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{{Politics of Niger}}
[[Niger]] pursues a moderate [[foreign policy]] and maintains friendly relations with both East and West.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Niger (12/01)|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/niger/19667.htm|access-date=2020-11-16|website=U.S. Department of State}}</ref> It is a member state of the [[United Nations]]. Niger maintains a special relationship with France and enjoys close relations with its West African neighbours.

==Multilateral relations==
[[File:Secretary Pompeo and USUN Ambassador Craft Meet with Niger Ambassador to the United Nations Abdou Abarry and Upcoming President of the UN Security Council (50249137863).jpg|thumb|310px| US Ambassador to the United Nations [[Kelly Craft]] and US Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] meet with Niger Ambassador to the United Nations Abdou Abarry]]
It is a charter member of the [[Organization of African Unity]] and the [[West African Monetary Union]]. Also, it belongs to the [[Niger Basin Authority]] and the [[Lake Chad Basin Commission]], the [[Economic Community of West African States]], the [[Non-Aligned Movement]], and the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]]. Niger belongs to the [[United Nations]] and its main specialized agencies and, in 1980-81, served on the [[UN Security Council]].  The first president of Niger, [[Hamani Diori]], maintained close relations with the West and became internationally prominent in his diplomatic work, seeking to broker resolutions to conflicts in Africa and beyond.  His involvement as a negotiator was particularly prominent during the [[Nigerian Civil War]].<ref>Samuel Decalo. ''Historical Dictionary of Niger'' (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press, Boston & Folkestone, (1997) {{ISBN|0-8108-3136-8}}</ref>

Niger maintains a permanent purpose to the [[United Nations Headquarters]] in New York City, at 417 East 50th Street. In 2009, its Ambassador to the United Nations was Ibrahim A. Abani.<ref name=sahelaus />

