Editing Foreign relations of Mali

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[[File:Visa Mali.jpg|thumb|150px|A Malian Visa]]
Following independence in 1960, [[Mali]] initially followed a [[socialist]] path and was aligned ideologically with the communist bloc. Mali's foreign policy orientation became increasingly pragmatic and pro-Western over time. Since the institution of a democratic form of government in 1992, Mali's relations with the West in general and the United States in particular have improved significantly. U.S.-Malian relations are described by the U.S. Department of State as "excellent and expanding," especially given Mali's recent record of democratic stability in the volatile area of West Africa and its avowed support of the war on terrorism. Mali is reported to be one of the largest recipients of U.S. aid in Africa.<ref name=cp>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Mali.pdf Mali country profile]. [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (January 2005). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref>

Mali is active in regional organizations such as the African Union (AU). Working to control and resolve regional conflicts, such as in Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, is one of Mali's major foreign policy goals. Mali feels threatened by the potential for the spillover of conflicts in neighboring states, and relations with those neighbors are often uneasy. General insecurity along borders in the north, including cross-border banditry and terrorism, remain troubling issues in regional regions.<ref name=cp/>

Although [[Azawad]], a region spanning the expansive north of Mali, was proclaimed independent in April 2012 by [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] rebels, Mali has not recognised the [[proto-state|''de facto'' state]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/06/205763.html|publisher=Al Arabiya|title=Tuareg rebels declare the independence of Azawad, north of Mali|date=6 April 2012|access-date=6 April 2012}}</ref> Britain has closed its embassy; ECOWAS has declared an embargo against Mali, aiming to squeeze out Malian oil supplies; closed Mali's assets in the ECOWAS regional bank and has prepared a potential intervention force of 3,000 troops. France has declared it will assist in a potential intervention.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mali-rebels-declare-independence-north-102935627.html |title=AU, US reject Mali rebels' independence declaration – Yahoo! News |access-date=2012-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407231050/http://news.yahoo.com/mali-rebels-declare-independence-north-102935627.html |archive-date=7 April 2012 }}</ref>

== Multilateral membership ==
Mali is a member of the [[United Nations]] (and many of its specialized agencies), the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF), the [[World Bank]], the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO), the [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO), the [[International Telecommunication Union]] (ITU), the [[Universal Postal Union]] (UPU) and the [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC). It also belongs to the [[Organisation of African Unity]] (OAU); [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] (OIC); [[Non-Aligned Movement]] (NAM); an associate member of the [[European Community]] (EC); and [[African Development Bank]] (ADB).

Mali is active in regional organizations. It participates in the [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic Monetary Union (UEMOA) for regional economic integration; [[Liptako–Gourma Authority]], which seeks to develop the contiguous areas of Mali, [[Niger]], and [[Burkina Faso]]; the [[Niger River Commission]]; the [[Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel]] (CILSS); and the Senegal River Valley Development Organization (OMVS).

Historically, Mali has used these organizations to leverage the promotion of regional peacekeeping efforts. One of the largest issues facing the country is security threats from extremist groups and consequential political unrest.
One of the most prominent examples of this is Mali's former membership the G5 Sahel with the fellow member states Burkina Faso (formerly), Chad, Mauritania, and Niger (formerly). The Sahel was originally formed on 16 February 2014, with the main objective of encouraging security and development. This partnership is historically significant due to the group's shared colonizer, France. In its first year of existence, the organization formed a legal framework for strategic intervention and a secretariat located in Nouakchott, Mauritania.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ecfr.eu/special/african-cooperation/g5-sahel/ | title=G5 Sahel | date=7 October 2020 }}</ref> The framework was titled the Development and Security Strategy (SDS). In 2017, the G5 Sahel Joint Force was created and funded through the Priority Investment Program (PIP), aiming to reduce violence and create more stability in the region. In a December 2018 coordination conference, $2.6 billion was pledged from foreign nations including the United States, European Union, Saudi Arabia, and China. American and French financial support is suspected to be, in part, a result of their consequentially lowered troop commitment in the region. This military collective targets organized crime and religious extremists specifically with cross-border operations. In addition to military-centered approaches, Mali and Niger have implemented Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration, or DDR, programs while Mauritania and Burkina Faso have not. DDR is an approach that removes weapons, breaks up crime organizations, and reintegrates combatants into civilian life or state-sanctioned armed forces. Although more costly and time-intensive, DDR has proven to be more sustainable than other stabilization approaches over time.<ref name="wilsoncenter.org">{{cite web | url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/take-it-to-the-people-a-civil-military-roadmap-for-the-g5-sahel?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqP2pBhDMARIsAJQ0CzoIPi6fyeIwUSkpwnMwGMlD5xHvRAONUo9eX1F8gRnMRcnfG5nM924aAgXREALw_wcB | title=Take It to the People: A Civil-Military Roadmap for the G5 Sahel &#124; Wilson Center }}</ref> The G5 Sahel has been weakening in the most recent years, with many forces from the European Union pulling their troops to concentrate their efforts on the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/13904/Disjointed_force | title=Disjointed force }}</ref> However, to compensate, the Sahel member states have reported on plans to expand the size of their force from six to fourteen battalions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/whatsinblue/2023/05/g5-sahel-joint-force-briefing-and-consultations.php | title=G5 Sahel Joint Force: Briefing and Consultations : What's in Blue : Security Council Report }}</ref> Biannual reports from the Sahel have revealed that the efforts have become increasingly dire with high humanitarian needs and large terrorist activity with large resource and land occupation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dppa.un.org/en/asg-pobee-notwithstanding-support-extended-to-g5-sahel-stabilizing-region-hinges-aligning-our | title=ASG Pobee: "Notwithstanding the support extended to the G5 Sahel, stabilizing the region hinges on aligning our policies and approaches, and on putting the Sahelian people at the forefront of our efforts." &#124; Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs }}</ref> This eventually lead to its withdrawal on 15 May 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/05/1118582#:~:text=Mali%27s%20decision%20on%2015%20May,protracted%20political%20and%20security%20crises | title=Mali's withdrawal from G5 Sahel, Joint Force 'a setback' for the region &#124; UN News | date=19 May 2022 }}</ref>

As seen with the G5-Sahel, Mali has not been a particularly active or compliant member of these organizations as a result of their ongoing political unrest. Despite some early successful peacekeeping initiatives by ECOWAS and the AU, their most recent joint policies are facing challenges of limited institutional capacity, low enforcement, and inexplicit language surrounding its implementation.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24758342 | jstor=24758342 | title=African Agency in R2P: Interventions by African Union and ECOWAS in Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, and Libya | last1=Aning | first1=Kwesi | last2=Edu-Afful | first2=Fiifi | journal=International Studies Review | date=23 December 2023 | volume=18 | issue=1 | pages=120–133 | doi=10.1093/isr/viv017 }}</ref> ECOWAS was originally founded to promote economic development across its 15 West African member states, but also works to promote political institutions and stability. Recently, it promised to end the unconstitutional takeover of political power in member states,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep09488 | title=Mali and the Sahel-Sahara | last1=Affa'a-Mindzie | first1=Mireille | last2=Perry | first2=Chris | date=23 December 2023 | publisher=International Peace Institute }}</ref> but Mali has since developed new policies to distance themselves from the organization and limit its reach.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/lhr/article/view/225314 | title=ECOWAS and the promotion of democracy in Mali, Guinea and the Gambia | journal=Lagos Historical Review | date=23 December 2023 | volume=20 | issue=1 | pages=159–176 | last1=Bolarinwa | first1=Joshua O. | last2=Adeleke | first2=Adewole A. }}</ref>

