Editing Foreign relations of Cape Verde

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{{Politics of Cape Verde}}
[[Cape Verde]] follows a policy of [[neutrality (international relations)|nonalignment]] and seeks cooperative relations with all friendly states. [[Angola]], [[Brazil]], the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Cuba]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Portugal]], [[Senegal]], [[Russia]], [[South Korea]] and the [[United States]] maintain embassies in [[Praia]].

Cape Verde is actively interested in foreign affairs, especially in [[Africa]]. It has [[Bilateralism|bilateral relations]] with some [[Lusophone]] nations and holds membership in a number of international organizations. It also participates in most international conferences on economic and political issues.

== Diplomatic relations ==
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List of countries which Cape Verde maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Cabo Verde.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country
!Date<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Cabo Verde and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Cabo+Verde+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
|-
|1
|{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{dts|5 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=People's Power in Mozambique, Angola, and Guinea-Bissau |publisher=Mozambique, Angola, and Guiné Information Centre |year=1977 |pages=33}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|{{dts|6 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Notes d'information et statistiques Issues 230-234 |publisher=The Bank |year=1975 |pages=33 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|8 July 1975}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last1=Muzart-Fonseca dos Santos |first1=Idelette |title=Les îles du Cap-Vert: langues, mémoires, histoire |last2=Manuel Da Costa Esteves |first2=José |last3=Rolland |first3=Denis |publisher=[[L'Harmattan]] |year=2007 |pages=239–240 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|8 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2010 |title=Asia |url=https://lamdong.gov.vn/sites/lderd/operationnotes/countriesandregions/SitePages/asia.aspx |access-date=29 April 2023 |publisher=Government of Vietnam}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|11 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Japan-Cabo Verde Relations |url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/af/af1/cv/page22e_000242.html |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|16 July 1975}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/KULUGY_KulPolEvkonyv_1975/?pg=84&layout=s |title=Magyar Külpolitikai Évkönyv 1968-2010 Magyar Külpolitikai Évkönyv, 1975 |pages=47(85) |language=hu}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|18 July 1975}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Cabo Verde |work=Portal Diplomático |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/caboverde |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{dts|19 July 1975}}<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/cape-verde |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|27 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Muzart-Fonseca dos Santos |first1=Idelette |title=Les îles du Cap-Vert: langues, mémoires, histoire |last2=Manuel Da Costa Esteves |first2=José |last3=Rolland |first3=Denis |publisher=[[L'Harmattan]] |year=2007 |page=200 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|18 August 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=10 May 2023 |page=4}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|5 September 1975}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 2020 |title=Cuba y Cabo Verde arriban al 45 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas |language=es |url=https://misiones.cubaminrex.cu/es/articulo/cuba-y-cabo-verde-arriban-al-45-aniversario-de-relaciones-diplomaticas |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|17 September 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|19 September 1975}}<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |title=A Calendar of Soviet Treaties: 1974-1980 |publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]] |year=1987 |pages=411}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|{{dts|26 September 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Declaración relativa al Establecimiento de Relaciones Diplomáticas entre la Argentina y Cabo Verde |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/tratado_ficha.php?id=lZ6llw== |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|28 October 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Zídek |first1=Petr |title=Československo a subsaharská Afrika v letech 1948-1989 |last2=Sieber |first2=Karel |publisher=Ústav mezinárodních vztahů |year=2007 |pages=116 |language=cs}}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|{{dts|19 November 1975}}<ref>{{cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES MAINTAINING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MONGOLIA |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |access-date=21 December 2021 |page=3 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928021439/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|5 December 1975}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|18
|{{flag|France}}
|{{dts|31 December 1975}}<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Liste Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |page=48 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{dts|1975}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 June 2010 |title=S.E. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo visita Cabo Verde en viaje oficial |url=https://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/index.php/noticias/se_obiang_nguema_mbasogo_visita_cabo_verde_en_viaje_oficial |access-date=23 November 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|20
|{{flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|12 February 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cap-Vert |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/senegal-fr/relations-bilaterales-cap-vert |access-date=10 May 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|19 February 1976}}<ref name="Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1977">{{Cite book |title=338 días de Tlatelolco Sección de obras de política y derecho |publisher=Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1977 |pages=193}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{DTS|15 March 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/StateDeptcable1976-217001/mode/1up?q=establish+diplomatic+relations |title=Mozambique establishes diplomatic relations with Cape Verde and Sierra Leone |publisher=State Deptment cable1976-217001 |year=1976 |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{flag|China}}
|{{dts|25 April 1976}}<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=10 October 2006 |title=Cape Verde |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183574.htm |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|12 May 1976}}<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=5 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|24
|{{flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|20 July 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|18 August 1976}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|26
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|19 October 1976}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|27
|{{flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|18 November 1976}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Capoverde - Stabilimento delle relazioni diplomatiche |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell'Italia.pdf |access-date=14 April 2023 |page=145 |language=it}}</ref>
|-
|28
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|20 November 1976}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|29
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|4 December 1976}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|30
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|1976}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral cooperation |url=https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-cooperation |access-date=24 December 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia}}</ref>
|-
|31
|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|18 January 1977}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|32
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{dts|31 March 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Bulletin de documentation |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/bulletin/1977/BID_1977_11/BID_1977_11.pdf |access-date=10 May 2023 |page=48 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{flag|Norway}}
|{{Dts|9 May 1977}}<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 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=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |page=13 |language=no}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|17 May 1977}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|35
|{{flag|India}}
|{{dts|6 June 1977}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|36
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|12 July 1977}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|37
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|20 July 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
|-
|38
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|4 October 1977}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|19 October 1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVNEAQAAIAAJ&dq=Adelino+Nunes+Correia+ambassador&pg=PA18 |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1877-1884 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1978 |pages=19 |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>
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|40
|{{flag|Angola}}
|{{dts|30 October 1977}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Relações Diplomáticas |url=https://mirex.gov.ao/PortalMIREX/#!/politica-externa/relacoes-diplomaticas |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=mirex.gov.ao |language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|41
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|21 December 1977}}<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |title=Cabo Verde |url=https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Documents/FichasPais/CABOVERDE_FICHA%20PAIS.pdf |access-date=13 August 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|42
|{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|1977}}<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |date=8 March 1978 |title=Relations diplomatiques avec la République du Cap-Vert |url=https://dodis.ch/53101 |access-date=21 November 2023 |page=3 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=The Europa year book 1977 : a world survey. 2. |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1977 |pages=454}}</ref>