==Diplomatic relations==
List of countries which Niger maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Niger.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country
!Date
|-
|1
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{Dts|2 August 1960}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{Dts|3 August 1960}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|3
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{Dts|3 August 1960}}<ref name=":2" />
|-
|4
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Dts|4 August 1960}}<ref name=":3" />
|-
|5
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Dts|16 March 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=法第11条を適用し、通知した期限までに開示決定等がされなかったもの（資料４） |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/gyoukan/kanri/jyohokokai/pdf/js18_g_04.pdf |access-date=22 April 2024 |page=10 |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Dts|26 May 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stroehlin, Jean Est également accrédité en Dahomey, en Haute-Volta et au Niger. Nomination par le Conseil fédéral le 26.5.1961 |url=https://dodis.ch/R10040 |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=dodis.ch |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{Dts|8 June 1961}}<ref name=":5" />
|-
|8
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{Dts|27 July 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niger |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=166 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{Dts|24 August 1961}}<ref name=":6" />
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{Dts|22 September 1961}}<ref name=":7" />
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Dts|23 September 1961}}<ref name=":8" />
|-style="background:#D3D3D3"
|—
|{{Flag|Israel}} (suspended)
|{{Dts|9 November 1961}}<ref name=":62">{{Cite book |last=Yitzhak Oron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&dq=Middle+East+Record+-+Volume+2++ambassador+of+Israel+to+CAR+Ephraim+Ben+Haim+...+1961&pg=PA333 |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961, Volume 2 |publisher=The Moshe Dayan Center |year=1961 |pages=335 |access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Dts|20 December 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken Volumes 69-72 |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken |year=1961 |pages=98 |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{Dts|1961}}<ref name="Les Élites africaines Volume 2">{{Cite book |title=Les Élites africaines Volume 2 |publisher=Édiafric |year=1972 |pages=93 |language=fr |quote=COFFI Pierre C. Ivoire Ambassadeur des Etats du Conseil de l'Entente au Libéria et en Sierra- Leone ( 1961-1969 ) ;}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{Dts|1961}}<ref name="Les Élites africaines Volume 2"/>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{Dts|11 March 1962}}<ref name=":9" />
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{Dts|20 March 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_paqxWqBwkC&dq=Niger%3B+Leon+Maka+...+1962&pg=PA11 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 56-57 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1962 |pages=11 |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{Dts|27 April 1962}}<ref name=":10" />
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Mali}}
|{{Dts|1 August 1962}}<ref name=":11" />
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{Dts|26 October 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. Dia Salifou, délégué permanent du Niger au Dahomey, est également accrédité auprès du Togo}}</ref>
|-
|20
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Dts|18 December 1962}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bulletin de documentation_1962_10 |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/bulletin/1962/BID_1962_10/BID_1962_10.pdf |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=sip.gouvernement.lu |page=27 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Dts|7 July 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Françoise Moussu |title=Chronologie des faits internationaux d'ordre juridique. Annuaire Français de Droit International / Année 1963 / 9 / |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1963_num_9_1_1070?q=Chronologie%20des%20faits%20internationaux%20d%27ordre%20juridique |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=persee.fr |date=1963 |volume=9 |issue=1 |page=1113 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{Dts|1 October 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niger |url=http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/112/language/en-US/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129174149/http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/112/language/en-US/Default.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Royaume du Maroc Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et de la Cooperation |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{Dts|1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/statesmansyearbo1963unse/page/1443/mode/1up |title=The Statesman's year-book 1963 |date=1864 |publisher=New York : St. Martin's Press |pages=1444 |access-date=15 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Dts|24 January 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 27, 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse au diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{Dts|30 January 1965}}<ref name=":12" />
|-
|26
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{Dts|12 March 1965}}<ref name=":13" />
|-
|27
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{Dts|25 May 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Stats Kalender 1966 |url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/921659.pdf |access-date=3 August 2023 |website=slaegtsbibliotek.dk |page=[24] |language=da}}</ref>
|-
|28
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|26 May 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sveriges statskalender 1966 |pages=43 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{Dts|May 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niger |url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/documents/fichaspais/niger_ficha%20pais.pdf |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Oficina de información diplomática Ficha Pais |page=4 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Dts|6 October 1965}}<ref name=":14" />
|-
|31
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{Dts|15 October 1965}}<ref name=":15" />
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{Dts|17 November 1965}}<ref name=":16" />
|-
|33
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{Dts|November 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=El Perú construye mensaje presentado al Congreso Nacional por el ... Presidente Constitucional de la República |publisher=Peru. President |year=1966 |pages=55 |language=es |quote=Nuevas Relaciones Diplomaticas.- De conformidad con el propósito de ampliar nuestra acción diplomática en el mundo, hemos establecido relaciones con otros  dos Estados africanos, el Niger y el Alto Volta (noviembre de 1965 y marzo de 1966)}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{Dts|13 September 1966}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cahiers de l'Orient contemporain Volume 23 |publisher=G.P. Maisonneuve |year=1966 |pages=45 |language=fr |quote=... 13 septembre ETABLISSEMENT DE RELATIONS DIPLOMATIQUES , au rang d'ambassade , avec la Tanzanie et le Niger ( Ba'th , 14 septembre )}}</ref>
|-
|35
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Dts|20 November 1966}}<ref name="Africa Research Bulletin">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1966 |pages=667}}</ref>
|-
|36
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Dts|22 November 1966}}<ref name="Africa Research Bulletin" />
|-
|37
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{Dts|30 March 1967}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa, Issues 2418-2502 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1967 |pages=8}}</ref>
|-
|38
|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|{{Dts|22 April 1968}}<ref name=":17" />
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|24 April 1968}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire - Issues 490-508 |pages=1968 |language=fr |quote=[A]mbassadeur de Tunisie en Côte d'Ivoire et au Niger, a présenté ses lettres de créance au Niger le 24 avril 1968...}}</ref>
|-
|40
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{Dts|20 June 1969}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania}}</ref>
|-
|41
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{Dts|4 December 1969}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer Issues 477-488 |publisher=1969 |pages=62 |language=fr |quote=MAURITANIE ... Premier ambassadeur au Niger : M. Ahmed Ould Dié}}</ref>
|-
|42
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{Dts|1969}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Afrique d'expression franc̜aise et Madagascar Volumes 477-487 |publisher=Société nouvelle des Editions France Outremer S.A. |year=1969 |pages=63 |language=fr |quote=CONGO-KINSHASA ... Premier Ambassadeur au Niger, résidant à Abidjan : M. Théodore Kondo Belan}}</ref>
|-
|43
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{Dts|26 January 1970}}<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=2 July 2023 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{Dts|9 January 1971}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire, 627–651 |year=1971 |language=fr |quote=Prochaine ouverture de relations diplomatiques, au niveau des ambassades, entre le Niger et l'Ordre de Malte...}}</ref>
|-
|44
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Dts|30 June 1971}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bogdan Grzeloński |title=Dyplomacja polska w XX wieku |publisher=Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie |year=2006 |pages=129 |language=pl}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{Dts|20 July 1971}}<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=21 April 2024 |website=Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations}}</ref>
|-
|45
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{Dts|17 February 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Today marks 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia & the Republic of the Niger! |url=https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1494357177204711431?s=20 |access-date=21 July 2023 |website=MFA Russia}}</ref>
|-
|46
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{Dts|17 March 1972}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa |publisher=Agence France Presse |year=1972 |pages=20}}</ref>
|-
|47
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{Dts|3 February 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1973 |pages=2771}}</ref>
|-
|48
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{Dts|2 March 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire Issues 718-742 |publisher=Ediafric |year=1973 |pages=2023 |language=fr |quote=NIAMEY Moustapha CISSE , ambassadeur du Sénégal au Mali , a présenté ses lettres de créance au Niger le 2 mars. ( résidant à Bamako)}}</ref>
|-
|49
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{Dts|5 March 1973}}<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=21 April 2024 |language=bg}}</ref>
|-
|50
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{Dts|30 October 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire Issues 743-762 |publisher=Ediafric |year=1973 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|51
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{Dts|13 February 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cameroun Informations Issue 14 |publisher=Cameroon. Department of Press and Information |year=1974 |pages=19 |language=fr |quote=13 Février 1974 M. Ibrahim Loutou , ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire de la République du Niger a présenté au Chef de l'État , El Hadj Ahmadou Ahidjo , ses lettres de creance ...}}</ref>
|-
|52
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{Dts|20 July 1974}}<ref name=":18" />
|-
|53
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{Dts|6 September 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=NCNK |page=4}}</ref>
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|54
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{Dts|11 November 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=Republic%20of%20the%20Niger |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207233429/https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=Republic%20of%20the%20Niger |archive-date=7 February 2022 |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain}}</ref>
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|55
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{Dts|7 March 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of countries which maintains diplomatic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |url=https://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/cn_vakv/ |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam}}</ref>
|-
|56
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{Dts|8 April 1975}}<ref name=":19" />
|-
|57
