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{{Politics of Myanmar}}

Historically strained, '''Myanmar's foreign relations''', particularly with Western nations, have improved since 2012. Relations became strained once more in 2017 with the [[Rohingya genocide]] and due to the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/myanmar-sanctions-rohingya.html|title=U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Myanmar Military over Rohingya Atrocities|newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 August 2018|last1=Wong|first1=Edward|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908212205/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/myanmar-sanctions-rohingya.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2018/02/canada_imposes_targetedsanctionsinresponsetohumanrightsviolation.html|title = Canada imposes targeted sanctions in response to human rights violations in Myanmar|date = 16 February 2018|access-date = 22 October 2018|archive-date = 6 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211206032631/https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2018/02/canada_imposes_targetedsanctionsinresponsetohumanrightsviolation.html|url-status = live}}</ref> Myanmar (also known as Burma) has generally maintained warmer relations with near states and is a member of the [[ASEAN|Association of Southeast Asian Nations]].

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which Myanmar maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Myanmar.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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!Country<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Diplomatic relations |url=http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=13 May 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712174127/http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Myanmar and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Myanmar+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&ln=en&action_search=Search&sf=title&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=United Nations Digital Library |archive-date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513104307/https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Myanmar+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&ln=en&action_search=Search&sf=title&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|1
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 July 1947}}
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|2
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 August 1947}}
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|3
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 1947}}
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|4
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 December 1947}}
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|5
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 January 1948}}
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|6
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 February 1948}}
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|7
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 February 1948}}
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|8
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 August 1948}}
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|9
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 June 1949}}
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|10
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 December 1949}}
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|11
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 June 1950}}
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|12
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 November 1950}}
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|13
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 December 1950}}
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|14
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 July 1953}}
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|15
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 July 1953}}
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|16
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 August 1953}}
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|17
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 August 1953}}
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|18
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 1953}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Belgisch staatsblad |year=1953 |volume=274–365 |pages=6887 |language=nl, fr}}</ref>
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|19
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 July 1954}}
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|20
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 August 1954}}
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|21
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 December 1954}}
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|22
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 April 1955}}
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|23
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 July 1955}}
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|24
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 July 1955}}
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|25
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 November 1955}}
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|26
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 February 1956}}
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|27
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 February 1956}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Burma Year-book & Directory |publisher=Student Press |year=1957 |pages=1}}</ref>
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|28
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 March 1956}}
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|29
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 March 1956}}
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|30
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 May 1956}}
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|31
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 May 1956}}
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|32
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 July 1956}}
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|33
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 July 1956}}
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|34
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 September 1956}}
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|35
|{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 November 1956}}
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|36
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 August 1957}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2017 |title=Swiss National Day and 60 years of Diplomatic Relations between Myanmar and Switzerland |url=https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/posts/post-12140 |website=mfaic.gov.kh |access-date=10 March 2024 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310042449/https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/posts/post-12140 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|37
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 March 1958}}
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|38
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 March 1958}}
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|39
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 August 1958}}
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|40
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 September 1958}}
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|41
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 November 1958}}
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|42
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 March 1960}}
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|43
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 August 1966}}
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|44
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 March 1967}}
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|45
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 August 1968}}
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|46
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 November 1968}}
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|47
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 January 1970}}
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|48
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 January 1970}}
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|49
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 March 1972}}
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|50
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 June 1972}}
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|51
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 February 1975}}
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|52
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 May 1975}}
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|53
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 May 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Inoguchi |first=Takashi |title=The SAGE Handbook of Asian Foreign Policy |publisher=SAGE |year=2021}}</ref>
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|54
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 May 1975}}
|-
|55
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 October 1976}}
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|56
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 October 1976}}
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|57
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 October 1976}}
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|58
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 November 1976}}
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|59
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 December 1976}}
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|60
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 March 1977}}
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|61
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 July 1978}}
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|62
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 December 1978}}
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|63
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 April 1982}}
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|64
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 July 1982}}
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|65
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 September 1982}}
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|66
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 July 1985}}
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|67
|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 January 1987}}
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|68
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 November 1988}}
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|69
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 August 1989}}
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|70
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 November 1990}}
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|71
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 July 1991}}
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|72
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 January 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Štáty podľa svetadielov |url=https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/staty_sveta-staty_podla_svetadielov?value=26710 |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=sk |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308082112/https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/staty_sveta-staty_podla_svetadielov?value=26710 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|73
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 September 1993}}
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|74
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 January 1995}}
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|75
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 April 1995}}
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|76
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 September 1997}}
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|77
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 December 1998}}
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|78
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 January 1999}}
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|79
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 August 1999}}
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|80
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 August 1999}}
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|81
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 August 1999}}
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|82
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 September 1999}}
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|83
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 September 1999}}
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|84
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 1999}}
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|85
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 September 1999}}
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|86
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 December 1999}}
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|87
|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 November 2000}}
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|88
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 February 2001}}
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|89
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 February 2001}}
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|90
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 July 2003}}
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|91
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 February 2004}}
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|92
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 May 2004}}
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|93
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 August 2004}}
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|94
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 September 2005}}
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|95
|{{Flag|East Timor}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 September 2006}}
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|96
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 November 2006}}
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|97
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 December 2006}}
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|98
|{{Flag|Andorra}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 February 2009}}
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|99
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 August 2009}}
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|100
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 November 2009}}
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|101
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 May 2010}}
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|102
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 December 2010}}
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|103
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 January 2011}}
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|104
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 August 2011}}
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|105
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 January 2012}}
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|106
|{{Flag|Bhutan}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 February 2012}}
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|107
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 July 2012}}
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|108
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 September 2012}}
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|109
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 September 2012}}
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|110
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 December 2012}}
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|111
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 January 2013}}
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|112
|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 2013}}
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|113
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 October 2013}}
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|114
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 December 2015}}
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|115
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 April 2017}}
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|116
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 April 2017}}
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|117
|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 April 2017}}
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|118
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 May 2017}}
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|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 May 2017}}
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|119
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 June 2017}}
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|120
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 July 2017}}
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|121
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 July 2019}}
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|122
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 July 2019}}
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|123
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 August 2020}}
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|124
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 November 2020}}
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|125
|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 March 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 March 2023 |title=Diplomatic relations established between Republic of Union of Myanmar and Republic of Guinea-Bissau |url=https://myanmar.gov.mm/news-media/news/-/asset_publisher/9ZewUq5mfR5F/content/diplomatic-relations-established-between-republic-of-union-of-myanmar-and-republic-of-guinea-bissau?_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_9ZewUq5mfR5F_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fmyanmar.gov.mm%2Fnews-media%2Fnews%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_9ZewUq5mfR5F%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_9ZewUq5mfR5F_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_9ZewUq5mfR5F_assetEntryId%3D170360410 |access-date=11 October 2023 |archive-date=11 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011204704/https://myanmar.gov.mm/news-media/news/-/asset_publisher/9ZewUq5mfR5F/content/diplomatic-relations-established-between-republic-of-union-of-myanmar-and-republic-of-guinea-bissau?_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_9ZewUq5mfR5F_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fmyanmar.gov.mm%2Fnews-media%2Fnews%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_9ZewUq5mfR5F%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_9ZewUq5mfR5F_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_9ZewUq5mfR5F_assetEntryId%3D170360410 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== Europe and America ==
The United States has placed broad sanctions on Myanmar because of the [[8888 Uprising|military crackdown in 1988]] and the military regime's refusal to honour the [[1990 Burmese general election|election results of the 1990]] People's Assembly election. Similarly, the [[European Union]] has placed embargoes on Myanmar, including an arms embargo, cessation of trade preferences, and suspension of all aid with the exception of [[humanitarian aid]].<ref name="EU">{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/comm/external_relations/myanmar/intro/index.htm |title= The EU's relations with Burma / Myanmar |access-date=13 July 2006 |publisher=[[European Union]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060725000750/http://ec.europa.eu/comm/external_relations/myanmar/intro/index.htm |archive-date = 25 July 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>

US and European government sanctions against the military government, alongside boycotts and other types of direct pressure on corporations by western supporters of the Burmese democracy movement, have resulted in the withdrawal from Myanmar of most US and many European companies. However, several Western companies remain due to loopholes in the sanctions.<ref>[https://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3986 The List: Burma’s Economic Lifelines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106002149/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3986 |date=6 January 2009 }}. ''[[Foreign Policy]]''. October 2007</ref> Asian corporations have generally remained willing to continue investing in Myanmar and to initiate new investments, particularly in [[natural resource]] extraction.

The French oil company [[TotalEnergies]] is able to operate the [[Yadana Project|Yadana natural gas pipeline]] from Myanmar to Thailand despite the [[European Union]]'s sanctions on Myanmar. TotalEnergies is currently the subject of a lawsuit in French and Belgian courts for the condoning and use of Burman civilian slavery to construct the named pipeline. Experts{{who|date=January 2013}} say that the human rights abuses along the gas pipeline are the direct responsibility of TotalEnergies and its American partner [[Chevron Corporation]]{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} with aid and implementation by the [[Tatmadaw]]. Prior to its acquisition by Chevron, [[Unocal]] settled a similar human rights lawsuit for a reported multimillion-dollar amount.<ref>{{cite news |last=Horsley |first=William |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3761022.stm |title=Dilemma of dealing with Burma |work=BBC News |date=20 October 2004 |access-date=2 November 2004 |archive-date=11 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211073843/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3761022.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> There remains active debate as to the extent to which the American-led sanctions have had adverse effects on the civilian population or on the military rulers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hiatt |first=Fred |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A21505-2003Jun22 |title=How Best to Rid the World of Monsters |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=23 June 2003 |access-date=24 May 2006 |archive-date=19 July 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050719233013/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/reg.burma/archives/199905/msg00184.html |title=Reuters Belgian group seeks Total boycott over Myanmar |work=Ibiblio |agency=Reuters |date=10 May 1999 |access-date=24 June 2006 |archive-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114123541/http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/reg.burma/archives/199905/msg00184.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Armenia===
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 January 2013.

