Foreign Relations of Zimbabwe - Middle East and North Africa

Middle East and North Africa

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
Algeria 1980-07-31
  • Algeria has an embassy in Harare
Egypt
  • Egypt has an embassy in Harare
  • Zimbabwe has an embassy in Cairo
Iran
  • Iran has an embassy in Harare
Israel See Israel–Zimbabwe relations
  • Israel-Zimbabwe relations are extraordinarily poor with the state-run publication, The Herald, questioning the legitimacy of Israel's existence. The Zimbabwean government recognizes an independent Palestinian state and advocates a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Oman
  • Oman has an accredited mission in London
Kuwait
  • Kuwait has an embassy in Harare
  • Zimbabwe has an embassy in Kuwait City
Libya
  • Libya has an embassy in Harare
  • Zimbabwe has an embassy in Tripoli

In the past Zimbabwe has enjoyed a close relationship with the government of Muammar Gaddafi partly due to their shared animosity towards Western governments. During the 2011 Libyan civil war the Mugabe regime indicated that it will not recognise the anti-Gaddafi National Transitional Council. When the staff of the Libyan embassy defected and joined the NTC after the decisive Battle of Tripoli in August 2011 Harare expelled the embassy, giving them 48 hours to leave the country.
Saudi Arabia 1980-06
Sudan
  • Sudan has an embassy in Harare.
Tunisia
  • Tunisia has an accredited mission in Pretoria.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  • The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic has an accredited mission in Maputo.
Yemen
  • Yemen has an embassy in Harare.

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