The UN has also attempted many peacekeeping missions focusing on political unrest, economic objectives, and women's rights throughout Mali's history. The most notable effort began with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ([[United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali|MINUSMA]]) in 2013. In 2022, Mali restricted United Nations peacekeeping operations through their security council<ref>{{cite news | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202312120419.html | title=West Africa: UN Peacekeeping Mission Officially Ends in Mali | newspaper=Allafrica.com | date=12 December 2023 | last1=Chifamba | first1=Jerry }}</ref> and, in June 2023, asked for them to be removed. Although this program is being dissolved, some UN presence will remain in Mali. This effort kept about 15,000 soldiers and police personnel in Mali throughout the project's decade, but has recently been threatened by nearby territorial conflicts. It is also rumored that this removal may be the result of some strategic differences.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/14020/Mali_rejects_human_rights_mandate | title=Mali rejects human rights mandate }}</ref>  Since the AU's creation in 2002, there have been some difficulties aligning it with the UN. Generally, the AU prioritizes short-term solutions over long-term, which is opposite to the UN. This disagreement has contributed to arguments about jurisdiction and the correct approach to security efforts.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24538203 | jstor=24538203 | title=The UN and the African Union in Mali and beyond: A shotgun wedding? | last1=Weiss | first1=Thomas G. | last2=Welz | first2=Martin | journal=International Affairs | date=23 December 2023 | volume=90 | issue=4 | pages=889–905 | doi=10.1111/1468-2346.12146 }}</ref>

