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{{Politics of Tuvalu}}
From 1916 to 1975, [[Tuvalu]] was part of the [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]] colony of the United Kingdom. A [[1974 Ellice Islands self-determination referendum|referendum was held in 1974]] to determine whether the Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands should each have their own administration. As a consequence of the referendum, the separate British colonies of [[Kiribati]] and Tuvalu were formed. Tuvalu became fully independent as a [[sovereign state]] within the [[Commonwealth realm|Commonwealth]] on 1 October 1978. On 5 September 2000, Tuvalu became the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1290|189th member of the United Nations]].

Tuvalu is a very small [[island country]] of {{convert|26|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}. In terms of physical land size, Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country in the world, larger only than the [[Vatican City]]—0.44&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>; [[Monaco]]—1.95&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and [[Nauru]]—21&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. it is the third-least populated independent country in the world, with a population of 10,507 (2017 Census).<ref name="C2012">{{cite web|title= Population of communities in Tuvalu| publisher=Thomas Brinkhoff|date =2017|url= http://www.citypopulation.de/Tuvalu.html | access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>  Because of the small size of the [[economy of Tuvalu]], its foreign relations are limited to its most important partners. Tuvalu maintains close relations with Fiji, New Zealand, Australia (which has maintained a [[High Commission]] in Tuvalu since 2018), Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the [[European Union]].

As a small Pacific Island nation, a major concern is the effect of [[climate change]] on the [[atolls]]. Tuvalu is a [[developing country]] and works with other island states, which tend to share similar [[sustainable development]] challenges, such as the [[Small Island Developing States|Pacific Small Island Developing States]] (PSIDS).

Tuvalu participates in the work of [[Secretariat of the Pacific Community|the Pacific Community (SPC)]] and is a member of the [[Pacific Islands Forum]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and the [[United Nations]]. It has maintained a mission at the United Nations in New York City since 2000. 

==International organisational participation==

===Tuvalu and the Commonwealth of Nations===

On 1 September 2000, [[Tuvalu]] became a full member of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Since its independence in 1978, Tuvalu had been a [[Special membership of the Commonwealth of Nations|special member]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecommonwealth.org/press/31555/34582/141646/tuvalu_accedes_to_full_membership_of_the_commonwea.htm|title=Tuvalu Accedes to Full Membership of the Commonwealth|access-date=30 January 2009|publisher=[[Commonwealth Secretariat]]|date=14 August 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011110022/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/press/31555/34582/141646/tuvalu_accedes_to_full_membership_of_the_commonwea.htm|archive-date=11 October 2008}}</ref> but without having any voting rights in the organisation that brings together 54 countries that are mostly former colonies of the United Kingdom. Tuvalu's admission as a full member was approved by the members of the Commonwealth unanimously earlier in the year. 

===Membership of the United Nations===

{{main|Tuvalu and the United Nations}}

Tuvalu became the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1290|189th member]] of the '''[[United Nations]]''' on 17 September 2000.<ref>[http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2000/sg2648.html "Secretary-General Welcomes Tuvalu as New Member of United Nations Family"], United Nations Information Service, 6 September 2000</ref><ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E1D81131F93BA25751C0A9669C8B63 "Tuvalu, Distrusted by China, Worried by Sea, Can Join U.N."], ''The New York Times'', 18 February 2000</ref> 

Ambassador [[Tapugao Falefou]] took up his appointment as the [[Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations|permanent representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations]] on 13 February 2023.<ref name="UN23">{{cite web|title= New Permanent Representative of Tuvalu Presents Credentials |url= https://press.un.org/en/2023/bio5483.doc.htm |publisher= United Nations press release = BIO/5483 |page=|date=13 February 2023|access-date=20 October 2023}}</ref> He was also appointed as the Ambassador to the United States of America.<ref name="US23">{{cite web|title= Leaders and Cabinet Members|url= https://www.cia.gov/resources/world-leaders/foreign-governments/tuvalu|publisher= CIA.gov|page=|date= 31 July 2023|access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref> 

Tuvalu notably [[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference#.22Tuvalu Protocol.22|played an active role]] in the [[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Copenhagen]], attracting media and public attention with a proposed protocol which would have imposed deeper, legally binding emission cuts, including on developing nations. Following Tuvaluan delegate Ian Fry's "tear-jerking [speech] that prompted wild applause among the crowded Copenhagen conference floor", ''[[The Australian]]'''s political editor commented that Tuvalu was "no longer small fry on the world stage".<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/tuvalu-no-longer-small-fry-on-world-stage/story-e6frg6so-1225811159361 "Tuvalu no longer small fry on world stage"], ''The Australian'', 17 December 2009</ref>

The United Nations designates Tuvalu as a [[least developed country]] (LDC) because of its limited potential for economic development, absence of exploitable resources and its small size and vulnerability to external economic and environmental shocks.<ref name=unohrlls>{{cite web | url= http://www.unohrlls.org/| archive-url= https://archive.today/20070911202346/http://www.unohrlls.org/| url-status= usurped| archive-date= 11 September 2007|title=United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States|work=Small Island Developing States: Small Islands Big(ger) Stakes|publisher=UN-OHRLLS|year=2011|access-date=1 September 2010}}</ref> Tuvalu participates in the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries (EIF), which was established in October 1997 under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation.<ref name="UNDP2010">{{cite report |editor-last1=Gay |editor-first1=Daniel |title= Tuvalu Diagnostic Trade Integration Study – 2010 Report |publisher= UNDP Multi Country Office |location= Suva, Fiji |isbn=978-982-304-036-3|url= http://www.enhancedif.org/en/system/files/uploads/tuvalu20dtis20report202010.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/wcm/webdav/site/ldc/shared/Tuvalu.pdf|title= Tuvalu – Draft Country Review Paper, Implementation in Asia and the Pacific of the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010: progress made, obstacles encountered and the way forward| date =8 January 2010|publisher= The United Nations |access-date= 24 October 2011}}</ref> In 2013 Tuvalu deferred its graduation from [[least developed country]] (LDC) status to a [[Developing country]] to 2015. Prime Minister [[Enele Sopoaga]] said that this deferral was necessary to maintain access by Tuvalu to the funds provided by the United Nations's [[National Adaptation Programme of Action]] (NAPA), as  "Once Tuvalu graduates to a developed country, it will not be considered for funding assistance for [[climate change adaptation]] programmes like NAPA, which only goes to LDCs".<ref name="IB170913">{{cite news| title =Tuvalu wants to maintain LDC status| publisher =Island Business| date =17 September 2013| url =http://www.islandsbusiness.com/our-publications/item/879-tuvalu-wants-to-maintain-ldc-status| access-date =13 October 2017| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130927090641/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/2913/tuvalu-wants-to-maintain-ldc-status/| archive-date =27 September 2013| author1 =I. B.}}</ref> Tuvalu had met targets so that Tuvalu was to graduate from LDC status. Prime minister, [[Enele Sopoaga]] wants the United Nations to reconsider its criteria for graduation from LDC status as not enough weight is given to the environmental plight of small island states like Tuvalu in the application of the [[Environmental Vulnerability Index]] (EVI).<ref name="RNZ230913">{{cite web| work= Radio New Zealand International |title= Tuvalu wants changes in assessment of LDC criteria|date =23 September 2013|url= http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=79324| access-date=24 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="IB300714">{{cite web|last= Maclellan|first= Nic|work= Island Business|title= Tuvalu calls for changes to Least Developed Country|date= 30 July 2014|url= http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/45th-pacific-islands-forum/5880/tuvalu-calls-for-changes-to-least-developed-countr/|access-date= 16 April 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150416033624/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/45th-pacific-islands-forum/5880/tuvalu-calls-for-changes-to-least-developed-countr/|archive-date= 16 April 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref>

===Regional organisational relations===
Tuvalu is a full member of the [[Pacific Islands Forum]], the [[South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission]], the [[South Pacific Tourism Organisation]], the [[Pacific Regional Environment Programme|Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme]] and the [[Pacific Community]].