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|43
|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|8 January 1978}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=West Africa |publisher=West Africa Publishing Company Limited |year=1978 |volume=3155–3180 |pages=8}}</ref>
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|44
|{{flag|Gambia}}
|{{dts|January 1978}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1978 |title=West Africa |volume=3155–3180 |pages=40 |work=West Africa Publishing Company Limited}}</ref>
|-
|45
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|Before March 1978<ref name=":16" />
|-
|46
|{{flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|29 April 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Länderprofil - Kap Verde |url=https://www.oefse.at/fileadmin/content/Downloads/Publikationen/Laenderinfos/kapv02.pdf |access-date=10 May 2023 |page=25 |language=de}}</ref>
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|47
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|24 June 1979}}<ref name=":11">{{Cite book |title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report - Issues 2144-2147 |publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1979 |pages=11}}</ref>
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|48
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|3 December 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens - Volume 35 |publisher=1979 |pages=3461 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|49
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{dts|11 March 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique, Issues 170-179 |publisher=1980 |pages=121 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|50
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|2 June 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Was will Bonn in Afrika? zur Afrikapolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland |publisher=Centuarus |year=1992 |pages=122 |language=de |quote=.. der BRD und der DDR ... Tabelle 1 : Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen ... Kap verde 02.06.1980 05.08.1975}}</ref>
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|51
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|5 June 1980}}<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878-2005) |url=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 |language=bg}}</ref>
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|52
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|25 June 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique Issues 170-179 |publisher=1980 |pages=136 |language=fr |quote=PRAIA , 25 juin . Les ambassadeurs de Grande - Bretagne et de Suisse à Praia , MM . C. W. Squire et Yves Berthoud , ont présenté leurs lettres de créance au Président de la République du Cap - Vert , M. Aristides Pereira .}}</ref>
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|53
|{{flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|6 August 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |url= |title=Le mois en Afrique - Issues 176-181 |publisher=1980 |pages=138 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-style="background:#D3D3D3"
|—
|{{Flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} (frozen)
|{{dts|30 September 1980}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Relações diplomáticas da República de Cabo Verde - África|url=http://www.mirex.gov.cv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:relacoes-bilaterais&catid=69:geral&Itemid=35|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805052440/http://www.mirex.gov.cv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:relacoes-bilaterais&catid=69:geral&Itemid=35|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-05|publisher=Ministério das Relações Exteriores - República de Cabo Verde|language=pt|access-date=2012-03-15}}</ref>
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|54
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|1981}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relations bilatérales - Cap Vert |url=http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=357&no_cache=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[action]=singleView&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[pointer]=0&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[mode]=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[showUid]=73 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513214843/http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=357&no_cache=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[action]=singleView&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[pointer]=0&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[mode]=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[showUid]=73 |archive-date=13 May 2012 |access-date=15 May 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|55
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|10 July 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le mois en Afrique - Issues 200-204 |publisher=1982 |pages=167 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|56
|{{flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|22 July 1983}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finlândia e Cabo Verde |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/cpv/finlandia-e-cabo-verde |access-date=10 May 2023 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|57
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|25 October 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 7479-7528 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1983 |pages=6 |quote=... The Nicaraguan Government on 25th October formally and officially established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Cape Verde at the United Nations ...}}</ref>
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|58
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|October 1983}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1984. Выпуск двадцать восьмой. Часть II |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/61867/ezhegodnik_28_vyp._1984_chast_2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031112938/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/61867/ezhegodnik_28_vyp._1984_chast_2.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2022 |access-date=4 March 2024 |page=321 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|59
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 March 1984}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Issues 56-61 |year=1984 |pages=12}}</ref>
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|60
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|1985}}<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Africa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiYdAQAAMAAJ |journal=Africa Journal |issue=167–172 |quote=Cape Verde Islands and Morocco have agreed to establish diplomatic relations . The decision was taken at talks between Foreign Ministers Abdellatif Filali of Morocco and Silvino da Luz of Cape Verde.}}</ref>
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|61
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|March 1986}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Country Report: Zimbabwe, Malawi |publisher=The Unit |year=1986 |pages=12}}</ref>
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|62
|{{flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|24 April 1986}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report, Middle East & Africa: Index - Volumes 7-8 |publisher=NewsBank |year=1988 |pages=64}}</ref>
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|63
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|2 December 1986}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=สาธารณรัฐกาบูเวร์ดี (Cabo Verde) |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bd20e15e39c3060027ab5?cate=5f1aba0039164819fc32c0ba |access-date=10 May 2023 |language=th}}</ref>
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|64
|{{flag|Seychelles}}
|{{dts|9 March 1987}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Country Report: Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde |volume=2-4 |pages=40}}</ref>
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|65
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|30 March 1987}}<ref name="Keesing's Record of World Events2">{{Cite book |title=Keesing's Record of World Events |publisher=Longman |year=1988 |pages=35883}}</ref>
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|66
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|{{dts|27 July 1987}}
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|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|30 October 1987}}<ref name="Keesing's Record of World Events2" />
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|68
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|3 October 1988}}<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Cabo Verde |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=136 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
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|69
|{{flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|1 November 1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cronología de las relaciones internacionales del Perú |publisher=Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales |year=1989 |volume=2 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|{{dts|1 March 1989}}
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|—
|{{flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{Dts|1989}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Middle East, Issues 146-158 |publisher=IC Publications Limited |pages=19}}</ref>
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|71
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|1 October 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2018 |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=et}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|19 January 1992}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Malaysian Digest |publisher=Federal Department of Information, Malaysia |year=1992 |volume=20–24 |pages=3}}</ref>
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|73
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|25 March 1992}}<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Middle East and Africa |url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/middle-east-and-africa |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
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|74
|{{flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|28 May 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations |url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|4 June 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Протокол Правительства Республики Беларусь от 4 июня 1992 г. "Пратакол аб устанаўленні дыпламатычных адносін паміж Рэспублікай Беларусь і Рэспублікай Каба-Вэрдэ" |url=http://www.levonevski.net/pravo/razdel3/num1/3d1531.html |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=be}}</ref>
