# Foreign relations of Chile

Since its return to democracy in 1990, Chile has been an active participant in the regional and international arena. Chile assumed a two-year non-permanent position on the UN Security Council in January 2003 and was re-elected to the council in October 2013. It is also an active member of the UN family of agencies, serving as a member of the Commission on Human Rights and participating in UN peacekeeping activities. Chile hosted the second Summit of the Americas in 1998, was the chair of the Rio Group in 2001, hosted the Defense Ministerial of the Americas in 2002, and the APEC summit and related meetings in 2004. In 2005 it hosted the Community of Democracies ministerial conference. It is an associate member of Mercosur and a full member of APEC. The OECD agreed to invite Chile to be among four countries to open discussions in becoming an official member.

## Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Chile maintains diplomatic relations with:
Date :
| 1 | Argentina | 4 August 1818 |
| 2 | United States | 6 July 1822 |
| 3 | Colombia | 28 August 1822 |
| 4 | Peru | 8 August 1822 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 14 September 1823 |
| 6 | Mexico | 1830 |
| 7 | France | 7 June 1832 |
| 8 | Ecuador | 26 April 1835 |
| 9 | Brazil | 22 April 1836 |
| 10 | Spain | November 1838 |
| 11 | Guatemala | 8 August 1840 |
| 12 | Paraguay | 22 July 1843 |
| 13 | Uruguay | 1 November 1843 |
| 14 | Venezuela | 14 April 1853 |
| 15 | Nicaragua | March 1857 |
| 16 | Belgium | 2 September 1859 |
| 17 | El Salvador | 10 April 1860 |
| 18 | Italy | 25 February 1864 |
| 19 | Bolivia | 22 March 1866 |
| 20 | Honduras | 29 March 1866 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 9 January 1872 |
| — | Holy See | 15 December 1877 |
| 22 | Sweden | 14 June 1895 |
| 23 | Japan | 25 September 1897 |
| 24 | Costa Rica | April 1902 |
| 25 | Cuba | 19 October 1903 |
| 26 | Panama | 1 March 1904 |
| 27 | Portugal | 26 November 1912 |
| 28 | Switzerland | 31 May 1918 |
| 29 | Norway | 9 June 1919 |
| 30 | Greece | 20 October 1920 |
| 31 | Poland | 7 December 1920 |
| 32 | Czech Republic | 19 July 1924 |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 6 January 1925 |
| 34 | Romania | 5 February 1925 |
| 35 | Denmark | 23 April 1925 |
| 36 | Austria | 18 September 1925 |
| 37 | Turkey | 30 January 1926 |
| 38 | Egypt | 5 July 1929 |
| 39 | Hungary | 14 November 1930 |
| 40 | Finland | 20 February 1931 |
| 41 | Haiti | 26 July 1934 |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 10 January 1935 |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 22 January 1938 |
| 44 | Canada | 28 August 1941 |
| 45 | Iran | 6 June 1944 |
| 46 | Lebanon | 28 June 1945 |
| 47 | Liberia | 19 July 1945 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 6 September 1945 |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 16 October 1945 |
| 50 | Syria | 22 October 1945 |
| 51 | Australia | 27 December 1945 |
| 52 | New Zealand | 27 December 1945 |
| 53 | Iraq | 31 December 1945 |
| 54 | South Africa | May 1948 |
| 55 | Pakistan | 5 February 1949 |
| 56 | India | March 1949 |
| 57 | Israel | 16 May 1950 |
| 58 | Serbia | 2 November 1950 |
| 59 | Germany | 14 February 1952 |
| 60 | Jordan | 28 September 1954 |
| — | Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 27 February 1956 |
| 61 | Kuwait | 13 September 1961 |
| 62 | Nigeria | 5 October 1961 |
| 63 | Ghana | 6 October 1961 |
| 64 | Morocco | 6 October 1961 |
| 65 | Tunisia | 6 October 1961 |
| 66 | South Korea | 18 April 1962 |
| 67 | Cyprus | 26 June 1962 |
| 68 | Philippines | 17 July 1962 |
| 69 | Afghanistan | 11 September 1962 |
| 70 | Thailand | 9 October 1962 |
| 71 | Nepal | 1962 |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 1962 |
| 73 | Algeria | 4 June 1963 |
| 74 | Senegal | 4 June 1963 |
| 75 | Guinea | 26 August 1963 |
| 76 | Mali | 5 September 1963 |
| 77 | Iceland | 6 November 1963 |
| 78 | Jamaica | 18 December 1963 |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 February 1964 |
| 80 | Uganda | 10 March 1964 |
| 81 | Sudan | 13 March 1964 |
| 82 | Cameroon | 11 August 1964 |
| 83 | Zambia | 29 July 1965 |
| 84 | Indonesia | 29 September 1965 |
| 85 | Mauritania | 10 December 1965 |
| 86 | Barbados | 3 October 1967 |
| 87 | China | 15 December 1970 |
| 88 | Vietnam | 25 March 1971 |
| 89 | Libya | 20 May 1971 |
| 90 | Tanzania | 12 June 1971 |
| 91 | Guyana | 22 July 1971 |
| 92 | Albania | 10 September 1971 |
| 93 | Equatorial Guinea | 8 November 1971 |
| 94 | Madagascar | 23 December 1971 |
| 95 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 March 1972 |
| 96 | Republic of the Congo | 1 June 1972 |
| 97 | Fiji | 11 October 1972 |
| 98 | Guinea-Bissau | 23 August 1974 |
| 99 | Grenada | 20 May 1975 |
| 100 | Kenya | September 1975 |
| 101 | Oman | 23 February 1976 |
| 102 | Cambodia | 1 June 1976 |
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | 19 August 1976 |
| 104 | Suriname | 7 May 1977 |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates | 23 June 1978 |