==Diplomatic relations==
List of countries which Mali maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Mali.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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!#
!Country
!Date
|-
|1
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{dts|20 August 1960}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|23 September 1960}}<ref name=":2" />
|-
|3
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{dts|24 September 1960}}<ref name=":3" />
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|14 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journal officiel de la Republique du Mali de l'annee 1 Novembre 1960 |url=https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/1960/mali-jo-1960-68.pdf |access-date=13 June 2023 |page=855 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|14 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journal officiel de la Republique du Mali 1 Novembre 1960 |url=https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/1960/mali-jo-1960-68.pdf |access-date=13 June 2023 |page=855 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|14 October 1960}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|7
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|17 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pavol Petruf |title=Československá zahraničná politika 1945 – 1992 |url=http://forumhistoriae.sk/sites/default/files/petruf_ceskoslovenska_zahranicna_politika.pdf |access-date=4 October 2023 |page=105 |language=sk}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|23 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878-2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%25D0%2597%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B3%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%2520%25D0%25BF%25D1%2580%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B4%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2582%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BB%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B0/%25D0%2594%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%25D0%25B5%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%2520%25D0%25BE%25D1%2582%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D1%2588%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F.doc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910133459/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cP-cyJ34R9EJ:filip-nikolov.com/files/%25D0%2597%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B3%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%2520%25D0%25BF%25D1%2580%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B4%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2582%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BB%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B0/%25D0%2594%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%25D0%25B5%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%2520%25D0%25BE%25D1%2582%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D1%2588%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F.doc&cd=15&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ua |archive-date=10 September 2023 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=bg}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{dts|25 October 1960}}<ref name=":5" />
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|31 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic of Mali |url=https://vietnam.gov.vn/diplomacy-detail-70572?countryId=550&typeId=1 |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=vietnam.gov.vn}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|4 November 1960}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of the Yugoslav Press |publisher=1960 |pages=34}}</ref>
|-style="background:#D3D3D3"
|—
|{{Flag|Israel}} (suspended)
|{{dts|27 November 1960}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yitzhak Oron |title=Middle East Record Volume 1, 1960 Volume 1 |publisher=Published for The Israel Oriental Society, The Reuven Shiloah Research Center by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited |year=1960 |pages=313}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|1 December 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=13 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|30 December 1960}}<ref name=":6" />
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|10 January 1961}}<ref name="lemonde.fr">{{Cite web |date=12 January 1961 |title=Le Mali développe ses relations avec le Maroc et la République arabe unie |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1961/01/12/le-mali-developpe-ses-relations-avec-le-maroc-et-la-republique-arabe-unie_2260568_1819218.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=Le Monde |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|10 January 1961}}<ref name="lemonde.fr" />
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{dts|25 January 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2020 |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221024739/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |archive-date=21 February 2022 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia |page=4}}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|3 March 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journal officiel de la République du Mali № 80 15 Mars 1961 |url=https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/1961/mali-jo-1961-80.pdf |access-date=18 April 2024 |page=247 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|12 March 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Hungary. Pannonia Press |publisher=1969 |pages=91}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|15 March 1961}}<ref name=":7" />
|-
|20
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|18 March 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 382-392 |publisher=1961 |pages=64 |language=fr |quote=HAUTE - VOLTA . M. Ahmed Diallo , délégué permanent du Mali en Haute - Volta , a présenté ses lettres de créance au président Yameogo (18 mars)}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|12 May 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bogdan Grzeloński |title=Dyplomacja polska w XX wieku |publisher=Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie |year=2006 |pages=128 |language=pl}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|26 May 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Information about Person: Keller, René |url=https://dodis.ch/P1109?p=0&dad=0&dau=0&dm=0&o=1&ds=0&dc=0#anc_o |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=Dodis |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|29 August 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=NCNK (The National Committee on North Korea) |page=3}}</ref>
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{dts|9 October 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yitzhak Oron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&dq=first+Ambassador+of+Lebanon+to+Mali+presented+his+credentials+9+October+1961&pg=PA415 |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961 Volume 2 |publisher=Israel Oriental Society, The Reuven Shiloah Research Center |year=1961 |pages=415 |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|23 November 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Études congolaises Volume 2 |publisher=Institut politique congolais. |year=1962 |pages=55 |language=fr |quote=23 novembre ... - M. Alioune Diakite , ambassadeur du Mali , présente ses lettres de créan- ces au Président Kasa - Vubu.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Congo |publisher=Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques |year=1961 |pages=624 |language=fr |quote=23 novembre ... Alioune Diakite , ambassadeur du Mali , présente ses lettres de créance au président Kasa - Vubu .}}</ref>
|-
|26
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|18 January 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUecw8fOOHkC&dq=appointed+ambassador+of+japan+to+Mali+Susumu+Nakagawa+19+January+1962&pg=RA7-PA9 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 14-15 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1962}}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|24 January 1962}}<ref name=":8" />
|-
|28
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|24 January 1962}}<ref name=":9" />
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|16 April 1962}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journal officiel du Mali de l'annee 1962 |url=https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/1962/mali-jo-1962-116.pdf |access-date=18 July 2023 |page=333 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|27 April 1962}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidenza Giovanni Gronchi Sua Eccellenza Bokar N'Diaye, nuovo ambasciatore del Mali: presentazione delle lettere credenziali |url=https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-008512/presidente/giovanni-gronchi/sua-eccellenza-bokar-n-diaye-nuovo-ambasciatore-del-mali-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |access-date=7 July 2023 |website=Portale storico della Presidenza della Repubblica |language=it}}</ref>
|-
|31
|{{Flag|Niger}}
|{{dts|1 August 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Monde colonial illustré Volume 39, Issues 383-392 |publisher=Société nouvelle des Editions France Outremer S.A. |year=1961 |pages=73 |language=fr |quote=M. Touré Hangadoumbou, délégué permanent du Mali auprès du Niger, a présenté ses lettres de créance au Président Diori Hamani}}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|1 August 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiTsst47HjIC&dq=Mali+Republic+have+concluded+arrangements+for+the+exchange+of+diplomatic+missions+at+ambassadorial+level+.+An+announcement+in+Lagos+on+1+August&pg=RA2-PA2 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 150-151 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1962 |pages=2 |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|19 August 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cahiers de l'Institut d'études de l'Orient contemporain Volumes 48-50 |publisher=G. P. Maisonneuve |year=1962 |pages=267 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{dts|21 August 1962}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 August 1962 |title=Mali and Guatemala envoys present credentials |url=https://original-ufdc.uflib.ufl.edu/AA00015023/00122/13j |access-date=1 November 2023 |work=Haiti Sun |pages=16}}</ref>
|-
|35
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|13 October 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=West Africa |publisher=West Africa Publishing Company, Limited |year=1962 |pages=1131 |quote=Yaounde: Diplomatic relations between Mali and Cameroon were scaled when Mr. Mamadou Sangare, Mali Ambassador in Lagos, presented his letters of credence to President Ahidjo of Cameroon.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 393-404 |publisher=1962 |pages=62 |language=fr |quote=MALI . M. Mamadou Sangare , premier ambassadeur du Mali au Cameroun , avec résidence à Lagos , a présenté ses lettres de créance au president Ahidjo}}</ref>
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|36
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 393-404 |publisher=1962 |pages=146 |language=fr |quote=MALI: République Arabe Unie (R.A.U.), Soudan, Arabie Saoudite: Ambassadeur (résidant au Caire) : M. El Hadj Modibu Kane Diallo}}</ref>
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|37
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 393-404 |publisher=1962 |pages=146 |language=fr |quote=Guinée, Sierra Leone: Ministre résident (residant à Conakry) M. Tiemoko Compah}}</ref>
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|38
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|7 January 1963}}<ref name=":10" />
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|20 February 1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bulletin d'information de la représentation permanente auprès de l'O.N.U. Issues 1-10 |publisher=Congo (Brazzaville). Représentation permanente auprès de l'O.N.U |year=1962 |pages=14 |language=fr |quote=Etablissement de relations diplomatiques entre le Mali et le Congo : Le Président de la République, Monsieur 1'Abbé Fulbert Youlou, a reçu, le 20 Février 1963 en fin de matinée, les lettres de créance de Son Excellence Abdoul Thierno DIALLO ...}}</ref>
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|40
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|17 April 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=DIŞİŞLERİ BAKANLIĞI 1967 YILLIĞI |url=http://diad.mfa.gov.tr/diad/yillik/yillik-1967.pdf |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=diad.mfa.gov.tr |page=830 |language=tr}}</ref>
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|41
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{dts|22 June 1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gR2epv_dWvMC&dq=22+June+1963+Senegal+Mali+agreed+to+establish+diplomatic+relations+at+the+ambassadorial+level&pg=RA11-PA7 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 121-122 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1963 |pages=7 |access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref>
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|42
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|3 July 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 July 2016 |title=Today in Kuwait's History |url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2509835&Language=en |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|22 July 1963}}<ref name=":11" />
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|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|1 August 1963}}<ref name=":12" />
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|45
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|5 September 1963}}<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=18 July 2023 |page=10 |language=es}}</ref>
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|46
|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|{{dts|30 October 1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 405-416 |publisher=1963 |pages=62 |language=fr |quote=M. Abdoul Thierno Diallo, ambassadeur du Mali au Gabon, résidant à Léopoldville, a présenté ses lettres de créance au Président Mba.}}</ref>
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|47
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Mauritania Foreign Policy and Government Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments Volume 1 |publisher=International Business Publications, USA |year=2013 |pages=49}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Administration et diplomatie d'Afrique noire et de Madagascar Volume 2 |publisher=Europe-Outremer |year=1963 |pages=332 |language=fr |quote=Mali: Pakistan Ambassadeur ( résidant à Accra ) : M. Nasim HUSAIN .}}</ref>
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|49
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relations bilatérales: Mali |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]=115 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530002959/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]=115 |archive-date=30 May 2012 |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=République Tunisienne Ministère des Affaires Étrangères |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|23 March 1964}}<ref name=":13" />
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|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|11 July 1964}}<ref name=":14" />
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|52
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|20 August 1964}}<ref name=":15" />
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|53
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{dts|8 September 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decreto 7.009/64 - Establecimiento de Relaciones Diplomáticas entre la República Argentina y la República de Malí y Creación de Embajada |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/tratado_ficha.php?id=lZ2mmA== |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|4 November 1964}}<ref name="The Institut">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Institut international de droit des pays d'expression française Issues 1-9 |publisher=The Institut |year=1965 |pages=62 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{dts|4 November 1964}}<ref name="The Institut" />
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|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|4 November 1964}}<ref name="The Institut" />
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|57
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{dts|24 November 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uo5fALOV-VMC&dq=ambassador+of+Mali+Boubacar+Diallo+presented+his+credentials+....+1964&pg=PP21 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 233-234 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1964 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref>
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|58
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{dts|29 November 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uo5fALOV-VMC&dq=Syria+to+establish+diplomatic+relations+at+ambassadorial+level+with+Dahomey+...+1964&pg=RA4-PP6 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 233-234 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1964}}</ref>
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|59
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|25 January 1965}}<ref name=":16" />
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|60
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|9 February 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=245 |quote=( SG 1 Mali - Albania . M. Gaqo P : Albania's Ambassador to Mali , preser his credentials on February 9th ...}}</ref>
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|61
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|21 June 1965}}<ref name=":17" />
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|62
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{dts|27 August 1965}}<ref name=":18" />
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|63
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{dts|15 December 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bulletin de documentation_1965_17 |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/bulletin/1965/BID_1965_17/BID_1965_17.pdf |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=sip.gouvernement.lu |page=9 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|64
|{{Flag|Chad}}
|{{dts|15 January 1966}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1966 |pages=443 |quote=... M. Toure is also Mali's Ambassador to Chad, where he presented his credentials on January 15th.}}</ref>
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|65
|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{dts|1968}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 465-476 |publisher=1968 |pages=75 |language=fr |quote=R.centrafricaine A l'étranger ... Mali : Ambassadeur ( résidant à Brazzaville ) : M. Halidou Touré .}}</ref>
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|66
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{dts|1969}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 477-488 |publisher=1969 |pages=160 |language=fr |quote=MALI: Nigeria, Ghana, Dahomey, Togo : Ambassadeur (résidant à Lagos) : M. Mohamed Ould Aly}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|21 February 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire Issues 581-605 |publisher=Ediafric |year=1970 |language=fr |quote=August Josef TARTER , ambassadeur d'Autriche au Sénégal , en Côte - d'Ivoire , au Dahomey , en Haute - Volta , au Mali , en Mauritanie , au Niger et au Togo , a présenté ses lettres de créance au Mali le 21 février dernier ...}}</ref>
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|68
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{dts|25 June 1971}}<ref name=":19" />
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|69
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|17 November 1972}}<ref name=":20" />
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|70
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|1972}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.120474/page/n655/mode/1up |title=The Europa Year Book 1972 A World Survey Vol.-i |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1972 |pages=638}}</ref>
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|71
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{dts|10 April 1973}}<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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|72
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|12 April 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Iran Almanac and Book of Facts Volume 15 |publisher=Echo of Iran |year=1976 |pages=137}}</ref>
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|73
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{dts|31 October 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1976 |pages=4243}}</ref>
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|74
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|17 December 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mali |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/mali |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=Portal Diplomatico |language=pt}}</ref>
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|75
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|24 December 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=El 24 de diciembre de 1976, se establecieron las relaciones diplomáticas entre Mali y Venezuela |url=https://twitter.com/CancilleriaVE/status/1606595587503259650?s=20 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Cancillería Venezuela |language=es}}</ref>
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|76
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Europa year book : a world survey Volume II 1976 |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1976 |pages=1028}}</ref>
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|77
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{dts|2 January 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of states which the Lao PDR has established diplomatic relations since 1950 |url=http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lo/2015-04-07-02-45-52/1950 |access-date=19 July 2023 |website=mofa.gov.la}}</ref>
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|78
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|23 March 1977}}<ref name=":21" />
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|79
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{dts|6 June 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations: Mali |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=The%20Republic%20of%20Mali |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003201530/https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=The%20Republic%20of%20Mali |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=17 April 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bahrain}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{dts|17 June 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 July 2023 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
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|81
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=العلاقات الثنائية |url=https://www.mofa.gov.qa/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85?country=ML#The-World |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=mofa.gov.qa |language=ar}}</ref>
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|82
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|2 March 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joseph A. Kechichian |title=Countries with which Oman has diplomatic relations |url=http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/2007/MR680.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022025822/http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/2007/MR680.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2014 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Oman and the World The emergence of an independent foreign policy |page=320}}</ref>
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|83
|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|{{dts|April 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1980. Выпуск двадцать четвертый: Зарубежные страны |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/36004/6_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623051408/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/36004/6_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=29 February 2024 |page=270 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|29 October 1979}}<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=23 March 2024 |website=Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations}}</ref>
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|84
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{dts|1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Monde colonial illustré Volume 57, Issues 597-608 |publisher=Société nouvelle des Éditions France outremer S.A. |year=1979 |pages=138 |language=fr |quote=... ambassadeurs des pays suivants , accrédités au Mali , résident dans un autre pays : ...  Autriche , Belgique , Brésil , Cambodge , Cap - Vert ...}}</ref>
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|85
|{{Flag|Somalia}}
|{{dts|1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Europa year book : a world survey. 1979. Vol. 2 |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1979 |pages=1381}}</ref>
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|86
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{dts|5 September 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique Issues 170-179 |publisher=1980 |pages=139 |language=fr |quote=BAMAKO , 5 septembre . Le général Moussa Traoré , président de la République du Mali a reçu les lettres de créance des ambassadeurs ... de la République d'Irak ... Abdul Karim Mohamed Najim . L'Irak vient d'ouvrir à Bamako sa mission diplomatique .}}</ref>
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|87
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|16 October 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Countries with which the Republic of Maldives has established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813135254/https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2023 |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives}}</ref>
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|88
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|8 December 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mali – Agreement between the Government of Malta and the Government of Mali to establish diplomatic relations |url=https://foreign.gov.mt/treaty/mali-agreement-between-the-government-of-malta-and-the-government-of-mali-to-establish-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=16 September 2023 |website=foreign.gov.mt}}</ref>
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|89
|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{dts|1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Europa year book 1980 : a world survey Volume 2 |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1980 |pages=426}}</ref>
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|90
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{dts|18 August 1981}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens Volume 37 |publisher=1981 |pages=2275 |language=fr |quote=... ouverture d'une ambassade du Mali à Abou Dhabi , a - t - on appris le 18 août  ...}}</ref>
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|91
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|15 September 1981}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=สาธารณรัฐมาลี (Mali) |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bd20e15e39c3060027ac9?cate=5f1aba0039164819fc32c0ba |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand |language=th}}</ref>
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|92
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|30 September 1981}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-79519/page/72/mode/1up?q=Mali+ |title=South and East Asia Report No. 1071 |date=24 November 1981 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |pages=72 |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
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|93
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|21 August 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Malaysia Official Year Book. Vol. 22. |publisher=Director General of Printing |year=1984 |pages=118}}</ref>
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|94
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|6 March 1983}}<ref name=":22" />
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|95
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|15 March 1984}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1122142960/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1265967470&partId=nla.obj-1122258246#page/n133/mode/1up |title=Foreign Representation in Australia |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 55 No. 3 (March 1984) |pages=300 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{dts|1986}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=de Béthencourt |first=Marcos Fernández |title=La orden de Malta: Estatuto Jurídico internacional |publisher=Editorial Sanz Y Torres |year=2019 |pages=302–309 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|6 January 1987}}<ref name=":23" />
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|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|2 October 1987}}<ref name=":24" />
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|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{dts|25 April 1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jahrbuch Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika : bilanz und Chronik des Jahres 1988 |publisher=Berlin : Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften |year=1989 |pages=219 |language=de}}</ref>
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|99
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{dts|29 September 1988}}<ref name="UNDL">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Mali and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Mali+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=3 January 2025 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
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|100
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|29 August 1989}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic of Singapore Diplomatic & Consular List |url=https://app1.mfa.gov.sg/dipcon/pdf/dipconopen.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820202434/https://app1.mfa.gov.sg/dipcon/pdf/dipconopen.pdf |archive-date=20 August 2017 |access-date=4 October 2023 |website= |page=145}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{Dts|1989}}<ref name=":110">{{Cite book |last=Karolina Zielińska |url=https://www.google.com.ua/books/edition/Israeli_Development_Aid_to_Sub_Saharan_A/XbQgEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=PLO+ambassador+to+Benin&pg=PT187&printsec=frontcover |title=Israeli Development Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa Soft Power and Foreign Policy |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2021}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|26 January 1990}}<ref name=":25" />
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|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{dts|1 May 1990}}<ref name=":62">{{Cite journal |date=June 1990 |title=Diplomatic ties established with several more countries |url=https://www.information.gov.bn/Publication%20listsPDF/Brunei%20Darussalam%20Newsletter/1990/BD%20jun%2090.pdf |journal=Brunei Darussalem Newsletter Number 57 |page=14}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|27 September 1990}}<ref name=":26" />
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|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{dts|5 November 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2019 |title=Список стран, с которыми КР установил дипломатические отношения |url=https://mfa.gov.kg/kg/osnovnoe-menyu/vneshnyaya-politika/mezhdunarodnye-dogovory/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-ustanovleny-dipotnosheniya/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-kr-ustanovil-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=mfa.gov.kg |language=ru}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ukraine}} (severed)<ref name=":29">{{Cite web |last1=Stapleton |first1=AnneClaire |last2=McCluskey |first2=Mitch |date=2024-08-05 |title=Mali severs diplomatic relations with Ukraine for providing intelligence to rebels |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/04/africa/mali-ukraine-wagner-intelligence-intl-latam/index.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
|{{dts|5 November 1992}}<ref name=":30">{{Cite web |title=Middle East and Africa |url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/middle-east-and-africa |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine}}</ref>
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|105
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|13 November 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Republic of Estonia Ministry of Foreign Affairs |language=et}}</ref>
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|106
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{dts|16 November 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2017 |title=States with which Turkmenistan established diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/articles/55?breadcrumbs=no |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan}}</ref>
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|107
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{dts|26 November 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=18 July 2023 |website=mfa.kz |language=ru}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|26 November 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=18 July 2023 |website=mfa.gov.lv}}</ref>
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|109
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{dts|3 December 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Today marks the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Slovenia and Mali |url=https://twitter.com/MZEZ_RS/status/1598936131407839232?s=20 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=MFEA Slovenia}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|12 February 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mali: Základné informácie |url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/sk/mali |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=mzv.sk |language=sk}}</ref>
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|111
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|27 July 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Gaceta Diario Oficial de Nicaragua - No. 163 del 30 de agosto 1993 |url=https://sajurin.enriquebolanos.org/docs/G-1993-08-30.pdf |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{dts|15 October 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of States with which the Republic of Tajikistan established diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.tj/uploads/main/2022/12/12-12-2022-11-21.pdf |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|3 November 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 September 2017 |title=Ambassador of Belarus I.Petrishenko meets the Ambassador of Mali |url=https://mfa.gov.by/en/press/news_mfa/bcd9b2d32454614b.html |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{dts|4 November 1993}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_fbis-afr-93-215/page/n39/mode/1up?q=establish+diplomatic+relations |title=FBIS Daily Report Sub-Saharan Africa |date=9 November 1993 |publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service |pages=36 |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|21 February 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations: Mali |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/ml |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|6 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transition (1990 - 1994) - Chronologies: 1994 |url=https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/site/q/03lv02039/04lv02040/05lv02045.htm |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=omalley.nelsonmandela.org}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{dts|10 December 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2010 |title=Dates of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/default.aspx?id=6 |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bosnia and Herzegovina}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|21 November 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 February 2014 |title=Mali |url=https://urm.lt/default/en/foreign-policy/lithuania-in-the-region-and-the-world/bilateral-cooperation/bilateral-mali |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|26 November 1996}}<ref name=":27" />
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|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{dts|13 February 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=States with which the Republic of Uzbekistan established diplomatic relations |url=https://www.uzbekistan.org.ua/en/foreign-policy/states-with-which-the-republic-of-uzbekistan-established-diplomatic-relations.html |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Ukraine}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|16 July 1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comunicado conjunto entre la Republica del Peru y la Republica de Mali para el establecimiento de relaciones diplomaticas |url=https://apps.rree.gob.pe/portal/webtratados.nsf/Tratados_Bilateral.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=4196 |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Archivo Nacional de Tratados |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{dts|April 2001}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2016 |title=Le nouvel ambassadeur du Mali a présenté ses lettres de créance au Président Michel |url=https://www.statehouse.gov.sc/news/3108/le-nouvel-ambassadeur-du-mali-a-presente-ses-lettres-de-creance-au-president-michel |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=statehouse.gov.sc |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|13 September 2001}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=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=18 July 2023 |website=mvep.gov.hr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{dts|28 October 2002}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 October 2002 |title=Angola: President Dos Santos Accredits Five Ambassadors |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200210290214.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418132234/https://allafrica.com/stories/200210290214.html |archive-date=18 April 2024 |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=allAfrica}}</ref>
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|124
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|2002}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Philippine Yearbook Volume 17 |publisher=Republic of the Philippines, National Economic and Development Authority, National Census and Statistics Office |year=2002 |pages=156 |quote=Mali H.E. Amadou N'Diaye Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of the Republic of Mali ...}}</ref>
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|126
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{dts|1 August 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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|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{dts|1 December 2003}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|17 December 2003}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|129
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|23 July 2004}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|130
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{dts|27 September 2004}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|131
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{dts|27 October 2004}}<ref name=":28" />
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|132
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|18 August 2005}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|133
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|23 March 2006}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2006 |title=Zimbabwe: Ambassadors Present Credentials |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200603240668.html |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=allAfrica}}</ref>
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|134
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|7 July 2006}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|135
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|15 September 2006}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Establecimiento de relaciones diplomaticas |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=18 July 2023 |website=mirex.gob.do |language=es}}</ref>
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|136
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{dts|5 June 2007}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|137
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{dts|11 June 2007}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|138
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{dts|19 November 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal}}</ref>
|-
|139
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{dts|25 June 2010}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2010 |title=Paraguay establece relaciones con República de Mali |url=https://www.paraguay.com/nacionales/paraguay-establece-relaciones-con-republica-de-mali-33241 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=paraguay.com |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|140
|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{dts|13 July 2011}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 July 2011 |title=Presidente da República acredita novos embaixadores |url=https://verdade.co.mz/presidente-da-republica-acredita-novos-embaixadores/ |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=verdade.co.mz |language=pt}}</ref>
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|141
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|19 January 2012}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|142
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|26 January 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rapport Politique Extérieure 2012 DRE |url=https://www.gouv.mc/content/download/117777/1392730/file/Rapport%20Politique%20Ext%C3%A9rieure%202012%20DRE.pdf |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Government of Monaco |page=8 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|143
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{dts|16 February 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 February 2012 |title=More Than 20 Ambassadors Present Their Credentials To The Eritrean Government |url=https://tesfanews.net/more-than-20-ambassadors-present-their-credentials-to-the-eritrean-government/#gsc.tab=0 |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=tesfanews.net}}</ref>
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|144
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{dts|10 May 2012}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|145
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|31 May 2012}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|146
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{dts|12 November 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 November 2012 |title=Le chef de l'Etat reçoit les lettres de créances des ambassadeurs de Cuba, du Mali et de l'Union Européenne accrédités à Djibouti |url=https://www.adi.dj/index.php/site/Plus/4053 |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=Agence Djiboutienne d'Information |language=fr}}</ref>
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|147
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{dts|23 September 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2014 |title=República de Malí y El Salvador acuerdan relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://www.periodicoequilibrium.com/republica-de-mali-y-el-salvador-acuerdan-relaciones-diplomaticas/ |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=periodicoequilibrium.com |language=es}}</ref>
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|148
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|17 April 2015}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|149
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{dts|16 February 2016}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2016 |title=Le nouvel Ambassadeur de la Republique du Mali a presente ses lettres de creance au Chef de l'Etat SE. Dr. IKILILOU Dhoinine |url=https://www.habarizacomores.com/2016/02/le-nouvel-ambassadeur-de-la-republique_20.html |access-date=1 August 2023 |website=HABARI ZA COMORES |language=fr}}</ref>
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|150
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|22 July 2021}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|151
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{dts|2 August 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 August 2023 |title=5 envoys letters of credence to President Chakwera |url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/5-envoys-letters-of-credence-to-president-chakwera/ |access-date=5 August 2023 |website=Nyasa Times}}</ref>
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|152
|{{Flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{dts|8 December 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2023 |title=Foram acreditados em São Tomé e Príncipe três novos embaixadores, respectivamente, do Egipto, do Mali e da Guiné Equatorial. |url=https://www.facebook.com/presidenciadarepublicastp/posts/foram-acreditados-em-s%C3%A3o-tom%C3%A9-e-pr%C3%ADncipe-tr%C3%AAs-novos-embaixadores-respectivamente/965047961805477/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Presidência da República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe on Facebook |language=pt}}</ref>
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|153
|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{dts|26 June 2024}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|154
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{dts|6 December 2024}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|Unknown<ref>{{cite web |date=14 December 2021 |title=Government approves the nomination of 22 Ambassadorial and senior-level international appointments |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/47830-government-approves-the-nomination-of-22-ambassadorial-and-senior-level-international-appointments/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311043907/https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/47830-government-approves-the-nomination-of-22-ambassadorial-and-senior-level-international-appointments/ |archive-date=11 March 2022 |access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|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|Algeria}}||22 July 1963||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 July 1963.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=CHRONOLOGIE INTERNATIONALE Etablissement des relations diplomatiques par l'Algérie |url=https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/downArticle/32/1/4/164767 |access-date=3 October 2023 |page=38 |language=fr}}</ref>