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|76
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{dts|30 July 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Страны, установившие дипломатические отношения с Республикой Казахстан |url=http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220233503/http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|77
|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|{{dts|17 August 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Priznanja samostojne Slovenije |url=https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije_.pdf |access-date=10 May 2023 |language=sl}}</ref>
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|78
|{{flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|21 October 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2021 |title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/dates-establishment-and-renewal-diplomatic-relations |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=mfa.gov.lv}}</ref>
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|79
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|26 February 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations: Cabo Verde |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/cv |access-date=5 March 2025 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia}}</ref>
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|80
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|7 April 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Štáty podľa svetadielov |url=https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/staty_sveta-staty_podla_svetadielov?value=26710 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308082112/https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/staty_sveta-staty_podla_svetadielov?value=26710 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=sk}}</ref>
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|81
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|4 April 1994}}<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations (country profiles listed alphabetically) |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
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|82
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{dts|July 1994}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Israel's Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations |url=http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Pages/Israel-s%20Diplomatic%20Missions%20Abroad.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613000509/http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/abouttheministry/pages/israel-s%20diplomatic%20missions%20abroad.aspx |archive-date=13 June 2013 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
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|83
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|19 August 1994}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral relations - Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mvep.gov.hr/foreign-policy/bilateral-relations/date-of-recognition-and-establishment-od-diplomatic-relations/22800 |access-date=5 February 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia}}</ref>
|-
|84
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|November 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com.ua/books/edition/Directory_of_Iranian_Officials/wbV8Pz7vUfwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Safarian+Nematabadi&pg=PA74&printsec=frontcover |title=Directory of Iranian Officials Volumes 7-22 |date=1998 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |pages=74}}</ref>
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|85
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|6 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}</ref>
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|86
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{dts|18 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Datumi priznanja i uspostave diplomatskih odnosa |url=https://mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/?id=6 |access-date=26 April 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}</ref>
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|87
|{{flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{dts|1 December 1995}}
|-
|88
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|23 May 1996}}
|-
|—
|{{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{dts|1996}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=Ordem de Malta em Cabo Verde : Ajudar sem discriminar |language=pt |url=https://expressodasilhas.cv/pais/2020/01/19/ordem-de-malta-em-cabo-verde-ajudar-sem-discriminar/67553 |access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref>
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|89
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{dts|21 August 1996}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic Consular Missions and International Organizations |publisher=The Ministry |year=1998 |pages=3}}</ref>
|-
|90
|{{flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|22 March 1999}}
|-
|91
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|20 October 1999}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reseña histórica de la presencia chilena en África |url=https://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=repositorio/10221/12006/1/91367_BCNINFORME_GRID_01-08-2011_JJ_AFRICA.doc |access-date=11 May 2023 |page=6 |language=es}}</ref>
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|92
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|21 March 2000}}
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|93
|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|31 March 2000}}
|-
|94
|{{flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|23 April 2003}}
|-
|95
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{dts|9 October 2003}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2005 |title=AFRIQUE - MADAGASCAR Présentation des lettres de créance |url=http://razafimahazo.free.fr/Descendants/coupdecoeur/razafimanga/lilaratsifa_maroc2005.htm |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=razafimahazo.free.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
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|96
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|22 March 2004}}
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|97
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|{{dts|2 September 2004}}
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|98
|{{flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{dts|10 December 2004}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930040551/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=3 April 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia}}</ref>
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|99
|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|{{dts|17 March 2005}}
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|100
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|23 March 2005}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 October 2010 |title=Ministro de Estado e de Cooperação Internacional do Qatar em Cabo Verde |language=pt |url=https://www.governo.cv/ministro-de-estado-e-de-cooperacao-internacional-do-qatar-em-cabo-verde/ |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|22 May 2006}}
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|102
|{{flag|Andorra}}
|{{dts|30 June 2006}}
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|103
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{dts|July 2006}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 February 2022 |title=Cabo Verde quer fazer de Dubai sua plataforma de investimentos |language=pt |url=https://www.panapress.com/Cabo-Verde-quer-fazer-de-Dubai-s-a_630714142-lang4-free_news.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref>
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|104
|{{flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|25 July 2006}}
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|105
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|20 September 2006}}
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|106
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|14 March 2007<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2007 |title=Saudi Ambassador's credentials presented to President of Cape Verde |url=https://www.sauress.com/en/spaen/433234 |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=SAUPRESS}}</ref>
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|107
|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{dts|30 June 2007}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |url=http://www.foreign.gov.vc/foreign/images/stories/DiplomaticRelations/Updated_Diplomatic_List_Revised-as_at_February_2020_1_1.pdf |access-date=27 August 2021 |pages=105 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616144127/https://foreign.gov.vc/foreign/images/stories/DiplomaticRelations/Updated_Diplomatic_List_Revised-as_at_February_2020_1_1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|108
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 September 2007}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS |url=http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004004739/http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |archive-date=4 October 2017 |access-date=26 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|109
|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{dts|10 November 2008}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 2008 |title=Presidente da República acredita novo embaixador de Cabo Verde em São Tomé e Príncipe |url=https://www.telanon.info/politica/2008/11/10/561/presidente-da-republica-acredita-novo-embaixador-de-cabo-verde-em-sao-tome-e-principe/ |access-date=5 March 2025 |website=telanon.info |language=pt}}</ref>
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|110
|{{flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|22 September 2009}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 September 2009 |title=Establishment of diplomatic relations with Cape Verde |url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2009/fa-s090922a.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326161719/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2009/fa-s090922a.html |archive-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
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|111
|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{dts|18 November 2009}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 November 2009 |title=Dili estebalece laços diplomáticos com Cabo Verde |work=BBC News Africa |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/portugueseafrica/news/story/2009/11/091119_cverdetimordiplomacyvg.shtml |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>