| 106 | Samoa | 24 August 1978 |
| 107 | Eswatini | 25 September 1978 |
| 108 | Gabon | 29 September 1978 |
| 109 | Malaysia | 26 February 1979 |
| 110 | Ivory Coast | 8 March 1979 |
| 111 | Singapore | 26 July 1979 |
| 112 | Tonga | 1 October 1979 |
| 113 | Tuvalu | 30 July 1980 |
| 114 | Kiribati | 20 January 1981 |
| 115 | Nauru | 6 February 1981 |
| 116 | Myanmar | 22 April 1982 |
| 117 | Qatar | 9 June 1982 |
| 118 | Bahrain | 6 February 1983 |
| 119 | Bangladesh | June 1983 |
| 120 | Brunei | 1 January 1984 |
| 121 | Maldives | 1 March 1987 |
| 122 | Mauritius | 30 September 1988 |
| 123 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5 May 1989 |
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 September 1989 |
| 125 | Malta | 11 December 1989 |
| 126 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1989 |
| 127 | Marshall Islands | 25 January 1990 |
| 128 | Federated States of Micronesia | 31 March 1990 |
| 129 | Belize | 15 May 1990 |
| 130 | Mongolia | 22 June 1990 |
| 131 | Mozambique | 25 July 1990 |
| 132 | Angola | 8 August 1990 |
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10 August 1990 |
| 134 | Vanuatu | 10 September 1990 |
| 135 | Namibia | 16 October 1990 |
| 136 | Malawi | 30 November 1990 |
| 137 | Bahamas | 4 December 1990 |
| 138 | Saint Lucia | 21 March 1991 |
| 139 | Rwanda | 20 September 1991 |
| 140 | Latvia | 26 September 1991 |
| 141 | Estonia | 27 September 1991 |
| 142 | Dominica | 4 October 1991 |
| 143 | Seychelles | 30 October 1991 |
| 144 | Lithuania | 5 December 1991 |
| 145 | Laos | 6 December 1991 |
| 146 | Russia | 26 December 1991 |
| 147 | Belarus | January 1992 |
| 148 | Ukraine | 28 January 1992 |
| 149 | Slovenia | 15 April 1992 |
| 150 | Croatia | 15 April 1992 |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 26 May 1992 |
| 152 | Ireland | 1 June 1992 |
| 153 | Georgia | 8 June 1992 |
| 154 | North Korea | 25 September 1992 |
| 155 | Burkina Faso | 29 September 1992 |
| 156 | Slovakia | 1 January 1993 |
| 157 | Moldova | 12 May 1993 |
| 158 | Kazakhstan | 19 August 1993 |
| 159 | Armenia | 15 December 1993 |
| 160 | Turkmenistan | 27 July 1994 |
| 161 | Uzbekistan | 15 September 1994 |
| 162 | Azerbaijan | 3 November 1994 |
| 163 | Andorra | 15 July 1996 |
| 164 | Liechtenstein | 2 October 1996 |
| 165 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 October 1996 |
| 166 | Botswana | 13 October 1997 |
| 167 | Lesotho | 25 August 1998 |
| 168 | Kyrgyzstan | 9 August 1999 |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 20 October 1999 |
| 170 | Palau | 24 November 1999 |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 16 September 2002 |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 15 December 2004 |
| 173 | Montenegro | 24 July 2006 |
| 174 | Monaco | 23 January 2008 |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 15 September 2008 |
| 176 | San Marino | 11 July 2009 |
| 177 | Benin | 25 August 2010 |
| 178 | Djibouti | 22 January 2011 |
| — | State of Palestine | 25 February 2011 |
| 179 | Togo | 30 September 2015 |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 2 March 2016 |
| — | Cook Islands | 3 August 2016 |
| 181 | Chad | 26 September 2018 |
| — | Niue | 6 July 2021 |
| 182 | Solomon Islands | 19 September 2023 |

## Bilateral relations
### Africa

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| Kenya | September 1975 | See Chile–Kenya relations Chile has an embassy in Nairobi. Kenya is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil. |
| Libya | 20 May 1971 | See Chile–Libya relations Chile is accredited to Libya from its embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Libya has an embassy in Santiago. |
| South Africa | 1976 | Chile has an embassy in Pretoria. South Africa has an embassy in Santiago. |

### Americas

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| Argentina | 30 January 1827 | See Argentina–Chile relations Chile and Argentina were close allies during the wars of independence against Spain. Argentine General José de San Martín crossed the Andes with Chilean independence hero Bernardo O'Higgins and together they defeated the Spaniards. However, after independence, relations soured. This was primarily due to a border dispute: both nations claimed the totality of the Patagonia region. Attempts to clear up the dispute were unsuccessful until 1881, when Chile was at war with both Bolivia and Peru. In order to avoid fighting Argentina as well, Chilean President Aníbal Pinto authorized his envoy, Diego Barros Arana to hand over as much territory as was needed to avoid Argentina siding with Bolivia and Peru. Barros succeeded in his mission: Argentina was granted east Patagonia and Chile the Strait of Magellan. However, border disputes continued. In 1902, war was again avoided when British King Edward VII agreed to mediate between the two nations. He established the current border in the Patagonia region. The Beagle conflict began to brew in the 1960s, when Argentina began to claim