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{Dts|11 June 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TOzYpppvzMsC&dq=Iran+and+Niger+decided+to+establish+diplomatic+relations&pg=PA46 |title=Current Background, Issues 1035-1040 |publisher=American Consulate General |year=1975 |pages=46}}</ref>
|-
|58
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{Dts|23 June 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Declaración relativa al establecimiento Relaciones Diplomáticas entre la República Argentina y la República de Niger |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/tratado_ficha.php?id=lZ2plw== |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados |language=es}}</ref>
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|59
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Dts|9 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Standard and Chartered Review |publisher=1975 |pages=18 |quote=The growing importance of the UAE was em- phasised with eight new ambassadors , from Austria , Belgium , Eire , The Gambia , Malaysia , Netherlands , Niger and Switzerland , presenting their credentials to the President .}}</ref>
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|60
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{Dts|10 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niger |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/niger |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt |language=pt}}</ref>
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|61
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{Dts|24 October 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic of Niger |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/en/subjects/bilateral-relations/all-countries/republic-of-niger |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=gov.br}}</ref>
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|62
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{Dts|6 November 1975}}<ref name=":20" />
|-
|63
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Dts|28 November 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niger |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17279&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006035925/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17279&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |archive-date=6 October 2016 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland}}</ref>
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|64
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Dts|22 December 1975}}<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=20 April 2024 |page=112 |language=sk}}</ref>
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|65
|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{Dts|1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Europa Year Book 1975 A World Survey Vol.-ii |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1975 |pages=1165}}</ref>
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|66
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{Dts|25 April 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Estados con los que Cuba mantiene relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190813/https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2019 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Memoria Anual 2015 |page=23 |language=es}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{Dts|18 July 1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiO1Z63z_rsC&dq=first+ambassador+of+zambia+presented+credentials+to&pg=RA11-PA24 |title=Translations on South and East Asia Volumes 725-737 |publisher=Joint Publications Research Service |year=1977 |pages=24 |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref>
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|68
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{Dts|25 June 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of countries with which Barbados has established diplomatic relations |url=https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Barbados)}}</ref>
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|69
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{Dts|25 June 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=minfor.gov.gy}}</ref>
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|70
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{Dts|25 June 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade}}</ref>
|-
|71
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{Dts|June 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=308 |language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|72
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{Dts|1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Europa year book : a world survey. 1979. Vol. 2 |publisher=Europa Publications Limited |year=1979 |pages=1546}}</ref>
|-
|73
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Dts|18 June 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-76218/page/53/mode/1up?q=Nigeria+diplomatic+relations |title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report No. 2278 |date=13 August 1980 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|74
|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{Dts|28 August 1980}}<ref name=":21" />
|-
|75
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{Dts|3 September 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique, Issues 170-179 |publisher=1980 |pages=140 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|76
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{Dts|23 February 1981}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gambia News Bulletin, 23 February 1981, 1 |url=https://www.smcm.edu/gambia/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2015/03/gamble-19_part2.pdf |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=smcm.edu |page=128}}</ref>
|-
|77
|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{Dts|9 May 1981}}<ref name=":23"/>
|-
|78
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{Dts|12 May 1981}}<ref name=":23" />
|-
|79
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{Dts|30 June 1981}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Afrique nouvelle Issues 1669-1695 |publisher=1981 |pages=11 |language=fr |quote=Le Colonel Saye Zerbo, .... chef de l'Etat, a reçu le 30 juin dernier les lettres de créance de six nouveaux ambassadeurs accrédités par lears pays respectifs auprès du gouverment voltaïque. Il s'agit des ambassadeurs ... du Niger M. Magaji Gourouza ...}}</ref>
|-
|80
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{Dts|16 December 1981}}<ref name="UNDL">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Niger and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Niger+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>
|-
|81
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{Dts|17 December 1981}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique, Issues 180-185 |publisher=Le Mois en Afrique., 1981 |pages=153}}</ref>
|-
|82
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{dts|14 May 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique, 200–202 |year=1982 |pages=281 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|83
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Dts|30 July 1982}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|84
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{Dts|14 September 1982}}<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=NE#The-World |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=mofa.gov.qa |language=ar}}</ref>
|-
|85
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Dts|17 February 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Near East/South Asia Report, Issue 2730 |publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1983 |pages=62}}</ref>
|-
|86
|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|{{Dts|4 January 1985}}<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Chronologies Dans Monde Arabe 1985/2 (N°108) |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-maghreb-machrek1-1985-2-page-72.htm |access-date=11 September 2023 |journal=Monde Arabe |date=1985 |volume=108 |issue=2 |page=88 |doi=10.3917/machr1.108.0072 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|87
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{Dts|10 February 1986}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Afrique contemporaine, Issues 137-144 |publisher=Documentation française |year=1986 |pages=69 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|88
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{Dts|5 October 1988}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|—
|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{Dts|18 January 1989}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Country Report: Togo, Niger, Benin, Burkina |publisher=The Unit |year=1990 |pages=26 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|89
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 May 1990}}<ref>{{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 |pages=14}}</ref>
|-
|90
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{dts|25 July 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/JordanTimes1990JordanEnglish/Jul%2026%201990%2C%20Jordan%20Times%2C%20%234449%2C%20Jordan%20%28en%29/page/n2/mode/1up?q=Niger |title=Seven ambassadors present credentials |date=July 26–27, 1990 |publisher=Jordan Times , 1990, Jordan, English |pages=3}}</ref>
|-
|91
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{Dts|9 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niger (Republic of) |url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/niger.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912234810/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/niger.html |archive-date=12 September 2015 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=dirco.gov.za}}</ref>
|-
|92
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Dts|26 April 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niger: Základné informácie |url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/sk/niger |access-date=21 July 2023 |website=mzv.sk |language=sk}}</ref>
|-
|93
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Dts|10 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Republic of the Niger |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/category/africa/niger |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207233427/https://mfa.gov.az/en/category/africa/niger |archive-date=7 February 2022 |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
|-
|94
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Dts|18 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2010 |title=Dates of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/default.aspx?id=6 |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bosnia and Herzegovina}}</ref>
|-
|95
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{Dts|1 June 1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 2015 |title=Diplomatic & Consular List |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2015%20Singapore.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704140401/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2015%20Singapore.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2023 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore |page=168}}</ref>
|-style="background:#D3D3D3"
|—
|{{Flag|Ukraine}} (suspended)<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2024 |title=Niger cuts ties with Ukraine over comments on Mali-Wagner attack |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/niger-cuts-ties-with-ukraine-over-comments-mali-wagner-attack-2024-08-06/ |access-date=7 August 2024 |publisher=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
|{{Dts|1 October 1999}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|96
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Dts|15 November 2000}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|97
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Dts|17 September 2002}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyprus News Agency: [07] Cypriot Ambassador presents credentials to Niger President |url=http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/cna/2002/02-09-18.cna.html#07 |access-date=29 July 2023 |website=hri.org}}</ref>
|-
|98
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Dts|8 October 2005}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoy extendemos un saludo fraterno al Gobierno y Pueblo de Niger con motivo de celebrar 15 años del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://twitter.com/CancilleriaVE/status/1314195128131751940 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Cancillería Venezuela |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|99
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{Dts|12 October 2005}}<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=3 May 2023 |website=Republic of Estonia Ministry of Foreign Affairs |language=et}}</ref>
|-
|100
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Dts|22 June 2006}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|101
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{Dts|8 December 2006}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|102
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{Dts|21 December 2006}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|103
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Dts|31 May 2007}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|104