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|112
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|22 January 2010}}
|-
|113
|{{flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|February 2010}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 February 2010 |title=Cabo Verde e Líbia reforçam cooperação |url=https://panapress.com/Cabo-Verde-e-Libia-reforcam-coop-a_437890-lang4-free_news.html |access-date=28 March 2025 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|114
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|30 May 2010}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 May 2010 |title=Sudan, Cape Verde Establish Diplomatic Relations |url=https://sudantribune.com/article35012/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |work=[[Sudan Tribune]]}}</ref>
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|115
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|10 August 2010}}
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|116
|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|{{dts|17 December 2010}}
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|117
|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{dts|26 May 2011}}
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|118
|{{flag|Fiji}}
|{{dts|2 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Formal diplomatic relations 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=31 March 2018}}</ref>
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|119
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|5 December 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2012 |title=Dia 5 de Dezembro de 2012 Cerimónia de entrega das Cartas Credenciais pelo Embaixador da Indonésia, Senhor Sudirman Haseng |url=https://www.facebook.com/Presidencia.cv/photos/dia-5-de-dezembro-de-2012cerimónia-de-entrega-das-cartas-credenciais-pelo-embaix/482968265075209/ |access-date=24 December 2024 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|120
|{{flag|Mali}}
|{{dts|6 December 2012}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 December 2012 |title=Discours prononcé par Son Excellence le Président de la République, à l'occasion de la cerimonie de presentation des letres de créance par Son Excellence l'Ambassadeur de la République du Mali, Monsieur Moulaye Aly Kalil Ascofare |language=fr |url=https://presidenciadarepublica.blogs.sapo.cv/10845.html |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref>
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|121
|{{flag|Gabon}}
|{{dts|7 December 2012}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 May 2014 |title=Présentation des lettres de créances |language=fr |url=http://www.amba-senegal.ga/271-cooperation-gabon-capo-verde/272-presentation-des-lettres-de-creances/}}</ref>
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|122
|{{flag|Uruguay}}
|{{dts|10 September 2013}}
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|123
|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|14 May 2014}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 May 2014 |title=Burkina Faso – Cabo Verde : Aline KOALA a présenté ses lettres de créances au président Almeida Fonseca |language=fr |url=https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article59280 |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite news |date=16 May 2014 |title=Presidente da República recebe 18 Cartas credenciais de uma só vez |url=https://presidenciadarepublica.blogs.sapo.cv/presidente-da-republica-recebe-18-89163 |access-date=11 February 2024 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|124
|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|14 May 2014}}<ref name=":17" />
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|{{flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|27 March 2016}}
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|{{flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|4 May 2017}}<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Presidente Jorge Carlos Fonseca recebe cartas credências do embaixador da Guiné Equatorial |url=https://inforpress.cv/presidente-jorge-carlos-fonseca-recebe-cartas-credencias-do-embaixador-da-guine-equatorial/ |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=inforpress.cv |language=pt}}</ref>
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|127
|{{flag|Nepal}}
|{{dts|3 August 2017}}
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|128
|{{flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|10 August 2017}}
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|129
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|6 June 2018}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 June 2018 |title=O Presidente da República recebeu as cartas credenciais pelo Embaixador de Bangladesh, Senhor Ruhul Siddique, residente em Lisboa |language=pt |url=https://presidencia.cv/arquivo/951 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
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|130
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{dts|7 June 2018}}
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|131
|{{flag|Dominica}}
|{{dts|15 May 2019}}
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|132
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|29 May 2019}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 May 2022 |title=Embaixador da Dinamarca apresenta carta credenciais ao Presidente Jorge Carlos Fonseca |url=https://inforpress.cv/embaixador-da-dinamarca-apresenta-carta-credencias-ao-presidente-jorge-carlos-fonseca/ |access-date=24 July 2022 |language=pt |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407001114/https://inforpress.cv/embaixador-da-dinamarca-apresenta-carta-credencias-ao-presidente-jorge-carlos-fonseca/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|133
|{{flag|San Marino}}
|{{Dts|25 September 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=RATIFICA DELL'ACCORDO TRA LA REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO E LA REPUBBLICA DI CABO VERDE SULLO STABILIMENTO DELLE RELAZIONI DIPLOMATICHE |url=https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/in-evidenza-in-home-page/scheda17169838.html |access-date=3 December 2021 |language=it}}</ref>
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|134
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{dts|26 September 2019}}
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|135
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|4 March 2020}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 2020 |title=Presidente da República recebe Enviado Especial do Governo da Irlanda… |url=https://presidencia.cv/arquivo/4019 |access-date=11 January 2025 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|136
|{{flag|Panama}}
|{{dts|5 April 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pablo Garrido Araúz presentó Cartas Credenciales ante S.E. Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, Presidente de Cabo Verde |url=https://mire.gob.pa/ministerio/presentacion-de-las-cartas-credenciales-ante-el-gobierno-caboverdiano/ |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Republica de Panama (in Spanish)|date=5 April 2021 }}</ref>
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|137
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|{{dts|20 May 2021}}
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|138
|{{flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|21 July 2022}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 August 2022 |title=Barbados isenta Cabo-verdianos de vistos |trans-title= |url=https://opais.cv/barbados-isenta-cabo-verdianos-de-vistos-2/08/08/2022/ |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|139
|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{dts|September 2022}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Cabo Verde estabelece relações diplomáticas com Trinidade e Tobago |url=https://www.governo.cv/cabo-verde-estabelece-relacoes-diplomaticas-com-trinidade-e-tobago/ |access-date=15 April 2023 |website=Governo de Cabo Verde |date=15 March 2023}}</ref>
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|140
|{{flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{dts|20 September 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2022 |title=MNECIR mantém vários encontros bilaterais à margem da 77.ª Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas |url=https://www.facebook.com/MinisteriodosNegociosEstrangeiros/posts/469193641918111 |access-date=6 March 2024 |website=Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros - MNE Cabo Verde |language=pt}}</ref>
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|141
|{{flag|Palau}}
|{{dts|22 September 2022}}
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|{{flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|8 December 2022}}
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|{{flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|12 December 2022}}
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|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{dts|14 March 2023}}
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|{{flag|Guyana}}
|{{dts|4 April 2023}}
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|{{flag|Samoa}}
|{{dts|9 May 2023|format=dmy}}
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|{{flag|Belize}}
|{{dts|15 February 2024}}
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|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{Dts|15 February 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 February 2024 |title=Cabo Verde estabelece Relações Diplomáticas com Belize e República de El Salvador |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/MinisteriodosNegociosEstrangeiros/posts/pfbid0g8A7bzcx5zdu2jWCL8o3cqMwK2w8xUQaTSqyGnYEW9nE9uTfomT2F2eZTYxZiU57l? |access-date=5 March 2024 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{Dts|25 April 2024}}
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|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{Dts|10 May 2024}}
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|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{dts|23 September 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Uzbekistan and Cape Verde sign joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations |url=https://www.uzdaily.uz/en/uzbekistan-and-cape-verde-sign-joint-communique-establishing-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Uz Daily}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Cameroon}}
|Unknown<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kombi |first=Narcisse Mouelle |title=La politique étrangère du Cameroun |date=1996 |publisher=[[L'Harmattan]] |pages=112 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Kenya}}
|Unknown
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==Bilateral relations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Angola}}||{{dts|30 October 1977}}<ref name=":0" />||See [[Angola–Cape Verde relations]]

