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      Establishment of Diplomatic Relations

      Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic RelationsDate
      Afghanistan17.3.2004
      Albania9.4.1976
      Algeria17.5.1983
      Andorra3.8.1995
      Angola1988
      Antigua and Barbuda11.3.2004
      Argentina1952
      Armenia15.5.1997
      Australia12.2.1984
      Austria20.7.1964
      Azerbaijan27.2.1998
      Bahamas, The18.3.1975
      Bahrain20.5.1978
      Bangladesh1978
      Barbados9.4.1979
      Belarus25.5.2001
      Belgium9.11.1945
      Belize7.7.2004
      Benin23.2.2005
      Bhutan
      Bolivia17.9.2004
      Bosnia and Herzegovina8.5.1996
      Botswana1988
      Brazil1952
      Brunei27.4.2006
      Bulgaria19.11.1963
      Burkina Faso23.10.2001
      Burundi14.12.2006
      Cabo Verde20.7.1977
      Cambodia19.6.2003
      Cameroon19.9.2007
      Canada6.6.1947
      Central African Republic
      Chad14.4.2004
      Chile6.11.1963
      China14.12.1971
      Colombia15.9.1981
      Comoros29.10.2004
      Congo, Democratic Republic of the2.4.2001
      Congo, Republic of the15.12.2004
      Cook Islands13.10.2017
      Costa Rica10.1.1997
      Côte d'Ivoire14.10.2005
      Croatia30.6.1992
      Cuba1956
      Cyprus4.9.1979
      Czech Republic27.2.1946
      Denmark1.12.1918
      Djibouti19.7.2005
      Dominica29.6.2004
      Dominican Republic23.6.2003
      Ecuador11.12.2003
      Egypt20.5.1968
      El Salvador25.10.2000
      Equatorial Guinea10.9.2004
      Eritrea6.10.2004
      Estonia26.8.1991
      Eswatini3.12.1993
      Ethiopia20.5.1968
      Fiji8.2.2008
      Finland15.8.1947
      France18.11.1945
      Gabon27.5.2005
      Gambia11.5.2004
      Georgia21.9.1992
      Germany10.7.1952
      Ghana1977
      Greece6.6.1958
      Grenada14.1.1983
      Guatemala5.8.1993
      Guinea14.5.2004
      Guinea-Bissau24.9.2004
      Guyana10.3.2005
      Haiti18.11.2005
      Honduras15.9.2004
      Hungary1.7.1955
      India11.5.1972
      Indonesia13.06.l983
      Iran15.3.1948
      Iraq1978
      Ireland11.3.1948
      Israel1950
      Italy15.8.1945
      Jamaica24.5.2000
      Japan8.12.1956
      Jordan1990
      Kazakhstan14.5.2004
      Kenya30.10.1973
      Kiribati15.9.2005
      Korea, North27.7.1973
      Korea, South10.10.1962
      Kosovo14.11.2011
      Kuwait26.4.1996
      Kyrgyzstan2001
      Laos2.9.2004
      Latvia26.8.1991
      Lebanon28.3.1973
      Lesotho24.8.1983
      Liberia28.11.2006
      Libya15.3.2004
      Liechtenstein1992
      Lithuania26.8.1991
      Luxembourg30.7.1962
      Madagascar21.9.2006
      Malawi14.8.1998
      Malaysia1999
      Maldives30.1.1990
      Mali23.7.2004
      Malta3.7.1998
      Marshall Islands25.1.1993
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      Mauritius15.12.2003
      Mexico24.3.1964
      Micronesia27.9.2004
      Moldova1.6.1994
      Monaco5.5.2014
      Mongolia4.6.1974
      Montenegro26.9.2006
      Morocco24.9.1985
      Mozambique5.3.1997
      Myanmar19.12.2012
      Namibia10.12.1990
      Nauru17.2.2004
      Nepal25.5.1981
      Netherlands, The9.1.1946
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      Niger26.1.1970
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      Niue
      North Macedonia29.12.1993
      Norway29.8.1940
      Oman26.2.1992
      Pakistan1976
      Palau6.10.2004
      Palestine15.12.2011
      Panama4.6.1999
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      Paraguay17.3.2004
      Peru14.11.1967
      Philippines24.2.1999
      Poland14.1.1946
      Portugal23.1.1948
      Qatar24.1.2002
      Romania18.5.1956
      Russia4.10.1943
      Rwanda12.5.2004
      Saint Kitts and Nevis5.5.2004
      Saint Lucia7.5.2006
      Saint Vincent and the Grenadines27.5.2004
      Samoa15.10.2004
      San Marino29.9.1978
      Sao Tome and Principe24.9.2007
      Saudi Arabia15.1.1982
      Senegal7.4.2004
      Serbia17.2.1953
      Seychelles8.11.1990
      Sierra Leone13.11.2006
      Singapore4.5.1999
      Slovakia27.2.1946
      Slovenia24.2.1992
      Solomon Islands20.4.2007
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      South Africa31.5.1994
      Spain20.9.1949
      Sri Lanka23.12.1998
      Sudan13.6.2003
      Sudan, South-29.9.2011
      Suriname9.11.2004
      Sweden27.7.1940
      Switzerland15.7.1947
      Syria6.5.2004
      Tajikistan14.2.2006
      Tanzania1977
      Thailand18.6.1975
      Timor-Leste4.12.2003
      Togo19.11.2004
      Tonga14.12.2007
      Trinidad and Tobago8.5.2013
      Tunisia14.5.1970
      Turkey25.11.1957
      Turkmenistanl3.02.1997
      Tuvalu26.7.2005
      Uganda2000
      Ukraine30.03.l992
      United Arab Emirates17.9.2003
      United Kingdom8.5.1940
      United States1.7.1941
      Uruguay18.6.1991
      Uzbekistan25.9.1997
      Vanuatu27.9.2004
      Vatican City12.10.1976
      Venezuela15.1.1981
      Vietnam5.8.1973
      Yemen20.7.1983
      Zambia23.7.2004
      Zimbabwe
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