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{{Politics of Zambia}}
After independence in 1964 the '''foreign relations of Zambia''' were mostly focused on supporting liberation movements in other countries in Southern Africa, such as the [[African National Congress]] and [[SWAPO]]. During the [[Cold War]] [[Zambia]] was a member of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]].

Zambia is a member of 44 [[international organization]]s, with the United Nations, [[World Trade Organization]], [[African Union]], [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and [[Southern African Development Community]] being among the most notable.

Zambia is involved in a border dispute concerning the convergence of the boundaries of [[Botswana]], [[Namibia]], Zambia and [[Zimbabwe]]. An additional dispute with the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] concerns the [[Lunchinda-Pweto Enclave]].

==History==
[[File:Zambia123f.jpg|thumb|Kenneth Kaunda visiting communist Romania's leader, [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]], in 1970.]]
[[File:Carter and Kaunda.png|thumb|Kaunda talking privately with U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] at the [[White House]] in 1978]]
[[File:Levy Mwanawasa and Colin Powell 2004-09-23.jpg|thumb|U.S. Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]] and President of Zambia [[Levy Mwanawasa]] meet in New York City during the 59th [[UN General Assembly]].]]

After independence in 1964, Zambia was one of the most vocal opponents to white [[minority rule]] and [[colonialism]]. President [[Kenneth Kaunda]], who held office 1964–1991, was a very visible advocate of change in Southern Africa. He actively supported [[UNITA]] during the Angolan liberation and [[Angolan Civil War|civil war]], [[SWAPO]] during their fight for Namibian independence from [[apartheid]] South Africa, [[Southern Rhodesia]] (now Zimbabwe), and the [[African National Congress]] in their fight against apartheid in South Africa.<ref name="Andy DeRoche 2016">Andy DeRoche, ''Kenneth Kaunda, the United States and Southern Africa'' (London: Bloomsbury, 2016).</ref>

Many of these organizations were based in Zambia during the 1970s and 1980s. For this reason South Africa as well as Rhodesia carried out military raids on targets inside Zambia. Zambia's support for the various liberation movements also caused problems for the Zambian economy, since it was heavily dependent on [[electricity supply]] and transportation through South Africa and Rhodesia. However these problems was partly solved by the [[Kariba Dam]] and the construction of the [[China|Chinese]] supported [[TAZARA|Tan-Zam]] railway.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

For their part in the liberations struggles, Zambia enjoys wide popularity among the countries they supported as well as all over Africa. For instance, former South African president [[Nelson Mandela]] often referred to the debt South Africa owes Zambia.<ref name="BBC1">{{cite web
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5099962.stm
| title = Kenneth Kaunda: A life in power
| publisher = [[BBC]]
| access-date = 22 October 2006
| date = 26 June 2006
| archive-date = 6 January 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070106042637/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5099962.stm
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

Before Zambian independence, Kaunda met with [[John F Kennedy]] while visiting the United States in 1961, and he would meet with Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, [[Jimmy Carter]], Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush at the White House during his long presidency.<ref name="Andy DeRoche 2016"/> He also clashed with British prime minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] on several occasions, disliking her policy towards South Africa.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clines|first=Francis|date=6 August 1986|title=Commonwealth Chiefs Rebuke Thatcher Harshly|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/06/world/commonwealth-chiefs-rebuke-thatcher-harshly.html|access-date=17 September 2020|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827234922/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/06/world/commonwealth-chiefs-rebuke-thatcher-harshly.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

As with most African states, Zambia was a member of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] during the [[Cold War]], and is still today. The country hosted the [[3rd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement]] in 1970. In practice Zambia was more to the [[Left (politics)|left]] than to the [[Right (politics)|right]] during the Cold War. The country had good relations with China and with [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. Kaunda is famous in Yugoslavia for crying openly at president [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s funeral.

Kaunda's successor, president [[Frederick Chiluba]] (1991–2002), also played an important role in African politics. His government played a constructive regional role sponsoring Angola peace talks that led to the 1994 [[Lusaka Protocols]]. Zambia has provided troops to UN [[peacekeeping]] initiatives in [[Mozambique]], [[Rwanda]], [[Angola]], and [[Sierra Leone]]. Zambia was the first African state to cooperate with the International Tribunal investigation of the 1994 [[Rwanda genocide]].

In 1998, Zambia took the lead in efforts to establish a cease-fire in the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] (DRC). Zambia was active in the Congolese peace effort after the signing of a [[cease-fire]] agreement in Lusaka in July and August 1999, although activity diminished considerably after the Joint Military Commission tasked with implementing the ceasefire relocated to [[Kinshasa]] in September 2001.

