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{{Politics of Angola}}
The '''foreign relations of Angola''' are based on Angola's strong support of [[U.S. foreign policy]] as the [[Angolan economy]] is dependent on U.S. foreign aid.
From 1975 to 1989, Angola was aligned with the [[Eastern bloc]], in particular the [[Soviet Union]],<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2008">{{citation-attribution|1={{Cite web|date=April 2008|title=Angola|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/angola/102976.htm|access-date=2020-10-20|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]}}}}</ref> [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2012)|Libya]],{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} and [[Cuba]].<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2008" /> Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with [[Western world|Western countries]], cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries, and asserting its own national interests in Central Africa through military and diplomatic intervention.<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2008" /> In 1993, it established formal diplomatic relations with the United States.<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2008" /> It has entered the [[Southern African Development Community]] as a vehicle for improving ties with its largely Anglophone neighbors to the south.<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2008" /> [[Zimbabwe]] and [[Namibia]] joined Angola in its military intervention in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], where Angolan troops remain in support of the [[Joseph Kabila]] government.<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2008" /> It also has intervened in the [[Republic of the Congo]] (Brazzaville) in support of Denis Sassou-Nguesso in the civil war.<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2008" />

Since 1998, Angola has successfully worked with the [[United Nations Security Council]] to impose and carry out sanctions on [[UNITA]].<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2001">{{citation-attribution|1={{Cite web|date=December 2001|title=Angola|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/angola/19488.htm|access-date=2020-10-20|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]}}}}</ref> More recently, it has extended those efforts to controls on [[conflict diamonds]], the primary source of revenue for UNITA during the Civil War that ended in 2002.<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2001" /> At the same time, Angola has promoted the revival of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries ([[CPLP]]) as a forum for cultural exchange and expanding ties with [[Portugal]] (its former ruler) and Brazil (which shares many cultural affinities with Angola) in particular.<ref name="U.S. Department of State 2008" /><ref name="U.S. Department of State 2001"/> Angola is a member of the [[Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa]] (PMAESA).