During the [[Tuareg rebellion (2012)|Tuareg rebellion of 2012]], the Algerian consulate was seized by at least two people wearing explosives belts. Seven hostages were taken, including the consul. In regards to [[Azawad]]'s UDI, Algeria's Prime Minister has declared it would never "accept questioning Mali's territorial integrity" Algeria has planned to co-ordinate with MNLA to work towards freeing the hostages.
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Bamako]].
* Mali has an embassy in [[Algiers]].
|-
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|26 November 1996
|
* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 November 1996<ref name=":27">{{Cite web |title=The Republic of Mali |url=https://www.mfa.gov.az/en/category/africa/mali-en |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
* The Azerbaijani embassy in [[Rabat]] is accredited to Mali.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mali |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/261/mali |access-date=2021-01-24 |website=mfa.gov.az}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|1 August 1963
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 August 1963 when M. Gerard Walravens, first Ambassador of Belgium to Mali, resident in Abidjan, presented his letters of credentials to President Modibo Keita.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer - Issues 393-404 |publisher=1962 |pages=53 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|27 August 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 August 1965 when first ambassador of Mali to Dahomey (resident in Niamey) Mr. Hangadoumbo Toure presented his credentials.<ref name=":18">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire - Issues 379-388 |publisher=La Documentation africaine |year=1965 |language=fr}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Brazil}}||24 January 1962||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 January 1962.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal |last=Jean-François Juilliard, Françoise Moussu |title=Chronologie des faits internationaux d'ordre juridique. Annuaire Français de Droit International /Année 1962 / 8 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1962_num_8_1_1015 |access-date=30 November 2023 |journal=Annuaire Français de Droit International |date=23 December 1962 |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=1051 |language=fr}}</ref>
* Brazil has an embassy in Bamako.
* Mali has an embassy in [[Brasília]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Canada}}||7 January 1963||See [[Canada–Mali relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 January 1963<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019#Beginnings |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute}}</ref>