==International organizations==

Zambia is a member of 45 international organisations. These are:<ref name="IO">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.geoplace.com/hottopics/CIAwfb/factbook/geos/za.html 
 |title=The World Factbook – Zambia 
 |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] 
 |access-date=11 May 2004 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041101055721/http://www.geoplace.com/hottopics/CIAwfb/factbook/geos/za.html 
 |archive-date=1 November 2004 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref>

{|
|-
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* [[Lomé Convention]] ([[ACP countries|ACP]])
* [[African Development Bank]] (AfDB)
* [[African Union]] (AU)
* [[Commonwealth of Nations]] (CN)
* [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO)
* [[Group of 77]] (G-77)
* [[File:Flag of IAEA.svg|22px]] [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA)
* [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (IBRD)
* [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] (ICAO)
* [[International Criminal Court]] (ICCt)
* [[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]] (ICFTU)
* ICRM
* [[International Development Association]] (IDA)
* [[International Fund for Agricultural Development]] (IFAD)
* [[International Finance Corporation]] (IFC)
* [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] (IFRCS)
* [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO)
* [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF)
* [[Interpol (organization)|Interpol]]
* [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)
* [[International Organization for Migration]] (IOM)
* [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO, correspondent)
|
* [[International Telecommunication Union]] (ITU)
* [[United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo]] (MONUC)
* [[Non-Aligned Movement]] (NAM)
* [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]] (OPCW)
* [[Permanent Court of Arbitration]] (PCA)
* [[File:Flag of SADC.svg|22px]] [[Southern African Development Community]] (SADC)
* [[File:Flag of the United Nations.svg|22px]] United Nations (UN)
* [[United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone]] (UNAMSIL)
* [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]] (UNCTAD)
* [[File:Flag of UNESCO.svg|22px]] [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO)
* [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]] (UNIDO)
* [[United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea]] (UNMEE)
* [[United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo]] (UNMIK)
* [[United Nations Mission in Liberia]] (UNMIL)
* [[Universal Postal Union]] (UPU)
* WCL
* [[World Customs Organization]] (WCO)
* [[File:Flag of WHO.svg|22px]] [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)
* [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO)
* [[File:Flag of the World Meteorological Organization.svg|22px]] [[World Meteorological Organization]] (WMO)
* [[World Tourism Organization]] (WToO)
* [[World Trade Organization]] (WTrO)
|}

Concerning Zambia's membership in the ICC, Zambia has a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the United States military from [[prosecution]].

===United Nations===

Zambia joined the United Nations on 1 December 1964,<ref name="JoinUN">{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html
 |title       = List of Member States
 |publisher   = United Nations
 |access-date  = 22 October 2006
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20061022200845/http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html
 |archive-date = 22 October 2006
}}</ref> only a month after the nation had become independent. Zambia has a [[permanent mission]] to the UN, with headquarters on 237 East [[52nd Street (Manhattan)|52nd Street]], New York City. The head of the mission is [[Tens Chisola Kapoma]].

[[File:Rodrigo and Mwanawasa.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[International Monetary Fund]] managing director [[Rodrigo Rato]] meeting with the Republic of Zambia's President [[Levy Mwanawasa]].]]

==Regional diplomacy==
[[File:ZM-Lusaka Province.png|thumb|Lusaka province, the capital of Zambia]]
Following the independence of [[Zambia]] on 24 October 1964, the country has lent military aid and support to numerous movements and governments on the international stage. Most notably, Zambia has a history of providing [[military aid]] to combatants and political parties fighting for [[African independence movements|independence]] throughout [[Africa]].<ref>Tordoff, William (1974). ''Politics in Zambia''. North Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 358–362.</ref> The aid that Zambia has provided for African nationalistic movements during the colonial era revolves around both military and diplomatic arrangement for liberation and peace.<ref name="Shaw, Timothy M 1976">Shaw, Timothy M. "The foreign policy system of Zambia". ''African Studies Review'' 19.1 (1976): 31-66.</ref> The [[Zambian Defense Force]] (ZDF), which consists of the Zambian Army, Zambian Air force and Zambian National Service, has played a key part in a multitude of key regional and international conflicts throughout the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>Abrahams, Diane; Cawthra, Gavin; Williams, Rocklyn (2003). ''Ourselves To Know: Civil-military Relations and Defence Transformation in Southern Africa''. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies South Africa. pp. 3–6.</ref> Most notably, the Zambian military has provided counter insurgent efforts during major African confrontations such as the Rhodesian Bush War despite not being the main belligerent.<ref>[[History of Zambia#CITEREFMoorcraftMcLaughlin2008|Moorcraft & McLaughlin 2008]], pp. 140–143</ref>