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{Dts|13 November 2007}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|105
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|Before April 2008<ref>https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2008-04-17/328/</ref>
|-
|106
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{Dts|11 December 2008}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|107
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{Dts|17 December 2008}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2013 |title=Diplomatic Missions to the Principality of Liechtenstein |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/35141706/diplomatic-missions-to-the-principality-of-liechtenstein |access-date=21 July 2023 |website=yumpu.com |page=20}}</ref>
|-
|108
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{Dts|20 April 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2009 |title=Le Président djiboutien reçoit les Lettres de Créance des nouveaux ambassadeurs de Corée du Sud, du Tchad, de la Tunisie, du Niger et de la Russie |url=http://www.adi.dj/index.php/site/Plus/505 |access-date=20 November 2023 |website=Agence Djiboutienne d'Information |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|109
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{Dts|7 May 2009}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|110
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Dts|2010}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2010 |title=Paraguay establece relaciones diplomáticas con Uganda |url=https://www.paraguay.com/nacionales/paraguay-establece-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-uganda-31980 |access-date=12 April 2024 |website=paraguay.com |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|111
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{Dts|21 September 2011}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2011 |title=Joint Communique concerning the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of the Republic of Niger |url=https://treaty.kemlu.go.id/apisearch/pdf?filename=NER-2011-0001.pdf |access-date=12 August 2023 |language=id, fr, en |archive-date=12 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812171638/https://treaty.kemlu.go.id/apisearch/pdf?filename=NER-2011-0001.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|112
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{Dts|29 March 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Belarus and Niger esbablish diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.gov.by/en/press/news_mfa/ab3868bf62eb13b6.html |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Belarus}}</ref>
|-
|113
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Dts|17 April 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations |url=https://www2.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/establishment-and-renewal-of-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108224348/https://www2.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/establishment-and-renewal-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 January 2022 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia}}</ref>
|-
|114
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{Dts|24 April 2012}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Diplomatic and Consular List - November 2015 |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2015%20Malaysia.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721123212/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2015%20Malaysia.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2023 |access-date=21 April 2024 |page=222}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{Dts|30 May 2012}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|115
|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|{{Dts|25 January 2013}}<ref name=":24" />
|-
|116
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Dts|6 March 2013}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|117
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{Dts|5 November 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2013 |title=Nuevos embajadores en Guinea Ecuatorial |url=https://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/categorias/Noticias?page=1583 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422193313/https://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/categorias/Noticias?page=1583 |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Guinea Ecuatorial Página Web Institucional del Gobierno |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|118
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{Dts|26 March 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic of Namibia Diplomatic List 2018 |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Other/Namibia/2018_Namibia.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730192409/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Other/Namibia/2018_Namibia.pdf |archive-date=30 July 2023 |access-date=22 April 2024 |page=23}}</ref>
|-
|119
|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{Dts|29 March 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2014 |title=PR acredita novos embaixadores |url=https://www.acismoz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/HORIZONTE%2025%20-%20Diario%20Informativo%20Geral%20807.pdf |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=HORIZONTE 25 - Diario Informativo Geral 807 |page=4 |language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|120
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Dts|30 May 2014}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|121
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{Dts|9 September 2014}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|122
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Dts|12 September 2014}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|123
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Dts|18 November 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2014 |title=Niger's first ambassador to Seychelles promises to build strong diplomatic ties |url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/1790/Nigers+first+ambassador+to+Seychelles+promises+to+build+strong+diplomatic+ties |access-date=21 July 2023 |website=Seychelles News Agency}}</ref>
|-
|124
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Dts|25 March 2015}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|125
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{Dts|13 January 2016}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2016 |title=Iavoloha : Trois ambassadeurs chez Hery Rajaonarimampianina |url=https://midi-madagasikara.mg/iavoloha-trois-ambassadeurs-chez-hery-rajaonarimampianina-2/ |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=midi-madagasikara.mg |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|126
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{Dts|8 March 2016}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2016 |title=Sierra Leone and Niger to support Malawi's agriculture by value addition |url=https://www.facebook.com/malawigovernment/posts/sierra-leone-and-niger-to-support-malawis-agriculture-by-value-addition-lilongwe/512975718888927/ |access-date=13 July 2023 |website=Malawi Government}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2016 |title=Sierra Leone and Niger to support Malawi's agriculture by value addition |url=https://www.faceofmalawi.com/2016/03/09/sierra-leone-and-niger-to-support-malawis-agriculture-by-value-addition/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222150833/https://www.faceofmalawi.com/2016/03/09/sierra-leone-and-niger-to-support-malawis-agriculture-by-value-addition/ |archive-date=22 December 2023 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=FaceofMalawi}}</ref>
|-
|127
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{Dts|26 November 2016}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niger – Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/ne |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia}}</ref>
|-
|128
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{Dts|23 March 2017}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2017 |title=Hungary to Support Tanzania Industry |url=https://www.tanzaniainvest.com/economy/trade/hungary-industry |access-date=10 February 2025 |website=tanzaniainvest.com |quote=Other ambassadors who presented their credentials are ... the Ambassador of Niger Hon. Adam Maiga Zakariaoum ...}}</ref>
|-
|129
|{{Flag|Lesotho}}
|{{Dts|17 August 2017}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2017 |title=His Majesty receives Denmark, Niger credentials |url=http://www.gov.ls/gov_webportal/articles/2017/August/denmark_niger_present_credentials_to_king.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225452/http://www.gov.ls/gov_webportal/articles/2017/August/denmark_niger_present_credentials_to_king.html |archive-date=4 May 2018 |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=gov.ls}}</ref>
|-
|130
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{Dts|26 August 2017}}<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=21 July 2023 |website=mfa.tj}}</ref>
|-
|131
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{Dts|20 September 2017}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|132
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Dts|21 September 2017}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|133
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{Dts|26 March 2018}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|134
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Dts|28 September 2018}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canciller Miguel Vargas junto a su par nigerino, Kalla Ankourao, firman Relaciones Diplomáticas entre República Dominicana y Niger |url=https://twitter.com/MIREXRD/status/1045705694408847361 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores R.Dominicana |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|135
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{Dts|8 August 2019}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|136
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{Dts|9 October 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rapports de Politique Extérieure |url=https://www.gouv.mc/content/download/481124/5499172/file/RAPPORT%20POLITIQUE%20EXTERIEURE%20MONACO%202019%20WEB.pdf |access-date=21 July 2023 |page=11 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|137
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{Dts|21 November 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 November 2020 |title=Un nouvel ambassadeur du Niger accrédité aux Comores |url=https://alwatwan.net/politique/diplomatie-i-un-nouvel-ambassadeur-du-niger-accr%C3%A9dit%C3%A9-aux-comores.html |access-date=10 May 2024 |website=Al-watwan |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|138
|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 February 2021}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 February 2021 |title=Présentation de lettre de créance |url=https://ambassadeniger-sn.org/affactualite.php?id=24 |access-date=30 January 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|139
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{Dts|22 June 2021}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|140
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{Dts|25 April 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 2023 |title=De nouveaux ambassadeurs ont été accrédités au Burundi |url=https://presidence.gov.bi/2023/04/25/de-nouveaux-ambassadeurs-ont-ete-accredites-au-burundi/ |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=presidence.gov.bi |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|141
|{{Flag|South Sudan}}
|{{Dts|19 July 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2023 |title=Kiir receives credentials from 5 non-resident ambassadors |url=https://www.eyeradio.org/kiir-receives-credentials-from-5-non-resident-ambassadors/ |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=eyeradio.org}}</ref>
|-
|142
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{Dts|17 November 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2023 |title=Diplomatie : L'ambassadeur du Niger en Erythrée présente ses lettres de créances |url=https://www.lesahel.org/diplomatie-lambassadeur-du-niger-en-erythree-presente-ses-lettres-de-creances/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=lesahel.org |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 December 2023 |title=Diplomatie : L'ambassadeur du Niger en Erythrée présente ses lettres de créances |url=https://nigerdiaspora.net/politique/diplomatie-l-ambassadeur-du-niger-en-erythree-presente-ses-lettres-de-creances |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=nigerdiaspora.net |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|143
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|Unknown (Before 1984)<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report |publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1984 |pages=49}}</ref>
|-
|144
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|Unknown
|-
|145
|{{Flag|Chad}}
|Unknown
|-
|146
|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|Unknown
|-
|147
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|Unknown
|-
|148
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|Unknown
|-
|149
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|Unknown
|}