Cape Verde signed a friendship accord with Angola in December 1975, shortly after Angola gained its independence. Cape Verde and [[Guinea-Bissau]] served as stop-over points for [[Cuban troops]] on their way to Angola to fight [[UNITA]] rebels and [[South Africa]]n troops. [[Prime Minister of Cape Verde|Prime Minister]] [[Pedro Pires]] sent [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People|FARP]] soldiers to Angola where they served as the personal bodyguards of [[Angolan President]] [[José Eduardo dos Santos]].<ref name="b">{{cite book|last=Lobban|first=Richard|year=1995|title=Cape Verde:Crioulo Colony to Independent Nation|pages=111–112}}</ref>
* Angola has an embassy in [[Praia]].
* Cape Verde has an embassy in [[Luanda]] and a consulate in [[Benguela]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Brazil}}||{{dts|5 December 1975}}<ref name=":4" />||See [[Brazil–Cape Verde relations]]
* Cape Verde has an embassy in [[Brasília]].
* Brazil has an embassy in Praia.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|China}}||{{dts|25 April 1976}}<ref name=":10" />||See [[Cape Verde–China relations]]
In January 2007, [[Manuel Inocêncio Sousa]], Minister of Infrastructure, Transports and Sea, acknowledged the [[People's Republic of China]]'s importance to Cape Verde stating:

"''China has been a friend of Cape Verde even before it gained independence from Portugal 30 years ago. Bilateral relations have been very good: in 2002, for example, the trade value between our two countries reached US $1.8 million, in Chinese exports of light industry products and miscellaneous goods.''"
* Cape Verde has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
* China has an embassy in Praia.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}||28 October 1975 and 1 January 1993||

* Cape Verde is accredited to the Czech Republic from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
* Czech Republic is accredited to Cape Verde by its embassy in Lisbon, Portugal<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/diplomatic_missions/czech_missions_abroad/index.html| title = Czech Missions Abroad {{!}} Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mzv.cz/lisbon/pt/embaixada_e_consulados_honorarios/index.html| title = Embaixada da República Checa em Lisboa {{!}} Embaixada da República Checa em Lisboa}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in [[Praia]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/diplomatic_missions/czech_missions_abroad/cape_verde_consulado_honorario_de.html| title = CAPE VERDE - Honorary Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Praia {{!}} Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic}}</ref> 
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|France}}||{{dts|31 December 1975}}<ref name=":9" />||See [[Cape Verde–France relations]]
* Cape Verde has an embassy in [[Paris]] and a consulate-general in [[Nice]].
* France has an embassy in Praia.
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|{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}||5 July 1975 ||See [[Cape Verde–Guinea-Bissau relations]]