Zambia has a history of supporting regional liberation movements and Former President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] had previously decreed that "Zambia will not be independent and free until the rest of Africa is Free".<ref>Musonda, Emelda. "Price Zambia Paid for Africa's Liberation". ''Zambia Daily Mail'', www.daily-mail.co.zm/price-zambia-paid-for-africas-liberation/.</ref> Critics{{weasel inline|date=November 2018}} have pointed to Zambia's historical stance of non-engagement and détente as a self-preservation act for a historically authoritarian government.<ref>Shaw, Timothy M. "Dilemmas of Dependence and (Under) Development: conflicts and choices in Zambia's present and prospective foreign policy". ''Africa Today'' 26.4 (1979): 43-65</ref> As a large central nation, the governability of Zambia relies on the stability and diplomacy of nearby states that surround Zambia.<ref name="Shaw, Timothy M 1976"/> Regional stability has allowed Former President Kenneth Kaunda to maintain power in the relatively poor nation for several decades.<ref>Shaw, T. M., & Mugomba, A. T. (1977). The political economy of regional detente: Zambia and southern africa. ''Journal of African Studies, 4''(4), 392</ref>

=== Liberation and political support ===
Zambia received its own liberation from colonialism relatively early from Britain. The newly formed Zambian government under President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] of the [[United National Independence Party|UNIP]] party was active in the liberation and disputes of its neighbors for decades following its independence.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Isaacman|first1=Allen|last2=Lalu|first2=Premesh|last3=Nygren|first3=Thomas|date=2005|title=Digitization, History, and the Making of a Postcolonial Archive of Southern African Liberation Struggles: The Aluka Project|journal=Africa Today|volume=52|issue=2|pages=55–77|doi=10.1353/at.2006.0009|jstor=4187703|s2cid=145625678}}</ref> The Zambian government offered shelter for revolutionaries, mediated treaty signings and offered aid and weapons. The continuation of colonial rule in Southern Africa was seen as a slight to Zambia and inherent feelings of African unity drove the new nation to aid its neighbors resist colonial rule.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Taylor & Francis Group|date=May 2007|title=Introduction: White Power, Black Nationalism and the Cold War in Southern Africa|journal=Cold War History|language=en|volume=7|issue=2|pages=165–168|doi=10.1080/14682740701284090|s2cid=218577817|issn=1468-2745}}</ref>

Most notably, Zambia was a haven for revolutionaries from the [[Namibia]] liberation party,<ref name="A 2009">{{Cite thesis|last=A.|first=Williams, Christian|date=2009|title=Exile History: An Ethnography of the SWAPO Camps and the Namibian Nation.|hdl=2027.42/64754|url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/64754|type=Thesis|language=en-US|access-date=7 December 2019|archive-date=7 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207155221/https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/64754|url-status=live}}</ref> [[SWAPO|South West African People's Organization (SWAPO)]] and the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) in [[South Africa]]. Zambia provided a rear base for revolutionaries as well as administrative and political aid.

==== SWAPO ====
[[File:Nelson Mandela-2008 cropped.jpg|thumb|Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela had previously expressed the important role Zambia played in post-apartheid South Africa]]
The [[SWAPO|South West African People's Organization]] (SWAPO) is a political party that was formerly an independence movement based in Namibia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vigne|first=Randolph|date=January 1987|title=SWAPO of Namibia: A movement in exile|journal=Third World Quarterly|language=en|volume=9|issue=1|pages=85–107|doi=10.1080/01436598708419963|issn=0143-6597}}</ref> Due to pressures from within Namibia, SWAPO moved its headquarters and much of its forces into neighboring Zambia in the 1970s. Zambia became a safe haven for the group and SWAPO set up guerrilla training camps and sent exiled members into Zambia.<ref name="A 2009" /> The Shipanga Crisis, so named for senior SWAPO leader [[Andreas Shipanga]], saw the Zambian government help round up thousands of dissidents and critics of the movement.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Leys|first1=Colin|last2=Saul|first2=John S.|date=1994|title=Liberation without Democracy? The Swapo Crisis of 1976|journal=Journal of Southern African Studies|volume=20|issue=1|pages=123–147|doi=10.1080/03057079408708390|jstor=2637123}}</ref> SWAPO leaders in Namibia saw growing dissent in the SWAPO installations and guerrilla camps in Zambia, and appealed to then President Kaunda for help. After rounding up thousands of perceived rebels, including Shipanga with the aid of Zambia, SWAPO leadership in Namibia became markedly more authoritarian.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fivush|first=Robyn|date=February 2010|title=Speaking silence: The social construction of silence in autobiographical and cultural narratives|journal=Memory|volume=18|issue=2|pages=88–98|doi=10.1080/09658210903029404|pmid=19565405|s2cid=36928878|issn=0965-8211}}</ref>