Mali established its embassy in Canada in 1978, with its first appointed ambassador Zana Ousmane Dao,<ref>L'Ambassadeur Mamadou Bandiougou Diawara, ''Welcome'', Mali Embassy website.{{cite web |url=http://www.ambamalicanada.org/english/a1.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-09-11 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927075216/http://www.ambamalicanada.org/english/a1.html |archive-date=27 September 2009 }}</ref> while Canada's embassy in Mali has been open since 1995.<ref>Government of Canada, ''Canada – Mali Relations'', web page, Date Modified: 2009-07-06.[http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/mali/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/index.aspx?menu_id=7&menu=L]</ref> Canada has moved from Mali's sixth-largest donor of bilateral [[official development assistance]] in 2000 to third-largest in 2007.<ref>Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. "ODA Total, Net disbursements", ''OECD.Stat'', ODA by Recipient by country, extracted on 30 July 2009 03:34 UTC.[http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ODA_RECIPIENT]</ref> The value of Canada's exports of goods to Mali exceeded imports from Mali by Cdn.$22m. between 1990 and 2008.<ref>Industry Canada. "Trade by Product (HS Codes)", ''Trade Data Online'', Trade Type: Trade Balance.[http://www.ic.gc.ca/tdo]</ref> [[Natural Resources Canada]] estimated that Canadian mining investment in Mali reached Cdn.$500 million in 2009,<ref>Government of Canada. ''Canada – Mali Relations'', Modified: 2009-07-06 [http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/mali/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/index.aspx?menu_id=7&menu=L]</ref> and in 2005, 73 mining concessions were held by Canadian firms in Mali.<ref>[http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/smm-mms/busi-indu/cmy-amc-eng.htm Natural Resources Canada. 2006. ''Canadian minerals yearbook'', p.7.23] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904152749/http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/smm-mms/busi-indu/cmy-amc-eng.htm |date=4 September 2009 }}</ref>
* Canada has an embassy in Bamako.
* Mali has an embassy in [[Ottawa]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|China}}||25 October 1960||See [[China–Mali relations]]