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which Angola maintains diplomatic relations with:<ref name="un2">{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Angola and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Angola+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=18 July 2023 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Relações Diplomáticas |url=https://mirex.gov.ao/PortalMIREX/#!/politica-externa/relacoes-diplomaticas |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=mirex.gov.ao |language=pt}}</ref>
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!#
!Country
!Date
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|1
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Dts|11 November 1975}}<ref name=":022">{{Cite book |last=Petruf |first=Pavol |title=Československá zahraničná politika 1945 – 1992 |pages=112 |language=sk}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{Dts|11 November 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 5021-5096 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1975 |quote=... broadcast by Conakry radio on 11th November, President Sekou Toure announced Guinea's recognition of the government set up in Luanda by the MPLA and the establishment of diplomatic relations " from today ".}}</ref>
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|3
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 November 1975}}
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|4
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 November 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angola: bilateral relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-cooperation/angola |access-date=16 November 2024 |website=Republic of Serbia Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|5
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 November 1975}}
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|6
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 November 1975}}
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|7
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 November 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=14 July 2022 |publisher=NCNK |pages=8–9}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 November 1975}}<ref name=":12">{{cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878–2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |language=bg}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 November 1975}}
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 December 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (193) HAVING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA |url=https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/page/2021-02-10-LIST-OF-MEMBER-STATES-OF-THE-UNITED-NATIONS--193--HAVING-DIPLOMATIC-RELATIONS-WITH-CAMBOIDA |access-date=2 October 2021 |website=mfaic.gov.kh}}</ref>
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|11
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|19 December 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 February 1976}}<ref>{{cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES MAINTAINING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MONGOLIA |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |access-date=21 December 2021 |page=3 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221024739/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|13
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 February 1976}}
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|14
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 February 1976}}
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|15
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 February 1976}}
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|16
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 February 1976}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |title=Informe de labores – Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |publisher=Mexico. Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1976 |pages=26 and 36–37 |language=es}}</ref>
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|17
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 March 1976}}
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|18
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 March 1976}}
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|19
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 March 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Legum |first=Colin |title=Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents |publisher=Africana Publishing Company |year=1978 |volume=9 |pages=75}}</ref>
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|20
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 June 1976}}
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|21
|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 July 1976}}
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|22
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|1 September 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Främmande makters beskickningar |url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1978/0035.html |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Sveriges statskalender / 1978 / |page=35 |language=sv}}</ref>
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|23
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 September 1976}}
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|24
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 September 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1976 |volume=1671–1683 |pages=10}}</ref>
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|25
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 September 1976}}<ref name="ties">{{cite web |title=Countries and regions A–Z |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330044440/http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref>
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|26
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 September 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1976 |title=Swiss government announces establishment of diplomatic relations with Angola |url=https://archive.org/details/State-Dept-cable-1976-312375/mode/2up?q=establishment+diplomatic+relations |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=archive.org}}</ref>
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|27
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 October 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghana-Angola relations |url=https://ghanaembassy-angola.com/ghana-angola-relations/ |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
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|28
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 October 1976}}
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|29
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 October 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 5326–5361 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1976 |pages=6}}</ref>
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|30
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 April 1977}}
|-
|31
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 July 1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Middle East Economic Digest – Volume 21 – Page 17 |year=1977}}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 July 1977}}<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=16 July 2016}}</ref>
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|33
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Date table sorting|August 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1978. Выпуск двадцать второй: Зарубежные страны в 1977 |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/42940/3_zarubezhnye_strany_v_1977.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624020625/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/42940/3_zarubezhnye_strany_v_1977.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=29 February 2024 |page=199 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|34
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 October 1977}}
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|35
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 October 1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1977 |volume=1831–1840 |pages=15}}</ref>
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|36
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 October 1977}}
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|37
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 October 1977}}<ref name="V.T. Sambandan">{{Cite book |title=Asian Almanac – Volume 15 – Page 8228 |publisher=V.T. Sambandan. |year=1977}}</ref>
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|38
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 October 1977}}
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|39
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 October 1977}}
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|40
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 October 1977}}
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|41
|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 November 1977}}
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|42
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 December 1977}}
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|43
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 February 1978}}
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|44
|{{Flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 February 1978}}
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|45
|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{dts|5 September 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2024 |title=Moçambique e Angola reforçam cooperação bilateral nas áreas de saúde e diplomacia |url=https://aimnews.org/2024/04/23/mocambique-e-angola-reforcam-cooperacao-bilateral-nas-areas-de-saude-e-diplomacia/ |access-date=6 January 2025 |website=Agência de Informação de Moçambique |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 July 2023 |title=Angola and Mozambique review relations in the US |url=https://angola.org/angola-e-mocambique-passam-em-revista-relacoes-nos-eua/ |access-date=6 January 2025 |website=Embassy of the Republic of Angola in the United States of America}}</ref>
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|46
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 October 1978}}
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|47
|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 January 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 2064–2073 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service 1979 |year=1979 |pages=31}}</ref>
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|48
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 June 1979}}
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|49
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 June 1979}}
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|50
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 August 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2024 |title=Auswärtiges Amt – Angola |url= https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/angola-node/angola/208116 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>
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|51
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 August 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_prex-710fbis-ssa-79-164/page/n12/mode/1up?q=...+Namibia+diplomatic+relations |title=FBIS Daily Report—Sub-Saharan Africa |date=22 August 1979 |publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>
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|52
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 October 1979}}
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|53
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{dts|7 March 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report Issues 2243-2247 |publisher=United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1980 |pages=7 |quote=7 Mar 80 ] ANGOLA - BOTSWANA DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS -- The governments of Botswana and Angola have decided to establish diplomatic relations .}}</ref>
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|54
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 July 1980}}
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|55
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 July 1980}}
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|56
|{{Flag|Niger}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 August 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique – Issues 170–179 |publisher=Le Mois en Afrique |year=1980 |pages=138 |language=fr |quote=Le chef de l'Etat angolais , M. José Eduardo Dos Santos , a reçu les lettres de créance des nouveaux ambassa- deurs du Niger et des Pays – Bas ,}}</ref>
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|57
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 August 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 6511–6563 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service · 1980 |pages=8}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}
|{{dts|August 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1981. Выпуск двадцать пятый |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/69035/ezhegodnik_bse_vyp._25_1981g.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528190522/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/69035/ezhegodnik_bse_vyp._25_1981g.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2025 |access-date=8 June 2025 |page=200 |language=ru |quote=Ангола ... Внешняя политика в 1980 г. ... Установлены дипломатические отношения с ... Сахарской Арабской Демократической Республикой (август).}}</ref>
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|58
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 August 1981}}