===Belarus===
[[File:Delegation of Myanmar military junta in Belarus - Milex-2021 military exhibition (03).jpg|thumb|right|Myanmar delegation at MILEX-2021 military exhibition. Minsk, Belarus]]
[[File:Delegation of Myanmar military junta in Belarus - Milex-2021 military exhibition (05).jpg|thumb|right|Myanmar delegation at MILEX-2021 military exhibition. Minsk, Belarus]]

{{main|Belarus-Myanmar relations}}

Belarus and Myanmar established diplomatic relations on 22 September 1999.<ref name=viet>{{Cite web |url=https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/blrM/mpolit/ |title=Political Cooperation |access-date=3 July 2021 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208041302/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/blrM/mpolit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2011, prime minister of Belarus [[Mikhail Myasnikovich]] made on official visit to Myanmar.<ref name=viet />

In 2021, Belarus was the only country to vote against UN General Assembly resolution calling Myanmar military to stop violence, release arrested protesters and restore democracy.<ref name=jfm>{{Cite web |url=https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/stories/belarus-votes-against-un-resolution-after-over-decade-of-myanmar-military-ties |title=Belarus votes against UN resolution after over decade of Myanmar military ties |access-date=3 July 2021 |archive-date=9 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909155402/https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/stories/belarus-votes-against-un-resolution-after-over-decade-of-myanmar-military-ties |url-status=live }}</ref> It was assumed that Belarusian support for Myanmar military junta was caused by long history of arms trade with [[Myanmar Army]].<ref name=jfm />

===Denmark===
{{main|Denmark–Myanmar relations}}

Myanmar is represented in Denmark through its embassy in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{cite web |title=Embassy of Myanmar in the United Kingdom |url=http://www.mofa.gov.mm/myanmarmissions/uk.html |access-date=7 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130183454/http://www.mofa.gov.mm/myanmarmissions/uk.html |archive-date=30 November 2010}}</ref> and Denmark is represented in Myanmar through its embassy in [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.mm/foreignmb/denmark.html |title=Burmese embassy in Bangkok, Thailand |publisher=Mofa.gov.mm |date=19 August 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325082418/http://www.mofa.gov.mm/foreignmb/denmark.html |archive-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> Diplomatic relations were established in 1955.<ref name="relations">{{cite book|title=Far Eastern economic review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WeMnAAAAMAAJ|quote=Diplomatic relations Between Burma and Denmark, while friendly, have been limited to formal exchanges of greetings and condolences on appropriate occasions ...|year=1972|access-date=24 December 2010}}</ref> Relations between the two countries are friendly,<ref name="relations"/> but economically, Denmark has the "worst" trade with Myanmar in the European Union.<ref>[http://burmalibrary.org/docs/Imports_from_Burma_to_EU_countries.htm Burma's economic relations with Denmark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510223241/http://burmalibrary.org/docs/Imports_from_Burma_to_EU_countries.htm |date=10 May 2013 }} ''Online Burma/Myanmar Library''</ref> 

Development assistance to Myanmar is a top priority of the [[Danish International Development Agency]]'s engagement in Southeast Asia. 93 million DKK was given to education and healthcare projects.<ref>{{cite news
 |title=Activities in Burma 
 |url=http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar/ActivitiesInBurma-Myanmar 
 |publisher=Foreign Affairs of Denmark 
 |access-date=23 January 2011 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152242/http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar/ActivitiesInBurma-Myanmar 
 |archive-date=11 May 2011
}}
</ref> Danish development assistance has focused on promoting democracy and human rights. Denmark was one of the first countries to respond to [[cyclone Nargis]] by providing humanitarian assistance to Myanmar.<ref>{{cite news|title=DANIDA in Burma |url=http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar |publisher=Foreign Affairs of Denmark |access-date=23 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152258/http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar |archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> [[Three Diseases Fund]] was founded in 2006, and Denmark joined in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Diseases Fund|url=http://www.3dfund.org/index.php|publisher=The Diseases Fund 3DF|access-date=23 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225011915/http://www.3dfund.org/index.php|archive-date=25 February 2011}}</ref> Three Diseases Fund helps Myanmar fight HIV and AIDS, and has assisted with 73 million dollars.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Diseases Fund (3DF) |url=http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar/ActivitiesInBurma-Myanmar/3df |publisher=Foreign Affairs of Denmark |access-date=23 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152357/http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar/ActivitiesInBurma-Myanmar/3df |archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>

====Burmese Consul incident====
In 1996, the consul in Myanmar for Denmark, James Leander Nichols, was sentenced to three years in jail. The sentence was for illegal possession of two facsimile machines and a telephone switchboard. Two months later, he died in prison. Despite Danish insistence, Burmese authorities refused to allow an independent [[autopsy]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Anais Tamen|title=The European Union's Sanctions Related to Human Rights: The Case of Myanmar|url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs09/Memoire-Anais_Tamen.pdf|date=2002–2003|page=98|access-date=8 December 2010|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101173533/http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs09/Memoire-Anais_Tamen.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Soon after, the [[European Union]], with Canada, called for a United Nations gathering on the democratisation process.<ref>{{cite news|title=James Leander Nichol's Death Imprisoned For Owning an Illegal Fax Machine in Burma|url=http://www.cfob.org/burmaissue/politicalPrisoners/JLNichols.shtml|publisher=CFOB Canadian Friends of Burma|access-date=23 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501061942/http://www.cfob.org/burmaissue/politicalPrisoners/JLNichols.shtml|archive-date=1 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Response of the Union of Myanmar to the United Nations|url=http://www.cfob.org/Background/JLNichols.shtml|publisher=CFOB Canadian Friends of Burma|access-date=23 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501061939/http://www.cfob.org/Background/JLNichols.shtml|archive-date=1 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Hungary===
In June 2019, [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] visited Hungary and meet with the Prime Minister [[Viktor Orbán]]. "The two leaders highlighted that one of the greatest challenges at present for both countries and their respective regions – south-east Asia and Europe – is migration", read a statement released after their meeting. it also said "They noted that both regions have seen the emergence of the issue of co-existence with continuously growing Muslim populations".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/06/aung-san-suu-kyi-finds-common-ground-with-viktor-orban-over-islam|title=Aung San Suu Kyi finds common ground with Orbán over Islam|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=6 June 2019|access-date=7 June 2019|archive-date=20 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420185651/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/06/aung-san-suu-kyi-finds-common-ground-with-viktor-orban-over-islam|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/prime-minister-viktor-orban-in-talks-with-state-counsellor-of-myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 June 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606111718/https://www.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/prime-minister-viktor-orban-in-talks-with-state-counsellor-of-myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Ireland===
{{see also|Foreign relations of Ireland}}
The Government of Ireland established diplomatic relations with Myanmar on a non-resident basis on 10 February 2004. The Irish Government was still concerned about the [[arbitrary detention]] of the opposition leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=25837 |title=Department of Foreign Affairs – Ireland establishes diplomatic relations with Myanmar (Burma) |publisher=Dfa.ie |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=21 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321102943/https://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=25837 |url-status=live }}</ref> Burma Action Ireland is a pro-democracy group that freely operates in the Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burmaactionireland.org/cont.html |title=Burma Action Ireland |publisher=Burma Action Ireland |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=27 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427223928/http://www.burmaactionireland.org/cont.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88630 |title=Free Burma – Indymedia Ireland |publisher=Indymedia.ie |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116010425/http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88630 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ireland supported a UN commission of inquiry and international level monitoring of Myanmar after 2008, as part of their efforts to support democracy and human rights movements in Myanmar. This became public knowledge after official papers were leaked in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mizzima.com/news/world/4405-ireland-weighs-in-on-un-inquiry-into-burma-abuses.html |title=Ireland weighs in on UN inquiry into Burma abuses |publisher=Mizzima.com |date=25 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501000521/http://www.mizzima.com/news/world/4405-ireland-weighs-in-on-un-inquiry-into-burma-abuses.html |archive-date=1 May 2011}}</ref>

===France===
{{main|France–Myanmar relations}}
Franco-Burmese relations go back to the early 18th century, as the [[French East India Company]] attempted to extend its influence into Southeast Asia. French involvement started in 1729 when it built a shipyard in the city of [[Thanlyin|Syriam]].<ref>South (2003), p. 79</ref> The 1740 revolt of the [[Mon State|Mon]] against Burmese rule, however, forced the French to depart in 1742.<ref>Liang (1990), p. 14</ref> They were able to return to [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]] in 1751 when the Mon requested French assistance against the Burmese. A French envoy, [[Sieur de Bruno]] was sent to evaluate the situation and help in the defence against the Burmese. French warships were sent to support the Mon rebellion, but in vain. In 1756, the Burmese under [[Alaungpaya]] vanquished the Mon. Many French were captured and incorporated into the Burmese Army as an elite gunner corps, under [[Chevalier Milard]]. In 1769, official contacts resumed when a trade treaty was signed between [[Hsinbyushin|King Hsinbyushin]] and the French East India Company.<ref>Bhuyan (1974), p. 460</ref>

Soon after, however, France was convulsed by the [[French Revolution]] and [[Napoleonic Wars]], thus allowing overwhelming British influence in Burma. French contacts with Myanmar, effectively a British colony, became almost non-existent. Instead, from the second half of the 19th century, France concentrated on the establishment of [[French Indochina]] and the conflicts with China leading to the [[Sino-French War]]. Following the end of [[World War II]], ambassador-level diplomatic relationships between France and Burma were established in 1948, soon after the Burmese nation became an independent republic on 4 January 1948, as ''Union of Burma'', with [[Sao Shwe Thaik]] as its first President and [[U Nu]] as its first [[Prime Minister of Myanmar|Prime Minister]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-mm.org/|title=La France en Birmanie|website=Ambafrance-mm.org|access-date=16 January 2018|archive-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128045705/http://www.ambafrance-mm.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Serbia===
* Both countries have established diplomatic relations in 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12332-mjanmar|title=Myanmar|website=Mfa.gov.rs|access-date=16 January 2018|archive-date=13 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035520/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12332-mjanmar|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* A number of bilateral agreements in various fields have been concluded and are in force between both countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/MYANMAR.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075645/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/MYANMAR.doc |archive-date=31 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
{{main|Myanmar–United Kingdom relations}}
Myanmar established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 7 July 1947.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Myanmar and Britain|url=https://mifer.gov.mm/en/bilateral/details/diplomatic-relations-between-myanmar-and-britain|website=[[Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations]]|access-date=20 June 2024|archive-date=14 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014192116/http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Myanmar maintains an [[Embassy of Myanmar, London|embassy]] in [[London]].
*The United Kingdom is accredited to Myanmar through its embassy in [[Yangon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=British Embassy Yangon|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-yangon|access-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619091928/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-yangon|archive-date=19 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
The UK governed [[British rule in Burma|Myanmar]] from 1824 to 1942 and 1945 until 1948, when Myanmar achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have a Development Partnership.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|title=Country and regional development partnership summaries|website=GOV.UK|date=17 July 2023 |access-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526234739/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|archive-date=26 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