that the Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands in the Beagle Channel were rightfully hers. In 1971 Chile and Argentina signed an agreement formally submitting the Beagle Channel issue to binding Beagle Channel Arbitration. On May 2, 1977, the court ruled that the islands and all adjacent formations belonged to Chile. See the Report and decision of the Court of Arbitration. On 25 January 1978, the Argentina military junta led by General Jorge Videla declared the award fundamentally null and intensified their claim over the islands. On 22. December 1978, Argentina started the Operation Soberanía over the disputed islands, but the invasion was halted due to: The newspaper Clarín explained some years later that such caution was based, in part, on military concerns. In order to achieve a victory, certain objectives had to be reached before the seventh day after the attack. Some military leaders considered this not enough time due to the difficulty involved in transportation through the passes over the Andean Mountains. and in cite 46: According to Clarín, two consequences were feared. First, those who were dubious feared a possible regionalization of the conflict. Second, as a consequence, the conflict could acquire great power proportions. In the first case decisionmakers speculated that Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Brazil might intervene. Then the great powers could take sides. In this case, the resolution of the conflict would depend not on the combatants, but on the countries that supplied the weapons. In December that year, moments before Videla signed a declaration of war against Chile, Pope John Paul II agreed to mediate between the two nations. The Pope's envoy, Antonio Samorè, successfully averted war and proposed a new definitive boundary in which the three disputed islands would remain Chilean. Chile immediately accepted this decision, but Argentina still disliked and avoided acceptance until after the lost Falklands War in 1982. Both agreed to Samoré's proposal and signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina, ending that dispute. In the 1990s, under presidents Frei and Menem both countries solved almost all of the remaining border disputes during bilateral talks. They also agreed to submit Laguna del Desierto to international arbitration in 1994. Almost the entire disputed area was awarded to Argentina. The last border dispute are 50 km (31 mi). in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field from Mount Fitz Roy to Mount Daudet that is still officially undefined. In August 2006, however, a tourist map was published in Argentina placing the disputed region within the borders of that country. Chile filed an official complaint, sparking renewed efforts to settle the dispute which the Argentine government supports and urged Chile to finish quick as possible the demarcation of the international border. Since democratization in the 1980s, both countries began a close economic and political integration as Chile became an associated member of Mercosur. Also both countries practice defense cooperation and friendship policy. Argentina has an embassy in Santiago and several consulates throughout the country. Chile has an embassy in Buenos Aires and several consulates throughout the country. |
| Barbados | 3 October 1967 | Barbados is accredited in Chile through its embassy in Caracas, (Venezuela). Chile is accredited to Barbados from its embassy in Port of Spain, (Trinidad and Tobago) and maintains an honorary consulate in Bridgetown. Barbados and Chile formally established diplomatic relations on 3 October 1967. Chile was the first Latin American country with which Barbados formally established formal diplomatic relations. Both countries raised the agenda of rekindling ties in 2005 as a precursor to the attempted Free Trade Area of the Americas trade bloc. At current both blocs have discussed the introduction of a free trade agreement and more specifically Chile and CARICOM have specifically noted the possibility of establishing a free trade agreement. Chilean President Ricardo Lagos visited Barbados on February 20–21, 2005 The Barbados Prime Minister later reciprocated by official visit to Chile in November 2005. As part of their meeting the Government of Barbados pledged support to Chilean-diplomat José Miguel Insulza for the post of Secretary General to the Organization of American States (OAS). In May 2009, Prime Minister David Thompson outlined his plan to further Barbadian relations in the Americas. As part of his outline he named Chile as one of three countries which he desired his government would further enhance relations with in South America. In August 2017 President Bachelet visited Barbados and met with her Barbadian counterpart to discuss mutual areas of cooperation. Barbados is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil. Chile is accredited to Barbados from its embassy in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Belize | 15 May 1990 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on October 11, 1990. Both countries are full members of the Organization of American States. Belize has an honorary consulate in Santiago. Chile is accredited to Belize from its embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador. |