Tuvalu participates in the operations of the [[Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency]] (FFA)<ref name=FFA>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ffa.int/|title=Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency|access-date=11 October 2010}}</ref> and the [[Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission]] (WCPFC).<ref name=FWCFC>{{Cite web | url=http://www.wcpfc.int/ |title=The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref> The Tuvaluan government, the [[US government]], and the governments of other Pacific islands, are parties to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT), entered into force in 1988. The current SPTT agreement expires on 14 June 2013.<ref name=SPTT>{{Cite web | url=http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/IFD/ifd_sptt.html|title=South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT)|year=1988|access-date=1 September 2010}}</ref> Tuvalu is one of the eight signatories of the Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Management of Fisheries of Common Interest ([[Nauru Agreement]]) which collectively controls 25–30% of the world's tuna supply and approximately 60% of the western and central Pacific tuna supply [https://web.archive.org/web/20110819123129/http://klima-tuvalu.no/2011/04/13/pacific-islands-fighting-for-their-tuna/]. In May 2013 representatives from the United States and the Pacific Islands countries agreed to sign interim arrangement documents to extend the Multilateral Fisheries Treaty (which encompasses the South Pacific Tuna Treaty and Nauru Agreement) to confirm access to the fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific for US tuna boats for 18 months.<ref name="PNG100513">{{cite web| work =US Embassy – Papua New Guinea| title =United States and Pacific Islands Strengthen Fisheries Cooperation| date =10 May 2013| url =http://photos.state.gov/libraries/papuanewguinea/231771/PDFs/Pacific%20Islands%20Strengthen%20Fisheries%20Cooperation.pdf| access-date =3 September 2013| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060245/http://portmoresby.usembassy.gov/mr2013_051013.html| archive-date =21 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="RA160513">{{cite web| last = Coutts | first = Geraldine  | work=Radio Australia|title = US signs new tuna agreement with the Pacific|date =16 May 2013|url= http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/us-signs-new-tuna-agreement-with-the-pacific/1131586| access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref>

In 1993, Tuvalu became a member of the [[Asian Development Bank]]. Tuvalu endorsed the [[Treaty of Rarotonga]] joining itself to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty in 1985.

In 2004, Tuvalu provided police officers to the [[Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands]] (RAMSI). Tuvaluan Police officers served as part of RAMSI's Participating Police Force (PPF).

In November 2011, Tuvalu was one of the eight founding members of [[Polynesian Leaders Group]], a regional grouping intended to cooperate on a variety of issues including culture and language, education, responses to climate change, and trade and investment.<ref>[http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2011/09/nz-may-be-invited-to-join-proposed-polynesian-triangle-ginger-group/ "NZ may be invited to join proposed ‘Polynesian Triangle’ ginger group"], Pacific Scoop, 19 September 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=64516 "New Polynesian Leaders Group formed in Samoa"], Radio New Zealand International, 18 November 2011</ref> Tuvalu participates in the [[Alliance of Small Island States]] (AOSIS), which is a coalition of small island and low-lying coastal countries that have concerns about their vulnerability to the adverse effects of global climate change. Under the [[Majuro Declaration]], which was signed on 5 September 2013, Tuvalu committed to implement power generation of [[100% renewable energy]], which was proposed to be implemented using Solar PV (95% of demand) and biodiesel (5% of demand). The feasibility of wind power generation will be considered as part of the commitment to increase the use of [[renewable energy in Tuvalu]].<ref name="MD050913">{{cite web| work= Pacific Islands Forum|title= Majuro Declaration: For Climate Leadership |date =5 September 2013|url=http://www.majurodeclaration.org/the_declaration| access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref>

On 18 February 2016 Tuvalu signed the Pacific Islands Development Forum Charter and formally joined the [[Pacific Islands Development Forum]] (PIDF).<ref name="PIDF0316">{{cite web|last= The Secretary General|title= Tuvalu signs PIDF Charter and formally joins PIDF|publisher= Pacific Islands Development Forum|date= 18 February 2016|url= http://pacificidf.org/tuvalu-signs-pidf-charter-and-formally-joins-pidf/|access-date= 17 March 2016|archive-date= 15 March 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160315072122/http://pacificidf.org/tuvalu-signs-pidf-charter-and-formally-joins-pidf/|url-status= dead}}</ref> In June 2017, Tuvalu signed the [[Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations]] (PACER).<ref name="PACER1">{{cite web|title= Tuvalu to sign regional trade deal| publisher=[[Radio NZ]] |date =1 June 2017|url= http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/332103/tuvalu-to-sign-regional-trade-deal| access-date=2 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="PACER2">{{cite web|title=PACER-Plus Regional Trade Agreement Signed in Tonga Ceremony|publisher=Pacific Islands Report/Radio NZ|date=14 June 2017|url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2017/06/14/pacer-plus-regional-trade-agreement-signed-tonga-ceremony|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-date=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615070128/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2017/06/14/pacer-plus-regional-trade-agreement-signed-tonga-ceremony|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===International organisations===

In addition to its membership in the UN and the Commonwealth of Nations, outside the region, Tuvalu is a member or participant of the [[ACP (Lomé Convention)]], the [[Alliance of Small Island States]], [[Asian Development Bank]], [[Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific]] (ESCAP), the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO), the [[Group of 77|G-77]], the [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]], the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]], the [[International Development Association]], the [[International Finance Corporation]], the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]], the [[International Maritime Organization]], the [[International Olympic Committee]], the [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]] and the [[Universal Postal Union]]. While Tuvalu is not currently a member of the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]], it has observer status with admission and recognition still pending.

In July 2013 Tuvalu signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish the Pacific Regional Trade and Development Facility, which Facility originated in 2006, in the context of negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Pacific ACP States and the [[European Union]]. The rationale for the creation of the Facility being to improve the delivery of aid to Pacific island countries in support of the [[Aid effectiveness|Aid-for-Trade]] (AfT) requirements. The Pacific ACP States are the countries in the Pacific that are signatories to the [[Cotonou Agreement]] with the [[European Union]] (which succeeded the [[Lomé Convention]]).<ref name="STT">{{cite web|last= The Secretary General|title= Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu Sign the MOU to establish Trade and Development Facility|publisher= Press Statement 40/13, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat|date= 19 July 2013|url= http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2013/samoa-tonga-tuvalu-sign-mou-to-establish-trade-development-facility.html|access-date= 27 July 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131030205728/http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2013/samoa-tonga-tuvalu-sign-mou-to-establish-trade-development-facility.html|archive-date= 30 October 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref> On 31 May 2017 the first enhanced High Level Political Dialogue between Tuvalu and the European Union under the Cotonou Agreement was held in Funafuti.<ref name="EU2020">{{cite news|title=Enhanced High Level Political Dialogue between Tuvalu and the European Union|url=https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/angola/27319/enhanced-high-level-political-dialogue-between-tuvalu-and-european-union_fr|publisher=European Union|date= 2 June 2017 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>

Tuvalu is also a member of the following organisations:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tuvalu/ |title=CIA World Factbook – Tuvalu |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=2011-03-16}}</ref>

[[African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States|ACP]], [[Asian Development Bank|ADB]], [[AOSIS]], [[Commonwealth of Nations]], [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]], [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development|IBRD]] (also known as the World Bank), [[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]], [[International Development Association|IDA]], [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|IFRCS]] (observer), [[International Labour Organization|ILO]], [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]], [[International Maritime Organization|IMO]], [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]], [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]], [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons|OPCW]], [[Pacific Islands Forum|PIF]], [[Sparteca]], [[Secretariat of the Pacific Community|SPC]], [[United Nations|UN]], [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|UNCTAD]], [[United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization|UNESCO]], [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]], [[World Health Organization|WHO]], [[World Meteorological Organization]].

Tuvalu became a member of the [[Asian Development Bank]] in 1993,<ref name=ADB22>{{cite web|first=|last=|title=Asian Development Bank Member Fact Sheet: Tuvalu |work= Asian Development Bank Institute|date= March 2022 |url= https://think-asia.org/handle/11540/14889|accessdate=19 March 2023}}</ref> and became a member of the [[World Bank]] in 2010.<ref name=WB10>{{cite web|first=|last=|title= The World Bank Group Welcomes Tuvalu - its Newest and Smallest Member |work= World Bank |date=4 June 2010|url= https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2010/06/24/the-world-bank-group-welcomes-tuvalu-its-newest-and-smallest-member |accessdate=19 March 2023}}</ref>

Tuvalu is notable for its absence of membership in several major international organisations. For example, it is one of only four UN members that do not belong to the Specialized Agencies. Tuvalu is one of only 13 UN members that are not members of the [[International Finance Corporation]] and is one of only 16 UN members that are neither a [[Member states of the World Trade Organization|member nor an observer]] of the [[World Trade Organization]]. Finally, as with many other nations in Oceania, Tuvalu is not a member of [[Interpol (organization)|Interpol]] or of the [[International Hydrographic Organization]].

