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==Bilateral relations== ===Multilateral=== {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Organization !width="12%"| Formal Relations Began !Notes |--valign="top" |{{Flag|European Union}}||<!--Start date--> |See [[2004 enlargement of the European Union]] Slovakia joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on 1 May 2004. |--valign="top" |{{Flag|NATO}}||<!--Start date--> | Slovakia joined [[NATO]] as a full member on 29 March 2004. |} ===Africa=== {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal Relations Began !Notes |-- valign="top" |{{flag|Kenya}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Kenya–Slovakia relations]] |} ===Americas=== {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal Relations Began !Notes |--valign="top" |{{flag|Belize }}||<!--Date started-->1994|| Slovakia is accredited to Belize from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref name="mzv.sk">{{cite web|url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/ministry/slovak_diplomatic_missions/diplomatic_missions|title=List of Diplomatic Missions of the Slovak Republic - Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic|website=Mzv.sk|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040642/https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/ministry/slovak_diplomatic_missions/diplomatic_missions|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{Flag|Canada }}||<!--Date started-->1992| | * Canada recognized Slovak independence in January 1993, and established diplomatic relations a year later. * Canada has an embassy office in Bratislava. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Ottawa]] and a consulate-general in [[Toronto]]. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080525142922/http://geo.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/geo/slovak-republic-en.aspx Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade about relations with Slovak Republic] |--valign="top" |{{flag|Colombia }}||<!--Date started-->1 January 1993|| * Formal relations were started in 1993-01-01. * Colombia is accredited to Slovakia through its embassy in Vienna, Austria.<ref name="cancilleria.gov.co">{{cite web|url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regions/europe/union/member/slovakia|title=Cancillería|work=Cancillería.gov.co|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> * Slovakia is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Brasilia, Brazil. * Slovakia backed-up Colombia's entry into the [[OECD]] and was a key player in the ratification of the Colombia-European Union Free Trade Agreement.<ref name="cancilleria.gov.co"/> |--valign="top" |{{flag|Dominica }}||<!--Date started-->|| Slovakia is accredited to Dominica from its embassy in Havana, Cuba.<ref name="mzv.sk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/havana-en/about_us/our_mission|title=Our mission - MZV MZV PORTAL|website=Mzv.sk|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> |--valign="top" |{{flag|Mexico }}||<!--Date started-->1 January 1993||See [[Mexico–Slovakia relations]] In November 2017, Slovak President [[Andrej Kiska]] paid an official visit to Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gob.mx/presidencia/articulos/visita-de-estado-del-presidente-de-la-republica-eslovaca-andrej-kiska-135620?idiom=es|title=Visita de Estado del Presidente de la República Eslovaca, Andrej Kiska|first=Presidencia de la|last=República|website=gob.mx|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> * Mexico is accredited to Slovakia from its embassy in Vienna, Austria and maintains an honorary consulate in [[Bratislava]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/austria/index.php/es/|title=Inicio|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/mexico-en|title=Home - MZV MZV PORTAL|website=Mzv.sk|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-date=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804113230/https://www.mzv.sk/web/mexico-en|url-status=dead}}</ref> |--valign="top" |{{flag|United States}}||<!--Date started-->1 January 1993|| See [[Slovakia–United States relations]] * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], and a consulate-general in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/washington-en|title=Home - MZV MZV PORTAL|website=Mzv.sk|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> * United States has an embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sk.usembassy.gov|title=U.S. Embassy in Slovakia|website=U.S. Embassy in Slovakia|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> |} ===Asia=== {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal Relations Began !Notes |--valign="top" |{{flag|Armenia }}||<!--Date started-->1994|| * Formal relations were started in 1994 * Armenia is represented in Slovakia through its embassy in [[Vienna]] ([[Austria]]). * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Yerevan]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. * Slovakia [[Armenian genocide recognition|recognized]] the [[Armenian genocide]] in 2004. * Between 24 February and 28 February 2008, Slovak Foreign Minister [[Ján Kubiš]], made an official visit to Armenia.