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|59
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 February 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Facts & Reports |publisher=The Comité |year=1970 |volume=12 |pages=3}}</ref>
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|60
|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 May 1982}}
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|61
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 October 1982}}
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|62
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{Date table sorting|1982}}
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|63
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 January 1983}}
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|64
|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 March 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report – Issues 2800–2803 |publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service. |year=1983 |pages=12}}</ref>
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|65
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 June 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le mois en Afrique – Issues 211–216 |publisher=1983 |pages=170 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|66
|{{Flag|Lesotho}}
|{{Date table sorting|1983}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 April 2022 |title=HIS MAJESTY ACCEPTS LETTERS OF CREDENCE FROM ANGOLA |url=https://www.gov.ls/his-majesty-accepts-letter-of-credence-from-angola/ |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|{{Date table sorting|1983}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Relations bilatérales |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]=73 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531004930/http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=357 |archive-date=31 May 2012 |access-date=4 June 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|68
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 June 1985}}
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|69
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 July 1985}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin |publisher=Agência Angola Press |year=1985 |volume=1–21 |pages=12}}</ref>
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|70
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|6 September 1985}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2021 |title=EERSTE NIET-RESIDEREND AMBASSADEUR VAN ANGOLA VOOR SURINAME |url=http://foreignaffairs.gov.sr/nieuws/nieuwsberichten-2021/eerste-niet-residerend-ambassadeur-van-angola-voor-suriname/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701223004/http://foreignaffairs.gov.sr/nieuws/nieuwsberichten-2021/eerste-niet-residerend-ambassadeur-van-angola-voor-suriname/ |archive-date=1 July 2022 |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 September 1985 |title=Suriname knoopt banden aan met Angola |url=https://www.digibron.nl/viewer/collectie/Digibron/id/tag:RD.nl,19850911:newsml_f06bdcf25a7f28b434989c4ca883cc18 |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>
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|71
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 January 1986}}
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|72
|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 July 1986}}
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|73
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 November 1986}}
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|74
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 December 1986}}
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|75
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 March 1987}}
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|76
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 December 1987}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin – Issues 55–86 |publisher=ANGOP |year=1987 |pages=1}}</ref>
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|77
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 March 1988}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations – establishment of diplomatic relations – Angola – Federated States of Micronesia |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1988/24.pdf |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
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|78
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 April 1988}}
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|79
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 August 1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=News Review on USSR/Europe |publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |year=1988 |pages=547}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 August 1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Press release |publisher=Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of Angola to the United Nations |year=1988 |pages=1}}</ref>
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|81
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 September 1988}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin |publisher=ANGOP |year=1988 |volume=87–114 |pages=10 and 14}}</ref>
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|82
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 October 1988}}<ref name=":2" />
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|83
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|2 November 1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thorsteinsson |first=Pétur J. |title=Utanríkisþjónusta Íslands og utanríkismál: sögulegt yfirlit |year=1992 |pages=1066 |language=is}}</ref>
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|84
|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|20 December 1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin Issues 87-114 |publisher=ANGOP (Agência Angola Press) |year=1988 |pages=14 |quote=On 20 December ... Luanda - Angola's first Ambassador to Rwanda , Miguel Gaspar Neto , recently presented his credentials to that country's Head of State , Junéval Habyarimana . Miguel Gaspar Neto is also Ambassador to Burundi and Zaire , resident in Kinshasa}}</ref>
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|85
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|21 December 1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin Issues 87-114 |publisher=ANGOP (Agência Angola Press) |year=1988 |pages=10 |quote=ANGOLAN AMBASSADOR TO BURUNDI Bujumbura - On 21 December , Miguel Gaspar Neto Gaspar Neto presented his credentials as Angola's Ambassador to Burundi}}</ref>
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|86
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 February 1989}}
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|87
|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 November 1989}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kalley |first1=Jacqueline Audrey |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |last2=Schoeman |first2=Elna |last3=Andor |first3=Lydia Eve |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |year=1999 |pages=47}}</ref>
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|88
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{Dts|11 April 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_fbis-sup-afr-90-095/page/n46/mode/1up?q=credentials+ |title=Unclassified-FBIS Daily Report Supplement |date=16 May 1990 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |pages=43}}</ref>
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|89
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 August 1990}}
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|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 January 1992}}
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|—
|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{Dts|28 February 1992}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=[[Falastin Al Thawra|Filasṭīn al-thawrah]], 881–889 |publisher=Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah |year=1992 |pages=9 |language=ar |quote=.سفير فلسطين لدى انغولا قدم الاخ امين ابو حصيرة يوم (۲/۲۸) اوراق اعتماده كسفير}}</ref>
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|91
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 April 1992}}
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|92
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 August 1992}}
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|93
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 May 1993}}
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|94
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 September 1993}}
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|95
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 November 1993}}
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|96
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 November 1993}}
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|97
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 May 1994}}
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|98
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 September 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://mfa.gov.md/en/content/republic-afghanistan |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=MFA Moldova}}</ref>
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|99
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 September 1994}}
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|100
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 October 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angola |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/ao |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
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|101
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 October 1994}}
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|102
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 November 1994}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral relations – 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=5 February 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia}}</ref>
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|103
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 December 1994}}
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|104
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 April 1995}}
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|105
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{Date table sorting|1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senarai tarikh penubuhan hubungan diplomatik Malaysia dan negara – negara luar |url=https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=ms |archive-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113141021/https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|106
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{Date table sorting|1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=قطر و العالم |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=AO#The-World |accessdate=20 June 2023 |website=www.mofa.gov.qa |language=ar}}</ref>
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|107
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 July 1996}}
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|108
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{dts|29 January 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2024 |title=Angola y Bolivia fortalecen sus relaciones bilaterales |url=https://cancilleria.gob.bo/mre/2024/09/27/17659/ |access-date=1 October 2024 |website=cancilleria.gob.bo |language=es}}</ref>
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|109
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 March 1997}}
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|110
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 March 1997}}
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|111
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 June 1997}}
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|112
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 June 1997}}
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|8 July 1997}}<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=5 September 2022}}</ref>
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|113
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 November 1997}}
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|114
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 December 1997}}
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|115
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 February 1999}}
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|116
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 September 1999}}
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|117
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 June 2000}}
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|118
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 September 2000}}
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|119
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 January 2001}}
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|120
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 January 2001}}
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|121
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 March 2001}}
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|122
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 August 2001}}<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1996 |title=International relations |journal=The Angolan Mission Observer |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=6}}</ref>
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|123
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 September 2001}}
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|124
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 May 2002}}