==Relations with other nations==

===Consulates and honorary consulates===

Tuvalu has only five diplomatic missions abroad: a High Commission in [[Suva]], [[Fiji]], (opened in 1976), its office at the [[United Nations]] (opened in 2001), an embassy in the Republic of China (opened in March 2013), a High Commission in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]] (opened in February 2015).<ref name="United Nations">{{Cite web |url=http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/tuvalu/cache/offonce/pid/3718;jsessionid=297AAB2EECB3D1131D7FE420C13C9C92 |title=United Nations |access-date=2008-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517151348/http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/tuvalu/cache/offonce/pid/3718;jsessionid=297AAB2EECB3D1131D7FE420C13C9C92 |archive-date=2014-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/20166057/tuvalu-opens-high-commission-in-new-zealand ''Tuvalu opens High Commission in New Zealand'', in: Radio New Zealand International 4 February 2015.]</ref> and an embassy to the [[United Arab Emirates]] in [[Abu Dhabi]] (opened in April 2022).<ref name=LM22>{{cite web|first=Lina |last=Ibrahim|title= Tuvalu FM urges countries to take greater responsibility for climate change to save island nations|work= MENAFN- Emirates News Agency|date=4 April 2022|url= https://menafn.com/1103961042/Tuvalu-FM-urges-countries-to-take-greater-responsibility-for-climate-change-to-save-island-nations|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>

Tuvalu maintains honorary consulates in [[Australia]], [[Germany]], [[Japan]], [[New Zealand]], the [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]], [[South Korea]], [[Switzerland]], the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]].

The Republic of China ([[Taiwan]]) has a resident embassy in Tuvalu. [[France]] maintains an [[Consul (representative)#Honorary consul|honorary consulate]] in Tuvalu. In 2018 [[Australia]] upgraded its representation in Tuvalu from a representative office of [[AusAid]] to a [[High Commission]].<ref name=AFR19>{{cite web| author= Murray, Lisa|url=https://www.afr.com/news/policy/budget/federal-budget-2018-australia-sets-up-a-diplomatic-post-in-tuvalu-20180509-h0zukw|title=Federal budget 2018: Australia sets up a diplomatic post in Tuvalu| date =9 May 2018|publisher=Australian Financial Review|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> All three of these are located in Funafuti.
In 2021 Tuvalu appointed Ambassador Shivshankar Nair GCEG as its Envoy to The Commonwealth to lead the campaign of Sir Italeli Iakoba, the former Governor General to become the SG of the Commonwealth.
Subsequently, Ambassador Nair was appointed Special Envoy in charge of Oceans and Climate change

