Foreign relations of Slovakia
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Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The Slovak Republic has been a member of European Union since 2004. Slovakia has been an active participant in U.S.- and NATO-led military actions. There is a joint Czech-Slovak peacekeeping force in Kosovo. After the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the United States, the government opened its airspace to coalition planes. In June 2002, Slovakia announced that they would send an engineering brigade to Afghanistan.
Slovak Republic is a member of the United Nations and participates in its specialized agencies. It is a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the OECD. It also is part of the Visegrád Group (Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Poland), a forum for discussing areas of common concern. Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic entered into a Customs Union upon the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993, which facilitates a relatively free flow of goods and services. Slovak Republic maintains diplomatic relations with 188 countries.
International disputesEdit
LiechtensteinEdit
Liechtenstein claims restitution of land in Slovakia confiscated from its princely family in 1918<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> by the then newly established state of Czechoslovakia, the predecessor of the Slovak Republic. The Slovak Republic insists that the power to claim restitution does not go back before February 1948, when the Communists seized power. Slovakia and Liechtenstein established diplomatic relations on 9 December 2009.<ref>Amt für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten (ed.): Liechtenstein and the Slovak Republic establish diplomatic relations, 9 December 2009. Template:Webarchive</ref>
HungaryEdit
Bilateral government, legal, technical and economic working group negotiations continued in 2006 between Slovakia and Hungary over Hungary's completion of its portion of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric dam project along the Danube.<ref name="cia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Multilateral agreementsEdit
In July 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger made it known that he had entered discussions with the Czech Republic over the protection of Slovak airspace by Czech warplanes in the event that the Slovaks were to donate to Ukraine the remnants of the Slovak MiG-29 fighter jet fleet, in advance of the fleet's replacement and renewal (at the earliest in 2023) by American F-16 warplanes.<ref name="upscs">Template:Cite news</ref> The transaction would also include the remnants of Slovakia's Soviet-era T-72 tanks.<ref name=upscs/> Czech PM Peter Fiala agreed with this initiative,<ref name="peucz">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="rcpm">Template:Cite news</ref> which had been proposed by Ukrainian President Zelensky.<ref name=upscs/> The transaction was set to occur in September 2022.<ref name="jukcz">Template:Cite news</ref> In April 2023 it was confirmed that 13 Mig-29 fighters and 30 BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicles were delivered to Ukraine by Slovakia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
International human rights criticismEdit
In June 2020, Slovakia openly opposed the Hong Kong national security law.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Diplomatic relationsEdit
List of countries which Slovakia maintains diplomatic relations with:
Bilateral relationsEdit
MultilateralEdit
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Slovakia joined the European Union as a full member on 1 May 2004. | |
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Slovakia joined NATO as a full member on 29 March 2004. |
AfricaEdit
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AmericasEdit
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Slovakia is accredited to Belize from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref name="mzv.sk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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| Template:Flag | 1 January 1993 | See Mexico–Slovakia relations
In November 2017, Slovak President Andrej Kiska paid an official visit to Mexico.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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AsiaEdit
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| Template:Flag | August 1995 | See India-Slovakia relations
Since August 1995 India has an embassy in Bratislava and Slovakia has an embassy in New Delhi.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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| Template:Flag | 1993 | See Israel–Slovakia relations
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| Template:Flag | 22 March 1990 | See Slovakia-South Korea relations
The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Slovak Republic began on 22 March 1990.
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EuropeEdit
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The multi-national Communist armed forces' sole joint action was the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. All member countries, with the exception of the People's Republic of Albania and the Socialist Republic of Romania participated in the invasion. Albania formally withdrew form the Warsaw Pact in 1968 over the matter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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| Template:Flag | See Croatia–Slovakia relations
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| Template:Flag | See Czech Republic–Slovakia relations
Between 1918 and 1 January 1993, both countries were part of Czechoslovakia. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993.
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| Template:Flag | 1993 | See Denmark–Slovakia relations
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| Template:Flag | 1993 | See Germany–Slovakia relations
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1993 but previously had relations during World War II when Slovakia was a separate state. Germany has an embassy in Bratislava. Slovakia has an embassy in Berlin, an embassy branch in Bonn, a general consulate in Munich. Germany plays an important part in the Slovak economy as it is Slovakia's main trading partner. | |||
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| Template:Flag | 1993 | See Hungary–Slovakia relations
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Luxembourg is represented in Slovakia through its embassy in Prague, Czech Republic. Slovakia is represented in Luxembourg through its embassy in Brussels (Belgium) and an honorary consulate in Luxembourg-City.
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Malta is represented in Slovakia through a non-resident ambassador based in Valletta (in the Foreign Ministry). Slovakia is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy) and an honorary consulate in Valletta.
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| Template:Flag | 1993 | See Poland–Slovakia relations
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| Template:Flag | 1 January 1993 | See Romania–Slovakia relations
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| Template:Flag | 1 January 1993 | See Russia–Slovakia relations
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| Template:Flag | 1993 | See Serbia–Slovakia relations; also see Slovakia's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
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| Template:Flag | See Slovakia–Spain relations
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| Template:Flag | 1993 | See Slovakia–United Kingdom relations
Slovakia established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 1 January 1993.<ref name="britain"/>
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OceaniaEdit
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