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|125
|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 May 2002}}
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|126
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 May 2002}}
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|127
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 June 2002}}
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|128
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 October 2002}}
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|129
|{{Flag|Mali}}
|{{Date table sorting|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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|130
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{Date table sorting|2002}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002 |title=Africa Today |volume=8 |work=Afro Media}}</ref>
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|131
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 January 2003}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 January 2003 |title=Angola: Présentation des copies figurées des lettres de créances |language=fr |pages=18 |url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200301170779.html |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|132
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{DTS|3 March 2003}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Non-Resident Diplomatic Missions Accredited to Mauritius |url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/mfasite/menuitem.ffa978de447e54b156ae474120c521ca/?content_id=0d80f05fda0e7010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721043546/http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/mfasite/menuitem.ffa978de447e54b156ae474120c521ca/?content_id=0d80f05fda0e7010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD |archive-date=21 July 2006 |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref>
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|133
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 October 2003}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2003 |title=Angola: Sudan to Open Embassy in Angola |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200310230909.html |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=allAfrica}}</ref>
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|134
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 January 2004}}
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|135
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 February 2004}}
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|136
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 July 2004}}
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|137
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 November 2004}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2004 |title=Angola: President Dos Santos Accredits New Ambassadors |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200411011107.html |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=allAfrica}}</ref>
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|138
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 December 2004}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 December 2004 |title=Angola: Ambassador to Comores Received By Local Head of State |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200412220444.html |access-date=1 August 2023 |website=allAfrica}}</ref>
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|139
|{{Flag|Chad}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 June 2005}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 June 2005 |title=Angola: Ambassador to Chad Presents Credentials |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200506270196.html |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=allAfrica}}</ref>
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|140
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 December 2005}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2005 |title=Angola, Oman Sultanate Sign Bilateral Agreement |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200512130191.html |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=allAfrica}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 December 2005}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 December 2005 |title=Relations diplomatiques entre l'Ordre de Malte et l'Angola |language=fr |url=https://www.orderofmalta.int/fr/actualites/relations-diplomatiques-entre-lordre-de-malte-et-langola/ |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref>
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|141
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 October 2006}}
|-
|142
|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 January 2007}}
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|143
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Dts|21 June 2007}}<ref name=":83">{{Cite web |date=22 June 2017 |title=Boletin de prensa |url=http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/boletines/informaciones/anteriores/boletin220620071.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824194057/http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/boletines/informaciones/anteriores/boletin220620071.asp |archive-date=24 August 2007 |access-date=15 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|144
|{{Flag|Andorra}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 March 2009}}
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|145
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 March 2009}}
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|146
|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 March 2009}}
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|147
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 September 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS |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=26 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|148
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 December 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2009 |title=Liberia: Three Diplomats Present Letters of Credence to President Sirleaf |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200912040242.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206013435/https://allafrica.com/stories/200912040242.html |archive-date=6 December 2009 |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=allAfrica.com}}</ref>
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|149
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 December 2009}}
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|150
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 June 2010}}
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|151
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 May 2011}}
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|152
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 July 2011}}
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|153
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 March 2012}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 March 2012 |title=Ambassador Saleh Omer presents credentials to President of the Republic of Angola |url=https://shabait.com/2012/03/12/ambassador-saleh-omer-presents-credentials-to-president-of-the-republic-of-angola/ |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref>
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|154
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 2013}}
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|155
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 September 2013}}
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|156
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 October 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=New Zealand High Commissioner presents credentials in Angola |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/NZ-Embassies/South-Africa-PRETORIA/Southern-Africa-File-Issue-3.pdf |access-date=19 July 2023 |page=4}}</ref>
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|157
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 February 2014}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 February 2014 |title=Angolan Ambassador Presents Credentials in Baghdad |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201402211318.html |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|158
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|31 July 2014}}<ref name="2014a">{{cite web |title=La politique exterieure de la principaute de Monaco en 2013 |url=https://www.gouv.mc/content/download/205232/2356720/file/Rapport%20Pol%20Ext%202014%20v4%20Final.pdf |accessdate=11 October 2020 |website=Government of Monaco |pages=6 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|159
|{{Flag|South Sudan}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 June 2016}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 June 2016 |title=PR acredita novos embaixadores não residentes {{!}} Portal de Angola |language=pt |url=https://www.portaldeangola.com/2016/06/10/pr-acredita-novos-embaixadores-nao-residentes/ |access-date=18 July 2016 |archive-date=27 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227040213/https://www.portaldeangola.com/2016/06/10/pr-acredita-novos-embaixadores-nao-residentes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|160
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{DTS|9 December 2017}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal}}</ref>
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|161
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 October 2020}}
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|162
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 November 2020}}
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|163
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{dts|23 June 2021}}<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=ÄUSSERES, BILDUNG UND SPORT |url=https://www.llv.li/files/srk/ii_2_aeusseres_bildung_und_sport.pdf |access-date=9 September 2022 |language=de}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=Diplomatic Missions to the Principality of Liechtenstein |url=https://www.regierung.li/files/attachments/Liste-Diplomatisches-Corps-englisch-Internet-Version.pdf?t=637871195864969742 |access-date=10 September 2022 |page=16}}</ref>
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|164
|{{Flag|Somalia}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 August 2021}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 August 2021 |title=Outgoing President Farmajo receives credentials from Tanzanian and Angola ambassadors |url=https://www.somalitimes.co.uk/outgoing-president-farmajo-receives-credentials-from-tanzanian-and-angola-ambassadors/ |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref>
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|165
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 September 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gambia establishes diplomatic relations with Djibouti, Chad, Gabon and Angola |url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2044207842422345&id=858482127661595&m_entstream_source=timeline&__tn__=%2As%2As-R |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>
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|166
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 January 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 January 2022 |title=Francisco da Cruz apresenta as cartas credenciais ao Presidente do Djibouti |url=https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ao/noticias/francisco-da-cruz-apresenta-as-cartas-credenciais-ao-presidente-do-djibouti/ |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|167
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 March 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2022 |title=Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Accredited New Ambassador of the Republic of Angola |url=http://foreign.gov.vc/foreign/index.php/news/590-government-of-saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-accredited-new-ambassador-of-the-republic-of-angola |access-date=11 July 2023}}</ref>
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|168
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 August 2022}}
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|169
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 December 2022}}
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|170
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{dts|18 September 2023}}<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=19 September 2023 |title=El Salvador se abre a África. |url=https://twitter.com/cancilleriasv/status/1703912059534967119 |access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref>
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|171
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|22 September 2023}}
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|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 July 2024}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 2024 |title=L'Angola et Madagascar ont échangé lundi, à Antananarivo, des notes pour établir des relations diplomatiques, ainsi qu'une déclaration commune. |url=https://angop.ao/fr/noticias/politica/angola-e-madagascar-vao-estabelecer-relacoes-diplomaticas/ |access-date=12 July 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|173
|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{dts|26 September 2024}}
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|174
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|26 September 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 September 2025 |title=We established diplomatic relations with Angola by signing a memorandum to that effect in New York at the United Nations. |url=https://www.facebook.com/fredmitchellmbm/posts/pfbid02KWQbzWBsS1WiabSQRmZJMMBf9Mv6584W6jaTTufWp341bGqqLNKoFie7wdvqc3JYl |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=Fred Mitchell - Minute By Minute on Facebook}}</ref>
|}