==Diplomatic relations==
List of countries which Tuvalu maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Tuvalu.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country
!Date
|-
|1
|{{Flag|Nauru}}
|Unknown
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{Date table sorting|1977}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Formal diplomatic relations list |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827171052/http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2019 |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 November 1977}}<ref>{{cite journal |date=May 1976 |title=High Commissioner to Fiji and Tonga |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-894998680 |journal=Australian Foreign Affairs Record |publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs |volume=47 |issue=5 |page=275 |access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 October 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 October 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions |url=http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-t.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122030153/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-t.php |archive-date=22 January 2009 |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade}}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{Date table sorting|October 1978}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Diplomatic Service List |publisher=Great Britain. Diplomatic Service Administration Office |year=1981 |pages=165}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 November 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuvalu |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=36 |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Kiribati}}
|{{Date table sorting|1978}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Pacific |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/pacific/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809163336/https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/pacific/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 April 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report: Asia & Pacific |year=1979 |volume=80-91 |pages=41}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 May 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Countries |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/all |access-date=12 November 2021 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 May 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisete Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf  |language=fr |page=106}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 June 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Germany and Tuvalu: Bilateral relations |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinformationen/tuvalu-node/tuvalu/235624}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 July 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relations between Türkiye and Tuvalu |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkiye-and-tuvalu.en.mfa |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Date table sorting|July 1979}}<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Europe |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/europe/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809163413/https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/europe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Republic of China}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 November 2021 |title=A Special Relationship |url=https://www.fightfortuvalu.com/posts/a-special-relationship |access-date=12 July 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712131504/https://www.fightfortuvalu.com/posts/a-special-relationship |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{Date table sorting|January 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Papua New Guinea Newsletter |publisher=Papua New Guinea. Office of Information |year=1980}}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 July 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas de Chile con los paises de la cuenca del pacifico |url=https://archivospublicos.uahurtado.cl/uploads/r/archivo-institucional-universidad-alberto-hurtado/1/1/9/119a982db9b66f569a5d546b86f31a59dcb53b2815c3e28f774ad8bab7704d3c/31-2-12.pdf |access-date=12 July 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 October 1980}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |title=Briefing Notes for Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Rt. Honourable Sir Peter Kenilorea |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Solomon Islands |year=1988 |page=32}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|Before 1981<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |title=Pacific Islands Yearbook, 1981, Volume 14 |year=1981 |pages=467}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Date table sorting|February 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Pacific Islands Monthly, 53 |year=1982 |pages=3}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|5 April 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Foreign Affairs Malaysia, 16–17 |date=1983 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Division |pages=263}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 August 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East |publisher=BBC |year=1983 |volume=3 |pages=7}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Date table sorting|July 1984}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Israel's Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/abouttheministry/pages/israel-s%20diplomatic%20missions%20abroad.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204142343/https://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/abouttheministry/pages/israel-s%20diplomatic%20missions%20abroad.aspx |archive-date=4 February 2015}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{Date table sorting|1984}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM. |publisher=Pacific Publications |year=1984 |pages=Page 7}}</ref>
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|24
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|13 August 1986}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1986.90/page/n14/mode/1up?q=Tuvalu+... |title=Gazette of India, 1986, No. 90 |date=4 October 1986 |publisher=Directorate of Printing, Government of India |pages=1123}}</ref>
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|25
|{{Flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 March 1988}}<ref name="Dates">{{cite web |title=FSM Diplomatic Relations List |url=http://www.fsmgov.org/diprel.html |publisher=Government of the Federated States of Micronesia}}</ref>
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|26
|{{Flag|Samoa}}
|{{dts|1988}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=条約集: 二国間条約 |publisher=外務省条約局 |year=1988 |quote=Sopoaga Taafaki Tuvalu's Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji and High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and Western Samoa...}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 September 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Listing of All Countries Which Have Established Diplomatic Relations With the Republic of the Marshall Islands (as of 13 February 2019) |url=https://www.rmiembassyus.org/about-2 |access-date=29 November 2021 |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718175857/https://www.rmiembassyus.org/about-2 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|28
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 May 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuvalu |url=https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Documents/FichasPais/TUVALU_FICHA%20PAIS.pdf |page=3 |language=es}}</ref>
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|29
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{Date table sorting|September 2000}}<ref name="kiribatituvalu">{{cite web |title=Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 24 Oct 2000 Vol. 524 No. 5 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-10-24/2/ |access-date=30 October 2020 |publisher=[[Oireachtas]]}}</ref>
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|30
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 December 2001}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Tuvalu and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=e&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Tuvalu+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&ln=en&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=12 July 2022 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
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|31
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2002}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Republic of the Philippines and Tuvalu celebrate 19 years of formal diplomatic relations today, September 23! |url=https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/1440828263132274689 |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
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|32
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 July 2005}}<ref name=":0" />
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|33
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 July 2005}}<ref name=":0" />
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|34
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 August 2005}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=ตูวาลู (Tuvalu) |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bd21415e39c3060027cb2?cate=5d5bcb4e15e39c3060006875 |access-date=12 July 2022 |language=th}}</ref>
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|35
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 November 2005}}<ref name=":7" />
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|36
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 January 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
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|37
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 January 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
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|38
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 March 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
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|39
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 March 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
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|40
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 April 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
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|41
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 May 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
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|42
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 May 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
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|43
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 September 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
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|44
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{Date table sorting|2008}}<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Middle East |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/middle-east/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809163349/https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/middle-east/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|45
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 March 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
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|46
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 May 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Países |work=Portal Diplomático |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|47
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
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|48
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
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|49
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2009}}<ref name=":7" />
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|50
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 March 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
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|51
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 May 2010}}<ref name=":7" />
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|52
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 December 2010}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Africa |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/africa/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809235436/https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/africa/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|53
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 December 2010}}<ref name=":4" />
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|54
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 February 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|55
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 May 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|56
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 May 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|57
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 May 2011}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Listado de paises con relaciones diplomatica |url=https://www.minex.gob.gt/MDCE/MDCE_PAIS_RELACION_DIPLOMATICA/MDCE_PAIS_RELACION_DIPLOMATICAWebReport.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226042604/https://www.minex.gob.gt/MDCE/MDCE_PAIS_RELACION_DIPLOMATICA/MDCE_PAIS_RELACION_DIPLOMATICAWebReport.aspx |archive-date=26 February 2018 |access-date=23 July 2021 |website=minex.gob.gt |language=es}}</ref>
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|58
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 May 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|59
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 May 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|60
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 June 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|61
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 June 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|62
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 June 2011}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Americas |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/americas/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809163313/https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/americas/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|63
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 June 2011}}<ref name=":7" />
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|64
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 June 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|65
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 June 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|66
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 July 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|67
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 August 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|68
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 September 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|69
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 September 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|70
|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 September 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|71
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|72
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 October 2011}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 October 2011 |title=Россия и Тувалу установили дипотношения |language=ru |url=https://ria.ru/20111025/470722135.html |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
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|73
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 December 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|74
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 March 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuvalu-Armenia Diplomatic Relations Anger Azerbaijan and Georgia |url=http://tert.nla.am/archive/NLA%20TERT/Mirror-Spectator/140412.pdf |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
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|75
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 March 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|76
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 March 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|77
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 April 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|78
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 April 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|79
|{{Flag|Republic of Congo}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 April 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|80
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 May 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|81
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 May 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|82
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 June 2012}}<ref name=":7" />
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|83
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 June 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|84
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 June 2012}}<ref name=":6" />
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|85
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 June 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|86
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 June 2012}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 June 2012 |title=Etablissement de relations diplomatique entre la Mauritanie et l'Etat de Tuvalu |language=fr |url=https://fr.ami.mr/Depeche-18008.html |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Dominica}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 July 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|88
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 July 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|89
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 July 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|90
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 August 2012}}<ref name=":7" />
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|91
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 August 2012}}<ref name=":4" />
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|92
|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 September 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asia |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/asia/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809163413/https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/asia/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|93
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 September 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title="Сумеснае камюніке аб устанаўленні дыпламатычных адносінаў паміж Рэспублікай Беларусь і Тувалу" |url=http://levonevski.net/pravo/norm2013/num03/d03549.html |access-date=30 July 2021 |language=be}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 September 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Europe |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/europe/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809163413/https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/europe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 September 2012}}<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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|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 October 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 January 2023 |title=Kerja Sama Bilateral |url=https://www.kemlu.go.id/portal/id/page/22/kerja_sama_bilateral |access-date=3 August 2023 |language=id}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 November 2012}}<ref name=":6" />
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|99
|{{Flag|Andorra}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 November 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|100
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 November 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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| 101
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 December 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 February 2013}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 March 2013}}<ref name=":7" />
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|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 July 2013}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 July 2013}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Cook Islands}}
|{{dts|August 2013|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2013 |title=Tuvalu PM visits Rarotonga |url=https://issuu.com/cinews/docs/cook-islands-news-2013-10-30/9 |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=Cook Islands News |page=9}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 March 2015}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 May 2015}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuvalu |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/newzealand/bilateral-relations-tuvalu |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|{{Date table sorting|2016}}<ref name=":7" />
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|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 May 2018}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 June 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations |url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 April 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 November 2020}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 August 2021}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 April 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Kitts and Nevis and Tuvalu establish Diplomatic Relations |date=6 April 2022 |url=https://www.sknis.gov.kn/2022/04/05/saint-kitts-and-nevis-and-tuvalu-establish-diplomatic-relations/}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 June 2022}}<ref name=":6" />
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|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 June 2022}}<ref name=":4" />
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|{{Flag|Niue}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 July 2022}}<ref name=":5" />
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|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 July 2022}}<ref name=":5" />
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|{{Flag|Palau}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 July 2022}}<ref name=":5" />
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|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 December 2022}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|Unknown<ref name=":8" />
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|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|Unknown<ref name=":4" />
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|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|Unknown<ref name=":8" />
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|{{Flag|Tonga}}
|Unknown<ref name=":5" />
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|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|Unknown<ref name=":6" />
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==Bilateral relations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
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! style="width:12%;" | Formal relations began on
! style="width:50%;"| Notes
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|{{flag|Australia}}||1 October 1978||See [[Australia–Tuvalu relations]]
[[Australia]] has strong ties with Tuvalu and was one of the three founding donating countries to the [[Tuvalu Trust Fund]] and continues as a major donor of aid and technical assistance to Tuvalu.<ref name=dfatDA>{{cite web|url=https://dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/development-assistance/pages/development-assistance-in-tuvalu.aspx|title=Development assistance in Tuvalu| date =April 2019|publisher=Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date= 11 April 2019}}</ref> The official currency of Tuvalu from 1966 to 1976 was the [[Australian dollar]], which strengthens the economic bonds between the two countries in particular. Since 1976, Tuvalu began issuing its own coinage (see [[Tuvaluan dollar]]) but the country continues to use Australian banknotes as official currency, and the value of the Tuvaluan currency is directly tied to the Australian dollar. In this regard, the Tuvaluan dollar is similar to the [[Faroese króna]]'s relationship to the [[Danish krone]] as the Tuvaluan dollar is not an independent currency but has been assigned an [[ISO 4217]] currency code, although it is treated as equivalent to the Australian dollar.

Tuvaluans can participate in the Australian ''Pacific Seasonal Worker Program'', which allows Pacific Islanders to obtain seasonal employment in the Australian agriculture industry, in particular cotton and cane operations; fishing industry, in particular aquaculture; and with accommodation providers in the tourism industry.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.employment.gov.au/seasonal-worker-programme |title= Seasonal Worker Programme |date=2017 |publisher= Department of Employment (Australia) |access-date= 13 October 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120815092456/http://www.deewr.gov.au/Employment/Programs/seasonalworker/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date= 15 August 2012}}</ref>

In the 2018 Federal budget, Australia allocated funding to establish a High Commission in Tuvalu,<ref name=AFR19/> which was established in Tuvalu Road, Vaiaku, Funafuti.<ref name=dfatT-v>{{cite web|url= https://tuvalu.highcommission.gov.au/|title=Australian High Commission -Tuvalu|publisher=Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date= 6 January 2021}}</ref>

On 10 November 2023, Tuvalu signed the Falepili Union, a [[Australia–Tuvalu relations|bilateral diplomatic relationship with Australia]], under which Australia will increase its contribution to the [[Tuvalu Trust Fund]] and to the [[Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project]] (TCAP).<ref name=FalepiliTreaty1>{{cite web|url= https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/australia-tuvalu-falepili-union-treaty|title=Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty|publisher=Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date= 12 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="AUTFU1">{{cite web| last = | first = |title= Joint Statement on the Falepili Union between Tuvalu and Australia |publisher= Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|page=|date = 10 November 2023|url= https://www.pm.gov.au/media/joint-statement-falepili-union-between-tuvalu-and-australia | accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref><ref name=AustraliaTuvaluResidency>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/10/australia-to-offer-residency-to-tuvalu-residents-displaced-by-climate-change|title=Australia to offer residency to Tuvalu citizens displaced by climate change|publisher=The Guardian Australia| author = Daniel Hurst and Josh Butler |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 November 2023 | access-date= 12 November 2023}}</ref> Australia will also provide an pathway for citizens of Tuvalu to migrate to Australia, to enable [[Climate migration| climate-related mobility]] for Tuvaluans.<ref name="AUTFU1"/>  
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|{{flag|Cuba}}||26 April 2006||See [[Cuba–Tuvalu relations]]
In September 2008, Prime Minister [[Apisai Ielemia]] attended the [[Cuban-Pacific relations#September 2008 ministerial meeting|first Cuba-Pacific Islands ministerial meeting]] in [[Havana]]. He was, along with [[Kiribati|I-Kiribati]] President [[Anote Tong]], one of the first two Pacific leaders to visit [[Cuba]]. The meeting aimed at "strengthening cooperation" between Cuba and [[Pacific Island]] countries, notably in coping with the effects of climate change – an issue of critical importance to Tuvalu.<ref>[http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2008-09-17/cubapacific-ministerial-meeting-underway-in-havana/22236 "Cuba-Pacific ministerial meeting underway in Havana"], ABC Radio Australia, 17 September 2008</ref> At the meeting the Cuban Government agreed to provide qualified medical doctors to work in Tuvalu and to provide medical education to Tuvaluan students.

