| State
|
Date of recognition
|
Notes
|
| Madagascar
|
February 28, 1976
|
"Froze" recognition June 4, 2005
|
| Burundi
|
March 1, 1976
|
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| Algeria
|
March 6, 1976
|
|
| Angola
|
March 11, 1976
|
|
| Benin
|
March 11, 1976
|
Cancelled March 21, 1997
|
| Mozambique
|
March 13, 1976
|
|
| Guinea-Bissau
|
March 15, 1976
|
Cancelled April 2, 1997
|
| North Korea
|
March 16, 1976
|
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| Togo
|
March 17, 1976
|
Cancelled June, 1997
|
| Rwanda
|
April 1, 1976
|
|
| South Yemen
|
February 2, 1977
|
It is unknown whether diplomatic recognition is extended by the government of Yemen.
|
| Seychelles
|
October 25, 1977
|
|
| Republic of Congo
|
June 3, 1978
|
Cancelled September 13, 1996
|
| São Tomé and Príncipe
|
June 22, 1978
|
Cancelled October 23, 1996
|
|
| Panama
|
June 23, 1978
|
|
| Equatorial Guinea
|
November 3, 1978
|
Cancelled May, 1980
|
|
| Tanzania
|
November 9, 1978
|
|
| Ethiopia
|
February 24, 1979
|
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| Vietnam
|
March 2, 1979
|
|
| Cambodia
|
April 10, 1979
|
|
| Laos
|
May 9, 1979
|
|
| Afghanistan
|
May 23, 1979
|
Cancelled July 12, 2002
|
| Cape Verde
|
July 4, 1979
|
|
| Grenada
|
August 20, 1979
|
|
| Ghana
|
August 24, 1979
|
Cancelled May, 2001
|
|
| Guyana
|
September 1, 1979
|
|
| Dominica
|
September 1, 1979
|
Cancelled
|
| St. Lucia
|
September 1, 1979
|
Cancelled March, 1989
|
| Jamaica
|
September 4, 1979
|
|
| Uganda
|
September 6, 1979
|
|
| Nicaragua
|
September 6, 1979
|
Cancelled July 21, 2000
|
| Mexico
|
September 8, 1979
|
|
| Lesotho
|
October 9, 1979
|
|
| Zambia
|
October 12, 1979
|
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| Cuba
|
January 20, 1980
|
|
| Iran
|
February 27, 1980
|
|
| Sierra Leone
|
March 27, 1980
|
Relations "frozen" c. 2002-2003 (exact date not available)
|
| Syria
|
April 15, 1980
|
|
| Libya
|
April 15, 1980
|
|
| Swaziland
|
April 28, 1980
|
Cancelled June, 1997
|
| Botswana
|
May 14, 1980
|
|
| Zimbabwe
|
July 3, 1980
|
|
| Chad
|
July 4, 1980
|
Cancelled May 9, 1997
|
|
| Mali
|
July 4, 1980
|
Recognition has not been withdrawn but relations are essentially frozen
|
| Costa Rica
|
October 30, 1980
|
Cancelled April, 2000
|
| Vanuatu
|
November 27, 1980
|
Cancelled November, 2000
|
| Papua New Guinea
|
August 12, 1981
|
|
| Tuvalu
|
August 12, 1981
|
Cancelled September 15, 2000
|
| Kiribati
|
August 12, 1981
|
Cancelled September 15, 2000
|
| Nauru
|
August 12, 1981
|
Cancelled September 15, 2000
|
| Solomon Islands
|
August 12, 1981
|
Cancelled January, 1989
|
| Mauritius
|
July 1, 1982
|
|
| Venezuela
|
August 3, 1982
|
|
| Suriname
|
August 11, 1982
|
|
| Bolivia
|
December 14, 1982
|
|
| Ecuador
|
November 14, 1983
|
Cancelled June 19, 2004
|
| Mauritania
|
February 27, 1984
|
|
| Burkina Faso
|
March 4, 1984
|
Cancelled June 5, 1996
|
| Peru
|
August 16, 1984
|
Suspended relations, October, 1996
|
| Nigeria
|
November 12, 1984
|
|
| Yugoslavia
|
November 28, 1984
|
Cancelled by the government of Serbia and Montenegro, October 28, 2004.
|
| Colombia
|
February 27, 1985
|
Cancelled
|
| Liberia
|
July 31, 1985
|
Cancelled September, 1997
|
| India
|
October 1, 1985
|
Cancelled June 26, 2000
|
| Guatemala
|
April 10, 1986
|
Cancelled April, 1998. In 2002, Guatemala denied ever having recognised the SADR
|
| Dominican Republic
|
June 24, 1986
|
Relations "frozen" on May 23, 2002
|
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
November 1, 1986
|
|
| Belize
|
November 18, 1986
|
|
| St. Kitts and Nevis
|
February 25, 1987
|
|
| Antigua and Barbuda
|
February 27, 1987
|
|
| Albania
|
December 29, 1987
|
Cancelled November 9, 2004
|
| Barbados
|
February 27, 1988
|
|
| El Salvador
|
July 31, 1989
|
Cancelled April, 1997
|
| Honduras
|
November 8, 1989
|
Cancelled January, 2000
|
| Namibia
|
June 2, 1990
|
|
| Malawi
|
November 16, 1994
|
Cancelled June, 2001
|
| Paraguay
|
February 9, 2000
|
Cancelled May, 2000
|
| East Timor
|
2002?
|
SADR was the first country to be given an embassy in East Timor
|
| South Africa
|
September 15, 2004
|
|
| Kenya
|
June 25, 2005
|
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