== Bilateral relations ==

=== Africa ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;" | Country
! style="width:12%;" | Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Cape Verde}}||30 October 1977<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–Cape Verde relations]]

Cape Verde signed a friendship accord with Angola in December 1975, shortly after Angola gained its independence. Cape Verde and [[Guinea-Bissau]] served as stop-over points for [[Cuban troops]] on their way to Angola to fight [[UNITA]] rebels and South African troops. Prime Minister [[Pedro Pires]] sent [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People|FARP]] soldiers to Angola where they served as the personal bodyguards of [[Angolan President]] [[José Eduardo dos Santos]].<ref name="b">{{cite book|last=Lobban|first=Richard|year=1995|title=Cape Verde:Crioulo Colony to Independent Nation|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio00lobb_0|url-access=registration|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio00lobb_0/page/111 111]–112|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810829183}}</ref>
* Angola has an embassy in [[Praia]].
* Cape Verde has an embassy in Luanda and a consulate in [[Benguela]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}||17 October 1978<ref name=":02"/>||

Many thousands of Angolans fled the country after the civil war. More than 20,000 people were forced to leave the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] in 2009, an action the DR Congo said was in retaliation for regular expulsion of Congolese diamond miners who were in Angola illegally. Angola sent a delegation to DR Congo's capital [[Kinshasa]] and succeeded in stopping government-forced expulsions which had become a "tit-for-tat"<ref name="Bearak 2009" /> immigration dispute. "Congo and Angola have agreed to suspend expulsions from both sides of the border," said Lambert Mende, DR Congo information minister, in October 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Congo and Angola 'end expulsions' |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8304282.stm|date=13 October 2009|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2009-10-13 | location=London}}</ref> "We never challenged the expulsions themselves; we challenged the way they were being conducted – all the beating of people and looting their goods, even sometimes their clothes," Mende said.<ref name="Bearak 2009">{{cite news|last=Bearak |first= Barry|title=Congo and Angola Agree to End Expulsions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/world/africa/14angola.html|date=13 October 2009|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2009-10-13}}</ref>
* Angola has an embassy in [[Kinshasa]].
* DR Congo has an embassy in Luanda.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Kenya}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Angola–Kenya relations]]
* Angola has an embassy in [[Nairobi]].
* Kenya has an embassy in Luanda.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Mozambique}}||5 July 1975<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–Mozambique relations]]
* Angola has an embassy in [[Maputo]].
* Mozambique has an embassy in Luanda.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Namibia}}||18 September 1990<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–Namibia relations]]

Namibia borders Angola to the south. In 1999, Namibia signed a mutual defense pact with its northern neighbor [[Angola]].<ref name="Situation Report">{{cite web
|first=Vincent
|last=William
|url=http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/publ/opendoc.pdf?tbl=RSDCOI&id=3ae6a6cb8&page=publ
|title=Namibia: Situation Report
|publisher=United Nations High Commission on Refugees
|access-date=2006-08-26
}}</ref>
This affected the [[Angolan Civil War]] that had been ongoing since Angola's independence in 1975. Namibia's ruling party [[SWAPO]] sought to support the ruling party [[MPLA]] in Angola against the rebel movement [[UNITA]], whose stronghold is in southern Angola, bordering to Namibia. The defence pact allowed Angolan troops to use Namibian territory when attacking [[Jonas Savimbi]]'s UNITA.
* Angola has an embassy in [[Windhoek]] and consulates-general in [[Oshakati]] and [[Rundu]].
* Namibia has an embassy in Luanda and consulates-general in [[Menongue]] and [[Ondjiva]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Nigeria}}||15 March 1976<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–Nigeria relations]]