| Bolivia | 20 April 1873 | See Bolivia–Chile relations Relations with Bolivia have been strained ever since the independence wars because of the Atacama border dispute (Bolivia claims a corridor to the Pacific Ocean). The Spaniards never bothered to definitively establish a border between Chile and Bolivia. Chile claimed its limit with Peru ran through the Loa River and that Bolivia was therefore landlocked, while Bolivia claimed it did have a coast and that the limit with Chile ran along the Salado River. The border remained vague throughout the 19th century. Finally, Bolivia and Chile agreed, in 1866, to allow Bolivia access to the Pacific and that the limit of the two countries would run along the 24th parallel. The area between the 25th and 23rd parallel would remain demilitarized and both nations would be allowed to mine there. It was also agreed that taxes on the exportation of saltpeter would not increase. However, in 1879, Bolivian dictator General Hilarión Daza increased the taxes on the exportation of saltpeter, violating the 1866 treaty. When Chilean-owned saltpeter companies protested, Daza expropriated their companies and sold them in a public auction. Daza then put an end to all commerce with Chile and exiled all Chilean residents in Bolivia (the Bolivian port of Antofagasta had more Chileans than Bolivians). In response, Chile declared war on Bolivia and occupied Bolivia's coast. Peru had, in 1873, signed a secret pact with Bolivia in which the two countries agreed to fight together against any nation that threatened either of them. When Peru refused to be neutral in the conflict between Chile and Bolivia, Chile declared war on Peru. Chile defeated both countries and annexed the coast claimed by Bolivia. This was ratified in a 1904 treaty. Diplomatic relations with Bolivia continued to be strained because of Bolivia's continuing aspiration to the sea. In 1964, Bolivian President Víctor Paz Estenssoro severed diplomatic relations with Chile. Generals Augusto Pinochet and Hugo Banzer resumed diplomatic relations and attempted to settle territorial disputes. The secret negotiations started in 1973 and in 1975 diplomatic relations between Chile and Bolivia were established. That year, both dictators met in the Bolivian border town of Charaña. Pinochet agreed to give Bolivia a small strip of land running between the Chilean city of Arica and the Peruvian border. However the Treaty of Lima between Peru and Chile specified that Chile must consult Peru before granting any land to a third party in the area of Tarapacá. Peruvian dictator General Francisco Morales Bermúdez did not agree with the Charaña proposal and instead drafted his own proposal, in which the three nations would share administration of the port of Arica and the sea immediately in front of it. Pinochet refused this agreement, and Banzer broke ties with Chile again in 1978. The failure of the Charaña accords was one of the reasons of Banzer's downfall that very year. Chile and Bolivia maintain consular relations, and appear to have become friendlier. Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos attended the inauguration of current Bolivian President Evo Morales. Morales has repeatedly announced his intention to establish diplomatic relations with Chile once more, but has still not given up Bolivia's claim to the sea. Bolivia has consulates-general in Santiago, Antofagasta, Arica, Calama and Iquique. Chile has consulates-general in La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. |
| Brazil | 22 April 1836 | See Brazil–Chile relations Michelle Bachelet and Dilma Rousseff, 15 December 2011 Chile and Brazil have acted numerous times as mediators in international conflicts, such as in the 1914 diplomatic impasse between the United States and Mexico, avoiding a possible state of war between those two countries. More recently, since the 2004 Haitian coup d'état, Chile and Brazil have actively participated in the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti, which is led by the Brazilian Army. They are also two of the three most important economies in South America along with Argentina. Brazil has an embassy in Santiago. Chile has an embassy in Brasília and consulates-general in Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. |
| Canada | 28 August 1941 | See Canada–Chile relations Since 1997 Canada and Chile's trade relations have been governed by the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, Chile's first full free trade agreement and Canada's first with a Latin American nation. Canada has an embassy in Santiago. Chile has an embassy in Ottawa and consulates-general in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. |