===United States===
{{main|Myanmar–United States relations}}
[[File:Embassy of Myanmar, Washington.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, D.C.]]]]
The political relations between the United States of America and Myanmar began to face major problems following the 1988 military coup and the [[Military junta|junta]]'s outbursts of repression against pro-democracy activists. Subsequent repression, including that of protestors in [[Saffron Revolution|2007]] and [[2021–2022 Myanmar protests|2021]], further strain the relationship.<ref name="dw47">{{Cite web|title=US slaps export sanctions on Myanmar after protest deaths|url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-slaps-export-sanctions-on-myanmar-after-protest-deaths/a-56778445|access-date=8 March 2021|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306020647/https://www.dw.com/en/us-slaps-export-sanctions-on-myanmar-after-protest-deaths/a-56778445|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2010s, following signs of democratisation and [[Economic liberalism|economic liberalisation]], the United States lifted sanctions calling for the mending of US relations with Myanmar.<ref name="NYTimes.com">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/world/asia/us-will-relax-curbs-on-aid-to-myanmar.html | work=The New York Times | title=Clinton Says U.S. Will Relax Some Curbs on Aid to Myanmar | date=1 December 2011 | access-date=26 February 2017 | archive-date=1 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201172242/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/world/asia/us-will-relax-curbs-on-aid-to-myanmar.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The US also re-established ambassador-level relations with Myanmar in 2012 for the first time since 1990.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304072004577323451080077384 | work=The Wall Street Journal | first=Patrick | last=Barta | title=U.S. Forges Deeper Myanmar Ties | date=5 April 2012 | access-date=3 August 2017 | archive-date=20 November 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120064223/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304072004577323451080077384 | url-status=live }}</ref> However, the US re-imposed targeted sanctions following the 2017 [[Rohingya genocide]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115hhrg27063/pdf/CHRG-115hhrg27063.pdf|title=THE ROHINGYA CRISIS: U.S. RESPONSE TO THE TRAGEDY IN BURMA|access-date=20 January 2023|archive-date=20 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120165532/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115hhrg27063/pdf/CHRG-115hhrg27063.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[2021 myanmar coup d'état]],<ref>{{cite news |title=US, EU add more sanctions as Myanmar violence deepens |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/9/us-eu-add-more-sanctions-as-myanmar-violence-deepens |work=Al Jazeera |date=9 November 2022 |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108095259/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/9/us-eu-add-more-sanctions-as-myanmar-violence-deepens |url-status=live }}</ref> focusing on individuals and companies involved in atrocities and human rights violations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm460|title=Treasury Sanctions Commanders and Units of the Burmese Security Forces for Serious Human Rights Abuses|website=home.treasury.gov|language=en|access-date=November 16, 2018|archive-date=20 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120165537/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm460|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Historical relations====
In 1988, the United States downgraded its level of representation in Myanmar from [[Ambassador]] to [[Chargé d'Affaires]] after the Burmese government's lethal crackdown on the [[8888 Uprising]] and its failure to honor the results of the 1990 election.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/412811/pdf | title=Timeline: US-Burma/Myanmar Relations | journal=Contemporary Southeast Asia | year=2010 | volume=32 | issue=3 | pages=434–436 | access-date=20 January 2023 | archive-date=20 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820004239/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/412811/pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> The United States remains one of a few countries to still not recognize the 1989 name change from Burma to Myanmar arguing that the change was made without the consent of the people by the illegitimate 1989 government.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usip.org/blog/2018/06/whats-name-burma-or-myanmar |title=What's in a Name: Burma or Myanmar? |website=United States Institute of Peace |date=21 June 2018 |last1=Selth |first1=Andrew |last2=Gallagher |first2=Adam |language=en |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719221651/https://www.usip.org/blog/2018/06/whats-name-burma-or-myanmar |url-status=live }}</ref> The US upgraded its representation back in 2012, appointing Derek Mitchel as Ambassador.<ref name="RFA20120711">{{cite news|title=Derek Mitchell, 1st US ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years, presents credentials to start work|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/business/ambassador+Myanmar+years+arrives+start+work/6914206/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205111510/http://www.timescolonist.com/business/ambassador+Myanmar+years+arrives+start+work/6914206/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2013|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Times Colonist|access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref>

Massachusetts attempted to place [[Massachusetts Burma Law|sanctions against Burma on its own]] in 1996 but the concept proved to be contradictory to the [[US Constitution]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1327&context=facpubs | title=Foreign Affairs Power -- The Massachusetts Burma Law is Found to Encroach on the Federal Government's Exclusive Constitutional Authority to Regulate Foreign Affairs. -- National Foreign Trade Council v. Baker, 26 F. Supp. 2d 287 (D. Mass. 1998) | publisher=College of William & Mary Law School | date=1999 | access-date=February 11, 2021 | author=Banks, Angela M. | archive-date=20 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120165533/https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1327&context=facpubs | url-status=live }}</ref>

The US government imposed broad sanctions on Myanmar including the 2003 [[Burma Freedom and Democracy Act]], which banned all imports and export of financial services with Myanmar, froze certain Burmese financial institutions' access and increased [[Visa (document)|visa]] restrictions for Burmese officials.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://democracyforburma.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/burmese-freedom-and-democracy-act-passed-both-houses-of-congress-with-more-support-than-in-any-other-year/ |title=Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act passed both Houses of Congress |publisher=Democracyforburma.wordpress.com |date=23 July 2010 |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716083938/http://democracyforburma.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/burmese-freedom-and-democracy-act-passed-both-houses-of-congress-with-more-support-than-in-any-other-year/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, the US imposed additional sanctions, including freezing assets  of 25 high-ranking officials Burmese government officials through Executive Orders.<ref>{{cite news |title=US Government Officially Terminates Sanctions Targeting Myanmar |date=10 October 2016 |last1=Fayhee |first1=Ryan |last2=Ownes |first2=Inessa |last3=Schoorl |first3=Joseph |url=https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/us-government-officially-terminates-sanctions-targeting-myanmar/ |website=BakerMcKenzie |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120155542/https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/us-government-officially-terminates-sanctions-targeting-myanmar/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Barack Obama meets with Thein Sein at Burma Parliament Building.jpg|thumb|Thein Sein meets US President [[Barack Obama]] in [[Yangon]]/Rangoon, the former capital, on 19 November 2012]]
In 2011, US Secretary of State, [[Hillary Clinton]], visited Myanmar, the first by a Secretary of State since 1955. Clinton met with [[President of Myanmar|President]] [[Thein Sein]] and with then-democracy activist [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]<ref name="NYTimes.com"/> In 2012, the Clinton announced the US will exchange ambassadors with Myanmar, after a landmark Burmese political prisoner amnesty.<ref>British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)– US to exchange ambassadors with Burma, <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16554415 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113174953/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16554415 |date=13 January 2012 }}>. Retrieved 13 January 2012.</ref> President [[Barack Obama]] nominated [[Derek J. Mitchell|Derek Mitchell]] to serve as US Ambassador to Myanmar.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/17/statement-president-burma |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=Statement by the President on Burma |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=2 March 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719075933/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/17/statement-president-burma |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/17/presidential-nomination-sent-senate |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=Presidential Nomination Sent to the Senate |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=2 March 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719075921/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/17/presidential-nomination-sent-senate |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July 2012 the United States formally reduced sanctions against Myanmar.<ref name="NYT20120711">{{cite news|last=Lowrey|first=Annie|title=U.S. Sanctions on Myanmar Formally Eased|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/world/asia/us-sanctions-on-myanmar-formally-eased.html|access-date=12 July 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 July 2012|archive-date=20 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120001903/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/world/asia/us-sanctions-on-myanmar-formally-eased.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and "targeted easing" of sanctions allowing minor US investment.<ref name="NYT20120711"/>

In 2013, Thein Sein visited the US White House to discuss Myanmar's reforms with President Obama. The two countries later signed a bilateral trade and investment framework agreement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obama Vows US Support As Myanmar Leader Visits|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=185449969|access-date=21 May 2013|publisher=NPR|date=20 May 2013|agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521150924/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=185449969|archive-date=21 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Recent relations====
In October 2017 the United States withdrew [[United States military aid|military aid]] to Myanmar units responsible for the displacement of Rohingya in the [[Rohingya genocide|Rohingya crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/275021.htm|title=Accountability for Human Rights Abuses in Rakhine State, Burma|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=November 16, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514165126/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/275021.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The US later imposed a blacklist on [[Maung Maung Soe (general)|Maung Maung Soe]], chief of the Myanmar army's Western Command responsible for the violence,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0243|title=United States Sanctions Human Rights Abusers and Corrupt Actors Across the Globe {{!}} U.S. Department of the Treasury|website=home.treasury.gov|language=en|access-date=November 16, 2018|archive-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723174732/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0243|url-status=live}}</ref> and commanders directly involved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm460|title=Treasury Sanctions Commanders and Units of the Burmese Security Forces for Serious Human Rights Abuses|website=home.treasury.gov|language=en|access-date=November 16, 2018|archive-date=20 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120165537/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm460|url-status=live}}</ref> The United States also provided humanitarian aid to displaced Rohingya refugees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/04/281130.htm|title=Ongoing U.S. Humanitarian Assistance for the Rakhine State Crisis|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=November 16, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=22 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222014654/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/04/281130.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, the United States formally recognized the Rohingya genocide.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Pamuk |first1=Humeyra |last2=Lewis |first2=Simon |date=2022-03-21 |title=Biden administration rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-biden-administration-rules-myanmar-army-committed-genocide-against-2022-03-20/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |archive-date=22 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422041445/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-biden-administration-rules-myanmar-army-committed-genocide-against-2022-03-20/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2021, a [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état|military coup]] led by [[Min Aung Hlaing]] overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar. The United States condemned the coup and imposed sanctions on Myanmar military leaders and their business associates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/01/myanmar-coup-us-and-china-divided-in-response-to-army-takeover-aung-san-suu-kyi|title=Myanmar coup: Joe Biden threatens to resume sanctions|work=The Guardian|first1=Patrick|last1=Wintour|first2=Julian|last2=Bolger|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2021|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201113643/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/01/myanmar-coup-us-and-china-divided-in-response-to-army-takeover-aung-san-suu-kyi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Payne|first=Daniel|title=Biden announces sanctions on Myanmar after coup|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/10/biden-myanmar-sanctions-468401|access-date=February 10, 2021|date=February 10, 2021|website=Politico|language=en|archive-date=20 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120182931/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/10/biden-myanmar-sanctions-468401|url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2022, the new [[State Administration Council|junta]] of Myanmar executed four political prisoners,<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 July 2022 |title=Myanmar: First executions in decades mark atrocious escalation in state repression |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/07/myanmar-first-executions-in-decades-mark-atrocious-escalation-in-state-repression/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Amnesty International |language=en |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922030634/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/07/myanmar-first-executions-in-decades-mark-atrocious-escalation-in-state-repression/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which was met with condemnation from the [[G7|G7 nations]], including the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 July 2022 |title=World condemns Myanmar junta for 'cruel' execution of activists |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-execute-four-democracy-activists-state-media-2022-07-25/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214025934/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-execute-four-democracy-activists-state-media-2022-07-25/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The State Department further pressed China to influence the situation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 July 2022 |title=Myanmar executions: US presses China to rein in junta, saying it cannot be 'business as usual' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/26/myanmar-executions-us-presses-china-to-rein-in-junta-saying-it-cannot-be-business-as-usual |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922030633/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/26/myanmar-executions-us-presses-china-to-rein-in-junta-saying-it-cannot-be-business-as-usual |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2021, as the protests escalated into greater conflict, two Myanmar citizens in the United States were arrested over an alleged plot to hire hitmen to [[assassination|assassinate]] [[Kyaw Moe Tun]], Myanmar's representative to the [[United Nations]] in New York.<ref>{{cite news |title=Myanmar military says had 'nothing to do' with UN envoy plot |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/10/myanmar-military-says-had-nothing-to-do-with-un-envoy-plot |work=Al Jazeera |date=10 August 2021 |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205234258/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/10/myanmar-military-says-had-nothing-to-do-with-un-envoy-plot |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2022, The BURMA Act was passed in Congress authorising sanctions on individuals involved in the coup d'état, providing support to civil society and humanitarian assistance as well as creating a position within the State Department dedicated to democracy in Burma.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2022/4/meeks-issues-statement-on-house-passage-of-burma-act |title=Meeks Issues Statement on House Passage of BURMA Act |date=6 April 2022 |website=House Foreign Affairs Committee |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231150112/https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2022/4/meeks-issues-statement-on-house-passage-of-burma-act |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate Passes Burma Act Bill |url=https://www.abc-usa.org/2022/12/u-s-senate-passes-burma-act-bill/ |website=American Baptist Churches USA |date=16 December 2022 |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202184408/https://www.abc-usa.org/2022/12/u-s-senate-passes-burma-act-bill/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====US activities in Myanmar====
{{main|CIA activities in Myanmar}}
On 10 September 2007, the Burmese Government accused the CIA of assassinating a rebel [[Karen people|Karen]] commander from the [[Karen National Union]] who wanted to negotiate with the military government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narinjara.com/details.asp?id=1434 |title=Burma Accuses CIA of Involvement in KNU Assassination |publisher=Narinjara.com |date=9 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430222348/http://www.narinjara.com/details.asp?id=1434 |archive-date=30 April 2011}}</ref>