Angolan-Nigerian relations are primarily based on their roles as oil exporting nations. Both are members of the [[Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries]], the [[African Union]] and other multilateral organizations.
* Angola has an embassy in [[Abuja]].
* Nigeria has an embassy in Luanda.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|South Africa}}||17 May 1994<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–South Africa relations]]

Angola-South Africa relations are quite strong as the ruling parties in both nations, the African National Congress in South Africa and the MPLA in Angola, fought together during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War. They fought against UNITA rebels, based in Angola, and the apartheid-era government in South Africa who supported them. Nelson Mandela mediated between the MPLA and UNITA factions during the last years of Angola's civil war.
* Angola has an embassy in [[Pretoria]] and consulates-general in [[Cape Town]] and [[Johannesburg]].
* South Africa has an embassy in Luanda.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}||15 October 1982<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–Zimbabwe relations]]
|}

=== Americas ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;" | Country
! style="width:12%;" | Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Argentina}}||2 June 1979||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 June 1979<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Angola and Argentina as of 2 June 1979 (United Nations Digital Library) |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1486335?ln=en}}</ref>
See [[Angola–Argentina relations]]
* Angola has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]].
* Argentina has an embassy in Luanda.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Brazil}}||<!--Date started-->12 November 1975<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–Brazil relations]]

Commercial and economic ties dominate the relations of each country. Parts of both countries were part of the [[Portuguese Empire]] from the early 16th century until Brazil's independence in 1822. As of November 2007, "trade between the two countries is booming as never before"<ref>[http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40040 ANGOLA-BRAZIL: Portuguese – the Common Language of Trade] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904014903/http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40040 |date=4 September 2008 }} by Mario de Queiroz, ipsnews.net, 13 November 2007</ref>
* Angola has an embassy in [[Brasília]] and consulates-general in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[São Paulo]].
* Brazil has an embassy in Luanda.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Canada}}||1 February 1978||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 February 1978<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Angola and Canada as of 1 Feb. 1978 (United Nations Digital Library) |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1486165?ln=en}}</ref>

Canada-Angola relations were established in 1978, and Canada is accredited to Angola from its embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe. Ties have grown since the end of the civil war in 2002, with increased engagement in areas of mutual interest. As Chair of the United Nations Security Council's Angola Sanctions Committee, Canada limited the ability of [[UNITA]] to continue its military campaign, sanctions helped to bring a ceasefire agreement to end Angola's conflict.
* Angola is accredited to Canada from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
* Canada is accredited to Angola from its embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe and maintains an honorary consulate in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Cuba}}||15 November 1975<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–Cuba relations]]

During [[Angola's civil war]] Cuban forces fought to install a Marxist–Leninist MPLA-PT government, against Western-backed [[UNITA]] and [[FLNA]] guerrillas and the South-African army.<ref>[[Piero Gleijeses]], Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington and Africa, 1959–1976 {{ISBN|978-0-8078-5464-8}}</ref>
* Angola has an embassy in [[Havana]].
* Cuba has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||20 February 1976||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 February 1976<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoy celebramos el 47 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y Angola (Organización gubernamental de México) |url=https://twitter.com/SRE_mx/status/1627659333449428993?s=20}}</ref>
See [[Angola–Mexico relations]]
* Angola is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
* Mexico is accredited to Angola from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa and maintains an honorary consulate in Luanda.
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|{{flag|United States}}||14 July 1994||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 July 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Angola |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/angola}}</ref>
See [[Angola–United States relations]]
[[File:Embassy of Angola 3.jpg|thumb|Embassy of Angola in Washington, D.C.]]
From the mid-1980s through at least 1992, the United States was the primary source of military and other support for the [[UNITA]] rebel movement, which was led from its creation through 2002 by [[Jonas Savimbi]].  The U.S. refused to recognize Angola diplomatically during this period.

Relations between the United States of America and the [[Angola|Republic of Angola]] (formerly the [[People's Republic of Angola]]) have warmed since Angola's ideological renunciation of [[Communism]] before the [[Angolan presidential election, 1992|1992 elections]].
* Angola has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and consulates-general in [[Houston]] and New York City.
* United States has an embassy in Luanda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://angola.usembassy.gov|title=U.S. Embassy in Angola|website=U.S. Embassy in Angola|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331010416/https://angola.usembassy.gov/|archive-date=31 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Uruguay}}||6 March 1987||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 March 1987<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Between Uruguay and Angola as of 6 Mar. 1987 (United Nations Digital Library) |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1638554?ln=en}}</ref>
See [[Angola–Uruguay relations]]

* Angola has a consulate-general in [[Montevideo]].
* Uruguay is accredited to Angola from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
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=== Asia ===
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|-
! style="width:15%;" | Country
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|{{flag|China}}||12 January 1983||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 January 1983<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of Angola (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China) |url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/gjhdq_665435/2913_665441/2914_663834/2915_663836/200204/t20020425_542636.html}}</ref>
See [[Angola–China relations]]

Chinese prime minister [[Wen Jiabao]] visited Angola in June 2006, offering a US$9&nbsp;billion loan for infrastructure improvements in return for petroleum. The PRC has invested heavily in Angola since the end of the civil war in 2002.<ref name="wenvis">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5080626.stm|title=Angola: China's African foothold|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2007-11-19 | date=2006-06-20 | location=London}}</ref> [[João Manuel Bernardo]], the current ambassador of [[Angola]] to China, visited the PRC in November 2007.<ref name="chinabasador">{{cite web|year=2007|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200711150442.html|title=Angola: Ambassador Considers Relations With China Excellent|publisher=Angola Press Agency via AllAfrica|access-date=2007-11-19}}</ref>