In 2008 the Government of Tuvalu sent ten Tuvaluan students to study medicine in Cuba and ten more were sent in 2010.<ref name="SAR">{{cite web| last = Resture| first = Setapu Asenati| title = TE MAAMA PALA: Continuity and change in coping with Tuberculosis in Tuvalu| publisher = A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Arts in History – The University of Auckland, N.Z.| date = March 2010| url = http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/webdav/site/arts/shared/Departments/anthropology/documents-publications/Resture%202010.pdf| access-date = 16 March 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005121343/http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/webdav/site/arts/shared/Departments/anthropology/documents-publications/Resture%202010.pdf| archive-date = 5 October 2013| url-status = dead}}</ref> The first Cuban doctor arrived in Tuvalu in October 2008 with two additional doctors arriving in February 2009. In 2011 there were four Cuban doctors working at the [[Princess Margaret Hospital (Funafuti)|Princess Margaret Hospital]].<ref name="SM">{{cite web | last = Motufaga | first = Dr Silina | title = Situational Analysis of Specialist Clinical Services (Tuvalu) | publisher = Fiji School of Medicine | year = 2011 | url = http://sscsip.org/file/2013/07/Tuvalu2.pdf | access-date = 13 October 2017}}</ref>
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The [[European Union]] provides a significant amount of aid and technical assistance to Tuvalu;<ref name=10EDF>{{cite web|url= http://www.delfji.ec.europa.eu/en/achievements/tuvalu.htm|title= Tuvalu – 10th European Development Fund|publisher= Delegation of the European Union|access-date= 24 October 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111008065407/http://www.delfji.ec.europa.eu/en/achievements/tuvalu.htm|archive-date= 8 October 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref> Aid programs for water supply and improvements to waste treatment and other environmental issues were announced in 2009.<ref name=TWWSP>{{cite web|url= http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/documents/aap/2009/af_aap_2009_tuv.pdf |title= Tuvalu / Water, Waste and Sanitation Project (TWWSP): CRIS FED/2009/021-195, ANNEX |publisher=European Union|access-date= 24 October 2011}}</ref> In March 2014 the European Union provided finance to the Government of Tuvalu for the supply and installation of battery-backed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for the outer islands. The 191kWp project extends the implementation of [[renewable energy in Tuvalu]] and will provide the islands with 24 hours-a-day electricity. Tuvalu will be able to reduce consumption of fuel used to produce electricity by 120,000 litres of diesel per year, amounting to reduction in spending on diesel of about AU$200,000.<ref name="JET280314">{{cite web| title= European Union powers up Tuvalu| publisher= Jet Newspaper| date= 28 March 2014| url= http://thejetnewspaper.com/2014/03/28/european-union-powers-up-tuvalu/| access-date= 4 April 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085426/http://thejetnewspaper.com/2014/03/28/european-union-powers-up-tuvalu/| archive-date= 7 April 2014| url-status= dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Fiji}}||1 October 1978<ref>{{Cite book|title=Who's who in Oceania|publisher=Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus|year=1980|pages=110}}</ref>||See [[Fiji–Tuvalu relations]]

Relations with Fiji are important as it is by far Tuvalu's largest source of imports. In 2010, Fiji was the source of 46.1% of all imports to Tuvalu. Additionally, relations with Fiji are of particular importance to Tuvalu as all regularly scheduled commercial flights to and from Tuvalu are through Fiji. At present, the only airline flying into the country is [[Fiji Airways]] (formerly known as Air Pacific). Additionally, regular commercial boat service to Tuvalu is primarily through Fiji. The majority of nations that recognize Tuvalu accredit their embassies in Fiji to serve Tuvalu. This makes Fiji an important diplomatic centre for Tuvalu.

His Excellency The President Ratu [[Epeli Nailatikau]] of Fiji visited Tuvalu in February 2014. He described Tuvalu is being a valued partner in the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) and spoke of Fiji and Tuvalu as having a joint interest in working within the Pacific Small Island Developing States forum to push the rest of the world to take decisive action on climate change.<ref name="PIDF200214">{{cite web| work= Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF)|title= President Nailatikau: Tuvalu a valued PIDF Partner|date =20 February 2014|url= http://pacificidf.org/president-nailatikau-tuvalu-a-valued-pidf-partner/| access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>

In October 2014 the prime ministers of Fiji and Tuvalu signed the Fiji-Tuvalu Maritime Boundary Treaty, which establishes the extent of the national areas of jurisdiction between Fiji and Tuvalu as recognized in international law under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.<ref>{{cite web|work=FijiTV|title=Fiji, Tuvalu resolves issues on maritime boundary|date=19 October 2014 |url=http://fijione.tv/fiji-tuvalu-resolve-issues-on-maritime-boundary/|access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023055018/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141017/fiji-tuvalu-settle-maritime-boundary-issue-through-negotiati |archive-date=23 October 2014}}</ref>
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Through [[French Polynesia]], France shares a sea border with Tuvalu, and Tuvalu maintains very strong relations with [[France]], cooperating in France's environmental efforts and maintaining close ties with French positions in votes in the United Nations.<ref name="amba1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-fj.org/spip.php?article697|title=France and Tuvalu| date =14 February 2008|publisher=The Embassy of France in Suva|access-date= 9 January 2014}}</ref>

The French Pacific Funds for Cultural, Social and Economic Development has funded projects in Tuvalu. The largest of these projects (at €50,000) was a major study on renewable energy in 2005. Other projects to date have included the construction of La Pérouse School (1992), [[air navigation]] training (1996), the electrification of the Amatuku Maritime School (1996) and a project to increase food production on Nanumaga (1998).<ref name="amba2">{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-fj.org/spip.php?article716|title=French Cooperation in Tuvalu| date =14 February 2008|publisher=The Embassy of France in Suva|access-date= 9 January 2014}}</ref>