In 2011, ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper published [[United States diplomatic cables leak|leaked diplomatic cables]] information that revealed that the US funded some civil society groups in Myanmar who eventually forced the government to suspend the controversial Chinese [[Myitsone Dam]] on the [[Irrawaddy river]].<ref name=TG>{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks cables: Americans funded groups that stalled Burma dam project|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/30/us-embassy-cables-burma-myitsone-dam|access-date=1 November 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=30 September 2011|archive-date=27 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627135151/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/30/us-embassy-cables-burma-myitsone-dam|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to media reports in 2010, the [[Embassy of the United States, Yangon|Embassy of the United States]] in Yangon is the site of an electronic surveillance facility used to monitor telephones and communications networks jointly run by the [[Special Collection Service]].<ref name=MmT>{{cite news|last=Tim McLaughlin and Nyan Lynn Aung |title=US embassy in Yangon a secret listening post: Snowden |url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/8646-us-embassy-in-yangon-a-secret-listening-post-snowden.html |access-date=31 October 2013 |newspaper=The Myanmar Times |date=31 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102170628/http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/8646-us-embassy-in-yangon-a-secret-listening-post-snowden.html |archive-date=2 November 2013}}</ref>

====Diplomatic missions====
The [[Embassy of the United States, Yangon|US Embassy in Myanmar]] is located in [[Yangon]], whilst the Burmese diplomatic representation to America is based in [[Washington, D.C.]]

=====Major officials of the US Embassy in Yangon=====

Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://burma.usembassy.gov/mobile/key_officers.html |title=Key Officers &#124; Embassy of the United States Yangon, Myanmar |publisher=Burma.usembassy.gov |date=23 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904003450/https://burma.usembassy.gov/mobile/key_officers.html |archive-date=4 September 2015}}</ref>

* Ambassador Thomas L. Vajda
* Deputy Chief of Mission Deborah C. Lynn
* Political & Affairs Chief Douglas Sonnek
* Public Affairs Officer Adrienne Nutzman
* Consular Chief Andrew Webster-Main
* Management Officer Luther Lindberg
* Defence [[Attaché]] Colonel William Dickey
* [[CIA|Information Officer]] Bob Lynn

===Russia===
{{main|Myanmar–Russia relations}}
Bilateral relations with the [[Russian Federation]] are among the strongest enjoyed by a largely isolated Burma. Russia had established diplomatic relations with Myanmar at independence and these continued after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]]. China and Russia once vetoed a [[U.N. Security Council]] resolution condemning the Burmese government.<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7011746.stm Chinese dilemma over Burma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615204903/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7011746.stm |date=15 June 2020 }} (25 September 2007). BBC. Retrieved 30 May 2008.</ref><ref name="WP">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/12/AR2007011201115.html Russia, China veto resolution criticizing Burma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031043153/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/12/AR2007011201115.html |date=31 October 2017 }} (13 January 2007). ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved 30 May 2008.</ref> Today Russia, along with China, remains part of the UN Security Council, which occasionally shields Myanmar from global pressure and criticism, and remains a strong Tatmadaw ally.

Russia maintains an embassy in Yangon whilst Myanmar maintains one in Moscow.

==== Nuclear centre deal ====
{{Main|Myanmar and weapons of mass destruction}}
In 2007 Russia and Myanmar engaged in a deal regarding Myanmar's [[nuclear research|nuclear programme]]. According to the press release, Russia and Myanmar shall construct a nuclear research centre that 'will comprise a 10&nbsp;MW light-water reactor working on 20%-enriched uranium-235, an activation analysis laboratory, a medical isotope production laboratory, silicon doping system, nuclear waste treatment and burial facilities'.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6658713.stm Russia and Myanmar in nuclear deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725001428/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6658713.stm |date=25 July 2019 }}. BBC 15 May 2007</ref>

==== Diplomatic missions ====
* {{in lang|en|my|ru}} Embassy of Russia in Yangon

==Association of Southeast Asian Nations==
Myanmar is a member of the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) and part of [[ASEAN+3]] and the [[East Asia Summit]]. Myanmar agreed to relinquish its turn to hold the rotating ASEAN presidency in 2006 due to others member states' concern of its previous democratic situation.<ref>[http://www.nenepimentel.org/speeches/20051202_Myanmar.asp More Deadly Than Avian Flu (Or Why the Myanmar Regime Must Implement The Road Map To Democracy)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204073651/http://www.nenepimentel.org/speeches/20051202_Myanmar.asp |date=4 February 2012 }}. Speech of Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. at the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Myanmar Caucus-Good Governance Conference at the Prince Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2 December 2005</ref>

ASEAN has announced that it shall not provide defence for Myanmar at any international forum regarding the [[authoritarianism|authoritarian]] junta's refusal to restore democracy. In April 2007, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry parliamentary secretary [[Ahmad Shabery Cheek]] said that Malaysia and other ASEAN members had decided not to defend Myanmar if the country was raised for discussion at any international conference. "Now Myanmar has to defend itself if it was bombarded at any international forum," he said when winding up a debate at committee stage for the Foreign Ministry. He was replying to queries from Opposition Leader [[Lim Kit Siang]] on the next course of action to be taken by Malaysia and Asean with the Burmese military junta. Lim had said Malaysia must play a proactive role in pursuing regional initiatives to bring about a change in Myanmar and support efforts to bring the situation in Myanmar to the [[UN Security Council]]'s attention.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asean Will Not Defend Myanmar at International Fora – Ahmad Shabery |agency=Bernama |date=19 April 2007}}</ref> Recently, ASEAN did take a stronger tone with Burma, particularly regards to the detention of now-released [[Aung San Suu Kyi]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8056852.stm Asian leaders condemn Burma trial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523232216/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8056852.stm |date=23 May 2009 }}. BBC News Online. 19 May 2009</ref>

===Brunei===
{{Main|Brunei–Myanmar relations}}
Brunei has an embassy in Yangon, and Myanmar has an embassy in [[Gadong, Brunei|Gadong]].<ref name="bb">{{cite web|url=http://www.mofat.gov.bn/index.php/bilateral-relations/item/78 |title=Brunei-Burma Relations |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Brunei)]] |access-date=4 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222040245/http://www.mofat.gov.bn/index.php/bilateral-relations/item/78 |archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> The relations have been established since 21 September 1993.<ref name="bb"/>

===Malaysia===
{{Main|Malaysia–Myanmar relations}}
The relations between the two countries were established on 1 March 1957 and the first Myanmar mission at the legation level was set up in Kuala Lumpur in June 1959 and later raised to the embassy level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myanmarembassy-kl.org/?p=313|title=Bilateral Relations between Myanmar and Malaysia|publisher=Embassy of The Republic of The Union of Myanmar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia|date=5 August 2013|access-date=21 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108055911/http://myanmarembassy-kl.org/?p=313|archive-date=8 November 2013}}</ref>

===Thailand===
{{See also|Myanmar–Thailand relations }}

Relations between Myanmar and [[Thailand]] focus mainly on economic issues and trade. There is sporadic conflict with Thailand over the alignment of the border.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} Recently, Prime Minister [[Abhisit Vejjajiva]] made it clear that dialogue encouraging political change is a priority for Thailand, but not through economic sanctions. He also publicised intentions to help reconstruct temples damaged in the aftermath of [[Cyclone Nargis]].<ref>[http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asian/135833/abhisit-calls-for-change-in-burma Abhisit calls for change in Burma], ''Bangkok Post'', 12 January 2009.</ref> However, there were tensions over detained opposition leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], with Thailand calling for her release.<ref>[http://burmanewscasts.blogspot.com/2009/06/thai-burma-relations-under.html Thai-Burma relations under "unprecedented strain"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812231744/http://burmanewscasts.blogspot.com/2009/06/thai-burma-relations-under.html |date=12 August 2011 }}. DVB. 12 June 2009</ref> She was released in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=20068 |title=Suu Kyi Freed at Last |author=Ba Kaung |date=13 November 2010 |work=The Irrawaddy |access-date=14 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119175541/http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=20068 |archive-date=19 November 2010}}</ref> In the [[Thaksin Shinawatra]] administration, relations have been characterised by conflicts and confrontations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seachula.com/b3.html |title=The relationship between Thailand and Burma |publisher=Seachula.com |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430215500/http://www.seachula.com/b3.html |archive-date=30 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Border disputes are now coming more prominent and Thailand as disturbed by the imprisonment of Myanmar's dissident Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar has diplomatic offices in [[Bangkok]] whilst Thailand maintains an embassy in Yangon.

===Philippines===
{{Main article|Myanmar–Philippines relations}}
Philippines established relations with Myanmar in 1956 and recognised its political name Myanmar. In 2012, Myanmar ranked 3rd to the lowest among the Philippines' trading partners in ASEAN. It only fared better than Cambodia and Laos. The Philippines and Myanmar traded only $47.07 million in 2012. The Philippines grant Burmese citizens visa-free access for 30 days. Myanmar on the other hand signed the visa exemption for Filipinos on 5 December 2013 effective 4 January 2014. The agreement allows Filipinos to stay in Myanmar up to 14 days visa-free.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dfa.gov.ph/index.php/2013-06-27-21-50-36/dfa-releases/1829-phl-myanmar-agreement-on-visa-exemption-takes-effect-on-january-4-2014 |title=PHL-Myanmar Agreement on Visa Exemption Takes Effect on January 4, 2014 |access-date=1 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194106/https://www.dfa.gov.ph/index.php/2013-06-27-21-50-36/dfa-releases/1829-phl-myanmar-agreement-on-visa-exemption-takes-effect-on-january-4-2014 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Cambodia ===
Burma accorded de jure recognition to the newly sovereign state of Cambodia on August 16, 1954. On January 10, 1955, Burma and Cambodia agreed to establish diplomatic relations, which were maintained with the Lon Nol government after the deposition of Norodom Sihanouk in March 1970. Diplomatic recognition was later transferred to Democratic Kampuchea when Lon Nol's Khmer Republic was overthrown in April 1975.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chi-shad|first=Liang|title=Burma's Foreign Relations: Neutralism in Theory and Practice|publisher=Praeger Publishers|year=1990|isbn=0-275-93455-1|location=United States of America|pages=122–124|language=English}}</ref>

=== Indonesia ===
{{Main article|Indonesia-Myanmar relations}}
Burma recognized the Republic of Indonesia as de jure sovereign power of the archipelago on December 27, 1949. A five-year treaty of friendship was signed in Rangoon on March 31, 1951. Indonesian President Sukarno paid his first visit to Rangoon on his way home from a journey to India and Pakistan in 1950.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chi-shad|first=Liang|title=Burma's Foreign Relations: Neutralism in Theory and Practice|publisher=Praeger Publishers|year=1990|isbn=0-275-93455-1|location=United States of America|pages=105–108|language=English}}</ref>

