Dates_of_establishment_of_diplomatic_relations_with_the_People's_Republic_of_China

Dates of establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China

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Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has had a diplomatic tug-of-war with its rival in Taiwan, the Republic of China (ROC). Throughout the Cold War, both governments claimed to be the sole legitimate government of all China and allowed countries to recognize either one or the other. Until the 1970s, most Western countries in the Western Bloc recognized the ROC while the Eastern Bloc and Third World countries generally recognized the PRC. This gradually shifted and today only 11 UN member states recognize the ROC while the PRC is recognized by the United Nations, as well as 181 UN member states (including 18 G20 member states^{[lower-alpha 1]}), Cook Islands, Niue and the State of Palestine. Both the ROC and the PRC maintain the requirement of recognizing its view of the One China policy to establish or maintain diplomatic relations.

Countries of the world indicating decade diplomatic relations commenced with the PRC: 1949/1950s (dark red), 1960s (red), 1970s (orange), 1980s (beige), 1990s/2000s (yellow), and 2010s/2020s (green). Countries not recognised by or not recognising the PRC are in grey . The PRC itself is in black .

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[1] Other two members are the European Union, which is not a country, and China itself

[2] Succeeded by the Russian Federation on 25 December 1991.

[3] Succeeded by the Republic of Bulgaria in 1990.

[4] Renamed to the Socialist Republic of Romania in 1965 and again to Romania in 1989.

[5] Renamed to the Hungarian Republic in 1989 and again to Hungary in 2012.

[6] Renamed to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in 1960, again to Czechoslovak Federative Republic and Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1990. Separated into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic in 1993.

[7] Renamed to the Polish People's Republic in 1952 and the Republic of Poland in 1989.

[8] Succeeded by Mongolia in 1992. Recognition was extended to Mongolia as the Republic of China in 1946, but was rescinded in 1953.

[Germany-9] Succeeded by the Federal Republic of Germany (reunified Germany) on 3 October 1990.

[10] Renamed to the People's Socialist Republic of Albania in 1976 and again to the Republic of Albania in 1991.

[11] Now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

[13] Now the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

[14] First western country to establish diplomatic relations.

[17] Now the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

[18] First non-communist and Muslim-majority nation to open diplomatic relations.

[20] Request refused by the PRC

[Charge-21] On 6 January 1950, the United Kingdom recognized the PRC and requested the exchange of ambassadors, but this was refused. The UK and The Netherlands established diplomatic relations at chargé d'affaires level with the PRC on 17 June 1954 and 19 November 1954 respectively. The PRC government does not regard the semi-diplomatic relations at chargé d'affaires level as formal diplomatic ties. The UK does. The PRC consented to the exchange of ambassadors with the UK on 13 March 1972 and with The Netherlands on 18 May 1972. See Sino-British relations for further details.

[YU-24] Republic of Serbia attempted to succeed but all other former Yugoslav Republics deferred the attempt, and no consensus was reached in the first period. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia est. 1992-02-28 was not granted successorship and was placed under international sanctions. In 2001 an Agreement on Succession Issues was signed and reached validity in 2004, by the provisions of that Agreement FRY is not the successor of SFRY. Serbia and Montenegro succeeded the United Nations seat of the FRY (joined the UN as a new member on 2000-11-01) "Succession" of recognition by Serbia, successor state of Serbia and Montenegro is due to international law inadmissible. Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on the former Yugoslavia Opinion No. 10 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Serbia and Montenegro). In this decision, the Commission ruled that the FRY (Serbia and Montenegro) could not legally be considered a continuation of the former SFRY, but was rather a new state. Thus the European Community (and the UN) should not automatically recognize the FRY, but apply to it the same criteria applied to the recognition of the other post-SFRY states.

[25] Now the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

[26] Now the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

[28] Now the Arab Republic of Egypt.

[29] Now the Syrian Arab Republic.

[30] Later Yemen Arab Republic.

[Yemen-31] Succeeded by the Republic of Yemen. Date of establishment of diplomatic relations was set back to 24 September 1956.

[32] Now the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

[33] Relations were suspended on 18 March 1970 when the Khmer Republic established relations with the ROC. Diplomatic ties resumed on 17 April 1975 by the Khmer Rouge government.

[34] Now the Republic of Iraq.

[35] Now the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

[36] Now the Federal Republic of Somalia.

[38] Rival government during the Congo Crisis, succeeded by the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) in September 1961.