==== African National Congress ====
The [[African National Congress]] was an anti-apartheid political party based in South Africa, with close ideological ties to the [[Zambian African National Congress]] of President Kenneth Kaunda.<ref>"South Africa Bans African National Congress". ''African American Registry''. Retrieved 11 November 2018.</ref> When the political party was banned in South Africa by the colonial government, many of its leaders went underground or fled to Zambia.<ref>Macmillan, Hugh. "The African National Congress of South Africa in Zambia: The Culture of Exile and the Changing Relationship with Home, 1964-1990". ''Journal of Southern African Studies'', vol. 35, no. 2, 2009, pp. 303–329.</ref> Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, became the new headquarters for many ANC leaders in exile from their native South Africa. Zambia thus developed a legacy of being the center of activity for South African liberation and allowed exiled leaders to convene and organize. Former South African President Nelson Mandela had expressed the important role that Zambia played in the liberation of their country during the years of exile.<ref>"Nelson Mandela's Work and Freedom Would Have Been Difficult If Not for Zambia". ''[[New African]]'', 31 July 2018</ref> Zambia's policy of liberation through diplomacy and discreet support for African nationalist movements within the region is most poignant in the South African case.<ref>Landsberg, Chris. ''The Quiet Diplomacy of Liberation: International Politics and South Africa's Transition''. Jacana Media, 2004</ref>

==== Zimbabwe ====
Zambia has also provided key support to the liberation struggles of nearby Zimbabwe from their colonial rulers in the 1960s to 1970s.<ref>Scarritt, James R., and Solomon M. Nkiwane. "Friends, neighbors, and former enemies: the evolution of Zambia-Zimbabwe relations in a changing regional context". ''Africa Today'' 43.1 (1996): 7-31.</ref> Specifically, Zambia provided armed and diplomatic support to [[Zimbabwe African People's Union]] (ZAPU) and the [[Zimbabwe African National Union]] (ZANU) during their struggles against the unrecognized rogue state Rhodesian government in the Rhodesian Bush War.<ref>Chongo, Clarence. ''Decolonising Southern Africa: a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979''. Diss. University of Pretoria, 2</ref> Zambia provided limited arms and training towards Zimbabwe's African nationalist movements, but largely applied diplomatic approaches to induce liberation in Zimbabwe.<ref>Scarritt, James R., Solomon M. Nkiwane, and Henrik Sommer. "A process tracing plausibility probe of uneven democratization's effects on cooperative dyads: The case of Zambia and Zimbabwe 1980–1993". ''International Interactions'' 26.1 (2000): 55-90.</ref> This included multiple visits and discussion between the Rhodesian government and Zambia leaders to negotiate a resolution to the civil strife within the country. Eventually, in 1979, the Rhodesian government submitted to international pressures and conducted elections that lead to majority rule and the eventual renaming of the country as Zimbabwe.<ref>"Insurgency in Rhodesia, 1957–1973: An Account and Assessment". International Institute for Strategic Studies. 1973.</ref>

==== UNITA ====
The [[UNITA|National Union for the Total Independence of Angola]] (UNITA) was a party in Angola that served as one of the main belligerents in the Angolan Civil War of 1975 against  [[MPLA|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA).<ref>"Absolute Hell Over There". ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. 17 January 1977. Retrieved 21 November 2018.</ref> Zambia, under Kenneth Kaunda trained and funded UNITA against the MPLA during the civil war. Lusaka remained one of the most ardent supporters of the UNITA African nationalists and UNITA troops trained in Zambia.<ref>Wade. "The Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History". ''South African History Online'', 13 July 2017</ref> Since then, Zambia has rescinded its historical support of UNITA and has apologized to the current Angolan government over the historical support of UNITA.<ref>Simuchoba, Arthur (31 October 2011). [https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2011-10-31-we-are-so-sorry-sata-tells-angola/ "We Are so Sorry, Sata Tells Angola"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209000751/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2011-10-31-we-are-so-sorry-sata-tells-angola/ |date=9 February 2022 }}. ''[[TimesLIVE]]''.</ref>