| Colombia | 28 August 1822 | See Chile-Colombia relations Both nations are members of the Pacific Alliance. Chile has an embassy in Bogotá. Colombia has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Cuba | 19 October 1903 | See Chile–Cuba relations Chile has an embassy in Havana. Cuba has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Dominican Republic | 1938 | See Chile–Dominican Republic relations Chile has an embassy in Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Ecuador | 1836 | See Chile–Ecuador relations After the War of the Pacific (1879–83) pursued a policy of promoting friendly relationships between countries with disputes with Chile's neighbors. In doing so Chile made attempts to establish friendly relationships between Ecuador and Colombia, both were countries that had serious territorial disputes with Peru in the Amazon. Military cooperation with Ecuador grew considerably after the War of the Pacific with Chile sending instructors to the military academy in Quito and selling superfluous arms and munitions to Ecuador. Despite Chile's over-all good relations with Ecuador both countries had a minor diplomatic crisis resulting from the capture of the Peruvian torpedo boat Alay in Ecuadorian territorial waters during the war. Chile together with the other ABC Powers and the USA were among the guarantors of the Rio Protocol that followed the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War in 1942. Chile has an embassy in Quito and a consulate-general in Guayaquil. Ecuador has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Guyana | 22 July 1971 | Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 22 July 1971. Both countries are full members of Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Union of South American Nations. Chile has an embassy in Georgetown. Guyana is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil. |
| Haiti | 7 June 1943 | See Chile–Haiti relations Chile has an embassy in Port-au-Prince. Haiti has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Mexico | 7 March 1831 | See Chile–Mexico relations The two nations have maintained relations since 1831. On May 20, 1914, Chile and the other ABC Powers met in Niagara Falls, Canada, to mediate diplomatically to avoid a state of war between the United States and Mexico over the Veracruz Incident and the Tampico Affair. In 1974, Mexico severed diplomatic relations over the overthrow of President Salvador Allende. For the next fifteen years, Mexico would accept thousands of Chilean refugees who were escaping the government of General Augusto Pinochet. Diplomatic relations between the two nations were re-established in 1990. Currently both countries have signed a free trade agreement that went into effect in 1999. Both nations are founding members of the Pacific Alliance and are the only two Latin-American nations to be members of the OECD. Chile has an embassy in Mexico City. Mexico has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Paraguay | 22 July 1843 | See Chile–Paraguay relations Chile has an embassy in Asunción. Paraguay has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Peru | 8 August 1828 | See Chile–Peru relations Chile has an embassy in Lima and a consulate-general in Tacna. Peru has an embassy in Santiago and consulates-general in Arica, Iquique and Valparaíso. |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 February 1964 | See Chile–Trinidad and Tobago relations Chile has an embassy in Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil. |
| United States | 6 July 1822 | See Chile–United States relations Bachelet with U.S. President Barack Obama, 30 June 2014 Chile-United States relations have been better in the period 1988 to the present than any other time in history. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, The United States government applauded the rebirth of democratic practices in Chile, despite having facilitated the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, the build-up to which included destabilizing the country's economy and politics. Chile has an embassy in Washington, D.C. and consulates-general in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. United States has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Uruguay | 9 July 1869 | See Chile–Uruguay relations Chile has an embassy in Montevideo. Uruguay has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Venezuela | 14 April 1853 | See Chile–Venezuela relations Chile has an embassy in Caracas and a consulate in Puerto Ordaz. Venezuela has an embassy in Santiago. |

### Asia

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| Armenia | 15 December 1993 | See Armenia–Chile relations Armenia is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina and maintains an honorary consulate in Santiago. Chile is accredited to Armenia from its embassy in Moscow, Russia and maintains an honorary consulate in Yerevan. Chile has recognized the Armenian genocide in 2007. |