The Franco-Tuvalan environmental protection [[non-governmental organisation]] Alofa Tuvalu has operated in Tuvalu since 2009, primarily with French funding. Alofa Tuvalu's stated purpose is to conduct an "extensive study and documentation project aimed at reinforcing Tuvalu's capacities to survey, monitor and manage its marine resources, along with increasing its local and scientific knowledge of them."<ref name="alofa1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-fj.org/IMG/pdf/Alofa_Tuvalu_plunges_into_the_water-2.pdf|title=International Year of Bio Diversity – Alfoa Tuvalu plunges into the water! | date =May 2010|publisher=Alfoa Tuvalu|access-date= 9 January 2014}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Georgia}}||31 March 2014||
In 2011, the government of Prime Minister [[Willy Telavi]] recognised [[Abkhazia]] and [[South Ossetia]], which had broken away from [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and which Georgia viewed as remaining part of its sovereign territory.<ref name="ASO">{{cite web| last =Sukhumi  |title= Tuvalu becomes sixth state to recognize Abkhazia|publisher= Rianovosti|date = 23 September 2011|url=http://en.ria.ru/world/20110923/167060636.html| access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref> However, the government of Prime Minister [[Enele Sopoaga]] retracted the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on 31 March 2014 when Tuvalu's Foreign Minister [[Taukelina Finikaso]] signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with Georgia. Tuvalu's Foreign Minister said that his country supports Georgia's territorial integrity in its international recognized borders.<ref name="cge">{{cite web|title= Tuvalu Retracts Abkhazia, S.Ossetia Recognition|publisher= civil.ge|date= 31 March 2014|url= http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=27093|access-date= 31 March 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140331150853/http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=27093|archive-date= 31 March 2014|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="AFP">{{cite web|title= Tuvalu scraps recognition of Georgia breakaway regions|publisher= Business Standard/AFP (Tbilisi)|date = 31 March 2014|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/tuvalu-scraps-recognition-of-georgia-breakaway-regions-114033101171_1.html| access-date=1 April 2014}}</ref> Taukelina Finikaso is also reported as saying that re-establishing diplomatic relations with Georgia was an important step towards strengthening ties with the European Union, which he described as a traditional friend of Tuvalu.<ref name="RNZI_160414">{{cite web |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/241800/tuvalu-joins-traditional-friends-by-renewing-ties-with-georgia|title= Tuvalu joins traditional friends by renewing ties with Georgia |date=16 April 2014 |work=Radio New Zealand International |access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Germany}}||26 June 1979||
[[Germany]] and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations on 26 June 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Germany and Tuvalu: Bilateral relations|url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinformationen/tuvalu-node/tuvalu/235624}}</ref> The [[Embassy of Germany, Wellington|German Embassy in Wellington]], New Zealand, is responsible for Tuvalu.
A Tuvaluan Government delegation, headed by the country's then Finance Minister [[Bikenibeu Paeniu]], visited Germany in January 2005, the first such visit in many years. At the invitation of Federal Chancellor Merkel, Tuvalu's then Prime Minister [[Apisai Ielemia]] travelled to Berlin and Potsdam in late 2009 in the run-up to the [[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference|Copenhagen Conference]]. In November 2017 Tuvalu's current Prime Minister [[Enele Sopoaga]] led a delegation to the  [[United Nations Climate Change conference|United Nations Climate Change Conference]] (COP 23) in Bonn, where he also hosted a workshop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinformationen/tuvalu-node/tuvalu/235624|title=Tuvalu|last=Amt|first=Auswärtiges|website=German Federal Foreign Office|language=en|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref>
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|{{flag|India}}<br />||1986||See [[India–Tuvalu relations]]
Diplomatic relations between the two countries received a boost when the High Commission of [[India]] in Suva, Fiji which had been closed in May 1990, was re-opened in March 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hony. Consulates in India|url=http://meaprotocol.nic.in/?a4Tuvalu?New/Delhi|website=Protocol Division, Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=18 April 2017|language=en}}</ref> Bilateral relations intensified after the initiation of the [[Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation]] (FIPIC) by the [[Narendra Modi]] government in 2014.<ref name="JagranJosh" /> A Tuvaluan delegation led by Governor-General Sir [[Iakoba Italeli]] attended the first FIPIC Summit hosted in Suva, Fiji on 19 November 2014 by Prime Minister Modi.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pratibha|first1=Jyoti|title=Samoa PM Coming Here|url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2014/11/17/samoa-pm-coming-here/|website=Fiji Sun|access-date=17 April 2017|location=Suva|date=17 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="JagranJosh">{{cite web|title=Second Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit held in Jaipur|url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/second-forum-for-indiapacific-islands-cooperation-fipic-summit-held-in-jaipur-1440570425-1|website=Jagran Josh|access-date=16 April 2017|date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Indonesia}}||3 October 2012||
Indonesia and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations on 3 October 2012. In 2019, Indonesia provided police training for [[Tuvalu Police Force]] from 22 to 24 July 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kemlu |first1=Kemlu |title=Indonesia Berikan Bantuan Pelatihan Kepolisian Dukung Tuvalu Selenggarakan KTT PIF Ke-50 |url=https://kemlu.go.id/portal/id/read/475/berita/indonesia-berikan-bantuan-pelatihan-kepolisian-dukung-tuvalu-selenggarakan-ktt-pif-ke-50 |website=kemlu.go.id |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia) |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>
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[[Italy]]'s diplomatic relations with Tuvalu are handled by the Italian embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.<ref name="ITA">{{cite web|title= Embassy of Italy in Wellington| publisher= Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation|date = 2020|url= https://ambwellington.esteri.it/ambasciata_wellington/en/ambasciata| access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>  
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|{{flag|Japan}}||30 April 1979||
[[File:Manu Folau off Vaitupu Harbour, Tuvalu.JPG|thumb|right|250px|''Manu Folau'' off [[Vaitupu]] Harbour ]]

[[Japan]] and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations in 1979. Japan is a significant aid provider in the form of grants and technical cooperation,<ref>{{cite web|title = Japan-Tuvalu Relations |year =1998|url= http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/tuvalu/index.html |publisher = Department of Foreign Affairs of Japan |access-date=1 December 2011}}</ref> including donating the 50-meter vessel, the ''Manu Folau''. In 2015 the ''Nivaga III'' was donated by the government of Japan, which ship has capacity for 380 passengers and also freight.<ref name="FSO0316">{{cite web | last =Moceituba | first =Atasa | title =Brand-new vessel for Tuvalu | work =The Fiji Times Online | date =3 February 2016 | url =http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=340189 | access-date =17 March 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160324094852/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=340189 | archive-date =24 March 2016 | url-status =dead}}</ref>

In 2011 Government of Japan provided three new desalination units and parts to repair the existing seawater desalination units through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) following the severe water shortages caused by the [[2011 Tuvalu drought]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Japan-New Zealand Aid Cooperation in response to severe water shortage in Tuvalu |date =4 November 2011|url= http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2011/11/1104_01.html |publisher = Department of Foreign Affairs of Japan |access-date=1 December 2011}}</ref> Japan had provided desalination units in 1999 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title = Japan Provides Desalination Plant to relieve Tuvalu's water problems |date =2 June 2006|url= http://www.fj.emb-japan.go.jp/pr_Japan_Provides_Desalination_Plant_to_relieve_Tuvalus_water_problems.html |publisher = Embassy of Japan in the Republic of the Fiji Islands |access-date=1 December 2011}}</ref> In response to the 2011 drought, Japan has funded the purchase of a solar-powered 100 m³/d desalination plant and two portable 10 m³/d plants as part of its Pacific Environment Community (PEC) program.<ref>{{cite web|title = US$4 million from PEC Fund for Tuvalu desalination and solar power|date =11 October 2011|url= http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2011/us4-million-from-pec-fund-for-tuvalu-desalination-solar-power.html|publisher= Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat |access-date=1 December 2011}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Kiribati}}||March 1984||
On 29 August 2012 an 'Agreement between Tuvalu and [[Kiribati]] concerning their Maritime Boundary', was signed by their respective leaders that determined the boundary as being seaward of [[Nanumea]] and [[Niutao]] in Tuvalu on the one hand and [[Tabiteuea]], [[Tamana, Kiribati|Tamana]] and [[Arorae]] in [[Kiribati]] on the other hand, along the [[geodesics]] connecting the points of latitude and longitude set out in the agreement.<ref name="Maritime">{{cite web|title =Agreement between Tuvalu and Kiribati concerning their Maritime Boundary |url= https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/DEPOSIT/tuv_mzn98_2013_AgreementBetweenTuvaluandKiribati.pdf|date= 29 August 2012}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Kuwait}}||29 November 2012||
[[Kuwait]] established diplomatic relations with Tuvalu on 29 November 2012.<ref name="KU2012">{{cite web| last = Tuvalu UN Mission |title= Diplomatic Relations between Kuwait and Tuvalu as of 29 Nov. 2012| publisher=United Nations|date =29 November 2012|url= https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1313332?ln=en| access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> In May 2015 Kuwait donated US$200,000 (approx. AUD$260,000) in financial support for the recovery activities in respect to [[Cyclone Pam]].<ref name="Fen0615">{{cite web| last = Malaki | first =Semi |title= State of Kuwait assists Tuvalu in TC Pam post recovery| publisher=Fenui News |date =29 May 2015 |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=445211462306701&id=333658940128621 | access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}||14 September 2011||
[[Kyrgyzstan]] and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations on 14 September 2011.<ref name="KY2011">{{cite web| last = Tuvalu UN Mission |title= Diplomatic Relations between Kyrgyzstan and Tuvalu as of 14 Sept. 2011| publisher=United Nations|date =14 September 2011|url= https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1310589?ln=en| access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>  
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||27 September 2006||
[[Mexico]] and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations on 27 September 2006.<ref name="MEX2012">{{cite web| last = Tuvalu UN Mission |title= Diplomatic Relations Between Mexico and Tuvalu as of 27 Sept. 2006| publisher=United Nations|date =27 September 2006|url= https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3843975?ln=en| access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> Mexico is accredited to Tuvalu from its embassy in Wellington, New Zealand. Tuvalu does not have an accreditation to Mexico.
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|{{flag|New Zealand}}||1 October 1978||
[[New Zealand]] has strong ties with Tuvalu and was one of the three founding donating countries to the [[Tuvalu Trust Fund]] and continues as a major donor of aid and technical assistance to Tuvalu. The government of New Zealand responded to the fresh-water crisis caused by the [[2011 Tuvalu drought]] by supplying temporary desalination plants and personnel to repair existing desalination plants.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=63673 |title= Critical water shortage in Tuvalu eases, but more rationing needed |date= 11 October 2011 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |access-date= 14 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= APNZ, AP |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10756294 |title= NZ helps Tuvalu with fresh water emergency |date=3 October 2011 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date= 13 October 2011}}</ref>