=== Roles in regional disputes ===

==== Angolan Civil War ====
Zambia was key in facilitating talks between [[MPLA|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA) and the [[UNITA|National Union for the Total Independence of Angola]] (UNITA) of the Angolan Civil War.<ref>Vines, Alex. ''Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process'', 1999. Human Rights Watch.</ref> The Angolan Civil War waged on from 1975 onward and involved massive foreign intervention in the face of the Cold War.<ref>"AfricanCrisis". AfricanCrisis. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2018.</ref> Initiated by Zambia, the Lusaka Protocol was a treaty that attempted to end the Civil War by disarmament and national reconciliation. The treaty was signed in Lusaka on 20 November 1994 and garnered international support, as well as support from [[Zimbabwean President]] [[Robert Mugabe]] and [[South African President]] [[Nelson Mandela]].<ref>"IV. The Lusaka Peace Process". ''Human Rights Watch'', www.hrw.org/reports/1999/angola/Angl998-04.htm.</ref> Ultimately the fighting resumed, and by 1998, the peace process ceased.<ref>Vines, Alex (1999). ''Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process''. Human Rights Watch.</ref>

==== The Second Congo War ====
The [[Second Congo War|Second Congo war]] was a major African continental war that began in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo]] in 1998, and involved nine different African countries.<ref>Bowers, Chris (24 July 2006). "World War Three". My Direct Democracy. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.</ref> Zambia was not a belligerent in this military engagement, but sought to facilitate peace and an end to the fighting. Representatives from various international organizations such as the United Nations, met on 21–27 June 1999 in Lusaka in  order to draft a resolution to the conflict.<ref>"DR Congo: Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 20 November 2018.</ref> The ceasefire agreement set to end the fighting, deploy peacekeeping forces and release prisoners of war on both sides of the fighting. Heads of state from [[Angola]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Namibia]], [[Rwanda]], [[Uganda]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]] convened in Lusaka, Zambia on 10 July 1999 to sign the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement.<ref>Ngolet F. (2011) The Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement. In: Crisis in the Congo. Palgrave Macmillan, New York</ref> Ultimately hostilities continued despite the passage of the Peace Agreement, and the official fighting did not resolve itself until 2003.<ref>Soderlund, Walter C.; DonaldBriggs, E.; PierreNajem, Tom; Roberts, Blake C. (1 January 2013). ''Africa's Deadliest Conflict: Media Coverage of the Humanitarian Disaster in the Congo and the United Nations Response, 1997–2008''. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. {{ISBN|9781554588787}}.</ref>

===African cooperation===

[[Zambia]] is a member of the [[Organization of African Unity]] (OAU), now known as the [[African Union]], and was its chairman until July 2002. Zambia also takes part in the unions economical cooperation, the [[African Economic Community]] (AEC). Among the AEC's different pillars, Zambia takes part in two; [[Southern African Development Community]] (SADC) and the [[preferential trade area]] [[Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa]] (COMESA).  The country is also a member of the [[Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa]] (PMAESA).

SADC was founded in Zambia's capital [[Lusaka]] on 1 April 1980, and COMESA has its headquarters there as well.

==International disputes==

A dormant dispute remains where [[Botswana]], Namibia, Zambia, and [[Zimbabwe]]'s boundaries converge; and with the DRC in the [[Lunchinda-Pweto Enclave]] in the North of [[Chienge]] following concerns on the Zambia-Congo Delimitation Treaty raised with the late President [[Laurent Kabila]]. The lack of demarcation beacons, and the citizenship rights of people in that enclave remain thorny issues, especially in [[Luapula Province]].

==Zambia and the Commonwealth of Nations==

Zambia has been a [[republic in the Commonwealth of Nations]] since 24 October 1964, when [[Northern Rhodesia]] became independent.

