August 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827073511/http://www.foreign.gov.mt/default.aspx?MDIS=288&MLEV=8 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slovakiamalta.com/ |title=Slovakian honorary consulate in Valletta |publisher=Slovakiamalta.com |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615095553/http://slovakiamalta.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
* The foreign relations between Malta and Slovakia are not very intensive. Foreign policy of Malta is concentrated rather on cooperation with [[Algeria]], [[Tunis]], [[Libya]] and [[Egypt]]. There is, however, 41 years lasting cooperation between those two countries.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |title= Príhovor podpredsedu vlády SR počas spoločenského podniku pri príležitosti štátneho sviatku SR a 40. výročia nadviazania diplomatických stykov medzi SR a Maltou vo Vallette. |url= http://www.vlada.gov.sk/14021/prihovor-podpredsedu-vlady-sr-pocas-spolocenskeho-podniku-pri-prilezitosti-statneho-sviatku-sr-a-40-vyrocia-nadviazania-diplomatickych-stykov-medzi-sr-a-maltou-vo-vallette.php |publisher= Úrad vlády SR (Slovak Government) |access-date= May 11, 2009 |language= sk |archive-date= July 28, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110728123411/http://www.vlada.gov.sk/14021/prihovor-podpredsedu-vlady-sr-pocas-spolocenskeho-podniku-pri-prilezitosti-statneho-sviatku-sr-a-40-vyrocia-nadviazania-diplomatickych-stykov-medzi-sr-a-maltou-vo-vallette.php |url-status= live }}</ref>
* In 2001 Slovak prime minister [[Mikuláš Dzurinda]] visited Malta at the invitation of Maltese premier [[Edward Fenech Adami]], and negotiated the integration of both countries into European Union and economic cooperation between Malta and Slovakia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Informácia o priebehu a výsledkoch oficiálnej návštevy predsedu vlády SR Mikuláša Dzurindu na Malte v dňoch 18. – 19. júna 2001 |url=https://www.rokovania.sk/appl/material.nsf/0/93E6675B3BA1E98BC1256A860033ADC2/$FILE/material.rtf |publisher=Úrad vlády Slovenskej republiky (Slovak Government) |access-date=May 11, 2009 |language=sk }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* In 2008 Slovakian agency SARIA signed a treaty of reciprocal assistance related to third-world countries, with [[Malta Enterprise]].<ref name=autogenerated1/>
* Slovak prime minister Robert Fico visited Maltese capital [[Valletta]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title=Fico na Malte rokuje s premiérom o skúsenostiach s eurom a obchode | url=http://hnonline.sk/slovensko/c1-22749070-fico-na-malte-rokuje-s-premierom-o-skusenostiach-s-eurom-a-obchode | publisher=Hospodárske noviny online | access-date=May 11, 2009 | language=sk | archive-date=July 20, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720181653/http://hnonline.sk/slovensko/c1-22749070-fico-na-malte-rokuje-s-premierom-o-skusenostiach-s-eurom-a-obchode | url-status=live }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Slovenia }}|| 29 June 1992
| See [[Malta–Slovenia relations]]
* Malta has an honorary consulate in [[Ljubljana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreign.gov.mt/images/files/file/SLOVENIA2.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Slovenia is represented through its embassy in Rome, Italy and through an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/C4Z_SLOVENIA.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
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|{{flag|Spain }}|| 10 October 1968
|See [[Malta–Spain relations]]
* Malta has an embassy in [[Madrid]] and 5 honorary consulates (in [[Barcelona]], [[Palma de Mallorca]], [[Santander, Cantabria|Santander]], [[Seville]] and [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/C64_SPAIN.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Spain has an embassy in [[Valletta]].<ref>[http://www.maec.es/Subwebs/Embajadas/lavalletta/es/home/Paginas/home_lavalletta.aspx Spanish embassy in Valletta (in Spanish only)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105110238/http://www.maec.es/Subwebs/Embajadas/lavalletta/es/home/Paginas/home_lavalletta.aspx |date=January 5, 2010 }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
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|{{flag|Sweden }}|| June 1969
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* Malta is represented in Sweden through its embassy in [[Copenhagen]] ([[Denmark]]) and through 2 honorary consulates (in [[Malmö]] and [[Sundsvall]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/CBD_SWEDEN.pdf|title=Sorry. The page you are looking for does not exist|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Sweden is represented in Malta through a non-resident ambassador (based in the Foreign Ministry in [[Stockholm]]) and through an honorary consulate in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/5616/a/21067/l/en/pd/5616 |title=Directions of the Swedish honorary consulate in Valletta |publisher=Sweden.gov.se |date=May 3, 2012 |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605064536/http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/5616/a/21067/l/en/pd/5616 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|Ukraine }}|| 5 March 1992 || See [[Malta–Ukraine relations]]

* The Maltese embassy in Moscow (Russia) is also accredited as a non-resident embassy to Ukraine.
* Ukraine is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy).
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|{{flag|United Kingdom }}|| 21 September 1964|| See [[Malta–United Kingdom relations]]
Malta established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 21 September 1964.<ref name=":1" />{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when Malta and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=March 2025}} 
*Malta maintains a [[High Commission of Malta, London|high commission]] in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|date=30 January 2017|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/europe/malta/|title=Malta|website=Diplomat Magazine|language=en-GB|access-date=26 March 2025|archive-date=22 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322221741/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/europe/malta/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Malta through its [[British High Commission|high commission]] in Valletta.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-malta|title=British High Commission Malta|website=GOV.UK|language=en-GB|access-date=10 April 2024|archive-date=10 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410041351/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-malta|url-status=live}}</ref>
The UK governed [[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]] from 1800 until 1964, when it achieved full independence. 

Both countries share common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], the [[Council of Europe]], the [[International Criminal Court]], the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have a Bilateral Cooperation Framework,<ref>{{cite web|last=Scicluna|first=Christopher|date=10 February 2023|title=Britain, Malta sign deal covering defence, migration|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-malta-sign-deal-covering-defence-migration-2023-02-10/|location=[[Valletta]]|website=Reuters|language=en-GB|access-date=6 December 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210133803/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-malta-sign-deal-covering-defence-migration-2023-02-10/|archive-date=10 February 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Double Taxation Convention.<ref>{{Cite web |author=HM Revenue and Customs|date=27 December 2013|title=Malta: tax treaties|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/malta-tax-treaties|access-date=26 March 2025|website=GOV.UK|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221093414/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/malta-tax-treaties|archive-date=21 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
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