[39] Now the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

[40] Diplomatic relations were restored on 2 December 1975 by the new Laotian communist government after the former monarchy severed relations on 16 May 1962.

[41] Tanganyika merged with Zanzibar from 26 April 1964.

[42] Now the United Republic of Tanzania.

[43] Zanzibar merged into mainland Tanganyika on 26 April 1964.

[44] Now the Republic of Burundi.

[45] Diplomatic relations were restored on 13 October 1971 after Burundi unilaterally severed relations on 29 January 1965.

[47] Diplomatic relations were restored on 29 January 1998. CAR resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 8 July 1991.

[48] Now the Republic of Benin.

[49] Diplomatic relations were restored on 29 December 1972. Both countries severed diplomatic relations on 3 January 1966 prior to Dahomey resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 21 April 1966.

[50] Later People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

[51] Succeeded by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on 2 July 1976.

[52] Now Canada.

[53] Now the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

[54] Diplomatic relations were raised to ambassadorial level on 15 July 1991.

[55] Now the Islamic Republic of Iran.

[56] Senegal resumed diplomatic relations with the ROC on 6 January 1996. Ties with the PRC were severed from 9 January 1996, until 25 October 2005, when ties were resumed.

[57] Now the Republic of Malta.

[58] Now the Republic of Mauritius.

[59] Now the Hellenic Republic.

[60] Now the Republic of Madagascar.

[62] Renamed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.

[63] Diplomatic relations were restored on 6 August 2006. Diplomatic relations were severed by PRC on 15 August 1997 after Chad resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 12 August 1997.

[64] Now the Kingdom of Spain.

[65] Now Burkina Faso.

[66] Diplomatic relations were restored on 26 May 2018. Diplomatic relations were severed by PRC on 4 February 1994 after Burkina Faso resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 2 February 1994.

[67] Diplomatic relations were restored on 13 April 1998. Diplomatic relations were severed by PRC on 31 May 1990 after Guinea-Bissau established diplomatic ties with the ROC on 26 May 1990.

[68] Now the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

[69] Diplomatic relations were restored on 19 August 1996. Diplomatic relations were severed by PRC on 19 July 1992 after Niger resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 30 June 1992.

[70] Diplomatic relations were restored on 17 March 2016. Diplomatic relations were severed by PRC on 25 July 1995 after Gambia resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 13 July 1995.

[71] Succeeded by the European Union in 1993 and 2009.

[72] Now the Republic of Mozambique.

[73] Diplomatic relations were restored on 26 December 2016. Diplomatic relations were severed by PRC on 11 July 1997 after São Tomé and Príncipe established diplomatic ties with the ROC on 6 May 1997.

[74] Now the Republic of Fiji.

[75] Now the Independent State of Samoa.

[76] Now the Union of the Comoros.

[77] Diplomatic relations were restored on 10 August 1993. Liberia resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 9 October 1989. Diplomatic relations with the PRC has been severed since 9 September 1997 because the Liberian Government's recognition of a "Two Chinas" Policy. However, the PRC and Liberia normalized their relations on 11 October 2003.

[78] Now the State of Libya.

[ReferenceA-79] Diplomatic relations were restored on 27 September 2019. Diplomatic relations were severed by the PRC on 29 November 2003 after Kiribati established diplomatic ties with the ROC on 7 November 2003.

[80] Now the Republic of Angola.

[81] Diplomatic relations were restored on 12 January 1994. Diplomatic relations were severed by PRC on 7 April 1990 after Lesotho resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 5 April 1990.

[82] Now the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

[83] Diplomatic relations were restored on 20 January 2005. Diplomatic relations were severed by PRC on 7 August 1989 after Grenada established diplomatic ties with the ROC on 19 July 1989.

[84] Diplomatic relations were restored on 10 December 2021. Diplomatic relations were severed by PRC on 9 November 1990 after Nicaragua resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 6 November 1990.

[85] Diplomatic relations were severed on 23 October 1989. Belize recognized the ROC on 11 October 1989.

[86] Relations by PLO from 22 March 1965.

[87] Now the Kingdom of Bahrain.

[88] Diplomatic relations were severed on 11 December 1998. Marshall Islands recognized the ROC on 20 November 1998.

