Foreign Relations of Saudi Arabia - Europe

Europe

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
Albania See Albania–Saudi Arabia relations
  • Albania has an embassy in Riyadh.
  • Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Tirana.
Austria 1957-09-10 See Austria – Saudi Arabia relations
  • Both countries had diplomatic contact since July 7, 1880, with the opening of an Austrian consulate in Jeddah (then under Ottoman occupation).
  • Austria has an embassy in Riyadh.
  • Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Vienna.
  • Austria Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties (in German only)
Cyprus 1960 See Cyprus–Saudi Arabia relations
  • Cyprus is represented through its honorary consulate in Jeddah.
  • Saudi Arabia is represented through its embassy in Nicosia.
  • Both countries are members of the United Nations.
Denmark
  • Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Hellerup, Copenhagen.
  • Denmark has an embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Finland 1969-09-23
  • Finland has embassy in Riyadh and an honorary consulate general in Jeddah.
  • Saudi Arabia opened embassy in Helsinki around 2008
  • Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland about relations with Saudi Arabia
France Unknown
Germany 1929
  • Germany has an embassy in Riyadh and a consulate general in Jeddah.
  • Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Berlin.
  • German Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Relations between Germany and Saudia Arabia (in German only)
Kosovo See Kosovan–Saudi Arabian relations
Romania See Romania – Saudi Arabia relations
Russia See Russia – Saudi Arabia relations
Ukraine 1993
  • Saudi Arabia recognized Ukraine's independence in 1992.
  • Saudi Arabia is represented in Ukraine through its embassy in Moscow (Russia).
  • Ukraine has an embassy in Riyadh and an honorary consulate in Jeddah.
  • In January 2003, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma made an official visit to Saudi Arabia.
United Kingdom See United Kingdom - Saudi Arabia relations

The UK has an embassy in Riyadh, consulate in Jeddah and trade office in Al Khobar. Saudi Arabia has an embassy and consulate in London.

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