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is about 900&nbsp;km south-east of Cape Verde in coastal West Africa. Both were colonies of the [[Portuguese Empire]] and they campaigned together for independence with a plan for unification, but the countries separated after 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipri.pt/artigos/artigo.php?ida=104 |title=Widening trajectories: Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde since independence |first=Norrie |last=MacQueen |work=Relações Internacionais |date=February 1, 2006 |access-date=October 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423212017/http://www.ipri.pt/artigos/artigo.php?ida=104 |archive-date=April 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbJ8AQAAQBAJ|title=Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau|chapter=Cape Verde, Relations with|publisher=Scarecrow Press|last1=Mendy|first1=Peter Karibe|first2=Richard A. Jr.|last2=Lobban|date=October 17, 2013|access-date=October 29, 2015|isbn=9780810880276}}</ref>
* Cape Verde has an embassy in [[Bissau]].
* Guinea-Bissau has an embassy in Praia.
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|{{flag|Hungary}}||{{dts|16 July 1975}}<ref name=":6" />||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 July 1975<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/KULUGY_KulPolEvkonyv_1975/?pg=84&layout=s |title=Magyar Külpolitikai Évkönyv 1968-2010 Magyar Külpolitikai Évkönyv, 1975 |pages=47(85) |language=hu |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>

Hungary is represented in Cape-Verde by its embassy in Lisbon, Portugal<ref name="kormany.hu">{{cite web| url = http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/missions| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150514152312/http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/missions| archive-date = 2015-05-14| title = Government - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Missions}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://lisszabon.mfa.gov.hu/eng| title = Home {{!}} Embassy of Hungary Lisbon}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in Praia.<ref name="kormany.hu" />
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|{{flag|India}}||{{dts|6 June 1977}}<ref name=":4" />||See Cape Verde–India relations

After Cape Verde became a Portuguese colony in the 15th century, it became an important transit point for trade routes from Europe to India and Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cabo Verde|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/cabo-verde/Pages/cabo-verde.aspx|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=21 April 2017|language=en-us}}</ref> The Embassy of India in Dakar, Senegal is concurrently accredited to Cape Verde. Cape Verde maintains an Honorary Consulate General in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hony. Consulates in India|url=http://meaprotocol.nic.in/?a4Cape/Verde?New/Delhi|website=Protocol Division, Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=21 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Foreign Minister Jose Brito was the first Cape Verdean minister to visit India in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cape Verde is a natural partner for India:Shashi Tharoor|url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-sector-others/cape-verde-is-a-natural-partner-for-india-shashi-tharoor-113092901212_1.html|website=India Infoline|access-date=21 April 2017|location=Mumbai}}</ref> Minister of State for Rural Development Sudarshan Bhagat visited Cape Verde in September 2015 as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy. Bhagat invited Cape Verde to send a delegation to attend the third  India Africa Forum Summit. Foreign Minister Tolentini Araujo Jorge led the Cape Verdean delegation to participate in the Summit in New Delhi in October 2015.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web|title=India - Cabo Verde Relations|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Cabo_Verde_DEC2016.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Cabo_Verde_DEC2016.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|website=Ministry of External Affairs (India)|access-date=21 April 2017|date=December 2016}}</ref>

Bilateral trade between Cape Verde and India totaled US$4.20 million in 2014 to 2015, declining by 40.72% from the previous fiscal. India exported $1.43 million worth of goods to Cape Verde, and imported $2.77 million. The main commodities exported from India to Cape Verde are drugs, pharmaceuticals, plastic and linoleum products, and man-made fibers.<ref name="MEA2016" />

IBSA provided a grant to refurbish a healthcare Centre in Cape Verde. India provided a line of credit worth $5 million to establish a Technology Park in the country. India donated $50,000 in 2010 to help the Government of Cape Verde to fight dengue fever, and supplied computers for the Government's "A New World" programme in October 2012. Citizens of Cape Verde are eligible for scholarships under the [[Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme]] and the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]].<ref name="MEA2016" />

A small Indian community resides in Cape Verde.<ref name="MEA2016" />
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|{{flag|Indonesia}}||<!--Date started-->||

Indonesia is represented in Cape Verde by its embassy in [[Dakar]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kemlu.go.id/dakar/en/Pages/Cape-Verde.aspx |title=KBRI Dakar - Cabo Verde |access-date=2018-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930042531/https://www.kemlu.go.id/dakar/en/Pages/Cape-Verde.aspx |archive-date=2018-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||19 February 1976||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 February 1976<ref name="Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1977"/>
* Cape Verde is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.<ref name=Embassy>[https://www.embcv-usa.gov.cv/index.php/the-embassy/jurisdiction Embassy of Cape Verde to the United States]</ref>
* Mexico is accredited to Cape Verde from its Permanent Mission to the [[United Nations]] in [[New York City]].<ref>[https://portales.sre.gob.mx/directorio/index.php/misiones-de-mexico-en-el-exterior/onu Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations]</ref>
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|{{flag|Mozambique}}||15 March 1976||