<ref> [http://www.mzv.sk/servlet/content?MT=/App/WCM/main.nsf/vw_ByID/ID_60BFE0A6939BE901C12570840032B081_EN&OpenDocument=Y&LANG=EN&OB=113&DS=Y&TG=BlankMaster&URL=http://www.mzv.sk/App/WCM/Aktualit.nsf/vw_ByID/ID_6CE17E4E26E0DBACC12573F9006714C4 Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Ján Kubiš's visit to Armenia]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |--valign="top" |{{anchor|China}}{{flag|China }}||<!--Date started-->|| * China has an embassy in Bratislava. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Beijing]] and a consulate-general in [[Shanghai]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|India }}||<!--Date started-->August 1995||See [[India-Slovakia relations]] Since August 1995 India has an embassy in Bratislava and Slovakia has an embassy in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianembassy.sk/|title=english - Embassy of India in Slovak Republic|website=Indianembassy.sk|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=5 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305010537/http://www.indianembassy.sk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Slovak Government welcomed and appreciated the opening of the Embassy of India, Bratislava (one of 32 resident missions) in August 1995, which was agreed during the former PM Moravcik's visit to India and considered it as a further indication of India's interest in enhancing relations with Slovakia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianembassy.sk/uk_02_01.html |title=EMBASSY of INDIA IN SLOVAK REPUBLIC |access-date=19 November 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050208232800/http://www.indianembassy.sk/uk_02_01.html |archive-date=8 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |--valign="top" |{{flag|Israel }}||<!--Date started-->1993||See [[Israel–Slovakia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1993. Israel has an embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Sherut/IsraeliAbroad/Continents/Europe/Slovakia/|title=2BackToHomePage3|website=Mfa.gov.il|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> * Israel has an embassy in Bratislava. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.sk/zu/index/podstranka.php?id=825&PHPSESSID=4c8abde539f64acb8fcc9845aeb87efc|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217042015/http://www.mfa.sk/zu/index/podstranka.php?id=825&PHPSESSID=4c8abde539f64acb8fcc9845aeb87efc|url-status=dead|title=Slovak embassy in Tel Aviv|archivedate=17 February 2012}}</ref> * See also [[History of the Jews in Slovakia]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|South Korea}}||<!--Date started-->22 March 1990||See [http://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=119 Slovakia-South Korea relations] The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Slovak Republic began on 22 March 1990. *First Vice Foreign Minister [[Cho Tae-yong]] and his Slovak counterpart Peter Burian signed the Implementing Programme for Cooperation in the Fields of Culture Education Sport and Tourism between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovakia)|Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs]] of the Slovak Republic at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on 17 March. *The Implementing Programme aims to facilitate cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Slovakia in the fields of culture education sport and tourism, including people-to-people and content exchanges It also encourages the two countries to participate in cultural and sport events hosted by the other country. *This Implementing Programme is the first implementing programme signed since the Republic of Korea and Slovakia concluded the Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education and Tourism in 2007. The Implementing Programme is expected to contribute to expanding bilateral exchanges and promoting friendly relations by encouraging the two countries to implement cooperation programs in culture, education, sport and tourism for the next three years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/press/pressreleases/index.jsp?menu=m_10_20&sp=%2Fwebmodule%2Fhtsboard%2Ftemplate%2Fread%2Fengreadboard.jsp%3FtypeID%3D12%26boardid%3D302%26seqno%3D314998 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea-Press Releases |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043803/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/press/pressreleases/index.jsp?menu=m_10_20&sp=%2Fwebmodule%2Fhtsboard%2Ftemplate%2Fread%2Fengreadboard.jsp%3FtypeID%3D12%26boardid%3D302%26seqno%3D314998 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> **Slovakian embassy in Seoul.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/seoul|title=Domov - MZV MZV PORTAL|website=www.mzv.sk|access-date=20 July 2019|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630110007/https://www.mzv.sk/web/seoul|url-status=dead}}</ref> **South Korean embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/sk-ko/index.do|title = 주 슬로바키아 대한민국 대사관}}</ref> |--valign="top" |{{flag|Turkey }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Foreign relations of Turkey|Slovakia–Turkey relations]] * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Ankara]] and an consulate-general in [[Istanbul]]. * Turkey has an embassy in Bratislava. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Vietnam}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Slovakia–Vietnam relations]] |} ===Europe=== {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal Relations Began !Notes |--valign="top" |{{flag|Albania }}||<!--Date started-->|| The multi-national Communist armed forces' sole joint action was the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]] in August 1968. All member countries, with the exception of the [[People's Republic of Albania]] and the [[Socialist Republic of Romania]] participated in the invasion. Albania formally withdrew form the [[Warsaw Pact]] in 1968 over the matter.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/14/newsid_3771000/3771065.stm |work=BBC News | title=1955: Communist states sign Warsaw Pact | date=14 May 1955 | access-date=27 May 2010}}</ref> * Albania has an embassy in [[Bratislava]]. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Tirana]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Austria }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Austria–Slovakia relations]] * Austria has an embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rakusko.eu/|title=realtime.at - Domain gecatcht|website=Rakusko.eu|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Vienna]] and 3 honorary consulates (in [[Innsbruck]], [[Linz]] and [[Salzburg]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vienna.mfa.sk/|title=Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí Slovenskej republiky|website=Vienna.mfa.sk|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220231125/http://www.vienna.mfa.sk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries share 91 km of common borders. * There are around 25,000 people of [[Slovaks|Slovak descent]] living in Austria. * Slovakia joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on 1 May 2004, while Austria joined on 1 January 1995. *[https://archive.today/20121215192246/http://www.bmeia.gv.at/aussenministerium/aussenpolitik/voelkerrecht/staatsvertraege/bilaterale-staatsvertraege.html?dv_staat=156&mode=country&submit=1&vb_vp_id=157&cHash=f8e303822d Austria Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Slovakia (in German only)] |--valign="top" |{{flag|Bulgaria }}||<!--Date started--> 1 January 1993 | * Both countries had diplomatic relations for the first time between 1939 and 1945. * Bulgaria recognized Slovakia on 23 December 1992. * Since February 1994, Bulgaria has embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.bg/bratislava/|title=Министерство на външните работи|website=Министерство на външните работи|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-date=16 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416141001/http://www.mfa.bg/bratislava/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Since June 1994, Slovakia has embassy in [[Sofia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sofia.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/SofiaZU/main.nsf?Open|title=Veľvyslanectvo Slovenskej republiky v Sofii|website=Sofia.mfa.sk|access-date=20 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718043231/http://www.sofia.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/SofiaZU/main.nsf?Open|archive-date=18 July 2012}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]], of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. |- valign="top" |{{flag|Croatia}}|| |See [[Croatia–Slovakia relations]] * Croatia has an embassy in Bratislava. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Zagreb]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Cyprus }}||<!--Date started--> | * Cyprus is represented in Slovakia through its embassy in [[Vienna]] ([[Austria]]). * Slovak Republic has an embassy in [[Nicosia]] and an honorary consulate in [[Limassol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.sk/zu/index/podstranka.php?id=1774|title=Slovak embassy in Nicosia|website=Mfa.sk|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015203833/http://www.mfa.sk/zu/index/podstranka.php?id=1774|archive-date=15 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]]. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110929213823/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2006.nsf/All/6CD93A861653EF52C22571E1003EE3D0/$file/Slovakia.pdf?OpenElement Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treatis with Slovakia] |--valign="top" |{{flag|Czech Republic }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Czech Republic–Slovakia relations]] Between 1918 and 1 January 1993, both countries were part of [[Czechoslovakia]]. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993. * Czech Republic has an embassy in Bratislava. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Prague]]. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Denmark }}||<!--Date started-->1993||See [[Denmark–Slovakia relations]] * Denmark has an embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ambbratislava.um.dk/en/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132643/http://www.ambbratislava.um.dk/en/|url-status=dead|title=Danish embassy in Bratislava|archivedate=19 July 2011}}</ref> * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.copenhagen.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/KodanZU/main.nsf?Open |title=Veľvyslanectvo Slovenskej republiky v Kodani |access-date=20 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228214924/http://www.copenhagen.