[94] Recognition extended as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 2 October 1949. Ukraine is the legal successor of the Ukrainian SSR and in accordance to The Law of Ukraine on Succession of Ukraine, the Ukraine continues all "rights and duties pursuant to international agreements of Union SSR which do not contradict the Constitution of Ukraine and interests of the Republic".^[15]

[97] Now the Kyrgyz Republic.

[98] Recognition extended as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic from 2 October 1949. Belarus is the legal successor of the Byelorussian SSR and in the Constitution Article 142: "Laws, decrees and other acts which were applied in the territory of the Republic of Belarus prior to the entry into force of the present Constitution shall apply in the particular parts thereof that are not contrary to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus."

[101] Now the Republic of Serbia.

[102] Now Georgia.

[103] Now the Republic of North Macedonia.

[104] Diplomatic relations were restored on 18 June 2001. North Macedonia established diplomatic ties with the ROC on 27 January 1999.

[105] Diplomatic relations were raised to ambassadorial level on 6 February 2006.

[106] Now Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[107] Diplomatic relations were severed on 5 May 2007. St. Lucia resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 30 April 2007.

[109] Diplomatic relations were restored on 24 January 2024.^[20] Diplomatic relations were severed by the PRC on 31 May 2005 after Nauru resumed diplomatic ties with the ROC on 14 May 2005.

[110] Now Montenegro.

[12] [1]
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[15] [2]
Bilateral relations between Switzerland and China (page visited on 19 August 2014).

[16] [3]
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[19] [4]
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[times-22] [5]
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[Mfacdt-27] [7]
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[93] [15]
"Про правонаступництво України".

[95] [16]
"Спільне Комюніке про встановлення дипломатичних відносин між Китайською Народною Республікою і Україною. Меморандум взаєморозуміння до Комюніке". Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 22 October 2018.

[96] [17]
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[99] [18]
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Country	Date
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2 October 1949
People's Republic of Bulgaria^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4 October 1949
Romanian People's Republic^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5 October 1949
Hungarian People's Republic^{[lower-alpha 5]}	6 October 1949
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)	6 October 1949
Czechoslovak Republic^{[lower-alpha 6]}	6 October 1949
Republic of Poland^{[lower-alpha 7]}	7 October 1949
Mongolian People's Republic^{[lower-alpha 8]}	16 October 1949
German Democratic Republic^{[lower-alpha 9]} (East Germany)	27 October 1949
People's Republic of Albania^{[lower-alpha 10]}	23 November 1949

Country	Date
Democratic Republic of Vietnam^{[lower-alpha 11]} (North Vietnam)	18 January 1950
Republic of India	1 April 1950^[1]
Republic of Indonesia	13 April 1950
Kingdom of Sweden	9 May 1950
Kingdom of Denmark	11 May 1950
Union of Burma^{[lower-alpha 12]}	8 June 1950
Swiss Confederation^{[lower-alpha 13]}	14 September 1950^[2]^[3]
Principality of Liechtenstein	14 September 1950
Republic of Finland	28 October 1950
Dominion of Pakistan^{[lower-alpha 14]}^{[lower-alpha 15]}	21 May 1951^[4]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland^{[lower-alpha 16]}^{[lower-alpha 17]}	17 June 1954^[5]^[6]
Kingdom of Norway	5 October 1954
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia^{[lower-alpha 18]}	2 January 1955
Kingdom of Afghanistan^{[lower-alpha 19]}	20 January 1955
Kingdom of Nepal^{[lower-alpha 20]}	1 August 1955
Republic of Egypt^[7]^{[lower-alpha 21]}	30 May 1956
Syrian Republic^{[lower-alpha 22]}	1 August 1956
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen^{[lower-alpha 23]}^{[lower-alpha 24]} (North Yemen)	24 September 1956
Dominion of Ceylon^{[lower-alpha 25]}	7 February 1957
Kingdom of Cambodia^{[lower-alpha 26]}	19 July 1958
Iraqi Republic^{[lower-alpha 27]}	25 August 1958
Kingdom of Morocco^[7]	1 November 1958
Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic^{[lower-alpha 28]}^[7]	20 December 1958
Republic of the Sudan^[7]	4 February 1959
Republic of Guinea^[7]	4 October 1959