* Cape Verde is accredited to Mozambique from its embassy in Luanda, Angola and maintains an honorary consulate in [[Maputo]].
* Mozambique is accredited to Cape Verde from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Maputo.
* Both nations also conduct diplomatic relations from their respective ambassadors accredited to the [[Community of Portuguese Language Countries|CPLP]] in Lisbon, Portugal. 
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* Cape Verde is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
* Poland is accredited to Cape Verde from its embassy in Dakar, Senegal.
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|{{flag|Portugal}}||{{dts|18 July 1975}}<ref name=":3" />||See [[Cape Verde–Portugal relations]]

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 July 1975 when Chargé d'Affaires of Portugal Embassy in Praia Manuel António Pacheco Jorge Barreiros presented letters of credentials<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cabo Verde - Titulares |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/titulares/cabo-verde-titulares |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=Portal do Governo}}</ref>

* Cape Verde has an embassy in [[Lisbon]].
* Portugal has an embassy in Praia.
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|{{flag|Russia}}||{{dts|19 September 1975}}<ref name=":8" />||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 July 1975<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russia and Cabo Verde celebrate 46 years of diplomatic relations |url=https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1415353000583905284 |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (Official account)}}</ref>
* Cape Verde has an honorary consulate in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in Praia.
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||{{dts|4 April 1994}}<ref name=":14" />||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 April 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations (country profiles listed alphabetically): Cape Verde (Republic of) |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=Department of International Relations & Cooperation Republic of South Africa}}</ref>
* Cape Verde is accredited to South Africa from its embassy in Luanda, Angola.
* South Africa is accredited to Cape Verde from its embassy in Dakar, Senegal.
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||{{dts|3 October 1988}}<ref name=":12" />||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 October 1988<ref>{{Cite web |title=Overview |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=136 |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}</ref> In 2011 Bilateral Trade were Exports $1,140,792 (Machineries, Automobile, Optical Instruments) Imports: $65,166.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/middleeast/countries/20070804/1_24498.jsp?menu=m_30_50|title=Countries and Regions > Middle East and Africa > List of the Countries|last=Korea|first=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of|work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea|access-date=2017-07-19|language=ko}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Spain}}||{{dts|21 December 1977}}<ref name=":32" />||See [[Cape Verde–Spain relations]]
* Cape Verde has an embassy in [[Madrid]].
* Spain has an embassy in Praia.
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||{{dts|24 June 1979}}<ref name=":11" />||See [[Cape Verde–Turkey relations]]
*The Turkish embassy in Dakar, Senegal is accredited to Cape Verde.<ref name="auto157">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-cape-verde.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Cape Verde}}</ref>
*Trade volume between the two countries was $9.5 million in 2019.<ref name="auto157" />
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|{{flag|Ukraine}}||{{dts|25 March 1992}}<ref name=":13" />||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 March 1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relações entre a Ucrânia e Cabo Verde |url=https://portugal.mfa.gov.ua/pt/partnership/4063-vidnosini-mizh-ukrajinoju-ta-kabo-verde |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=Embaixada da Ucrânia na República Portuguesa}}</ref>

Ukraine is represented in Cape-Verde by its embassy in Dakar, Senegal.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-mfa/abroad/embassies/99| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130112064729/http://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-mfa/abroad/embassies/99| archive-date = 2013-01-12| title = Republic of Senegal - Embassies of Ukraine - MFA of Ukraine}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||{{dts|19 July 1975}}<ref name=":7" />||See [[Cape Verde–United States relations]]

The United States provided emergency humanitarian aid and economic assistance to Cape Verde in the period immediately following Cape Verde's independence, as well as after natural disasters, including a [[hurricane]] that struck the island of Brava in 1982, and after a severe [[volcanic eruption]] on Fogo in 1995. Cape Verde also is eligible for trade benefits under the [[African Growth and Opportunity Act]] (AGOA), and has signed an Open Skies agreement to facilitate air travel safety and expansion. On July 4, 2005, Cape Verde became the third country to sign a compact with the U.S. Government-funded [[Millennium Challenge Corporation]] (MCC); the five-year assistance package is worth over $110 million in addressing rural economic expansion, [[infrastructure]] development, and development of the credit sector.

* Cape Verde has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], and a consulate in [[Boston]].<ref name=Embassy />
* United States has an embassy in Praia.<ref>[https://cv.usembassy.gov Embassy of the United States in Praia]</ref>
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==Multilateral Relations==

===European Union===
{{main|Cape Verde - European Union relations}}

== See also ==
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Cape Verde]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Cape Verde]]
* [[Outline of Cape Verde#International organization membership|International organization membership of Cape Verde]]
* [[Cape Verde#International recognition|International recognition of Cape Verde]]

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