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/KodanZU/main.nsf?Open |archive-date=28 December 2010}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Estonia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Estonia–Slovakia relations]] * Estonia is accredited to Slovakia through its embassy in Vienna, Austria. * Slovakia is accredited to Estonia from its embassy in Helsinki, Finland. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Finland }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Finland is accredited to Slovakia from its embassy in Prague, Czech Republic. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Helsinki]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|France }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in Bratislava. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Paris]]. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. *See also:[[Slovak diaspora|Slovaks in France]] and [[French diaspora|Frenchs in Slovakia]] |--valign="top" |{{flag|Germany }}||<!--Date started-->1993||See [[Germany–Slovakia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1993 but previously had relations during [[World War II]] when Slovakia was a separate state. Germany has an embassy in Bratislava. Slovakia has an embassy in [[Berlin]], an embassy branch in Bonn, a general consulate in [[Munich]]. Germany plays an important part in the Slovak economy as it is Slovakia's main trading partner. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Greece }}||<!--Date started--> 1 January 1993 | * Greece opened its embassy in Bratislava in September 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greece.sk|title=Greece.sk|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221011609/http://greece.sk/|archive-date=21 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Slovakia also has an embassy in [[Athens]]. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and the [[European Union]]. * [http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Europe/Relationships+with+EU+Member+States/Slovakia/ Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry about relations with Slovakia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714074917/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Europe/Relationships+with+EU+Member+States/Slovakia/ |date=14 July 2008 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023165959/http://www.mfa.sk/zu/index/podstranka.php?id=2824 Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry about relations with Greece] |--valign="top" |{{flag|Hungary }}||<!--Date started-->1993||See [[Hungary–Slovakia relations]] * Hungary has an embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/SK/HU|title=Hungarian embassy in Bratislava (in Hungarian and Slovak only)|website=Mfa.gov.hu|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-date=8 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208183427/http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/SK/HU|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Slovak Republic]] has an embassy [[Budapest]] and a general consulate in [[Békéscsaba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.budapest.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/BudapestZU/main.nsf?Open|title=Veľvyslanectvo Slovenskej republiky v Budapešti|website=Budapest.mfa.sk|access-date=20 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111060103/http://www.budapest.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/BudapestZU/main.nsf?Open|archive-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * Both countries share 676 km of common borders. * There are around 520,000 ethnic [[Hungarians]] living in Slovakia and around 17,000 ethnic [[Slovaks]] living in Hungary (See also [[Hungarians in Slovakia]]) |- valign="top" |{{flag|Italy}}|| | * 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|Latvia }}||<!--Date started--> | *Both countries established direct diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993. Latvia is represented in Slovakia through its embassy in Vienna (Austria). Slovakia has an embassy in Riga. Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union. Latvian Foreign Minister Indulis Berzins and his Slovak counterpart Eduard Kukan met in Riga in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Latvian, Slovak foreign ministers praise ties, discuss EU, NATO integration |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F97DF606B6F9CAF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |quote=Relations between Latvia and Slovakia are good and have a potential for development, Latvian Foreign Minister Indulis Berzins and his Slovak counterpart Eduard Kukan agreed in the talks in Riga today. Latvia and Slovakia have common foreign policy aims which facilitate bilateral relations and discussions. Berzins and Kukan agreed that both countries were interested in development of a political dialogue, cooperation between foreign and defence ministries, as well as... |work=[[Baltic News Service|BNS]] |access-date=2009-06-11 |date=2000-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019113806/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F97DF606B6F9CAF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |--valign="top" |{{flag|Luxembourg}}||<!