=== Singapore ===
{{main |Myanmar–Singapore relations}}
Singapore established diplomatic relations with the Union of Burma in 1966. However, it was only in May 1984 that the Embassy was opened in Yangon.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chi-shad|first=Liang|title=Burma's Foreign Relations: Neutralism in Theory and Practice|publisher=Praeger Publishers|year=1990|isbn=0-275-93455-1|location=United States of America|pages=111–114|language=English}}</ref>

Singapore is one of Myanmar's top investors and trading partners.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anger in Myanmar, But Crisis Distant to Singaporeans |last=Lin |first=Shin |url=https://www.reportingasean.net/anger-in-myanmar-but-crisis-is-distant-to-singaporeans/ |work=Reporting ASEAN |date=5 March 2021 |language=en |access-date=14 November 2023 |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201130917/https://www.reportingasean.net/anger-in-myanmar-but-crisis-is-distant-to-singaporeans/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the past, Singapore faced scrutiny from Burmese democracy activists, exacerbated by [[Lee Kuan Yew]]'s comments in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |author=Aung Zaw |title=Suu Kyi, Singapore and the Ties That Bind |date=23 March 2015 |website=The Irrawaddy |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/suu-kyi-singapore-and-the-ties-that-bind.html |access-date=15 May 2023 |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515154446/https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/suu-kyi-singapore-and-the-ties-that-bind.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After the [[2021 Myanmar coup]], Singapore adopted stronger stances against the military regime and pressuring the regime to cooperate with ASEAN's peace plan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Supplementary Questions for Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan for the Committee of Supply Debate, 27 February 2023 |date=27 February 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2023/02/SQs-COS-2023 |language=en |access-date=14 November 2023 |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120151140/https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2023/02/SQs-COS-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Singapore continues to be a major source of equipment for the junta's weapons factories.<ref>{{cite news |title=Myanmar Junta Imports $1 Billion in Weapons Since Coup: Report |date=18 May 2023 |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-imports-1-billion-in-weapons-since-coup-report.html |work=The Irrwaddy |language=en |access-date=14 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123053443/https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-imports-1-billion-in-weapons-since-coup-report.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==China==
{{Main|China–Myanmar relations}}
The People's Republic of China had poor relations with Myanmar until the late 1980s. Between 1967 and 1970, Burma broke relations with Beijing because of the latter's support for the [[Communist Party of Burma]] (CPB).<ref name=singh>Singh (2003)</ref> [[Deng Xiaoping]] visited Yangon in 1978 and withdrew support for the long running insurgency of the [[Communist Party of Burma]].<ref name=singh/> However, in the early 1950s Burma enjoyed a hot-and-cold relationship with China. Burma's [[Ba U]] and [[U Nu]] lobbied for China's entry as a permanent member into the UN Security Council, but denounced the [[Invasion of Tibet (1950–1951)|invasion of Tibet]].<ref>Bingham (1966), p. 9</ref>
China and Burma have had many border disputes, dating long before the British annexation of Burma. The last border dispute occurred in 1956, when the [[People's Liberation Army]] occupied disputed areas in northern Burma, but both sides agreed to resolve the issue through negotiations.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Notes on the China-Burma Question |journal=Department of Political and Security Council Affairs |date=21 September 1956 |url=https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/report-un-department-political-and-security-council-affairs-note-china-burma-border |access-date=12 December 2022 |archive-date=12 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212225248/https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/report-un-department-political-and-security-council-affairs-note-china-burma-border |url-status=live }}</ref> A border agreement was reached in 1960.<ref>Laqueur (1974), p. 67</ref>
In the late 1960s, due to [[Ne Win]]'s propaganda that the PRC was to blame for crop failures, and the increasing number of ethnic Chinese students supporting Chairman [[Mao Zedong]], by carrying the [[Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong|Quotatians from his]] books, anti-Chinese riots broke out in June 1967.<ref>Seekins (2006), p. 141</ref> At the same time, many Sino-Burmese were influenced by the [[Cultural Revolution]] in China and began to wear [[Chairman Mao badge|Mao badges]].<ref>Lintner (1990), p. 23</ref> Shops and homes were ransacked and burned. The Chinese government heavily berated the Burmese government and started a [[war of words]], but no other actions were taken. The anti-Chinese riots continued till the early 1970s.
However, after 1986, China withdrew support for the CPB<ref>Pillali, Sushil K. [http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume7/Fault7-GenPillaiF.htm The Invisible Country Ethnicity & Conflict Management in Myanmar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617010700/http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume7/fault7-genpillaif.htm |date=17 June 2017 }}. South Asia Terrorism Portal. Institute for Conflict Management</ref> and began supplying the military junta with the majority of its arms in exchange for increased access to Burmese markets and a rumoured naval base on [[Coco Islands]] in the [[Andaman Sea]]. China is supposed to have an intelligence gathering station on the [[Great Coco Island]] to monitor Indian naval activity and [[ISRO]] & [[DRDO]] missile and space launch activities. The influx of Chinese arms turned the tide in Myanmar against the ethnic insurgencies, many of which had relied indirectly on Chinese complicity. As a result, the military junta of Myanmar is highly reliant on the Chinese for their currently high level of power.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Myanmar maintains diplomatic offices in Beijing and consular offices in [[Kunming]] and Hong Kong, whilst the PRC has a diplomatic mission in Yangon and a consulate in Mandalay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mm.china-embassy.org/eng/zmgx/zzgx/|title=Political Relations|access-date=18 June 2020|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619202532/http://mm.china-embassy.org/eng/zmgx/zzgx/|url-status=live}}</ref>

After 2015, China increased considerably its scope of engagement with Myanmar by playing a more active role in the peace process, developing large infrastructure projects and promoting the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the country.<ref>Stokke, Kristian; Vakulchuk, Roman and Indra Overland (2018) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323018961 Myanmar: A Political Economy Analysis.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728150758/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323018961_Myanmar_A_Political_Economy_Analysis |date=28 July 2020 }} Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). Report commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</ref>

In July 2019, UN ambassadors from 50 countries, including Myanmar, have signed a joint letter to the [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UNHRC]] defending China's [[Xinjiang re-education camps|treatment of Uyghurs]] and other Muslim minority groups in the [[Xinjiang]] region.<ref>{{cite news |title=Which Countries Are For or Against China's Xinjiang Policies? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/which-countries-are-for-or-against-chinas-xinjiang-policies/ |work=[[The Diplomat]] |date=15 July 2019 |access-date=3 August 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716160658/https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/which-countries-are-for-or-against-chinas-xinjiang-policies/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Pro-Xinjiang Contingent |url=https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2019/07/pro-xinjiang-contingent/ |magazine=Wired |date=28 July 2019 |access-date=3 August 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801094828/https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2019/07/pro-xinjiang-contingent/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==India==
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Bilateral relations between Myanmar and the Republic of [[India]] have improved considerably since 1993, overcoming disagreements related to drug trafficking, the suppression of democracy and the rule of the [[State Peace and Development Council|military junta]] in Myanmar. Myanmar is situated to the south of the states of [[Mizoram]], [[Manipur]], [[Nagaland]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[Northeast India]]. The proximity of the People's Republic of China give strategic importance to Indo-Burmese relations. The Indo-Burmese border stretches over 1,600&nbsp;kilometers.<ref name="VJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/reports/CB21Ai01.html#top5 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120210142107/http://atimes.com/reports/CB21Ai01.html#top5 |url-status=unfit |archive-date=2012-02-10 |title=Myanmar shows India the road to Southeast Asia |work=Asia Times }}</ref> India is generally friendly with Myanmar, but is concerned by the flow of tribal refugees and the arrest of [[Aung San Suu Kyi]].

As a result of increased Chinese influence in Myanmar as well as the safe haven and [[arms trafficking]] occurring along the Indo-Burmese border, India has sought in recent years to refurbish ties with the [[Union of Burma]].<ref>Jagan, Larry. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1168156.stm India's road to Rangoon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040520044720/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1168156.stm |date=20 May 2004 }}. BBC News Online. 14 February 2001</ref><ref>"India, Burma to discuss insurgency, arms smuggling in Rangoon". Press Trust of India. 11 October 2005</ref> Numerous economic arrangements have been established including a roadway connecting the isolated provinces of Northeastern India with [[Mandalay]] which opens up trade with China, Myanmar, and gives access to the Burmese ports. Relations between India and Myanmar have been strained in the past however due to India's continuing support for the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar.<ref>Bhattacharyya, Anushree. "India-Myanmar Relations". Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS). 18 September 2007</ref>

In an interview on the [[BBC]], [[George Fernandes]], former Indian Defence Minister and prominent Myanmar critic, said that [[Coco Island]] was part of India until it was donated to Myanmar by former [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. Coco Island is located at 18&nbsp;km from the Indian [[Nicobar Islands]].<ref>Nanda (2003), p. 596</ref>

Myanmar has a fully operating embassy based in New Delhi and India has one in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar. Like the PRC, the Republic of India maintains a [[Consulate-General]] in Mandalay.

The relationship between Myanmar and India has been complicated by allegations that India’s intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), has engaged in covert operations to influence Myanmar's internal politics. Reports suggest that RAW has established ties with various ethnic insurgent groups in Myanmar, particularly in the northeastern states bordering India. This has raised concerns that India might be conducting a proxy war to exert control over Myanmar's government and counterbalance Chinese influence in the region. By supporting these insurgent groups, India aims to secure its own border and prevent the spillover of conflict into its northeastern states. However, this strategy has led to accusations of interference in Myanmar’s sovereignty. The military junta in Myanmar views such actions as destabilizing, leading to further strain in diplomatic relations. These covert operations have created a complex web of alliances and enmities, as India navigates its interests while attempting to maintain a semblance of cooperative relations with the Myanmar government. Consequently, the use of proxy forces has not only complicated India's relationship with Myanmar but has also heightened tensions within the region, raising questions about long-term stability and governance in Myanmar itself.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

===Economic relations===
India is the largest market for Burmese exports, buying about US$220 million worth of goods in 2000; India's exports to Myanmar stood at US$75.36 million.<ref name="VJ" /> India is Myanmar's 4th largest trading partner after Thailand, the PRC and Singapore, and second largest export market after Thailand, absorbing 25 percent of its total exports.<ref name="HJ">{{cite web |url=http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=9085 |title=Global Politician – India-Myanmar Trade Relations |publisher=Bilaterals.org |access-date=12 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212183558/http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=9085 |archive-date=12 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> India is also the seventh most important source of Myanmar's imports. The governments of India and Myanmar had set a target of achieving $1 billion and bilateral trade reached US$650 million by 2006.<ref name="HJ" /> The Indian government has worked to extend air, land and sea routes to strengthen trade links with Myanmar and establish a gas pipeline.<ref name="HJ" /><ref name="G">{{cite news |last=Bhaumik |first=Subir |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7013975.stm |title=South Asia &#124; Explaining India's silence over Burma |work=BBC News |date=26 September 2007 |access-date=12 January 2013 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021192313/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7013975.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> While the involvement of India's private sector has been low and growing at a slow pace, both governments are proceeding to enhance co-operation in agriculture, telecommunications, information technology, steel, oil, natural gas, [[hydrocarbon]]s and food processing.<ref name="HJ" /><ref name="G" /> The bilateral border trade agreement of 1994 provides for border trade to be carried out from three designated border points, one each in Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland.<ref name="HJ" />