Country	Date
Republic of Ghana^[7]	5 July 1960
Republic of Cuba	28 September 1960
Republic of Mali^[7]	25 October 1960
Somali Republic^[7]^{[lower-alpha 29]}	14 December 1960
Republic of the Congo (Stanleyville)^[8]^{[lower-alpha 30]}	20 February 1961
Kingdom of Laos^{[lower-alpha 31]}	25 April 1961^{[lower-alpha 32]}
Tanganyika^[7]^{[lower-alpha 33]}^{[lower-alpha 34]}	9 December 1961
Republic of Uganda^[7]	18 October 1962
Sultanate of Zanzibar^[7]^{[lower-alpha 35]}	11 December 1963
Republic of Kenya^[7]	14 December 1963
Kingdom of Burundi^{[lower-alpha 36]}^{[lower-alpha 37]}	21 December 1963
Tunisian Republic^[7]	10 January 1964
French Republic^[9]	27 January 1964
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)^[7]	22 February 1964
Central African Republic^{[lower-alpha 38]}	29 September 1964
Republic of Zambia^[7]	29 October 1964
Republic of Dahomey^{[lower-alpha 39]}^{[lower-alpha 40]}	12 November 1964
Islamic Republic of Mauritania^[7]	19 July 1965
People's Republic of South Yemen^{[lower-alpha 41]}^{[lower-alpha 24]} (South Yemen)	31 January 1968
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam^{[lower-alpha 42]}	14 June 1969

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Dominion of Canada^{[lower-alpha 43]}	13 October 1970
Republic of Equatorial Guinea^[7]	15 October 1970
Italian Republic	6 November 1970
Ethiopian Empire^{[lower-alpha 44]}^[7]	24 November 1970
Republic of Chile	15 December 1970
Federal Republic of Nigeria^[7]	10 February 1971
State of Kuwait	22 March 1971
Republic of Cameroon^[7]	26 March 1971
Republic of San Marino^{[lower-alpha 45]}	6 May 1971
Republic of Austria	28 May 1971
Republic of Sierra Leone^[7]	29 July 1971
Republic of Turkey	4 August 1971
Imperial State of Iran^{[lower-alpha 46]}	16 August 1971

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Kingdom of Belgium	25 October 1971
Republic of Peru	2 November 1971
Republic of Lebanon	9 November 1971
Republic of Rwanda^[7]	12 November 1971
Republic of Senegal^{[lower-alpha 47]}	7 December 1971
Iceland	8 December 1971
Republic of Cyprus	14 December 1971
State of Malta^{[lower-alpha 48]}	31 January 1972
United Mexican States	14 February 1972
Argentine Republic	19 February 1972
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland^{[lower-alpha 17]}	13 March 1972
Mauritius^{[lower-alpha 49]}	15 April 1972
Kingdom of the Netherlands^{[lower-alpha 17]}	18 May 1972
Kingdom of Greece^{[lower-alpha 50]}	5 June 1972
Cooperative Republic of Guyana	27 June 1972
Togolese Republic^[7]	19 September 1972
Japan	29 September 1972
Federal Republic of Germany^{[lower-alpha 9]} (West Germany)	11 October 1972
Republic of Maldives	14 October 1972
Democratic Republic of Madagascar^{[lower-alpha 51]}	6 November 1972
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	16 November 1972
Jamaica	21 November 1972
Republic of Zaire^[10]^{[lower-alpha 52]}	24 November 1972
Republic of Chad^{[lower-alpha 53]}	28 November 1972
Commonwealth of Australia	21 December 1972
New Zealand	22 December 1972
Spanish State^{[lower-alpha 54]}	9 March 1973
Republic of Upper Volta^{[lower-alpha 55]}^{[lower-alpha 56]}	15 September 1973
Republic of Guinea-Bissau^{[lower-alpha 57]}	15 March 1974
Gabonese Republic^[7]	20 April 1974
Malaysia	31 May 1974
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	20 June 1974
Republic of Venezuela^{[lower-alpha 58]}	28 June 1974
Republic of Niger^{[lower-alpha 59]}	20 July 1974
Federative Republic of Brazil	15 August 1974
Republic of the Gambia^{[lower-alpha 60]}	14 December 1974
Republic of Botswana^[7]	6 January 1975
European Economic Community^{[lower-alpha 61]}	6 May 1975
Republic of the Philippines	9 June 1975
People's Republic of Mozambique^[7]^{[lower-alpha 62]}	25 June 1975
Kingdom of Thailand	1 July 1975
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe^{[lower-alpha 63]}	12 July 1975
People's Republic of Bangladesh	4 October 1975
Dominion of Fiji^{[lower-alpha 64]}	5 November 1975
Independent State of Western Samoa^{[lower-alpha 65]}	6 November 1975
State of the Comoros^[7]^{[lower-alpha 66]}	13 November 1975
Republic of Cape Verde^[7]	25 April 1976
Republic of Suriname	28 May 1976
Republic of Seychelles^[7]	30 June 1976
Independent State of Papua New Guinea	12 October 1976
Republic of Liberia^{[lower-alpha 67]}	17 February 1977
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	7 April 1977
Barbados	30 May 1977
Sultanate of Oman	25 May 1978
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya^{[lower-alpha 68]}	9 August 1978
United States of America	1 January 1979
Republic of Djibouti^[7]	8 January 1979
Portuguese Republic	8 February 1979
Ireland	22 June 1979