===List===
List of countries which Zambia maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Zambia.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country
!Date
|-
|1
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|24 October 1964}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{dts|24 October 1964}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|3
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|24 October 1964}}<ref name=":2" />
|-
|4
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{dts|24 October 1964}}<ref name=":3" />
|-
|5
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|24 October 1964}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|24 October 1964}}<ref name=":5" />
|-
|7
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{dts|29 October 1964}}<ref name=":6" />
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|30 October 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations with Zambia were established on October 30, 1964. |url=https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1322423604701782016?s=20 |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=MFA Russia}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|October 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Japan-Zambia Relations (Basic Data) |url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/zambia/data.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021110437/https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/zambia/data.html |archive-date=21 October 2021 |access-date=21 October 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|30 November 1964}}<ref name=":7" />
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|15 December 1964}}<ref name=":8" />
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Om Zambia |url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/Lusaka/Landfakta/Om-Zambia/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222004355/http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/Lusaka/Landfakta/Om-Zambia/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |access-date=23 January 2024 |website=Sveriges Ambassad Lisaka |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{dts|7 January 1965}}<ref name=":9" />
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|2 February 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BtLLMrxIdAIC&dq=Sweden+have+agreed+to+establish+diplomatic+relations+at+embassy+level+...&pg=RA10-PP4 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 21-22 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1965 |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{dts|2 February 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 27, 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|10 February 1965}}<ref name=":10" />
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|12 February 1965}}<ref name=":11" />
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|26 February 1965<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 February 2017 |title=Today we celebrate of formal diplomatic relations with Zambia! |url=https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/836007989735751680 |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{dts|17 March 1965}}<ref name=":12" />
|-
|20
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|18 March 1965}}<ref name=":13" />
|-
|21
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|April 1965}}<ref name=":14" />
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|15 May 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Of The Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=23 January 2024 |website=Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations}}</ref>
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|22
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|8 July 1965}}<ref name=":15" />
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|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|29 July 1965}}<ref name=":16" />
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|24
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|2 November 1965}}<ref name=":17" />
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|25
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Douglas G Anglin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qyhHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Zambia+embassy+in+Addis+ababa++established+...&pg=PT88 |title=Zambia's Foreign Policy Studies In Diplomacy And Dependence |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2021| isbn=978-1-000-01075-6 }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|13 April 1966}}<ref name=":18" />
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|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|10 May 1966}}<ref name=":19" />
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|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|10 June 1966}}<ref name=":20" />
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|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|1 July 1966}}<ref name=":21" />
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|30
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|13 August 1966}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vylBAQAAIAAJ&dq=Establishment+of+diplomatic+relations+between+the+Hungarian+People%27s+Republic+and+Zambia+on+the+ambassadorial+level&pg=RA9-PA32 |title=Political Translations on Eastern Europe Issues 248-284 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1967 |pages=32}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{dts|28 November 1966}}<ref name=":22" />
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|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{dts|1966}}<ref name=":23" />
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|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|1966}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cooperation and Conflict in Southern Africa Papers on a Regional Subsystem |publisher=University Press of America |year=1977 |pages=246}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{dts|3 February 1967}}<ref name=":24" />
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|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|10 November 1967}}<ref name=":25" />
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|36
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|8 March 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zambia |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17314&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215034914/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17314&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |archive-date=15 February 2018 |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland}}</ref>
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|37
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|10 April 1968}}<ref name=":26" />
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|38
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|28 May 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republica ZAMBIA |url=https://www.mae.ro/bilateral-relations/1755 |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe (In Romanian)}}</ref>
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|39
|{{Flag|Somalia}}
|{{dts|7 July 1968}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Problèmes africains et du tiers monde - Issues 449-474 |publisher=1968 |pages=5 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|40
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|20 October 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878-2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%25D0%2597%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B3%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%2520%25D0%25BF%25D1%2580%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B4%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2582%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BB%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B0/%25D0%2594%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%25D0%25B5%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%2520%25D0%25BE%25D1%2582%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D1%2588%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F.doc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826071151/http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 August 2018 |access-date=3 July 2023 |website= |language=bg}}</ref>
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|41
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|12 April 1969}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=ncnk.org |page=3}}</ref>
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|42
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{dts|25 April 1969}}<ref name=":27" />
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|43
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{dts|15 May 1969}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1969 |pages=4}}</ref>
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|44
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|9 July 1969}}<ref name=":28" />
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|45
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|26 September 1969}}<ref name=":29" />
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|46
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|28 December 1969}}<ref name=":30" />
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|47
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{dts|15 September 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa - Issues 3420-3497 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1970}}</ref>
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|48
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|5 October 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1970 |pages=5}}</ref>