China established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Mali on 25 October 1960<ref name=":5">{{cite web |title=Mali |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183436.htm |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=china.org.cn}}</ref>
* China has an embassy in Bamako.
* Mali has an embassy in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.embassy-worldwide.com/embassy/embassy-of-mali-in-beijing-china/ |title=Embassy of Mali in Beijing, China }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Cuba}}||30 December 1960||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 December 1960<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Celebra un año más en las relaciones políticas,diplomáticas y de cooperación entre Cuba y Mali |url=https://twitter.com/EmbaCubaMali/status/1476369960414941194?s=20 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Embajada de Cuba en la República de Mali |language=es}}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in Bamako.
* Mali has an embassy in [[Havana]]. 
|-
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|26 January 1990
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 January 1990 when first Ambassador of Mali to Cyprus Mr. Sinally Coulibaly presented his credentials<ref name=":25">{{Cite book |title=Cyprus Bulletin - Volume 28 |publisher=Press and Information Office, Republic of Cyprus |year=1990 |pages=3}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|23 March 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 March 1964 when first Ambassador of the Republic of Mali, Mr. Modibo Diallo, has presented his credentials to Emperor Haile Selassie<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1964 |pages=33}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Finland}}||18 August 2005||See [[Foreign relations of Finland|Finland–Mali relations]]
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|France}}||20 August 1960||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 August 1960<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyes extraordinaires, ministres plenipotentiaires et charges d'affaires de France a l'etranger depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr |page=78 |language=fr}}</ref>