==Bilateral relations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;" | Country
! style="width:12%;" | Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|-
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|12 March 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 March 1965 when the government of Niger has agreed to the nomination of M. Ali Abdellaoui as Algeria's Ambassador in Niamey with residence in Abidjan<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=256}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Angola}}
|28 August 1980
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 August 1980 when Ambassador of Niger to Angola Mr. Joseph Diatta presented his letters of credentials to President M. Jose Eduardo Dos Santos.<ref name=":21">{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique Issues 170-179 |publisher=Le Mois en Afrique |year=1980 |pages=138 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Austria}}
|30 January 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 January 1965 when has been appointed Ambassador of Niger to Austria (resident in Bonn) Mr. Abdou Sidikou.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Institut international de droit des pays d'expression française Issues 1-9 |publisher=The Institut |year=1965 |pages=68 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|22 September 1961
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 September 1961 when first Ambassador of Belgium to Niger , M.Gérard Walravens presented his credentials to President Diori Hamani.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de la Chambre de commerce, d'agriculture, d'industrie et d'artisanat du Niger Issues 64-79 |publisher=1961 |pages=A-25 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Benin}}||<!--Date started-->||
Despite the occasional recurrence of a border conflict over [[Lété Island]] in the [[Niger River]], [[Benin]] and Niger, both former French subjects of [[French West Africa]], relations are close.  Niger relies on the port at [[Cotonou]], and to a lesser degree [[Lomé]] ([[Togo]]), and [[Port Harcourt]] ([[Nigeria]]), as its main route to overseas trade.  Niger operates a Nigerien Ports Authority station, as well as customs and tax offices in a section of Cotonou's port, so that imports and exports can be directly transported between [[Gaya, Niger|Gaya]] and the port. French Uranium mines in [[Arlit]], which produce Niger's largest exports by value, travel through this port to France or the world market.
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|{{flag|Canada}}||27 April 1962||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1962<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=3 May 2023 |website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute}}</ref>
* Canada is accredited to Niger from its embassy in [[Bamako]], [[Mali]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/mali/index.aspx?lang=eng|title=Canada and Mali|first=Global Affairs|last=Canada|date=August 27, 2019|website=GAC}}</ref>
* Niger is accredited to Canada from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.<ref name="DC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.embassyofniger.org/|title=Embassy of Niger to the United States of America – Embassy of Niger to the United States of America}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|9 May 1981
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 May 1981 when first Ambassador of Niger to Central African Republic with residence in Yaounde Mr. Moustapha Tahi , presented his credentials to President David Dacko.<ref name=":23">{{Cite book |title=Le mois en Afrique - Issues 182-187 |publisher=1981 |pages=159 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Chad}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Chad has an embassy in [[Niamey]].
* Niger has an embassy in [[N'Djamena]].
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|{{flag|China}}||20 July 1974||See [[China–Niger relations]]

