Timeline of Diplomatic Representation
Below are the years that countries have established ambassador-level diplomatic relationships with Burma.
- 1947: Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States of America
- 1948: France, India, Netherlands, Soviet Union (now Russia), Thailand
- 1949: Indonesia, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
- 1950: Italy, China (as People's Republic of China), SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
- 1953: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Israel
- 1954: Finland, West Germany (from 1990 Germany), Japan
- 1955: Cambodia, Denmark, Poland
- 1956: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic and Slovakia), Hungary, Iraq, Lao, Mongolia, Norway, Philippines, Romania, Sweden
- 1957: Switzerland
- 1958: Canada, Greece, New Zealand, Malaysia, Turkey
- 1960: Nepal
- 1966: Singapore
- 1967: Spain
- 1968: Algeria, Iran
- 1970: Maldives, Nigeria
- 1972: Bangladesh, Syria
- 1973: East Germany (to 1990)
- 1975: Argentina, North Korea (withdrawn from 1983-but reinstated 2007), South Korea, Vietnam
- 1976: Albania, Cuba, Mauritania, Mexico, Portugal
- 1977: Costa Rica
- 1978: Mauritius, Morocco
- 1982: Brazil, Chile, Panama
- 1985: Cyprus
- 1987: Vanuatu
- 1988: Colombia
- 1989: Peru
- 1990: Venezuela
- 1991: Papua New Guinea
- 1993: Brunei
- 1995: Ghana, South Africa
- 1997: Kenya
- 1998: Kuwait
- 1999: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Georgia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine
- 2000: Kyrgyzstan
- 2001: Uruguay, Uzbekistan
- 2003: Macedonia
- 2004: Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
- 2005: Qatar
- 2006: Timor, Montenegro, Slovenia
- 2007: (reinstated) North Korea
- 2009: Andorra, Zimbabwe, Bahrain
- 2010: Fiji, Oman
- 2011: Gambia
- 2012: Bhutan
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