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|49
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{dts|11 February 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016 |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=minfor.gov.gy}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{dts|17 February 1971}}<ref name=":31" />
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|51
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|19 February 1971}}<ref name=":32" />
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|52
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|25 February 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=mfaft.gov.jm}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|25 February 1971}}<ref name=":33" />
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|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|1 March 1971}}<ref name=":34" />
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|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|{{dts|31 March 1971}}<ref name=":35" />
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|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|30 April 1971}}<ref name=":36" />
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|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|3 April 1972}}<ref name=":37" />
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|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|April 1972}}<ref name=":38" />
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|59
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|18 May 1972}}<ref name=":39" />
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|60
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|19 July 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoy se conmemora el 50 aniversario del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre Cuba y la República de Zambia |url=https://twitter.com/CubaMINREX/status/1549414942549450758?s=20 |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=Cancillería de Cuba |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|15 September 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of countries which maintains diplomatic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (as April 2010) |url=https://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/cn_vakv/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=mofa.gov.vn}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|17 October 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2016 |title=Press Release |url=https://parlament.mt/media/96951/pr161387.pdf |access-date=3 October 2023 |website=parlament.mt}}</ref>
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|63
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zambie |url=http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/156/language/en-US/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129174311/http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/156/language/en-US/Default.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=23 January 2024 |website=Royaume du Maroc Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et de la Cooperation |language=fr}}</ref>
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|64
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|1972}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organisations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1972 |pages=62}}</ref>
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|65
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relations bilatérales: Zambie |url=http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=357&no_cache=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[action]=singleView&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[pointer]=0&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[mode]=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[showUid]=160 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602144903/http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=357&no_cache=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[action]=singleView&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[pointer]=0&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[mode]=1&tx_wdbilaterales_pi1[showUid]=160 |archive-date=2 June 2012 |access-date=23 January 2024 |website=République Tunisienne Ministère des Affaires Étrangères |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{dts|5 January 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1254-1264 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1973}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|12 January 1973}}<ref name=":40" />
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|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|15 January 1973}}<ref name=":41" />
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|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|January 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Часть II Зарубежные страны: Руанда |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/55959/003_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129012344/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/55959/003_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |archive-date=29 January 2024 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1974. Выпуск восемнадцатый |page=366 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|13 March 1973}}<ref name=":42" />
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|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|16 April 1973}}<ref name=":43" />
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|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|7 July 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 4335-4411 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1973 |pages=5}}</ref>
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|73
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{dts|13 September 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1973 |pages=2984}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Lesotho}}
|{{dts|19 September 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=127}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{dts|8 February 1974}}<ref name=":44" />
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|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{dts|27 September 1974}}<ref name=":45" />
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|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{dts|29 November 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=ARR: Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1974 |pages=557}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{dts|29 December 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 June 2024 |title=Ambassador of Zambia calls on Minister Maneesh Gobin, discusses bilateral trade, investments and regional integration |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/GIS.Mauritius/posts/pfbid02FArfvEq1us2CzCr7Mm1UyMsNWCADC2iZfiE6xU3eDMBZfzcVzMxG3Rs7snVRW8aWl? |access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{dts|30 December 1974}}<ref name=":46" />
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|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{dts|1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QsAgAAAAIAAJ&dq=Zambia+representatives+in+other+commonwealth+countries+Hon.+A.+S.+Masiye,+(also+accredited+to+Equatorial+Guinea&pg=PA442 |title=A Year Book of the Commonwealth |publisher=Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office |year=1974 |pages=442 |isbn=978-0-11-580141-9 |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QsAgAAAAIAAJ&dq=Zambia+Representatives+in+Non-Commonwealth+Countries+M.+Ngalande++(also+accredited+to+Sudan&pg=PA442 |title=A Year Book of the Commonwealth |publisher=Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office |year=1974 |pages=442 |isbn=978-0-11-580141-9 |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{dts|6 March 1975}}<ref name=":47" />
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|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|3 April 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zâmbia |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/zambia |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Portal do Governo (in Portuguese)}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{dts|25 June 1975}}<ref name=":48" />
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|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|{{dts|18 July 1975}}<ref name=":49" />
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|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|15 October 1975}}<ref name=":50" />
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|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8IgAAAAIAAJ&dq=Bahamas:+Kamana+...+1975&pg=PA111 |title=A Year Book of the Commonwealth |publisher=Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office |year=1975 |pages=111 |isbn=978-0-11-580169-3 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|12 November 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cairo Press Review |publisher=1975 |pages=15}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|18 November 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Asian Almanac - Volume 14 |publisher=V.T. Sambandan |year=1976 |pages=7628}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|10 December 1976}}<ref name=":51" />
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|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{dts|3 May 1977}}<ref name=":52" />