Mali has a longstanding relationship with France, its former colonial ruler, but relations have been described as ambivalent rather than close. Mali dropped out of the Franc Zone shortly after independence, not rejoining until 1967. One contentious issue between the two nations is the frequent expulsion of illegal Malian immigrants from France since 1996.<ref name="cp" />

However, France has played a significant part in helping Mali via military support in the [[Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)|Northern Mali conflict]], with soldiers of the two nations' armies working together to take back territory from the rebels.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484 | title=French army in major Mali pullout| publisher=BBC News| date=2013-05-25}}</ref> This military intervention, named Operation Barkhane, had the main objectives of strengthening Mali's armed forces and counterrorism efforts which began in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/14098/Anti-jihad_forces_try_to_do_without_Mali | title=Anti-jihad forces try to do without Mali | publisher=Africa Confidential | date=8 September 2022 | accessdate=24 March 2024 }} {{subscription required}}</ref> It was meant to bring stability to the state's institutions but, ultimately, helped to enable the 2020 military-led coup d'état.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1080/17502977.2022.2030627 | title=The Strong 'Weak State': French Statebuilding and Military Rule in Mali | date=2022 | last1=Gazeley | first1=Joe | journal=Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding | volume=16 | issue=3 | pages=269–286 | doi-access=free | hdl=10023/24932 | hdl-access=free }}</ref> In 2022, Mali expelled the last 2,400 troops of the advanced French military services due to increased violence and worsening conditions following the 2021 coup.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hir.harvard.edu/how-france-failed-mali-the-end-of-operation-barkhane/ | title=How France Failed Mali: The End of Operation Barkhane | date=30 January 2023 }}</ref> This marked a shift in relations between the two countries but appears to have not threatened other forms of support, such as financial aid. France has historically lent significant funding to Mali, most notably starting in December 2018 during the G-5 Sahel's Joint Force's Priority Investment Program (PIP) conference. This funding was meant to boost security efforts with the G5 Sahel, raising US$2.6 billion in pledges for the region from international donors.<ref name="wilsoncenter.org" /> Since the dismantling of the Sahel, it is unclear if and how these funds have been distributed. France also donated US$128 million between 2020–2021 to Mali through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Development Assistance Committee ([[OECD]]-DAC).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://public.tableau.com/views/OECDDACAidataglancebyrecipient_new/Recipients?:embed=y&:display_count=yes&:showTabs=y&:toolbar=no?&:showVizHome=no | title=OECD DAC Aid at a glance by recipient_new }}</ref>

* France has an embassy in Bamako.
* Mali has an embassy in [[Paris]].
|-
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|25 June 1971
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 June 1971 when Gambia's first Ambassador to Mali, Mr. Samuel Jonathan Okiki Sarr, presented his credentials to the Head of States, Lieut. Traore.<ref name=":19">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1971 |pages=2159}}</ref>
|-
|{{GER}}
|23 September 1960
|See [[Germany–Mali relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 September 1960<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Mali: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/mali-node/steckbrief/208242 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>
* Germany has an embassy in [[Bamako]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deutsche Vertretungen in Mali |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/mali-node/mali/208262 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>
* Mali has an embassy in [[Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mali: Vertretungen in Deutschland |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/mali-node/vertretungenmali/208246 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|India}}||24 January 1962||See [[India–Mali relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 January 1962.<ref name=":9">{{Cite journal |last=Jean-François Juilliard, Françoise Moussu |title=Chronologie des faits internationaux d'ordre juridique. Annuaire Français de Droit International / Année 1962 / 8 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1962_num_8_1_1015 |access-date=30 November 2023 |journal=Annuaire Français de Droit International |date=23 December 1962 |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=1051 |language=fr}}</ref>

* India has an embassy in Bamako.<ref>[http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?139/139/0 Indian Embassy in Mali]</ref>
* Mali has an embassy in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.maliembassy.co.in/amb_india.html |title=Mali Embassy in India |access-date=14 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092850/http://www.maliembassy.co.in/amb_india.html |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|21 June 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 June 1965 when M. Souraedi Tashi, Indonesia's first Ambassador to Mali, presented his credentials to President Modibo Keita.<ref name=":17">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=335}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Libya}}||17 November 1972||See [[Libya-Mali relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 November 1972 when  the first Libyan Ambassador to Mali, Muhammad Ahmad Mograhi, presented his credentials to President Mousa Traore.<ref name=":20">{{Cite book |title=ARR Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1972 |pages=559}}</ref>