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Dates of establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China

Recognition of the PRC before it was seated at the UN

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1960s

1970s

Recognition of the PRC after it was seated at the UN

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

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Republic of Ecuador	2 January 1980
Republic of Colombia	7 February 1980
Republic of Zimbabwe^[7]	18 April 1980
Republic of Kiribati^{[lower-alpha 69]}	25 June 1980
Republic of Vanuatu	26 March 1982
Antigua and Barbuda	1 January 1983
People's Republic of Angola^{[lower-alpha 70]}^[7]	12 January 1983
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire^[7]	2 March 1983
Kingdom of Lesotho^{[lower-alpha 71]}	30 April 1983
United Arab Emirates	1 November 1984
Republic of Bolivia^{[lower-alpha 72]}	9 July 1985
Grenada^{[lower-alpha 73]}	1 October 1985
Republic of Nicaragua^{[lower-alpha 74]}	7 December 1985
Belize^{[lower-alpha 75]}	6 February 1987
Eastern Republic of Uruguay	3 February 1988
State of Qatar	9 July 1988
State of Palestine^{[lower-alpha 76]}	20 November 1988
State of Bahrain^{[lower-alpha 77]}	18 April 1989
Federated States of Micronesia	11 September 1989

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Republic of Namibia^[7]	22 March 1990
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	21 July 1990
Republic of Singapore	3 October 1990
Republic of the Marshall Islands^{[lower-alpha 78]}	16 November 1990
Republic of Estonia^[11]	11 September 1991
Republic of Latvia^[12]	12 September 1991
Republic of Lithuania^[13]^[14]	14 September 1991
Brunei Darussalam	30 September 1991
Republic of Uzbekistan	2 January 1992
Republic of Kazakhstan	3 January 1992
Republic of Tajikistan	4 January 1992
Ukraine^{[lower-alpha 79]}	4 January 1992^[16]^[17]
Republic of Kyrgyzstan^{[lower-alpha 80]}	5 January 1992
Turkmenistan	6 January 1992
Republic of Belarus^{[lower-alpha 81]}	20 January 1992^[18]^[19]
State of Israel	24 January 1992
Republic of Moldova	30 January 1992
Republic of Azerbaijan	2 April 1992
Republic of Armenia	6 April 1992
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia^{[lower-alpha 82]}^{[lower-alpha 18]}
Republic of Slovenia	12 May 1992
Republic of Croatia	13 May 1992
Republic of Georgia^{[lower-alpha 83]}	9 June 1992
Republic of Korea (South Korea)	24 August 1992
State of Eritrea^[7]	24 May 1993
Republic of Macedonia^{[lower-alpha 84]}^{[lower-alpha 85]}	12 October 1993
Principality of Andorra	29 June 1994
Principality of Monaco^{[lower-alpha 86]}	16 January 1995
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina^{[lower-alpha 87]}	3 April 1995
Commonwealth of the Bahamas	23 May 1997
Cook Islands	25 July 1997
Saint Lucia^{[lower-alpha 88]}	1 September 1997
Republic of South Africa^[7]	1 January 1998
Kingdom of Tonga	2 November 1998

Country	Date
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste	20 May 2002
Republic of Nauru^{[lower-alpha 89]}	21 July 2002
Commonwealth of Dominica	31 March 2004
Republic of Montenegro^{[lower-alpha 90]}	6 July 2006
Republic of Costa Rica	1 June 2007
Niue	12 December 2007
Republic of Malawi	28 December 2007

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Republic of South Sudan	9 July 2011
Republic of Panama^[21]	13 June 2017
Dominican Republic^[22]	1 May 2018
Republic of El Salvador^[23]	21 August 2018
Solomon Islands	21 September 2019