On 13 February 2001 India and Myanmar inaugurated a major 160 kilometre highway, called the Indo-Myanmar Friendship Road, built mainly by the [[Indian Army]]'s [[Border Roads Organisation]] and aimed to provide a major strategic and commercial transport route connecting [[North-East India]], and South Asia as a whole, to Southeast Asia.<ref name="VJ" />

India and Myanmar have agreed to a four-lane, 3200&nbsp;km triangular highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand. The route, which is expected to be completed by sometime during 2018, will run from India's northeastern states into Myanmar, where over 1,600&nbsp;km of roads will be built or improved. The first phase connecting [[Guwahati]] to Mandalay is set to complete by 2016. This will eventually be extended to [[Cambodia]] and [[Vietnam]]. This is aimed at creating a new economic zone ranging from [[Kolkata]] on the Bay of Bengal to [[Ho Chi Minh City]] on the South China Sea.<ref name="TH">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9297354/India-to-open-super-highway-to-Burma-and-Thailand.html |title=Triangular Highway connecting India, Burma, Thailand |work=The Telegraph |date=29 May 2012 |access-date=5 April 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724063528/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9297354/India-to-open-super-highway-to-Burma-and-Thailand.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Operation Leech ===
Operation ''Leech'' is the name given to an armed operation on the Indo-Burmese border in 1998. India has sought to install friendly governments in the Southeast Asia region. To these ends, India's external [[intelligence agency]], [[Research and Analysis Wing|R&AW]], cultivated Burmese rebel groups and pro-democracy coalitions, especially the [[Kachin Independence Army]] (KIA).<ref>Larry Jagan, [[BBC]] Online, 4 July 2000</ref> India allowed the KIA to carry a limited trade in [[jade]] and precious stones using Indian territory and even supplied them with weapons.

However, with increasing bonhomie between the Indian government and the Burmese junta, the KIA became the main source of training and weapons for all northeastern rebel groups in India. Thus, R&AW initiated Operation ''Leech'', with the help of [[Indian Army]] and paramilitary forces, to assassinate the leaders of the Burmese rebels as an example to other groups.<ref>Subir Bhaumik (June 2005). [http://www.india-seminar.com/2005/550/550%20subir%20bhaumik.htm Guns, drugs and rebel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923193152/http://www.india-seminar.com/2005/550/550%20subir%20bhaumik.htm |date=23 September 2009 }} ''India-seminar.com''. Retrieved 26 October 2007.</ref>

==Bangladesh==
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Historical relations between Myanmar and Bangladesh include centuries of trade, cultural interactions and migration between the kingdoms and empires of [[Bengal]] and the kingdoms of Burma, particularly [[Rakhine State|Arakan]]. Most prominently this is visible in the Indic Buddhist culture of Burma that was transmitted often through Bengal resulting in the imprint of Indian (inclusive of Bengali) culture and civilization currently found in Myanmar. The two nations also share a heritage of colonial commerce during the [[British Empire]]. The Bengali community in Myanmar is present in [[Yangon]] and the Rakhine. In Bangladesh, a large population of Burmese ancestry resides in [[Chittagong]] and southeastern hill districts, including [[Rakhine people|Rakhines]] and [[Marma people|Bohmong]], as well as Burmese-Bengalis. After the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971, Burma became one of the first countries to recognise the independence of Bangladesh.

However, the relationship between two countries deteriorated under [[Ziaur Rahman]] of Bangladesh. In April 1978, a large number of Rohingya refugees suddenly started arriving in Bangladesh. About two lakh refugees arrived and took shelter during the month of June. In May 1979, [[President of Myanmar|Burmese president]] [[Ne Win]] visited Bangladesh. During his visit, the demarcation agreement between the two countries was signed on May 23. Towards the end of Rahman's presidency, Win and Rahman visited back and forth.<ref>{{cite book|first=Muhammad|last=Mahbubur Rahman|title=BCS Bangladesh Affairs|publisher=Lion Muhammad Gias Uddin|publication-date= July 2011|volume=I & II|page= 94 (Vol. II)|language=bn}}</ref>

The presence of 270,000 [[Islam in Myanmar|Burmese Muslim]] refugees ([[Rohingya people]]) in southern Bangladesh have often caused irritants in bilateral relations, which are generally cordial. A 40-year maritime boundary dispute in the [[Bay of Bengal]] was resolved by the two countries at a UN tribunal in March 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/04/26/bangladesh-and-myanmar-resolve-longstanding-maritime-dispute/ |title=Bangladesh and Myanmar resolve longstanding maritime dispute |publisher=East Asia Forum |access-date=6 October 2012 |archive-date=7 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207113008/http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/04/26/bangladesh-and-myanmar-resolve-longstanding-maritime-dispute/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bangladesh has sought transit rights through Myanmar, to establish connectivity with China and [[ASEAN]] through projects such as the proposed [[Chittagong]]-[[Mandalay]]-[[Kunming]] highway.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ties with Myanmar can grow to new heights |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=239779 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=26 June 2012}}</ref> The governments of both countries are also in discussions on the possible export of Burmese gas to Bangladesh, as well as setting up a joint hydroelectric power plant in [[Rakhine State]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvb.no/news/bangladeshi-pm-in-push-for-gas-imports/18944 |title=Bangladeshi PM in push for Burma gas &#124; Democratic Voice of Burma |publisher=Dvb.no |access-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101040551/http://www.dvb.no/news/bangladeshi-pm-in-push-for-gas-imports/18944 |archive-date=1 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The political class and civil society of Bangladesh often voiced support for Myanmar's pro-democracy struggle. In 2006 a petition by 500 Bangladeshi politicians and intellectuals, including [[Sheikh Hasina]] and [[Kamal Hossain]], expressed support for [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] and called for the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.secularvoiceofbangladesh.org/Aung_San_suu.htm |title=Aun San Suu Kyi |publisher=Secularvoiceofbangladesh.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529154000/http://www.secularvoiceofbangladesh.org/Aung_San_suu.htm |archive-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> After winning elections in 2008, Sheikh Hasina reiterated her position on Burma's pro-democracy struggle, calling for an end to the detention of Suu Kyi and Burmese political prisoners.<ref>[http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=121792&cid=30]{{dead link|date=February 2013}}</ref> The [[Democratic Voice of Burma]] radio station operates bureaus in Dhaka and Chittagong.

Despite border (both territorial and nautical) tensions and the forced migration of 270,000 [[Rohingya people|Rohingya]] Muslims from [[Buddhist]] Burma in 1978, relations with [[Bangladesh]] have generally been cordial, albeit somewhat tense at times.

Many Rohingya refugees, not recognised as a sanctioned ethnic group and allegedly suffering abuse from the Burmese authorities,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7872635.stm What drives the Rohingya to sea?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209111106/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7872635.stm |date=9 February 2009 }}. BBC News Onlnine. 5 February 2009</ref> remain in Bangladesh, and have been threatened with forced [[repatriation]] to Myanmar.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8109135.stm Concern over Bangladesh refugees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125130748/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8109135.stm |date=25 January 2021 }}. BBC News Online. 19 June 2009</ref> There are about 28,000 documented refugees remaining in camps in southern Bangladesh.<ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,IRIN,,BGD,,491946b8c,0.html Bangladesh: Rohingya refugee camps improved] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429004742/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,IRIN,,BGD,,491946b8c,0.html |date=29 April 2011 }}. United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN). 7 November 2008</ref>

At the 2008 ASEAN Regional forum summit in Singapore, Bangladesh and Myanmar have pledged to solve their [[maritime boundary]] disputes as quickly as possible especially that a UN deadline in claiming maritime territories will expire in three years time.<ref>[http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0807248083191800.htm Bangladesh, Burma pledge to resolve disputes over maritime borders] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619212401/http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0807248083191800.htm |date=19 June 2013 }}. IRNA.</ref> However, in late 2008, Myanmar sent in ships into disputed waters in the Bay of Bengal for the exploration of oil and natural gas.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7706261.stm Bangladesh and Burma in oil row] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106153429/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7706261.stm |date=6 November 2008 }}. BBC News Online. 3 November 2008</ref> Bangladesh responded by sending in three warships to the area and diplomatically pursued efforts to pressure the Burmese junta to withdraw their own ships.<ref>[http://www.narinjara.com/details.asp?id=1957 Bangladesh Sends Three Navy Ships to Border Dispute] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401205601/http://www.narinjara.com/details.asp?id=1957 |date=1 April 2012 }}. Narinjara News. 4 November 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1104/p99s01-duts.html Bangladesh–Burma (Myanmar) maritime boundary dispute escalates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324043952/http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1104/p99s01-duts.html |date=24 March 2009 }}. ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]''. 4 November 2008</ref> During the crisis Myanmar deployed thousands of troops on its border with Bangladesh. However, following the Bangladeshi deployment, within a week the ships withdrew and the crisis ended.<ref>[http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/2185-burma-and-bangladesh-agree-to-boost-ties.html Burma and Bangladesh agree to boost ties] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530170508/http://mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/2185-burma-and-bangladesh-agree-to-boost-ties.html |date=30 May 2013 }}. [[Mizzima News]]. 25 May 2008</ref>

Myanmar has an embassy in [[Dhaka]], whilst Bangladesh has an embassy in [[Yangon]] and a consular office in [[Sittwe]]. Bangladesh is also one of the first countries to begin constructing a diplomatic mission in [[Nay Pyi Taw]].