| China | 15 December 1970 | See Chile–China relations Chile recognized the Republic of China until 1970, when diplomatic recognition was switched to the People's Republic of China under the left-leaning Allende. After the 1973 coup by the Pinochet-led junta, diplomatic relations were cut between Chile and all Communist nations, with the exception of China and Romania. The strongly anti-Communist military government in Chile maintained friendly ties with the Communist government in China for the remainder of the Cold War, with Pinochet crediting the Chinese for abiding by the principle of non-interference in other nations' internal affairs. China and Chile exchanged military missions and the Soviet Chilean copper exports to China and Chinese loans The friendly relations were cemented by a share distaste for the Soviet Union, the Chinese diplomatic principle of non-interference in other nations' internal affairs, and a willingness to overlook ideological differences in the pursuit of economic ties. Chile has an embassy in Beijing and consulates-general Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai. China has an embassy in Santiago and a consulate-general in Iquique. |
| India | March 1949 | See Chile-India relations Chile was the first country in South America to sign a trade agreement with India, in 1956. An ongoing dialogue has nurtured bilateral political understanding. The mechanism of Foreign Office level consultations was initiated in Santiago in August 2000, and was followed up with a second meeting in New Delhi in April, 2003. However, high-level political exchanges have been few and far between. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visited Chile in 1968, Transport and Communications Minister K.P. Unnikrishnan in 1990, and President Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1995. From the Chilean side, there has not been any HOS/HOG visit to India. As an indication of Chile's interest in an enhanced relationship, the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture visited India in December 2001. Chile has an embassy in New Delhi and a consulate-general in Mumbai. India has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Indonesia | 29 September 1965 | See Chile-Indonesia relations Bilateral relations between Chile and Indonesia were established in 1964. These relations were strengthened by the establishment of the Indonesian embassy in Santiago in March 1991. Chile has an embassy in Jakarta. Indonesia has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Iran | 16 January 1908 | Iran severed its diplomatic ties with Chile on August 18, 1980, protesting Pinochet regime's repressive internal policies and giving the Chilean Chargé d'affaires in Tehran 15 days to close the embassy and leave the country. Iran and Chile resumed relations on December 2, 1991, with Iran opening its embassy in Santiago, only to close it again in 1999 citing financial problems. The Iranian embassy in Santiago was finally reopened in 2007 at full ambassador level. Chile has an embassy in Tehran. Iran has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Israel | 16 May 1950 | See Chile–Israel relations Chile recognized Israel's independence in February 1949. Both countries established diplomatic relation on 16 May 1950, with Israel sending their first ambassador on that date and Chile sending their first ambassador on 16 June 1952. Chile has an embassy in Tel Aviv. Israel has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Japan | 25 September 1897 | See Chile–Japan relations Chile has an embassy in Tokyo. Japan has an embassy in Santiago. Chile and Japan established diplomatic relations on 25 September 1897. Chile severed diplomatic relations with Japan on 20 January 1943 due to World War II. Chile and Japan re-established diplomatic relations on 7 October 1952. |
| Lebanon | 28 June 1945 | See Chile–Lebanon relations Chile has an embassy in Beirut. Lebanon has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Malaysia | 26 February 1979 | See Chile–Malaysia relations The Chile–Malaysia relations is mainly based on trade. In 2009, the total trade between Chile and Malaysia is $336 million with the total Malaysian export to Chile were $16.8 million while the import with $148.7 million. Chile has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Pakistan | March 1949 | See Chile-Pakistan relations Chile–Pakistan relations refers to the current and historical relationship between Chile and Pakistan. Formal diplomatic relations between the two states established in 2008. Chile is accredited to Pakistan from its embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Pakistan is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Palestine | | See Chile–Palestine relations Chile has a representative office in Ramallah. Palestine has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Philippines | 17 July 1962 | See Chile–Philippines relations Chile and the Philippines were both former Spanish colonies. Diplomatic relations between Chile and the Philippines began way back in 1854 when Chile opened a consulate in Binondo, Manila. But the formal relations established on July 4, 1946, the day that the Philippines officially gained their official independence from the United States.During the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos in 1980, he invited Augusto Pinochet to visit the country, but later he refused Pinochet's plane to land in the country, this was because of a US program to isolate Pinochet's regime, in which the US pressured Marcos to cancel Pinochet's visit.Chilean-Philippines relations were strained until 1986, when Corazon Aquino later ousted Marcos in the People Power Revolution. Chile has an embassy in Manila. Philippines has an embassy in Santiago. |