* Angola has an embassy in Beijing and a consulate-general in [[Macau]].
* China has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|India}}||2 June 1979||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 June 1979<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Angola and India as of 2 June 1979 (United Nations Digital Library) |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1486334?ln=en}}</ref>
See [[Angola–India relations]]

* Angola has an embassy in New Delhi.
* India has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Israel}}||16 April 1992<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–Israel relations]]

Angola-Israel relations, primarily based on trade and pro-United States foreign policies, are excellent. In March 2006, the trade volume between the two countries amounted to $400&nbsp;million. In 2005, President José Eduardo dos Santos visited Israel.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141225062707/http://www.angoladigital.net/negocios/index.php?Itemid=47&id=150&option=com_content&task=view Angola/Israel business volume amounted at USD 400 million] Angola Press, 22 March 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060517045254/http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=437778 Israeli Ambassador Highlights Relations With Angola] Angola Press
* Angola has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]].
* Israel has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Japan}}||<!--Date started-->September 1976||See [[Angola–Japan relations]]

Diplomatic relations between Japan and Angola were established in September 1976. Japan has donated towards demining following the civil war.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-7SEPJV?OpenDocument|title=Angola: Japan grants USD one million to boost de-mining activity|date=2009-05-26|publisher=ReliefWeb|access-date=2017-07-10|language=en}}</ref>
* Angola has an embassy in Tokyo.
* Japan has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Pakistan}}||20 October 1977||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 October 1977<ref name="V.T. Sambandan"/>

The Government of Angola called for the support of Pakistan for the candidature of Angola to the seat of non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, whose election is set for September this year, during the 69th session of the General Assembly of United Nations. On the fringes of the ceremony, the Angolan diplomat also met with officials in charge of the economic and commercial policy of Pakistan, to assess the business opportunities between the two states. It asked to discuss aspects related to the cooperation on several domains of common interest.
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|{{flag|Philippines}}||14 September 2001||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 September 2001.
*Angola has an embassy in [[Manila]].
* Philippines is accredited to Angola from its embassy in [[Lisbon]], Portugal. 
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||9 July 1980||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 July 1980<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Angola and Turkey as of 9 July 1980 (United Nations Digital Library) |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1627282?ln=en}}</ref>
See [[Angola–Turkey relations]]
* [[Angola]] has an embassy in [[Ankara]].<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Angola">{{Cite web |title=Relations between Turkey and Angola |url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-angola.en.mfa |access-date=23 September 2022 |website=Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
*Turkey has an embassy in [[Luanda]].<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Angola" />
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$212&nbsp;million in 2019.<ref name="Relations between Turkey and Angola" />
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|{{flag|Vietnam}}||12 November 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 November 1975<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Republic of Angola (vietnam.gov.vn) |url=https://vietnam.gov.vn/diplomacy-detail-70572?countryId=1185&typeId=1}}</ref>
See [[Angola–Vietnam relations]]

Angola-Vietnam relations were established on 12 November 1975 after [[Angolan War of Independence|Angola gained its independence]], when future president of Angola [[Agostinho Neto]] visited Vietnam.<ref name="2007 Vietnam">{{cite web|year=2007|url=http://www.vietnamembassy-angola.org/nr070521165956/ns070920094601|title=Vietnam – Angola Relations|publisher=Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Angola|access-date=2008-01-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728155636/http://www.vietnamembassy-angola.org/nr070521165956/ns070920094601|archive-date=28 July 2011}}</ref> [[Angola]] and Vietnam have steadfast partners as both transitioned from [[Cold War]]-era foreign policies of [[Proletarian internationalism|international communism]] to pro-Western pragmatism following the fall of the [[Soviet Union]].

* Angola has an embassy in [[Hanoi]].
* Vietnam has an embassy in Luanda.
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=== Europe ===
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! style="width:15%;" | Country
! style="width:12%;" | Formal Relations Began
!Notes
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|{{flag|France}}||17 February 1976<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–France relations]]

Relations between the two countries have not always been cordial due to the former [[French government]]'s policy of supporting militant separatists in Angola's [[Cabinda province]] and the international [[Angolagate]] scandal embarrassed both governments by exposing corruption and illicit arms deals. Following French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]'s visit in 2008, relations have improved.
* Angola has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Germany}}||16 August 1979||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 August 1979<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angola: Überblick (Auswärtiges Amt Bundesrepublik Deutschland) (in German) |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/angola-node/angola/208116?view=}}</ref>
See [[Angola–Germany relations]]
* Angola has an embassy in [[Berlin]].
* Germany has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Holy See}}||<!--Date started-->14 April 1975||
* Angola has an embassy to the Holy See based in Rome.
* Holy See has an [[Apostolic Nuncio to Angola]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Apostolic Nunciature Angola|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/nunciature/nunc004.htm|website=GCatholic.org|access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Italy}}||4 June 1976<ref name="Farnesina1976">{{cite web |title=1976 Testi e Documenti sulla politica estera dell'Italia |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell'Italia.pdf |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy)]] |access-date=5 January 2024 |page=132 |language=it |quote=I Governi della Repubblica italiana e della Repubblica popolare di Angola hanno convenuto di stabilire relazioni diplomatiche a livello di ambasciatori con effetto dal 4 giugno 1976.}}</ref>||
See [[Angola–Italy relations]]