China established diplomatic relations with Niger on July 20, 1974. On June 19, 1992, the transitional government of Niger declared the reestablishment of the "diplomatic relations" with [[Taiwan]]. The Chinese Government thus announced its suspension of diplomatic relations with Niger on July 30 of the same year. On August 19, 1996, China and Niger re-established diplomatic relations.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |title=Niger |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183430.htm |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=china.org.cn}}</ref>
* China has an embassy in Niamey.
* Niger has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
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|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|6 October 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 October 1965 when first Ambassador of Ethiopia to Niger (resident in Lagos) Mr. Davit Abdou presented his credentials<ref name=":14">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire - Issues 389-398 |publisher=La Documentation africaine |year=1965 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|France}}||4 August 1960

|See [[France–Niger relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 August 1960<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyes extraordinaires, ministres plenipotentiaires et charges d'affaires de France a etranger depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr}}</ref>

Niger has maintained close ties with France, its former colonial power. Following Niger's independence in 1960, France maintained several hundred advisers at all levels of Niger's government and military. In the 1960s, the [[Military of Niger]] was drawn entirely from Nigerien former members of the [[French Colonial Forces]]: officered by Frenchmen who agreed to take joint French-Nigerien citizenship.  In 1960 there were only ten African officers in the Nigerien army, all of low rank. President Diori signed legislation to end the employment of expatriate military officers in 1965, some continued to serve until the 1974 coup, when all French military presence was evacuated.<ref>for the section ''History of the FAN prior to 1974'', see Samuel Decalo. ''Historical Dictionary of Niger'' (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press, London and New Jersey (1979). {{ISBN|0-8108-1229-0}} pp.33?35.</ref>  As well, the French had maintained until 1974 around 1,000 troops of the 4th ''Régiment Interarmes d'Outre-Mer'' <ref>[http://www.troupesdemarine.org/traditions/unites/histo/hs000174.htm 4e Régiment Interarmes d'Outre-Mer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317115242/http://www.troupesdemarine.org/traditions/unites/histo/hs000174.htm |date=2016-03-17 }}: the 4th RIAOM was dissolved after leaving Niger.</ref> ([[Troupes de Marine]]) with bases at [[Niamey]], [[Zinder]], [[Bilma]] and [[Agadez]]. In 1979 a smaller French force was again based permanently in Niger.<ref>Samuel Decalo. ''Coups and Army Rule in Africa'', Yale University Press (1990). {{ISBN|0-300-04045-8}}</ref>

Franco-Nigerien relations continue to be close, with France as Niger's top export partner (in value), and the French government being almost entirely dependent upon Niger for the [[Uranium]] which fuels its extensive Nuclear Power system, mined in the northern town of [[Arlit]].<ref>Decalo (1997).</ref>