In 2015 a New Zealand aid programme will extend the implementation of [[renewable energy in Tuvalu]]. This project will result in the supply and installation of battery-backed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems that are to be located on [[Vaitupu]], [[Nanumanga]], [[Niutao]] and [[Nanumea]], with the first hybrid system being built on Vaitupu in early 2015.<ref name="TSP23">{{cite web| work= Tuvalu Solar Project Team Blog |title= Discharge on Vaitupu |date =23 January 2015  |url= http://www.powersmarttuvaluproject.blogspot.co.nz/2015/01/discharge-on-vaitupu.html| access-date=14 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="TSP6">{{cite web| work= Tuvalu Solar Project Team Blog |title= Solar 101|date =6 March 2015 |url= http://www.powersmarttuvaluproject.blogspot.co.nz/2015/03/solar-101.html| access-date=14 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="TSP11">{{cite web| work= Tuvalu Solar Project Team Blog |title= Wild weather in Tuvalu |date =11 March 2015|url= http://www.powersmarttuvaluproject.blogspot.co.nz/| access-date=14 April 2015}}</ref>

New Zealand has an annual quota of 75 Tuvaluans granted work permits under the ''Pacific Access Category'', as announced in 2001.<ref name=PAC>{{cite web| url= http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-announces-pacific-access-scheme |title= Government announces Pacific access scheme | date =20 December 2001|publisher= Mark Gosche, Pacific Island Affairs Minister (NZ)|access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref> The applicants register for the Pacific Access Category (PAC) ballots; the primary criterion is that the principal applicant must have a job offer from a New Zealand employer.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/live/pacificaccess/|title= Pacific Access Category | date =20 December 2001|publisher= Immigration New Zealand|access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref> Tuvaluans also have access to seasonal employment in the horticulture and viticulture industries in New Zealand under the ''Recognised Seasonal Employer'' (RSE) Work Policy introduced in 2007 allowing for employment of up to 5,000 workers from Tuvalu and other Pacific islands.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/program/dwcp/download/tuvalu.pdf |title= Tuvalu – Decent work country program| date =11 May 2010|publisher= International Labour Organization |access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref>

In 2015 Tuvalu appointed [[Samuelu Laloniu]] as Tuvalu's first [[high commissioner]], to be resident in Wellington after previously representing Tuvalu in the consulate office in Auckland.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/265281/big-hopes-for-new-tuvalu-high-comm|title= Big hopes for new Tuvalu High Commissioner| date =4 February 2015|publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |access-date= 7 February 2015}}</ref>

On 3 March 2019, NZ Foreign Affairs Minister [[Winston Peters]] and Prime Minister [[Enele Sopoaga]] signed the ''New Zealand-Tuvalu Statement of Partnership'', which committed the governments of New Zealand and Tuvalu to work together on climate change, workforce development and regional security.<ref>{{cite web |last=Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters |url= https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-and-tuvalu-sign-statement-partnership|title= New Zealand and Tuvalu sign statement of partnership |date= 3 March 2019|publisher= New Zealand Government |access-date= 3 March 2019}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Poland}}||4 May 2015||
On 29 May 2015 a joint communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations was signed by HE [[Aunese Simati]] the [[Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations]] and Permanent Representative of [[Poland]] to the UN, Mr Boguslaw Winid.<ref name="Fen0515">{{cite web| last = Tuvalu UN Mission |title= Tuvalu established diplomatic relations with Poland| publisher=Fenui News |date =29 May 2015 |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=445211462306701&id=333658940128621 | access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref> Poland's diplomatic relations with Tuvalu are handled by the Polish Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.<ref name="POL">{{cite web|title= Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Wellington| publisher= Government of Poland|date = 2020|url= https://www.gov.pl/web/newzealand/embassy| access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>  
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||15 November 1978||See [https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=36 Tuvalu–South Korea relations]
Tuvalu maintains very strong relations with [[South Korea]] through the South Korean Embassy in [[Fiji]]. The government of South Korea funded the shipment of 60,000 bottles of water from Fiji to Tuvalu as a first response to the water shortage caused by the [[2011 Tuvalu drought]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=184465| location=Suva| work=The Fijian Times| first1=Ioane| last1=Burese| title=Korea joins Tuvalu aid| date=29 October 2011| access-date=3 December 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515100637/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=184465| archive-date=15 May 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref> Relations with [[North Korea]] is unknown.
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|{{flag|Spain}}||4 May 1995||Spain has maintained diplomatic relations with Tuvalu since May 4 of 1995. Bilateral relations both politically and commercially between the two countries are scarce, mainly framed within the framework of EU cooperation with Tuvalu through the programs of the Development Funds and the Economic Partnership Agreement. The country is under the jurisdiction of the Spanish Embassy in Canberra, and consular affairs are addressed from the Spanish Consulate General in Sydney.<ref>[http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Documents/FichasPais/TUVALU_FICHA%20PAIS.pdf Ficha de Tuvalu] Office of Diplomatic Information. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Section: Diplomatic relations.</ref>
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|{{flag|Sweden}}||24 August 2012||
[[Sweden]]'s diplomatic relations with Tuvalu are handled by the Swedish Embassy in Canberra, Australia.<ref name="SWEA">{{cite web|title= Welcome to the Embassy of Sweden in Canberra | publisher= Embassy of Sweden in Canberra |date = 5 January 2020|url= https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/australia-canberra/about-us/ | access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Switzerland}}||6 November 2005||
[[Switzerland]]'s diplomatic relations with Tuvalu are handled by the Swiss Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.<ref name="SWI">{{cite web|title= Embassy of Switzerland in New Zealand| publisher= Swiss Confederation|date = 2020|url= https://www.eda.admin.ch/wellington|  access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>   
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|{{flag|Taiwan}}||19 September 1979||
Tuvalu is one of the few nations that continue to have strong diplomatic relations with the [[Republic of China]] and supports ROC's bid to join the United Nations. In turn, the ROC maintains the only resident embassy in Tuvalu and has a large assistance program in the islands with "several mobile medical missions".<ref name="RNZI_37244">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=37244 |title=Taiwan thanks Tuvalu for its backing |date=27 December 2007 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> Taiwan funded the construction of Tuvalu's largest building, a three-story administrative building.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1249549.stm | work=[[BBC News]] | title=Country profile: Tuvalu | date=14 December 2011}}</ref> In 2019, Taiwan aid provided a contribution of $7.06 million to Tuvalu's budget.<ref name=R0919>{{cite news|last= Colin Packham & Jonathan Barrett|title= Tuvalu changes PM, adds to concerns over backing for Taiwan in Pacific |newspaper= Reuters |date=19 September 2019|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-tuvalu/tuvalu-changes-pm-adds-to-concerns-over-backing-for-taiwan-in-pacific-idUSKBN1W400A|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>

