Foreign Relations of Uruguay - Asia

Asia

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
Armenia 1992
  • Armenia is represented in Uruguay through its embassy in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and an honorary consulate in Montevideo.
  • Uruguay is represented in Armenia through its embassy in Moscow (Russia) and through a consulate in Yerevan.
  • There are around 19,000 people of Armenian descent living in Uruguay. Uruguay was the first country to recognize the Armenian Genocide on April 20, 1965.
Israel See Israel–Uruguay relations
  • Israel has an embassy in Montevideo.
  • Uruguay has an embassy in Tel Aviv and two honorary consulates in Ashdod and Haifa.
  • Uruguay was one of the first nations to recognize Israel as independent.
  • There are more than 30,000 Jews living in Uruguay, representing about 1% of the Uruguayan total population (See Jews in Uruguay).
Japan 1921-09 See Foreign relations of Japan
  • Japan has an embassy in Montevideo.
  • Uruguay has an embassy in Tokyo.
  • There are a few hundred people of Japanese descent living in Uruguay. (See also Japanese Uruguayan)
  • Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Uruguay
Lebanon 1945 See Lebanon–Uruguay relations

Lebanon has an embassy in Montevideo and Uruguay has an embassy in Beirut .
Malaysia
  • Malaysia is represented in Uruguay through its embassy in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and through an honorary consulate in Montevideo.
  • Uruguay had an embassy in Kuala Lumpur but it closed in 2002 due to economic reasons.
  • In November 2007, Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez visited Malaysia and lead a delegation of 50 people from Uruguay. During this visit, a joint communique was issued, saying that the two countries could strengthen their cooperation in the field of peacekeeping training.
  • Uruguay's main exports to Malaysia are beef and leather. In 2001, bilateral trade was worth about US$40 million. This fell to RM96.1 million (approximately US$27million) in 2006.
People's Republic of China See Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China
South Korea 1964-10-07 See Foreign relations of South Korea
  • On September 2008, Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez visited South Korea.
  • South Korea has an embassy in Montevideo.
  • Uruguay has an embassy in Seoul.
  • See also Koreans in Uruguay
  • South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Uruguay

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