* France has an embassy in Niamey.
* Niger has an embassy in [[Paris]].
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|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|22 April 1968
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 April 1968 when Gabon's first Ambassador to Niger , M. Moktar Abdoulaye Mbingt , presented his credentials to President Diori.<ref name=":17">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1968 |pages=1033}}</ref>
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|{{GER}}
|2 August 1960
|See [[Germany–Niger relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 August 1960<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung Issues 119-243 |publisher=Germany (West). Presse- und Informationsamt |year=1960 |pages=1540 |language=de |quote=Das Auswärtige Amt teilt mit: Botschafter Theodor-Axenfeld ist am 2. August 1960 von Seiner Exzellenz, dem Minister-präsidenten der Republik Niger, Herrn Hamani Diori, ... zur Überreichung seiner Beglaubigungsschreiben als Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.}}</ref>
* Germany has an embassy in Niamey.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amt |first=Auswärtiges |title=Deutsche Vertretungen in Niger |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/niger-node/niger/226372 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>
* Niger has an embassy in [[Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amt |first=Auswärtiges |title=Vertretungen Nigers in Deutschland |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/niger-node/vertretungenniger/226376 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|24 August 1961
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 August 1961 when has been appointed first Ambassador of Niger to Ghana M. Tanimoune Ary.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de la Chambre de commerce, d'agriculture, d'industrie et d'artisanat du Niger Issues 64-79 |publisher=Chambre de commerce, d'agriculture, d'industrie et d'artisanat du Niger |year=1961 |pages=A-8 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|India}}||18 July 1977||See [[India–Niger relations]]
* India has an embassy in Niamey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indian-visa.in/|title=e-Visa Inde - Formulaire 2021 - Document officiel|website=🇮🇳 e-Visa Inde|access-date=2021-06-17|archive-date=2021-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226083247/https://www.indian-visa.in/|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?156/156/0|title=MEA &#124; Indian Missions Abroad &#124; Indian Mission|website=mea.gov.in}}</ref>
* Niger maintains an embassy in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy23271/|title=ShieldSquare Captcha}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Italy}}||23 September 1961||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 September 1961 when first Ambassador of Italy to Niger M. Renzo Luigi Romanelli , presented his credentials to President of Niger Diori Hamani.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de la Chambre de commerce, d'agriculture, d'industrie et d'artisanat du Niger Issues 64-79 |publisher=Chambre de commerce, d'agriculture, d'industrie et d'artisanat du Niger |year=1961 |pages=A-25 |language=fr}}</ref>

In December 2017, Prime Minister [[Paolo Gentiloni]] announced that 470 Italian soldiers would be deployed to Niger in an effort to mitigate the [[European migrant crisis]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Agence France-Presse |author-link=Agence France-Presse |website=[[The Local]] |date=December 28, 2017 |access-date=December 29, 2017 |url=https://www.thelocal.it/20171228/italy-to-send-almost-500-troops-to-niger-to-stem-migrant-flow-pm |title=Italy to send almost 500 troops to Niger to stem migrant flow: PM
}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|12 May 1981
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 May 1981 when Ambassador of Niger to Kenya presented his credentials to President Daniel Arap Moi.<ref name=":23"/>
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|{{flag|Kosovo}}||25 January 2013||
Niger officially recognised the [[Republic of Kosovo]] on 15 August 2011.<ref name="Kosovo Recognition">[http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=2,4,896 The Republic of Niger and the Republic of Guinea Conakry recognize Kosovo’s independence], Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, 2011-08-16</ref> Kosovo and Niger established diplomatic relations on 25 January 2013.<ref name=":24">{{cite web |date=25 January 2013 |title=Republika e Kosovës dhe Republika e Nigerit vendosin marrëdhëniet diplomatike |url=http://www.ambasada-ks.net/fr/?page=1,8,73 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208084400/http://www.ambasada-ks.net/fr/?page=1,8,73 |archive-date=8 February 2013 |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Ambasada e Republikës së Kosovës në Paris |language=sq}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|11 March 1962
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 March 1962, when first Lebanese Ambassador to Niger presented his creentials to President Hamani Diori<ref name=":9">{{Cite book|title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 50-51|publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency|year=1962|pages=7}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Libya}}|| 17 November 1965||See [[Libya–Niger relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 November 1965.<ref name=":16">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=396}}</ref>
* [[Libya]] has an embassy in [[Niamey]].
*Niger has an embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].
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|{{flag|Mali}}||1 August 1962||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 August 1962<ref name=":11">{{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>

Niger has close relations with its neighbour [[Mali]], with large scale trade links and sizable population movement between the two nations. Both were subject states in [[French West Africa]]. Niger and Mali have fought related [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] insurgencies in their respective northern territories in the 1990s and mid-2000s.

[[File:FrontiereBeninNiger.jpg|thumb|right|The road border entering Niger from [[Benin]] at [[Gaya, Niger|Gaya]].  Niger relies on its neighbors, especially Benin and [[Nigeria]] for seaports which provide access to world markets.]]
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||6 November 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 November 1975<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |title=Hoy conmemoramos el 47 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y Níger |url=https://twitter.com/SRE_mx/status/1589226097056645120?s=20 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México |language=es}}</ref>
* Mexico is accredited to Niger from its embassy in [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/nigeria/index.php/es/|title=Inicio|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx}}</ref>
* Niger is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.<ref name="DC" />
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|{{flag|Nigeria}}||8 June 1961

|See [[Niger–Nigeria relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 June 1961 when M. Elhad Camatte Hammodon Maiga, ambassador of Niger to Nigeria presented his letters of credentials to the Governor General Azikiwe<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer - Issues 371-381 |publisher=1960 |pages=42 |language=fr}}</ref>

Nigeria maintains close relations with the Republic of Niger, in part because both nations share a large [[Hausa people|Hausa]] minority on each side of their {{convert|1500|km|mi|abbr=on}} border. Hausa language and cultural ties are strong, but there is little interest in a pan-Hausa state.<ref>William F. S. Miles. "Development, not division: local versus external perceptions of the Niger-Nigeria boundary". ''The Journal of Modern African Studies'' (2005), 43:2:297-320</ref> The two nations formed the Nigeria-Niger Joint Commission for Cooperation (NNJC), established in March, 1971 with its Permanent Secretariat in Niamey, Niger.<ref>[http://thegef.org/Documents/Council_Documents/GEF_C23/MFA_-_Regional_-_Annex_2.pdf INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT IN SHARED CATCHMENTS BETWEEN NIGERIA AND NIGER] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421094607/http://www.thegef.org/Documents/Council_Documents/GEF_C23/MFA_-_Regional_-_Annex_2.pdf |date=2018-04-21 }} EGEF Council Documents, MFA Regional Annex, 2006.</ref>

* Niger has an embassy in [[Abuja]].
* Nigeria has an embassy in Niamey.