== Sri Lanka ==
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===History===
[[File:100 King of Burma Inviting the Ramañña Monks to get Ordination in Sri Lanka (20449159561).jpg|thumb|King of Burma inviting Sri Lankan [[Rāmañña Nikāya|Ramañña]] Monks to ordained]]
The early exchange of Theravada Buddhism between Sri Lanka and Myanmar built the two's first bilateral links and continues to be emphasized today.<ref name="rsal">{{cite journal |last=Goonatilake |first=Hema |title=Sri Lanka-Myanmar Historical Relations in Religion, Culture and Polity |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23731097 |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka |date=2009 |volume=55 |pages=77–114 |jstor=23731097 |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116211634/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23731097 |url-status=live }}</ref> The generally held belief within Myanmar is that a ''[[Bhikkhu]]'' (monk) named [[Shin Arahan]] from Thaton introduced Theravada Buddhism to the Bagan Kingdom. [[Anawrahta]] invited monks from Sri Lanka, among others, after banishing [[Ari Buddhism|Ari]] priests in an attempt to revitalize a more orthodox form of Buddhism.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Maung Htin Aung|date=February 1958|title=Folk-Elements in Burmese Buddhism|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/195802/burma-folk-religion|url-status=live|magazine=[[The Atlantic Monthly]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906170440/http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/195802/burma-folk-religion|archive-date=6 September 2008|access-date=11 September 2008}}</ref> [[Vijayabahu I of Polonnaruwa]] sent a copy of the ''Tripitaka'' to Anawrahta.<ref name="diplomat">{{cite news |title=Strengthening Myanmar-Sri Lanka Bilateral Relations: A Primer |last=Fernando |first=Nathasha |language=en |date=20 February 2020 |url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/strengthening-myanmar-sri-lanka-bilateral-relations-a-primer/ |work=The Diplomat |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116211659/https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/strengthening-myanmar-sri-lanka-bilateral-relations-a-primer/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1150s, the Burmese king [[Sithu I]] visited the court of [[Parakramabahu I]] in Sri Lanka appointing an ambassador. According to the Sri Lankan chronicle ''[[Cūḷavaṃsa]]'', that Sithu caught sight of a letter addressed to the [[Monarchy of Cambodia|King of Cambodia]]. He attempted to stop Sri Lanka's elephant trade with Cambodia and later captured a lesser Sinhalese princess on her way to be married to a prince of Cambodia, sparking a [[Polonnaruwa–Pagan War|war between the two kingdoms]] in 1180.<ref name="rsal"/>

The influence of Burmese architecture on Sri Lanka's religious building in Polonnaruwa is also evident. The Satmahalprasada, a setup with an unusual pyramid like form in several levels or storeys in Polonnnaruwa is the best example.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

King [[Dhammazedi]] of the [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom]] sent all the monks in [[Lower Burma]] to be re-ordained on the in Sri Lanka making Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism the dominant form of Buddhism in Myanmar.<ref>{{cite book | last=Aung-Thwin | first=Michael A. | title=The Mists of Rāmañña: The Legend that was Lower Burma | edition=illustrated | publisher=University of Hawai'i Press | year=2005 | location=Honolulu | isbn=9780824828868 |pages=114–115}}</ref> In the late 18th century, King [[Bodawpaya]] of the [[Konbaung Dynasty]] re-introduced the ''[[upasampadā]]'' ordination system to Sri Lanka, establishing the [[Amarapura Nikaya]].<ref name="Bischoff">{{cite book|url=http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bud-myanmar.pdf|title=Buddhism in Myanmar – A Short History|last=Bischoff|first=Roger|year=1995|publisher=Buddhist Publication Society|location=Kandy, Sri Lanka|pages=110–118|access-date=16 January 2023|archive-date=20 July 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040720163243/http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bud-myanmar.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The establishment of the Amarapura Nikaya was also significant as a monastic lineage was established through [[collective action]] rather than the patronage of a king.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Webb |first=Russel |year=2005 |url=https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/BSR/article/view/8780/6250 |title=Heinz Bechert 26 June 1932-14 |journal=Buddhist Studies Review |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=211–216 |doi=10.1558/bsrv.v22i2.14041 |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410105628/https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/BSR/article/view/8780/6250 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Modern Relations====
In 1949, soon after the independence of both countries, resident embassies were quickly established. The two countries continued their history of religious exchange during the [[Sixth Buddhist Council]], hosted by Burma. The Sri Lankan delegation played a leading role in the deliberations of the council of 2500 monks.<ref name="govlk">{{cite web |title=Myanmar- Sri Lanka Relations |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sri Lanka |url=https://www.mfa.gov.lk/images/stories/Store/Image/Missions/sl%20-%20myanmar%20relation.pdf |language=en |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116211641/https://www.mfa.gov.lk/images/stories/Store/Image/Missions/sl%20-%20myanmar%20relation.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-17|title=On This Day {{!}} 65 Years Since Thousands of Monks Began Sixth Buddhist Council in Yangon|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/on-this-day/65-years-since-thousands-monks-began-sixth-buddhist-council-yangon.html|access-date=2021-05-08|website=The Irrawaddy|language=en-US|archive-date=26 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126231057/https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/on-this-day/65-years-since-thousands-monks-began-sixth-buddhist-council-yangon.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During Myanmar's economic liberalisation of the 2010s, Myanmar and Sri Lanka furthered trade ties, signing joint trade agreements and cooperating on many development issues through [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation|BIMSTEC]].<ref name="diplomat"/> Sri Lankan President [[Maithripala Sirisena]] emphasized the two countries' similarities as Theravada Buddhist countries with an agricultural economy stating that Sri Lanka was a true friend of Myanmar ready to provide assistance in international forums.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leaders of Sri Lanka & Myanmar agreed to strengthen economic and trade relations through Sri Lanka-Myanmar Joint Trade Agreement |website=Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Poland |url=http://srilankaembassy.com.pl/leaders-of-sri-lanka-myanmar-agreed-to-strengthen-economic-and-trade-relations-through-sri-lanka-myanmar-joint-trade-agreement/ |access-date=16 January 2023 |language=en |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116211639/http://srilankaembassy.com.pl/leaders-of-sri-lanka-myanmar-agreed-to-strengthen-economic-and-trade-relations-through-sri-lanka-myanmar-joint-trade-agreement/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Today, the two maintain good relations with Sri Lanka presenting diplomatic credentials to Myanmar's [[State Administration Council]] (SAC_ despite international condemnation against the SAC for its [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|war]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Lanka strengthens diplomatic ties with Myanmar's junta despite international condemnation |date=10 June 2022 |work=Tamil Guardian |url=https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/sri-lanka-strengthens-diplomatic-ties-myanmars-junta-despite-international-condemnation |language=en |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116211650/https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/sri-lanka-strengthens-diplomatic-ties-myanmars-junta-despite-international-condemnation |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Bilateral visits====
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2012}}

=====Sri Lankan officials visiting Myanmar=====
* Official visit of Hon. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister in January (1976)
* Visit of Hon. A.C.S. Hameed, Foreign Minister (1987)
* Visit of Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar, Foreign Minister (1999)
* Visit of Hon. W.J.M. Loku Bandara, Minister of Buddha Sasana (2003)
* Visit of Hon. Loku Bandara, Speaker of the Parliament (2005)
* Visit of Hon Mahinda Rajapakse, Prime Minister (2004)
* Visit of Hon. Loku Bandara, Speaker (2005)
* Visit of Hon. Prime Minister (2006)
* Visit of the Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs for First Joint Commission (2007)

=====Burmese officials visiting Sri Lanka=====
* State Visit of H.E. Gen U Ne Win, President of Myanmar (1966)
* Visit of H.E. U Win Aung, Foreign Minister of Myanmar in (1999)
* Visit of H.E. Professor Kyaw Myint, Minister of Health (2005)
* Visit of Acting Prime Minister, Lt. Gen. Thein Sein (2007)
* Visit of the Foreign Minister of Myanmar (to participate at ECOSOC) (2009)

==Other Asian countries==

===East Timor===
{{Excerpt|East Timor–Myanmar relations}}

===North Korea===
{{main|Myanmar–North Korea relations}}

{{citation needed span|Myanmar and [[North Korea]] generally enjoy good relations. Myanmar has an embassy in [[Pyongyang]]|date=September 2018}} and North Korea has an embassy in Yangon.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wertz|first1=Daniel|last2=Oh|first2=JJ|last3=Kim|first3=Insung|date=August 2016|title=Issue Brief: DPRK Diplomatic Relations|publisher=The National Committee on North Korea|url=http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf|access-date=19 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228074114/http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2016|page=2}}</ref>

====History====
Since they both achieved independence in 1948, Burma and North Korea have enjoyed a chequered relationship.{{sfn|Selth|2004|p=1}} Burma expressed diplomatic support for the UN forces during the [[Korean War]],{{sfn|Selth|2004|p=2}} but after the signing of the 1953 armistice it established good working relations with the two Koreas. Consular links with both states were established in 1961 and full diplomatic relations followed in 1975.{{sfn|Selth|2004|p=4}} During the 1960s and 1970s, General [[Ne Win]]'s government made efforts to balance the competing demands of North Korea and [[South Korea]] for recognition, diplomatic support and trade. However, during the late 1970s the relationship with Pyongyang became slightly stronger than that with [[Seoul]], as Ne Win and the [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]] forged fraternal ties with [[Kim Il Sung]] and the [[Workers' Party of Korea]].{{sfn|Selth|2004|p=5}}{{efn|{{citation needed span|The Burma Socialist Programme Party’s policies favouring economic autarky were seen as being similar to Kim Il-sung’s [[juche]] (self-reliance) philosophy|date=September 2018}}}}

====The assassination attempt in 1983====
The bilateral relationship with North Korea dramatically collapsed in 1983, after Pyongyang allegedly sent three agents to Yangon to assassinate South Korean President [[Chun Doo Hwan]], who was making a state visit to Burma. Due to a last minute, unannounced change to his schedule, Chun survived [[Rangoon bombing|the massive bomb attack]] at the [[Martyrs' Mausoleum]], but 17 South Korean and four Burmese officials, including four Korean Cabinet ministers, were killed. Forty-six others were injured.<ref>The Bomb Attack at the Martyr’s Mausoleum in Rangoon: Report on the Findings by the Enquiry Committee and the Measures taken by the Burmese Government</ref>

There was probably at least one bilateral agreement as early as 2000, but the relationship seemed to reach a major turning point around 2003. In July that year, it was reported that between 15 and 20 North Korean technicians were working at the Monkey Point naval base in Yangon.<ref>'North Koreans return to Burma', Far Eastern Economic Review, 10 July 2003, p. 8.</ref> A UN report released on 1 February 2018 cited North Korean ballistic missile transfers to the Myanmar army.<ref>AFP news Agency. (3 February 2018). "North Korea arming Syria, Myanmar: UN report." [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/north-korea-arming-syria-myanmar-report-180203064444145.html Al Jazeera website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203213942/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/north-korea-arming-syria-myanmar-report-180203064444145.html |date=3 February 2018 }} Retrieved 3 February 2018.</ref>

===Maldives===
In September 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives announced that it was ceasing all trade ties with Myanmar in response to the government's treatment of the [[Rohingya people]] in [[Rakhine State]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/09/05/maldives-ceases-trade-with-myanmar-concerning-current-bengali-issues-in-rakhine.html |newspaper=[[The Jakarta Post]] |title=Maldives ceases trade with Myanmar concerning current Bengali issues in Rakhine |date=5 September 2017 |quote=The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives released a statement on 3 Sept. saying that all trade ties between Myanmar and Maldives has been cut out as long as Myanmar government takes actions for the deeds committed towards Bengalis. |access-date=8 September 2017 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908045049/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/09/05/maldives-ceases-trade-with-myanmar-concerning-current-bengali-issues-in-rakhine.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Taiwan===
{{main|Myanmar–Taiwan relations}}
Although Myanmar [[Political status of Taiwan|officially recognises the PRC]] and not the [[Republic of China (Taiwan)]], there is much interaction between the two countries. Many Taiwanese nationals own businesses in Myanmar. There are direct air flights to [[Taipei]].<ref>[http://www.mizzima.com/news/regional/2300-taiwan-burma-sign-trade-pact.html Taiwan, Burma sign trade pact] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530170040/http://mizzima.com/news/regional/2300-taiwan-burma-sign-trade-pact.html |date=30 May 2013 }}. Mizzima. 15 June 2009</ref> In the absence of diplomatic relations, Myanmar was represented by the [[Myanmar Trade Office, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar|Myanmar Trade Office]] in Taipei, and Taiwan remains represented by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Yangon.

===Pakistan===
{{Main|Myanmar–Pakistan relations}}
[[Pakistan]] and Myanmar have cordial relations with each other, with embassies in each other's capitals. [[Pakistan International Airlines]] has flown to Yangon in the past and still operates Hajj charter flights on behalf of the Burmese government.