--Date started-->|| Luxembourg is represented in Slovakia through its embassy in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]]. Slovakia is represented in Luxembourg through its embassy in [[Brussels]] ([[Belgium]]) and an honorary consulate in Luxembourg-City. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * See also:[[Slovak diaspora|Slovaks in Luxembourg]] and [[Luxembourgers|Luxembourgians in Slovakia]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Malta }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Malta–Slovakia relations]] Malta is represented in Slovakia through a non-resident ambassador based in [[Valletta]] (in the Foreign Ministry). Slovakia is represented in Malta through its embassy in [[Rome]] ([[Italy]]) and an honorary consulate in Valletta. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Netherlands }}||<!--Date started-->1 January 1993|| * The Netherlands have an embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holandskoweb.com/|title=Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bratislava, Slovakia|website=Holandskoweb.com|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207141214/http://holandskoweb.com/|archive-date=7 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Slovakia has an embassy in [[The Hague]]. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. * [http://www.minbuza.nl/binaries/pdf/reizen-en-landen/betrekkingen-met-nederland/slowakije.pdf Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Slovakia (in Dutch only)]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |--valign="top" |{{flag|Poland }}||<!--Date started-->1993||See [[Poland–Slovakia relations]] * Poland has an embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polskyobchradca.brh.sk/|title=Polish embassy in Bratislava|website=Polskyobchradca.brh.sk|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019010136/http://www.polskyobchradca.brh.sk/|archive-date=19 October 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Warsaw]] and a general consulate in [[Kraków]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambasada-slowacji.pl/|title=Portal piekarniczy, portal dla piekarzy, piece piekarnicze, Piekarnie Online|website=Ambasada-slowacji.pl|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516223356/http://ambasada-slowacji.pl/|archive-date=16 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. * Both countries share 539 km of common borders.<ref name="Prez">{{in lang|pl}} [http://www.prezydent.pl/x.node?id=44 Informacje o Polsce - informacje ogólne] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625210208/http://www.prezydent.pl/x.node?id=44 |date=25 June 2009 }}. Page gives Polish [[Internetowa encyklopedia PWN|PWN Encyklopedia]] as reference.</ref> |--valign="top" |{{flag|Portugal}}||<!--Date started-->|| * Portugal has an embassy in Bratislava. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Lisbon]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Romania }}||<!--Date started-->1 January 1993||See [[Romania–Slovakia relations]] * Romania has an embassy in Bratislava and two honorary consulates in [[Banská Bystrica]] and [[Stará Ľubovňa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bratislava.mae.ro/index.php?lang=en|title=AMBASADA ROMÂNIEI în Republica Slovacă|website=Bratislava.mae.ro|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Bucharest]] and an honorary consulate in [[Salonta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bukurest.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/BukurestZU/main.nsf?Open|title=Veľvyslanectvo Slovenskej republiky v Bukurešti|website=Bukurest.mfa.sk|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613152439/http://www.bukurest.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/BukurestZU/main.nsf?Open|archive-date=13 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both members are full members of: [[NATO]] and [[European Union]] * [http://www.mae.ro/index.php?unde=doc&id=5716&idlnk=1&cat=3 Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Slovakia] |--valign="top" |{{flag|Russia }}||<!--Date started-->1 January 1993||See [[Russia–Slovakia relations]] * Russia opened its embassy in Bratislava in 1993. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Moscow]]. * https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103617/http://www.rusemb.sk/ |--valign="top" |{{flag|Serbia }}||<!--Date started-->1993||See [[Serbia–Slovakia relations]]; also see [[Slovakia's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence]] * Serbia has an embassy in Bratislava.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bratislava.mfa.gov.rs/|title=Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in the Slovak Republic|website=Bratislava.mfa.gov.rs|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Belgrade]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belehrad.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/BelehradZU/main.nsf?Open|title=Veľvyslanectvo Slovenskej republiky v Belehrade|website=Belehrad.mfa.sk|access-date=20 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219203756/http://www.belehrad.mfa.sk/App/WCM/ZU/BelehradZU/main.nsf?Open|archive-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> * Serbia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Serbia to the European Union|candidate]] and Slovakia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]]. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090814073905/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/Slovakia/index_e.html Serbian Ministry of Foreign affairs about the relation with Slovakia] |--valign="top" |{{flag|Spain }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Slovakia–Spain relations]] * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Madrid]]. * Spain has an embassy in Bratislava. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Sweden }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Sweden is accredited to Slovakia from its embassy in Vienna, Austria. * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Stockholm]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |--valign="top" |{{flag|Ukraine }}||<!--Date started-->1 January 1993||See [[Slovakia–Ukraine relations]] * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Kyiv]], a general consulate in [[Uzhhorod]], a and 2 honorary consulates (in [[Donetsk]] and [[Uzhhorod]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.sk/zu/index/podstranka.php?id=1798|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018205924/http://www.mfa.sk/zu/index/podstranka.php?id=1798|url-status=dead|title=Slovak embassy in Kyiv|archivedate=18 October 2007}}</ref> * Ukraine has an embassy in Bratislava and a consulate-general in [[Prešov]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ua/slovakia/en/news/top.htm|title=Посольство України в Словацькій Республіці|website=Mfa.gov.ua|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604115217/http://www.mfa.gov.ua/slovakia/en/news/top.htm|archive-date=4 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries shares 90 km of common borders. * There are between 40,000 and 100,000 people of [[Ukrainian diaspora|Ukrainian descent]] living in Slovakia. * During the [[Interwar era]] the Ukrainian province [[Zakarpattia Oblast]] was part of [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref name="Serhy">[[Serhy Yekelchyk]] ''"Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation"'', [[Oxford University Press]] (2007), {{ISBN|978-0-19-530546-3}} (page 128-130)</ref> |--valign="top" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}||<!--Date started-->1993||See [[Slovakia–United Kingdom relations]] Slovakia established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 1 January 1993.<ref name="britain"/> *Slovakia maintains an [[Embassy of Slovakia, London|embassy]] in London.<ref name="britain">{{Cite web |title=Spojené kráľovstvo|url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/sk/spojene_kralovstvo|website=[[Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Slovakia)|Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí]]|access-date=30 April 2024|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603191145/https://www.mzv.sk/web/sk/spojene_kralovstvo|archive-date=3 June 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * The United Kingdom is accredited to Slovakia through its embassy in [[Bratislava]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-budapest|title=British Embassy Bratislava|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=30 April 2024|archive-date=29 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429161334/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-bratislava|url-status=live}}</ref> Both countries share common membership of the [[Council of Europe]], [[European Court of Human Rights]], the [[International Criminal Court]], [[NATO]], [[OECD]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have a Double Tax Convention.<ref>{{Cite web|author=HM Revenue and Customs|author-link=HM Revenue and Customs|date=2 February 2012|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/slovak-republic-tax-treaties|title=Slovak Republic: tax treaties|website=GOV.UK|access-date=19 February 2025|archive-date=30 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130213014/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/slovak-republic-tax-treaties|url-status=live}}</ref> |} ===Oceania=== {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal Relations Began !Notes |--valign="top" |{{flag|Australia }}||<!--Date started-->1 January 1993|| * Formal relations were started in 1993-01-01. * Australia is accredited to Slovakia through its embassy in Vienna, Austria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austria.embassy.gov.au/|title=Australian Permanent Mission in|first=corporateName= Department of Foreign Affairs and|last=Trade|website=Austria.embassy.gov.au|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> * Slovakia has an embassy in [[Canberra]] and 2 honorary consulates in [[Brisbane]] and [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slovakemb-aust.org/|title=Slovakemb-Aust.org|website=Slovakemb-aust.org|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220224912/http://www.slovakemb-aust.org/|archive-date=20 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * There are around 8,500 people of [[Slovaks|Slovak descent]] living in Australia. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090519174414/http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/slovakia/index.html Australian Department of Foreign affairs and Trade about the relation with Slovakia] |}
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