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|{{flag|Pakistan}}||15 October 1965||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 October 1965<ref name=":15">{{Cite book |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. no.201-205 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1965 |pages=15}}</ref>

Pakistan supports Niger's territorial and sovereign integrity and rejects Libya's advances as aggression. 
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|{{flag|Spain}}||May 1965||See [[Niger–Spain relations]]
* Niger is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Paris, France.
* Spain has an embassy in Niamey.
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||30 March 1967||See [[Niger–Turkey relations]]
* [[Niger]] has an embassy in [[Ankara]].<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Niger">{{Cite web|title=Relations between Turkey and Niger|url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-niger.en.mfa}}</ref>
*Turkey has an embassy in [[Niamey]].<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Niger" />
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$72 million in 2019.<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Niger" />
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|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|8 April 1975
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 April 1975 when accredited first Ambassador of Niger to Uganda (resident in Addis Ababa) Mr. Oumarou Garba Youssaufou<ref name=":19">{{Cite book |title=Diplomatic List in Uganda and Other Representatives as at ... |publisher=Uganda. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1981 |pages=6}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|3 August 1960
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 August 1960 when Mr. R. J. Stratton was appointment as Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the United Kingdom to Niger.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=The Times Cuttings: Africa West |publisher=xerography and published by University Microfilms. |year=1958}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||3 August 1960

|See [[Niger–United States relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 August 1960<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Niger |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/niger |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>

A conservative foreign policy has meant that under Niger's first president and—following military coup—the 1974&ndash;1991 military government, Niger maintained good relations with the United States, [[Israel]], and [[NATO]] governments in general. During the [[Cold War]], Niger maintained a non-confrontational attitude to the Soviet Union and its allies.<ref>Decalo (1997), Decalo (1990).</ref>

* Niger has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* United States has an embassy in [[Niamey]].
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==Other==
[[File:Niger Flag in Ghana.jpg|thumb|left|Niger's office in Accra, Ghana]]

Niger has only 24 permanent embassies abroad, although more have permanent representation in Niamey, either through national embassies or other representatives.  The United Kingdom, for instance, operates its permanent office for relations to Niger from [[Accra]], [[Ghana]], while Niger's permanent representative resides at the Nigerien Embassy in [[Paris]].

Many other small or distant nations have no formal diplomatic relations with Niamey except through their respective consulates at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.  Australia, for instance, only signed the instruments of formal diplomatic relations with Niamey on 7 May 2009, through their respective consular officials at the UN.<ref name="sahelaus">[http://lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1736:diplomatiele-niger-et-la-republique-daustralie-etablissent-des-relations-diplomatiques&catid=34:actualites&Itemid=53 "Diplomatie/le Niger et la République d'Australie établissent des relations diplomatiques"]. ''[[Le Sahel]]''.  12 May 2009</ref>

==Border disputes==
[[Libya]] has in the past claimed a strip along their border of about 19,400&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in northern Niger. There have been several decades of unresolved discussions regarding the [[boundary delimitation|delimitation]] of international boundaries in the vicinity of [[Lake Chad]] between Niger, [[Nigeria]], [[Chad]], and [[Cameroon]]. The lack of firm borders, as well as the receding of the lake in the 20th century  led to border incidents  between Cameroon and Chad in the past.  An agreement has been completed and awaits ratification by [[Cameroon]], [[Chad]], Niger, and [[Nigeria]].

Niger has an ongoing conflict with Benin over [[Lété Island]], an island in the [[River Niger]] approx. 16 kilometres long and 4 kilometres wide, located  around 40 kilometers from the town of Gao, Niger. Together with other smaller islands in the River Niger, it was the main object of a territorial dispute between Niger and [[Benin]], which had begun when the two entities were still under French rule. The island, and seasonally flooded land around it is valuable to semi-nomadic [[Fula people|Puel]] cattle herders as a dry season pasturage. The two countries had almost gone to war over their border in 1963 but finally chose to settle by peaceful means. In the early 90s a joint delimitation commission was tasked with solving the issue but could not reach an agreement. In 2001 the two parties chose to have the [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ) decide on the matter once and for all.  In 2005, the ICJ ruled in Niger's favour.<ref>Fabio Spadi (2005) [http://www.ljil.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=5&c=186 The ICJ Judgment in the Benin-Niger Border Dispute:  the interplay of titles and ‘effectivités’ under the uti possidetis juris principle, ''Leiden Journal of International Law''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929032048/http://www.ljil.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=5&c=186 |date=2006-09-29 }} 18: 777-794</ref>

Niger has ongoing processes delimiting sections of their borders with [[Burkina Faso]] and [[Mali]], disputes which date back to the colonial period.  These entities, along with [[Benin]] and other nations which do not border Niger, were semi independent elements of [[French West Africa]].  Within the colonial administration, borders were frequently changed, with [[Niger colony]] once possessing large portions of what is now Burkina Faso and Mali, as well as much of northern Chad, later associated with [[French Equatorial Africa]].  Disputes between these post-independence nations have been minor and peaceful.

==See also==
*[[List of diplomatic missions in Niger]]
*[[List of diplomatic missions of Niger]]

==References==
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