Pakistan has a diplomatic mission in [[Yangon]], whilst Myanmar maintains a diplomatic office in Islamabad.

===South Korea===
{{Main|Myanmar–South Korea relations}}

The [[Republic of Korea]] and [[Burma]] generally enjoy good relations. Burma has an embassy in [[Seoul]] and South Korea has an embassy in [[Yangon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Asia-Pacific: Myanmar |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/asiapacific/countries/20070802/1_24414.jsp?menu=m_30_10 |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] |access-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904015758/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/asiapacific/countries/20070802/1_24414.jsp?menu=m_30_10 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Oceania==
===New Zealand===
{{Main|Foreign relations of New Zealand}}
In February 2021, New Zealand suspended high-level bilateral relations with Myanmar following the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]] and joined other Western governments in rejecting the new military-led government and has called for the restoration of civilian-led rule. In addition, aid projects were diverted away from the [[Tatmadaw]] and a travel ban was imposed on Myanmar's military leaders.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mahuta |first1=Nanaia |title=New Zealand takes measures against Myanmar following military coup |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-takes-measures-against-myanmar-following-military-coup |website=Beehive.govt.nz |publisher=[[New Zealand Government]] |access-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209102153/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-takes-measures-against-myanmar-following-military-coup |archive-date=9 February 2021 |date=9 February 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Audrey |title=Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta speaks at Myanmar democracy rally |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/foreign-minister-nanaia-mahuta-speaks-at-myanmar-democracy-rally/TX47NMGGMOZN63CWUCKCKK6SEA/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209102334/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/foreign-minister-nanaia-mahuta-speaks-at-myanmar-democracy-rally/TX47NMGGMOZN63CWUCKCKK6SEA/ |archive-date=9 February 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2024, the New Zealand Government permitted mid-level members of the military junta to participate in the [[ASEAN]]-New Zealand Dialogue meetings in [[Wellington]]. [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[Christopher Luxon]] justified the invitation, citing ASEAN's policy of allowing non-political Myanmar officials to participate in official ASEAN functions. This was a reversal of the previous [[Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand|Labour Government]]'s policy of blocking Myanmar officials from participating in two ASEAN study tours of New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sachdeva |first1=Sam |title=Myanmar military invite to NZ sparks outcry |url=https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/03/myanmar-military-invite-to-nz-sparks-outcry/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=[[Newsroom (website)|Newsroom]] |date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412064625/https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/03/myanmar-military-invite-to-nz-sparks-outcry/ |archive-date=12 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Timeline of diplomatic representation ==

By the end of the Union Solidarity and Development Party tenure in January 2016, Myanmar had 36 ambassadors, 3 consuls general and a permanent representative at the UN in New York. The country had established official relations with 114 independent states.<ref>Egreteau, Renaud, 2020. "Foreign Policy and International Engagement: Strategic Realities, Domestic Priorities”, in Simpson, Adam and Nicholas Farrelly, eds., Myanmar: Politics, Economic and Society, Abingdon: Routledge, p. 93, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429024443-8.</ref>

==United Nations==
In 1961, [[U Thant]], then Burma's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former Secretary to the Prime Minister, was elected [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]; he was the first non-Westerner to head any international organisation and would serve as UN Secretary-General for ten years.<ref name="az">{{cite web|url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=7610|author=Aung Zaw|title=Can Another Asian Fill U Thant's Shoes?|publisher=[[The Irrawaddy]] September 2006|access-date=12 September 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314141301/http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=7610|archive-date=14 March 2012}}</ref> Among the Burmese to work at the UN when he was Secretary-General was the young [[Aung San Suu Kyi]].

Until 2005, the [[United Nations General Assembly]] annually adopted a detailed resolution about the situation in Myanmar by consensus.<ref name = "UN-5483030">
{{UN document |docid=A-54-PV.83 |body=General Assembly |type=Verbotim Report |session=54 |meeting=83 |page=30 |anchor=pg030-bk03 |date=17 December 1999 |meetingtime=10:00 |speakername=The President |accessdate=25 September 2007 }}
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{{UN document |docid=A-55-PV.81 |body=General Assembly |type=Verbotim Report |session=55 |meeting=81 |page=22 |anchor=pg022-bk01 |date=4 December 2000 |meetingtime=15:00 |speakername=The President |accessdate=25 September 2007 }}
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{{UN document |docid=A-56-PV.92 |body=General Assembly |type=Verbotim Report |session=56 |meeting=92 |page=7 |anchor=pg007-bk04 |date=24 December 2001 |meetingtime=11:00 |accessdate=25 September 2007 }}
</ref><ref>
{{UN document |docid=A-60-PV.69 |body=General Assembly |type=Verbotim Report |session=60 |meeting=69 |page=19 |anchor=pg019-bk05 |date=23 December 2005 |meetingtime=10:00 |speakername=The President |accessdate=25 September 2007 }}</ref> But in 2006 a divided [[United Nations General Assembly]] voted through a resolution that strongly called upon the government of Myanmar to end its systematic violations of human rights.<ref>{{UN document |docid=A-61-PV.84 |body=General Assembly |type=Verbotim Report |session=61 |meeting=84 |page=14 |anchor=pg014-bk07 |date=22 December 2006 |meetingtime=10:00 |accessdate=25 September 2007 }}</ref>

In January 2007, Russia and China vetoed a draft resolution before the [[United Nations Security Council]]<ref name="UN_S200714">{{UN document |docid=S-2007-14 |type=Document |body=Security Council |year=2007 |document_number=14 |accessdate=25 September 2007| date=12 January 2007}}</ref> calling on the government of Myanmar to respect human rights and begin a democratic transition. South Africa also voted against the resolution, arguing that since there were no peace and security concerns raised by its neighbours, the question did not belong in the Security Council when there were other more appropriate bodies to represent it, adding, "Ironically, should the Security Council adopt [this resolution] ... the [[Human Rights Council]] would not be able to address the situation in Myanmar while the Council remains seized with the matter."<ref>{{UN document |docid=S-PV-5619 |body=Security Council |type=Verbotim Report |meeting=5619 |page=3 |anchor=pg003-bk01 |date=12 January 2007 |meetingtime=16:00 |speakername=Mr. Kumalo | speakernation=South Africa |accessdate=25 September 2007 }}</ref> The issue had been forced onto the agenda against the votes of Russia and the China<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/burmese/highlights/story/2006/09/060918_unsc_agenda_burma.shtml |title=UN Security Council to include Burma in its agenda |work=BBC News |date=18 September 2006 |access-date=17 November 2006 |archive-date=23 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223081110/http://www.bbc.co.uk/burmese/highlights/story/2006/09/060918_unsc_agenda_burma.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> by the United States ([[United Nations Security Council veto power|veto power]] applies only to resolutions) claiming that the outflow from Myanmar of refugees, drugs, HIV-AIDS, and other diseases threatened international peace and security.<ref>{{UN document |docid=S-PV-5526 |body=Security Council |type=Verbotim Report |meeting=5526 |page=3 |anchor=pg003-bk02 |date=15 September 2006 |meetingtime=13:35 |speakername=Mr. Bolton | speakernation=United States |accessdate=25 September 2007 }}</ref>

The following September after the uprisings began and the human rights situation deteriorated, the Secretary-General dispatched his special envoy for the region, [[Ibrahim Gambari]], to meet with the government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23992|title=Ban Ki-moon dispatches Myanmar envoy to region as situation worsens|date=26 September 2007|publisher=United Nations|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201608/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23992|url-status=live}}</ref> After seeing most parties involved, he returned to New York and briefed the Security Council about his visit.<ref>{{UN document |docid=S-PV-5753 |body=Security Council |type=Verbotim Report |meeting=5753 |page=3 |anchor=pg003-bk02 |date=5 October 2007 |meetingtime=10:00 |speakername=Mr. Gambari | speakernation=Special Envoy of the Secretary-General |accessdate=9 October 2007 }}</ref> During this meeting, the ambassador said that the country "indeed [has experienced] a daunting challenge. However, we have been able to restore stability. The situation has now returned to normalcy. Currently, people all over the country are holding peaceful rallies within the bounds of the law to welcome the successful conclusion of the national convention, which has laid down the fundamental principles for a [[New Burmese Constitution|new constitution]], and to demonstrate their aversion to recent provocative demonstrations.<ref>{{UN document |docid=S-PV-5753 |body=Security Council |type=Verbotim Report |meeting=5753 |page=17 |anchor=pg017-bk02-pa04 |date=5 October 2007 |meetingtime=10:00 |speakername=Mr. Swe | speakernation=Myanmar |accessdate=9 October 2007 }}</ref>

On 11 October the Security Council met and issued a statement and reaffirmed its "strong and unwavering support for the Secretary-General's good offices mission", especially the work by Ibrahim Gambari<ref name="UN_SPV5757">{{UN document |docid=S-PV-5757 |type=Verbatim Report |body=Security Council |meeting=5757 |accessdate=15 October 2007|date=11 October 2007}}</ref> (During a briefing to the Security Council in November, Gambari admitted that no timeframe had been set by the Government for any of the moves that he had been negotiating for.)<ref>{{UN document |docid=S-PV-5777 |body=Security Council |type=Verbotim Report |meeting=5777 |page=2 |anchor=pg002-bk08-pa10 |date=13 November 2007 |speakername=Mr. Gambari |accessdate=15 November 2007 }}</ref>

Throughout this period the [[United Nations World Food Programme in Myanmar|World Food Program]] has continued to organise shipments from the [[Mandalay Division]] to the famine-struck areas to the north.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24086|title=Myanmar: UN to resume delivering food in Mandalay District|date=30 September 2007|publisher=United Nations|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030029/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24086|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2008, the [[United Nations General Assembly]] voted for a resolution condemning Myanmar's human rights record; it was supported by 80 countries, with 25 voting against and 45 abstaining.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/12/26/2003432089/print UN General Assembly condemns Myanmar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629225027/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/12/26/2003432089/print |date=29 June 2009 }}. ''Taipei Times''. 26 December 2008</ref>

==See also==
{{Commons category}}
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Myanmar]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Myanmar]]
* [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 45]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mofa.gov.mm/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421024331/http://www.mofa.gov.mm/ |date=21 April 2021 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110427223923/http://www.iss.europa.eu/nc/actualites/actualite/browse/1/article/reorienting-strategies-towards-burmamyanmar/ Reorienting strategies towards Burma/Myanmar], Opinion by Bernt Berger, May 2008, [[European Union Institute for Security Studies]]
* [https://history.state.gov/countries/burma History of Burma – U.S. relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621090822/https://history.state.gov/countries/burma |date=21 June 2017 }}
* [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Thai-Myanmar+relations+returning+to+normal,+Thaksin+says.-a076143572 Thai-Myanmar relations returning to normal, Thaksin says] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430042030/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Thai-Myanmar+relations+returning+to+normal,+Thaksin+says.-a076143572 |date=30 April 2011 }}
* {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.mid.ru/ns-rasia.nsf/strana?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=25#25 Documents on the Myanmar–Russia relationship at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615063409/http://www.mid.ru/ns-rasia.nsf/strana?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=25#25 |date=15 June 2011 }}
* {{cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10404.htm|title=Burma|date=17 November 2002|access-date=16 January 2018|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117213108/https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10404.htm|url-status=live}}

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