* Libya has an embassy in Bamako.
* Mali has an embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].
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|{{flag|Mauritania}}||1963||See [[Mali–Mauritania relations]]
Since Mauritania negotiated a boundary dispute with Mali in 1963, ties between the two countries have been mostly cordial. Mali and Mauritania have cooperated on several development projects, such as the OMVS and a plan to improve roads between [[Nouakchott]] and Bamako. This cooperation somewhat lessened Mali's dependence on [[Senegal]] and [[Ivory Coast]]. Although relations were warm with other black African states, since 1965 the orientation of Mauritania's foreign policy has been geared towards relations with [[North Africa]]n countries.<ref name="cs">Handloff, Robert E. "Relations with Other African States". In [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/mrtoc.html ''Mauritania: A Country Study''] (Robert E. Handloff, editor). [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (June 1988). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.''</ref>
* Mali has an embassy in [[Nouakchott]].
* Mauritania has an embassy in Bamako.
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||23 March 1977||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 March 1977<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |title=REPÚBLICA DE MALÍ |url=https://centrogilbertobosques.senado.gob.mx/docs/F_Mal%C3%AD.pdf |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=centrogilbertobosques.senado.gob.mx |page=14 |language=es}}</ref>
* Mali is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C..<ref>[http://www.maliembassy.us Embassy of Mali in the United States]</ref>
* Mexico is accredited to Mali from its embassy in Rabat and has an honorary consulate in Bamako.<ref>[https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/marruecos/ Embassy of Mexico in Morocco]</ref>  
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|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|27 October 2004
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 October 2004 when has been accredited non-resident Ambassador of Mali to Namibia Mr. Sinally Coulibaly.<ref name=":28">{{Cite book |title=Diplomatic List |publisher=Namibia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol |year=2009 |pages=2}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Netherlands}}||11 July 1964||See [[Mali–Netherlands relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 July 1964 when has been accredited Ambassador of the Netherlands to Mali with residence in Dakar.<ref name=":14">{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken |year=1964 |pages=123 |language=nl}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|6 March 1983
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 March 1983 when first Mali Ambassador to New Zealand (resident in Peking), Mr. Boubacar Toure presented his credentials to the Governor-General<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |title=New Zealand External Relations Review - Volumes 33-34 |publisher=Ministry of External Relations and Trade |year=1983}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Pakistan}}||1963||
* Mali is accredited to Pakistan from its embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 
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|{{flag|Poland}}||12 May 1961||See [[Mali–Poland relations]]
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|{{flag|Russia}}||14 October 1960||See [[Mali–Russia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 October 1960<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Mali were established in 1960 |url=https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1448749011742113795?s=20 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=MFA Russia}}</ref>

* Mali has an [[Embassy of Mali in Moscow|embassy in Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in Bamako.
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|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|6 January 1987
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 January 1987 when ambassador Moktar Kounta El Bakaye presented his credentials to president [[Juvénal Habyarimana]].<ref name=":23">{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens Issues 2147-2163 |publisher=1987 |pages=449 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||27 September 1990||
Both countries estadlished diplomatic relations on 27 September 1990<ref name=":26">{{Cite web |title=Mali |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=160 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}</ref>
* Mali is accredited to South Korea from its embassy in Beijing, China.
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|{{flag|Spain}}||20 August 1964||See [[Mali–Spain relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 August 1964.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas del Estado Espaniol |url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOB/article/download/33281/85107/ |access-date=5 June 2023 |page=307 |language=es}}</ref>

* Mali has an embassy in [[Madrid]].
* Spain has an embassy in Bamako.
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|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|25 January 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 January 1965, when the first Swedish ambassador to Mali with residence in [[Abidjan]], Karl Henrik Anderson, presented his letters of credentials.<ref name=":16">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire - Issues 355-366 |publisher=La Documentation africaine |year=1965 |language=fr}}</ref>In 2024, the Swedish government suspended humanitarian aid to Mali due to the pro-Russian policies adopted by the military government of [[Assimi Goïta]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=Regeringen drar in biståndet till Mali |url=https://www.tv4.se/artikel/6oFNSHD2fPc1i2AroLSIXy/regeringen-drar-in-bistandet-till-mali-pa-grund-av-ryssland |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=TV4 |language=sv}}</ref> In response, the government of Mali ordered the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador in Bamako.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-09 |title=Mali orders Swedish ambassador to leave within 72 hours |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/9/mali-orders-swedish-ambassador-to-leave-within-72-hours |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}|| 17 April 1963||
* [[Mali]] has an embassy in [[Ankara]].<ref name="auto83">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-mali.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Mali}}</ref>
*Turkey has an embassy in [[Bamako]].<ref name="auto83" />
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$57 million in 2019 (Mali's exports/imports: 8.6/48.4 million USD).<ref name="auto83" />
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|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|5 November 1992
Diplomatic Severed in 4 August 2024
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 November 1992.<ref name=":30" />
In August 2024, the Malian military government severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine following the [[Battle of Tinzaouaten (2024)|Battle of Tinzaouaten]].<ref name=":29" />
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||15 March 1961||See [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom]]
The UK established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 15 March 1961<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9cfAAAAMAAJ&dq=Bokar+N%27Diaye++ambassador+15+Mar.+1961&pg=PA511 |title=The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book for ... Volume 135 |publisher=Great Britain. Foreign Office |year=1962 |pages=511}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when Mali and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=March 2025}}

* Mali does not maintain an embassy in the United Kingdom.
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Mali through its embassy in [[Bamako]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-bamako|title=British Embassy Bamako|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=30 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329231407/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-bamako|archive-date=29 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the [[International Criminal Court]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. The UK provides international aid to Mali through the Sahel Region Development Partnership.<ref>{{cite web|author-link=Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |author=((Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)) |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|title=Country and regional development partnership summaries|website=GOV.UK|date=17 July 2023 |access-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526234739/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|archive-date=26 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||24 September 1960||See [[Mali–United States relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 September 1960<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Mali |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/mali |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=history.state.gov}}</ref>

The bilateral agenda is dominated by efforts to increase broad-based growth, improve health and educational facilities, promote the sustainable use of natural resources, reduce the population growth rate, counter the spread of highly infectious diseases, encourage regional stability, build peacekeeping capabilities, institutionalize respect for human rights, and strengthen democratic institutions in offering good governance. Mali currently is a small market for U.S. trade and investment, but there is potential for considerable growth as its economy expands.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2828.htm
 |title=Background Note: Mali
 |publisher=US State Department}}</ref>

The majority of Mali-US relations and support is centered around military efforts in the form of intelligence, equipment, and financial aid valuing over $588 million, which began in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nations |first=United States Mission to the United |date=2021-11-12 |title=Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the G5 Sahel Joint Force |url=https://usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-a-un-security-council-briefing-on-the-g5-sahel-joint-force/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=United States Mission to the United Nations |language=en-US}}</ref> From 2020 to 2021, US$205 million was also donated in aid through [[OECD]]-DAC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OECD DAC Aid at a glance by recipient_new |url=https://public.tableau.com/views/OECDDACAidataglancebyrecipient_new/Recipients?:embed=y&:display_count=yes&:showTabs=y&:toolbar=no?&:showVizHome=no |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Tableau Software}}</ref> This pledged support was announced as conditional on Mali's ability to uphold elections on an agreed timeframe. Although this election timeframe has not been upheld, [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] is currently giving to the distinct initiatives of Agriculture and Economic Growth, Education, Health, Humanitarian Assistance, Multi-Sectoral Nutrition, and Peace, Democracy, and Governance (PDG) Programs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-07 |title=Fact Sheets |url=https://www.usaid.gov/mali/fact-sheets |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222171845/https://www.usaid.gov/mali/fact-sheets |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 December 2022 |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=U.S. Agency for International Development |language=en}}</ref> The most recent coups, expulsion of foreign troops, and rejection of intergovernmental foreign aid has made these programs less stable, but has not slowed donations or halted the US support.

* Mali has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* United States has an embassy in Bamako.
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|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|2 October 1987
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 October 1987 when has been accredited Ambassador of Mali to Zambia (resident in [[Cairo]]) Elbekaye Moctar Kounta.<ref name=":24">{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organisations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1989 |pages=5}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Mali]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Mali]]

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