| South Korea | 18 April 1962 | The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and República de Chile began on 18 April 1962. Chileans and South Koreans maintain always very good relations. Chile has a Working Holiday Visa Program Agreement with the Republic of Korea It was at the first time with a country of the Asia. Chilean embassy in Seoul. South Korean embassy in Santiago. Chile and South Korea are a member states of the UN, WTO and OECD. Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs about bilateral relations with the Republic of Korea (in Spanish only) Archived 2019-05-10 at the Wayback Machine South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs about bilateral relations with the Republic of Chile (in Korean only) |
| Taiwan | | See Chile–Taiwan relations Chile has a Trade Office in Taipei. Taiwan has a Trade Office in Santiago. |
| Turkey | 30 January 1926 | See Chile–Turkey relations Chile has an embassy in Ankara. Turkey has an embassy in Santiago. Both countries are members of OECD and WTO. Chile-Turkey Free Trade Agreement was signed on July 14, 2009, and is in effect since March 1, 2011. Trade volume between the two countries was US$579 million in 2019 (Chilean exports/imports: 236/344 million USD. Chile was the first country in Latin America that recognized Turkey. |
| Vietnam | 25 March 1971 | See Chile–Vietnam relations Chile has an embassy in Hanoi. Vietnam has an embassy in Santiago. |

### Europe

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| Andorra | 15 July 1996 | See Andorra–Chile relations Andorra does not have an accreditation to Chile. Chile is accredited to Andorra from its embassy in Madrid, Spain and maintains an honorary consulate in Andorra la Vella. |
| Austria | 1947 | See Austria–Chile relations The first bilateral relations dates back from 1846. Austria has an embassy in Santiago. Chile has an embassy in Vienna. |
| Bulgaria | | Bulgaria is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Chile is accredited to Bulgaria from its embassy in Bucharest, Romania. |
| Croatia | 15 April 1992 | See Chile–Croatia relations The Senate of Chile has awarded Croatian President Stjepan Mesić an order of merit, to honor the improvement of bilateral relations between Croatia and Chile. While representing Chile, senate vice president Baldo Prokurica stated that he found areas for stronger collaboration in future in oil and gas research and shipyards and he expressed an interest in Chilean students' having scholarships in Croatia. There are between 380,000 and 500,000 people of Croatian descent living in Chile. Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration: list of bilateral treaties with Chile Chile has an embassy in Zagreb. Croatia has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Denmark | 4 February 1899 | See Chile–Denmark relations Chile has an embassy in Copenhagen. Denmark has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Estonia | 27 September 1991 | See Chile–Estonia relations Chile re-recognized Estonia in 1991 and diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on September 27, 1991. An agreement on visa-free travel between Estonia and Chile came to force on 2 December 2000. The two countries also have in force a Memorandum on co-operation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs. Agreements on cultural, tourism, and IT cooperation are being readied. Chile is among Estonia's most important foreign trade partners in South America. In 2007, trade between Estonia and Chile was valued at 6.3 million EUR. Estonian exports included mainly machinery, mechanical equipment, and mineral fuels; Chile exports included mainly wine, fish, crustaceans and fruit. In 2004, 83% of Chile exports to Estonia, then totaling 2.4 million EUR, consisted of wine. In 2008, Chilean wines held the highest share of Estonia's imported wine market, followed by Spanish wines. Due to its climate being unsuitable for large-scale grape production, most wine sold in Estonia is imported. In 2006, Estonia and Chile issued the joint Antarctic themed stamp series, designed by Ülle Marks and Jüri Kass, bearing images of the Emperor penguin and the minke whale. The works of Chilean writers Isabel Allende, Pablo Neruda and José Donoso have been translated into Estonian. Chile is accredited to Estonia from its embassy in Helsinki, Finland. Estonia is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil. |