* Angola has an embassy in [[Rome]].
* Italy has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Netherlands}}||18 February 1976<ref name=":02"/>||
* Angola has an embassy in [[The Hague]] and a consulate-general in [[Rotterdam]].
* Netherlands has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Portugal}}||9 March 1976<ref name=":02"/>||See [[Angola–Portugal relations]]

Angola-Portugal relations have significantly improved since the Angolan government abandoned communism and nominally embraced democracy in 1991, embracing a pro-[[Angola-United States relations|U.S.]] and to a lesser degree pro-Europe foreign policy. Portugal ruled Angola for 400 years,<ref name="a">{{cite book|last=Alker|first=Hayward R.|author2=Ted Robert Gurr |author3=Kumar Rupesinghe |author3-link=Kumar Rupesinghe |year=2001|title=Journeys Through Conflict: Narratives and Lessons|pages=204}}</ref> colonizing the territory from 1483 until independence in 1975. Angola's war for [[Angolan War for Independence|independence]] did not end in a military victory for either side, but was suspended as a result of a [[Carnation Revolution|coup in Portugal]] that replaced the [[Marcelo Caetano|Caetano regime]].
* Angola has an embassy in [[Lisbon]] and a consulate-general in [[Porto]].
* Portugal has an embassy in Luanda and a consulate-general in [[Benguela]].
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|{{flag|Russia}}||11 November 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 November 1975<ref>{{Cite web |title=45 years ago, on November 11, 1975, when Angola declared independence from Portugal, the SovietUnion & Angola established diplomatic relations (MFA Russia) |url=https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1326612281883566082?s=20}}</ref>
See [[Angola–Russia relations]]

* Angola has an embassy in Moscow.
* Russia has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Serbia}}||12 November 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 November 1975<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Serbia |url=https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-cooperation/angola}}</ref>
See [[Angola–Serbia relations]]

The defence minister of Serbia, [[Dragan Šutanovac]], stated in a 2011 meeting in Luanda that Serbia would negotiate with the Angolan military authorities for the construction of a new military hospital in Angola.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201109230717.html|title=Angola: Serbia Negotiates Building of New Military Hospital|date=2011-09-23|work=Angola Press Agency (Luanda)|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>

Angola supports Serbia's stance on [[Kosovo]], and recognizes Serbia's territorial integrity.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200806240413.html Angola: Head of State Sends Message to Serbian Counterpart], Angola Press Agency, 2008-06-24</ref>
* Angola has an embassy in [[Belgrade]].
* Serbia has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Spain}}||19 October 1977||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 October 1977<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Angola and Spain as of 19 Oct. 1977 (United Nations Digital Library) |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1485952?ln=en}}</ref>
See [[Angola–Spain relations]]

* Angola has an embassy in [[Madrid]].
* Spain has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||14 October 1977|| See [[Angola–United Kingdom relations]]
[[File:Dr George Chikoti, Angolan Foreign Minister (6908759855).jpg|thumb|right|[[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|British Foreign Secretary]] [[William Hague]] with [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Djibouti)|Foreign Minister]] [[Georges Rebelo Chikoti]] and [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa|Foreign Office Minister]] [[Henry Bellingham, Baron Bellingham|Henry Bellingham]] in London, February 2012.]]
Angola established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 14 October 1977.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|author1=[[Angola]]|author2=[[United Kingdom]]|title=Diplomatic relations between Angola and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 14 Oct. 1977|website=[[United Nations Digital Library]]| date=14 October 1977 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1485923?ln=en |access-date=2 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401231007/https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1485923?ln=en&v=pdf|archive-date=1 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

*Angola maintains an [[Embassy of Angola, London|embassy]] in London.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|author=Diplomat Magazine|date=1 February 2015|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/angola/|title=Angola|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=5 September 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250621134712/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/angola/|archive-date=21 June 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Angola through its embassy in [[Luanda]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-luanda|title=British Embassy Luanda|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=2 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401160656/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-luanda|archive-date=1 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic Co-operation Pact,<ref name="pac">{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Politi|first=James|date=19 September 2023|title=US unveils Atlantic co-operation pact|website=[[Financial Times]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/56706df4-f39b-4ab5-8acf-b252176d172d|access-date=19 January 2024|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119085952/https://www.ft.com/content/56706df4-f39b-4ab5-8acf-b252176d172d|archive-date=19 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[World Health Organization]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have a High Level Prosperity Partnership.<ref name="prosperity">{{#invoke:cite|web|author1=[[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]|author2=[[Department for International Development]]|author3=[[UK Trade & Investment]]|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-level-prosperity-partnerships-in-africa/high-level-prosperity-partnerships-in-africa|title=High Level Prosperity Partnerships in Africa|date=19 November 2013|website=GOV.UK|access-date=29 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528234147/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-level-prosperity-partnerships-in-africa/high-level-prosperity-partnerships-in-africa|archive-date=28 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== See also ===
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Angola]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Angola]]
* [[Visa requirements for Angolan citizens]]

==References==
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