El Salvador is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Central American Common Market (CACM), the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), and the Central American Integration System (SICA). It actively participates in the Central American Security Commission (CASC), which seeks to promote regional arms control.
In November 1950, El Salvador helped the newly empowered 14th Dalai Lama by supporting his Tibetan Government cabinet minister's telegram requesting an appeal before the General Assembly of the United Nations to stop the Communist China's People's Liberation Army's invasion of Tibet.
El Salvador also is a member of the World Trade Organization and is pursuing regional free trade agreements. An active participant in the Summit of the Americas process, El Salvador chairs a working group on market access under the Free Trade Area of the Americas initiative.
El Salvador has joined its six Central American neighbors in signing the Alliance for Sustainable Development, known as the Conjunta Centroamerica-USA or CONCAUSA to promote sustainable economic development in the region.
Diplomatic relations
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Bilateral relations
Africa
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|||31 July 1989||See: El Salvador–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations
- El Salvador recognized the SADR on July 31, 1989. In April 1997, El Salvador cancelled relations with the SADR. In June 2009, and during a visit of SADR's president, Mohamed Abdelaziz, relations were restored. On November 30, 2010, the SADR and El Salvador upgrade their relations to ambassadorial level. El Salvador withdrew recognition on 15 June 2019.
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Americas
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|||1940||See Argentina–El Salvador relations
- Argentina has an embassy in San Salvador.
- El Salvador has an embassy in Buenos Aires.
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|||29 December 1961||See Canada–El Salvador relations
- Canada has an embassy in San Salvador.
- El Salvador has an embassy in Ottawa and consulates-general in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
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|||11 November 1902||
Cuba and El Salvador have resumed diplomatic relations on June 1, 2009. El Salvador previously suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 due to the Cuban Revolution.
- Cuba has an embassy in San Salvador.
- El Salvador has an embassy in Havana.
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|||1838||See El Salvador–Mexico relations
Diplomatic relations between Mexico and El Salvador were established in 1838.
- Mexico has an embassy in San Salvador.
- El Salvador has an embassy in Mexico City and consulates-general in Acayucan, Ciudad Juárez , Guadalajara, Monterrey, Oaxaca City, San Luis Potosí, Tapachula, Tijuana and Villahermosa.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
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|||1857||See El Salvador–Peru relations
- El Salvador has an embassy in Lima.
- Peru has an embassy in San Salvador.
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|||1863||See El Salvador–United States relations
U.S. policy towards the country promotes the strengthening of El Salvador's democratic institutions, rule of law, judicial reform, and civilian police; national reconciliation and reconstruction; and economic opportunity and growth. El Salvador has been a committed member of the coalition of nations fighting against terrorism and has sent 10 rotations of troops to support the Iraq War.
- El Salvador has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and has several consulates-general scattered about the country.
- United States has an embassy in San Salvador.
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|||11 January 1929||See El Salvador–Uruguay relations
- El Salvador has an embassy in Montevideo.
- Uruguay has an embassy in San Salvador.
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|||28 February 1884||
See El Salvador–Venezuela relations
In November 2019, El Salvador recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the legitimate President of Venezuela, cutting off relations with disputed president Nicolas Maduro's government.
- El Salvador has an embassy in Caracas.
- Venezuela has an embassy in San Salvador.
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Asia
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|||21 August 2018||
See China–El Salvador relations and El Salvador–Taiwan relations
On August 21, China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with El Salvador Foreign Minister Carlos Castaneda and signed a joint communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations, deciding to recognize each other and establish diplomatic relations at an ambassadorial level from the date of the communique's signing. The government of the Republic of China on Taiwan has preemptively severed diplomatic ties with El Salvador.
- China has an embassy in San Salvador.
- El Salvador has an embassy in Beijing.
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|||12 February 1979||See El Salvador–India relations
- El Salvador has an embassy in New Delhi
- India is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
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|||10 January 2007||
- El Salvador is accredited to Jordan from its embassy in Doha, Qatar.
- Jordan is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City.
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|||9 May 2013||See El Salvador–Palestine relations
El Salvador, which is home to a sizable ethnic Palestinian community, was widely expected to join the succession of South American governments that recognised Palestine in the end of 2010. In May 2011, members of the country's Legislative Assembly including its president Sigfrido Reyes presented a proposal to the Cabinet to issue a statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.
The Central American Integration System (SICA) was expected to adopt a co-ordinated position on the issue at its summit in San Salvador on 18 August. However, El Salvador, as the nation presiding over the summit, refused to include the matter on the official agenda, insisting that discussion should retain a regional focus. Despite this, the government officially recognised the Palestinian state on 25 August 2011.
- El Salvador conducts relations with Palestine from its embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel and maintains an honorary consulate in Bethlehem.
- Palestine has an embassy in San Salvador.
- See also Palestinian Salvadoran
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|||28 August 1962||
The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of El Salvador began in August 1962 and the number of the South Koreans living in El Salvador in 2013 was about 258.
- South Korea has an embassy in San Salvador.
- El Salvador has an embassy in Seoul.
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|||Jan. 26, 1934||
- El Salvador has an embassy in Ankara.
- Turkey has an embassy in San Salvador.
- Trade volume between the two countries was US$17.1 million in 2019 (Salvadoran exports/imports: 2.3/14.8 million USD).
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Europe
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|||21 October 1859||See El Salvador–France relations
- El Salvador has an embassy in Paris.
- France has an embassy in San Salvador.
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|||14 October 2014||
- El Salvador officially recognised Kosovo as an independent sovereign state on 29 June 2013.
- El Salvador and Kosovo established official diplomatic relations on 18 October 2014.
- Kosovo is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Panama City, Panamá.
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|||24 June 1865||See El Salvador–Spain relations
- El Salvador has an embassy in Madrid and consulates-general in Barcelona and Seville.
- Spain has an embassy in San Salvador.
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|||1883||See El Salvador–United Kingdom relations
thumb|right|British Ambassodor to El Salvador Bernhard Garside with Salvadoran President Salvador Sánchez Cerén in San Salvador, March 2015.
El Salvador established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom in 1883.
- El Salvador maintains an embassy in London.
- The United Kingdom is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in San Salvador.
Both countries share common membership of the International Criminal Court, the World Trade Organization, and the Central America–UK Association Agreement.<ref>{{cite web|author=
Foreign & Commonwealth Office|title=UK and Central America sign continuity agreement|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-central-america-sign-continuity-agreement|date=18 July 2019|website=GOV.UK|access-date=24 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718222318/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-central-america-sign-continuity-agreement|archive-date=18 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement.
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Oceania
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|||5 December 1983||See Australia–El Salvador relations
- Australia is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico and maintains an honorary consulate in San Salvador.
- El Salvador has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Melbourne.
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See also
- List of diplomatic missions in El Salvador
- List of diplomatic missions of El Salvador