| Finland | 20 February 1931 | See Chile–Finland relations Chile recognised Finland's independence on June 17, 1919. Diplomatic relations between them were established in 1931 and have been continuously maintained, despite pressures at times to discontinue them. The two countries maintain resident ambassadors in both capitals. Chile has an embassy in Helsinki. Finland has an embassy in Santiago. |
| France | 15 September 1846 | See Chile–France relations Chile has an embassy in Paris. France has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Germany | 24 September 1863 | See Chile–Germany relations Chile has an embassy in Berlin and consulates-general in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. Germany has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Greece | 1 July 1941 | See Chile–Greece relations Chile has an embassy in Athens. Greece has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Ireland | 1 June 1992 | See Chile–Ireland relations Chile has an embassy in Dublin. Ireland has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Italy | 28 June 1856 | See Chile–Italy relations Chile has an embassy in Rome and a consulate-general in Milan. Italy has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Netherlands | | Chile has an embassy in The Hague and a consulate-general in Amsterdam. the Netherlands has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Norway | 9 June 1919 | See Chile–Norway relations Chile has an embassy in Oslo. Norway has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Poland | 7 December 1920 | See Chile–Poland relations Chile has an embassy in Warsaw. Poland has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Portugal | 28 February 1879 | See Chile–Portugal relations Chile has an embassy in Lisbon. Portugal has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Romania | 5 February 1925 | See Chile–Romania relations In 1965 diplomatic relations were renewed. Even though most of the Eastern European countries broke their relations with Chile after 1973. Romania retained diplomatic relations with Chile. Approximately 3,000 Chileans looked for asylum in Romania during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Chile has an embassy in Bucharest. Romania has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Russia | 26 December 1991 | See Chile–Russia relations Chile has an embassy in Moscow. Russia has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Serbia | 1935 | Both countries have established diplomatic relations 1935. They were renewed in 1946. Diplomatic relations were broken off on two occasions, in 1947 and 1973, and the last renewal was in March 1990. A number of bilateral agreements in various fields have been concluded and are in force between both countries. Chile is accredited to Serbia from its embassy in Athens, Greece. Serbia is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Spain | 12 June 1883 | See Chile–Spain relations Chile has an embassy in Madrid and a consulate-general in Barcelona. Spain has an embassy in Santiago. |
| Sweden | 14 June 1895 | See Chile–Sweden relations Chile has an embassy in Stockholm and a consulate in Gothenburg. Sweden has an embassy in Santiago. |
| United Kingdom | 14 September 1823 | See Chile–United Kingdom relations Chile established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 14 September 1823. Chile supported Britain politically, to a degree during the Falklands War. Britain supported the dictator Pinochet, granting him asylum, and even returning him back to Chile after numerous requests for criminal extradition by Spain, Argentina, Peru, and many other countries. Chile has typically been Britain's strongest partner in South America. Britain has played an important role in shaping Chile's politics and government, throughout the ages (especially in its fight for independence) Chile has an embassy in London. United Kingdom has an embassy in Santiago. |

### Oceania

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| Australia | 27 December 1945 | See Australia–Chile relations Diplomatic relations date back from the time when Australia was a British colony. During the Australian gold rush, the population grew fast and Chile became one of Australia's major wheat suppliers, with a regular traffic of ships between Sydney and Valparaíso. Australia and Chile signed the Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement on July 30, 2008. The agreement came into effect in the first quarter of 2009. Australia was one of several international partners with Chile in the Gemini Observatory, with one of the two 8 m telescopes of the observatory located at the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile. Both countries are members of APEC, OECD and the Cairns Group. Australia has an embassy in Santiago. Chile has an embassy in Canberra and consulates-general in Melbourne and Sydney. |
| New Zealand | 1948 | See Chile–New Zealand relations Chile has an embassy in Wellington. New Zealand has an embassy in Santiago. |