In 2006, Taiwan expressed concern over reports that the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) was attempting to draw Tuvalu away from the Republic of China. Taiwan consequently made efforts to further strengthen its diplomatic relations with Tuvalu.<ref>[http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=5582 "Taiwan: Seeking to Prevent Tuvalu from Recognizing China"], UNPO, 9 October 2006</ref> In 2019 Tuvalu [[Kausea Natano]], the prime minister, reaffirmed Tuvalu's commitment to its relationship with Taiwan.<ref name=RNZ23919>{{cite web| work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |title= Climate advocacy, Taiwan to remain priorities for new Tuvalu government |date=23 September 2019|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/399377/climate-advocacy-taiwan-to-remain-priorities-for-new-tuvalu-government|access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref>

On 14 March 2013, a Tuvaluan embassy was opened in Taipei.<ref name="Tuv emb">[http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign-affairs/2013/03/06/372198/Pacific-Island.htm "Pacific Island ally Tuvalu to open up embassy in Taipei next week"], ''China Post'', 6 March 2013</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/210749/tuvalu-opens-embassy-in-taipei|title = Tuvalu opens embassy in Taipei|date = 8 March 2013}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||19 July 1979||
[[Turkey]] and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations on 19 July 1979.<ref name="auto143">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-the-kingdom-of-tuvalu.en.mfa| title=Relations between Turkey and Tuvalu|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref> Turkish ambassador in [[Wellington]] to [[New Zealand]] is also accredited to [[Tuvalu]].<ref name="auto143"/> Trade volume between the two countries was negligible in 2019.<ref name="auto143"/>
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|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}||29 March 2010||
The [[United Arab Emirates]] and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations on 29 March 2010.<ref name="UAE2010">{{cite web| last = Tuvalu UN Mission |title= Diplomatic Relations Between Tuvalu and United Arab Emirates as of 29 Mar. 2010| publisher=United Nations|date =29 March 2010|url= https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1318470?ln=en| access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1267001043764&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews "UAE and Tuvalu establish diplomatic relations"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203034816/http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1267001043764&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews |date=3 February 2014}} 31 March 2010 Link retrieved 1 April 2010</ref>

In April 2022, Tuvalu opened an embassy to the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi.<ref name=LM22/>
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}|| ||
Tuvalu has no diplomatic representation in the United Kingdom, but Tuvalu is represented by an honorary consulate at [[Tuvalu House]] in [[London]].

The United Kingdom has shown a continuing interest in the welfare of Tuvalu and was (along with New Zealand and Australia) one of the three founding donating countries to the [[Tuvalu Trust Fund]].
[[File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg|thumb|right|250px|Flag of Tuvalu, design re-instated April 1997]]
While Tuvalu's relations with [[United Kingdom|Britain]] are peaceful, they have been somewhat troubled since independence in 1978. Tuvaluan-British tensions date back to the colonial era when Tuvalu was part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. The Gilbertese were [[Micronesia]]n and are in [[Kiribati]], while the Tuvaluans were largely [[Polynesians|Polynesian]]. In 1975, the Tuvaluans demanded separation from Gilbert Islands and also sought independence from the Britain.

Tuvalu's fourth prime minister, Sir [[Kamuta Latasi]], officially had the British [[Union Jack]] removed from the Tuvualan flag in January 1996 (see [[Flag of Tuvalu]]). Prime Minister Kamuta Latasi subsequently lost office following a vote of no confidence. Supporters of Latasi held that this measure symbolically distanced Tuvalu from the colonial period. This change, however, proved to be short-lived, since Latasi's successor ([[Bikenibeu Paeniu]]) re-introduced the original design of 9-star flag that included the Union Jack.

As a result of a motion in the parliament, a constitutional review was undertaken to determine if Tuvalu should become a republic or remain a monarchy. The [[2008 Tuvaluan constitutional referendum]] resolved to retain [[Queen Elizabeth II]] as the head of state.
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|{{flag|United States}}||10 May 1979||See [[Tuvalu–United States relations]]
Tuvalu-United States relations were confirmed with the signing of a Treaty of Friendship in 1979, which was ratified by the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] in 1983, under which the United States renounced prior territorial claims to four Tuvaluan islands ([[Funafuti]], [[Nukufetau]], [[Nukulaelae]] and [[Niulakita]]) under the [[Guano Islands Act]] of 1856.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/disputedislands |title=DOI Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) – FORMERLY DISPUTED ISLANDS |publisher=Doi.gov |access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014736/http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/disputedpage.htm |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>

The Tuvaluan government, the [[US government]], and the governments of other Pacific islands, are parties to South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT). That agreement entered into force in 1988.<ref name=SPTT-1>{{Cite web | url=http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/IFD/ifd_sptt.html|title=South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT)|year=1988|access-date=2010-09-01}}</ref> Tuvalu and the other members of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the United States have settled a tuna fishing deal for 2015; a longer-term deal will be negotiated.<ref name="PIR310715">{{cite web| work= Pacific Islands Report – PIDP, East-West Center|title = US, Pacific Islands To Negotiate Tuna Treaty in Brisbane|date =29 July 2015|url= http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2015/July/07-30-05.htm| access-date=31 July 2015}}</ref> The treaty is an extension of the [[Nauru Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web| work= FIS Australia |title= Pacific Islands and US settle tuna deal   | date = 9 October 2014|url= http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=9&id=71927&l=e&special=0&ndb=0|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>

The [[United States Ambassador to Tuvalu|United States ambassador]] to [[Fiji]] oversees diplomatic relations with Tuvalu. While the relationship is generally positive, disagreements between the two countries over climate change have caused some strain.
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== Foreign policy issues ==

===Support to the right of self-determination===
In March 2017, at the 34th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, [[Vanuatu]] made a joint statement on behalf of Tuvalu and some other Pacific nations raising human rights violations in the [[Western New Guinea]], which has been occupied by [[Indonesia]] since 1963,<ref>{{cite news |title=Freedom of the press in Indonesian-occupied West Papua |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jul/22/freedom-of-the-press-in-indonesian-occupied-west-papua |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=22 July 2019}}</ref> and requested that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights produce a report.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Liam|title=Pacific nations call for UN investigations into alleged Indonesian rights abuses in West Papua|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-02/pacific-nations-call-for-un-investigations-into-west-papua/8320194 |work=ABC News|date=2 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="SBSMar17">{{cite news|title=Pacific nations want UN to investigate Indonesia on West Papua|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/03/02/pacific-nations-want-un-investigate-indonesia-west-papua|work=SBS News|date=7 March 2017}}</ref> Indonesia rejected Vanuatu's allegations.<ref name="SBSMar17" /> More than 100,000 Papuans have died during a 50-year [[Papua conflict]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Goodbye Indonesia |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2013/01/201313018313632585.html |work=Al-Jazeera |date=31 January 2013}}</ref> In September 2017, at the [[Seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly|72nd Session of the UN General Assembly]], the Prime Ministers of Tuvalu, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands once again raised human rights abuses in Indonesian-occupied West Papua.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fiery debate over West Papua at UN General Assembly|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/201860156/fiery-debate-over-west-papua-at-un-general-assembly|access-date=7 October 2017|work=Radio New Zealand 2017|date=27 September 2017}}</ref>

===Recognition of Palestine===
On 10 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly passed a Palestinian resolution to allow its flag to fly in front of the [[United Nations headquarters]] in [[New York City|New York]]. The vote was passed with 119 votes in support, 8 opposing, and 45 abstentions. Tuvalu was one of the eight opposing votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2015/ga11676.doc.htm |title=State of Palestine Flag to Fly at United Nations Headquarters, Offices as General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Non-Member Observer States |last= |first= |date=September 10, 2015 |website=[[United Nations]] |publisher= |access-date=May 2, 2021 |quote=}}</ref> Palestine had previously been granted UN "non-member observer state" status in 2012.

== External links ==

*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722044421/http://www.tuvaluislands.com/un.html Tuvalu at the United Nations]}}
* [http://webtv.un.org/watch/tuvalu-general-debate-68th-session/2702939718001/ Address by His Excellency Vete Palakua Sakaio, Deputy Prime Minister of Tuvalu at the general debate of the 68th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (28 Sep 2013)]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020516225430/http://www.tuvaluislands.com/flags.htm The Flags of Tuvalu]}}

==See also==
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* [[List of diplomatic missions in Tuvalu]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Tuvalu]]
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