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|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Europa year book 1977 : a world survey. 2, Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australasia |publisher=London : Europa Publications |year=1977 |pages=1887}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|1 May 1978}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=ARR, Arab Report and Record |publisher=Arab Report and Record |year=1978 |pages=338}}</ref>
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|94
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{dts|2 October 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2020 |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=mfa.gov.mn |page=5 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928021439/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|2 November 1978}}<ref name="UNDL">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Zambia and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Zambia+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|26 July 1979}}<ref name=":53" />
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|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|7 September 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_prex-710fbis-ssa-79-180/page/n19/mode/1up?q=...+established+diplomatic+relations |title=FBIS Daily Report--Sub-Saharan Africa |date=14 September 1979 |publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|29 February 1980}}<ref name=":54" />
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|99
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|21 April 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Le mois en Afrique - Issues 170-175 |publisher=1980 |pages=125 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|100
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|30 April 1980}}<ref name=":55" />
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|101
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|2 June 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Keesing's Contemporary Archives - Volume 28 |publisher=1982 |pages=31783}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|25 June 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report: Middle East & Africa |publisher=Index. NewsBank, inc, United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1983 |pages=136}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{dts|10 July 1982}}<ref name=":56" />
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|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{dts|24 January 1983}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=Republic%20of%20Zambia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702221044/https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=Republic%20of%20Zambia |archive-date=2 July 2023 |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bahrain}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{dts|2 March 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ufiche-test-document_jprs-83093/page/n40/mode/1up |title=Latin America Report, 2655 |date=17 March 1983 |publisher=[Executive Office of the President], Federal Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service |pages=32}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|2 April 1985}}<ref name=":57" />
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|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{dts|10 September 1986}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nepal–Zambia Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/nepal-zambia-relations/ |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|1986}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=World Guide to Foreign Services Volume 1 |publisher=World Guides Internationale Publikationen |year=1986 |pages=834}}</ref>
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|{{dts|5 January 1987}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|{{dts|31 August 1987}}<ref name=":59" />
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|{{dts|2 October 1987}}<ref name=":60" />
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|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|9 November 1987}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=สาธารณรัฐแซมเบีย |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bcc1d15e39c306000a058?cate=5d5bcb4e15e39c3060006870 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand |language=th}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{dts|21 April 1988}}<ref name=":61" />
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|{{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{dts|December 1988}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1989. Выпуск тридцать третий. Зарубежные страны: Австралия-Малайзия |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/41603/3_avstraliya-malayziya.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624015507/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/41603/3_avstraliya-malayziya.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=2 March 2024 |page=265 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|26 February 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organizations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1993 |pages=4}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{dts|5 August 1990}}<ref name=":62" />
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|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|4 September 1990}}<ref name=":63" />
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|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{dts|20 February 1991}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organizations |year=1993 |pages=5}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|22 April 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Political relations between Ukraine and Zambia |url=https://rsa.mfa.gov.ua/en/partnership/5575-ukraine-zambiadiplomacy |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Embassy of Ukraine to the Republic of South Africa}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|5 May 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zambia: Základné informácie |url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/sk/zambia |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=mzv.sk |language=sk}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{dts|17 September 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Список стран, с которыми КР установил дипломатические отношения |url=https://mfa.gov.kg/kg/osnovnoe-menyu/vneshnyaya-politika/mezhdunarodnye-dogovory/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-ustanovleny-dipotnosheniya/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-kr-ustanovil-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=mfa.gov.kg |language=ru}}</ref>
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|121
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|7 October 1993}}<ref name=":64" />
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|122
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|13 October 1993}}<ref name=":65" />
|-
|123
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|14 October 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zambia, Republic of |url=https://mfa.gov.ge/en/bilateral-relations/zm |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia}}</ref>
|-
|124
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{dts|26 October 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republica Zambia |url=https://mfa.gov.md/ro/content/republica-zambia |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe şi Integrării Europene al Republicii Moldova (in Romanian)}}</ref>
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|125
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|18 November 1993}}<ref name=":66" />
|-
|126
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{dts|2 December 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2017 |title=States with which Turkmenistan established diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/articles/55?breadcrumbs=no |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=mfa.gov.tm}}</ref>
|-
|127
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{dts|1 February 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=States with which the Republic of Uzbekistan established diplomatic relations |url=https://www.uzbekistan.org.ua/en/foreign-policy/states-with-which-the-republic-of-uzbekistan-established-diplomatic-relations.html |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Ukraine}}</ref>
|-
|128
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}<ref name=":67" />
|-
|129
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{dts|15 July 1994}}<ref name=":68" />
|-
|130
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{dts|26 January 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mojca Pristavec Đogić |title=Priznanja samostojne Slovenije |url=https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije_.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website= |page=7 |language=sl}}</ref>
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|131
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{dts|20 March 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dates of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/default.aspx?id=6 |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bosnia and Herzegovina}}</ref>
|-
|132
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|20 September 1995}}<ref name=":69" />
|-
|133
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{dts|31 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of states with which the Republic of Tajikistan established diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.tj/uploads/main/2022/12/12-12-2022-11-21.pdf |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=mfa.tj}}</ref>
|-
|134
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{dts|25 March 1996}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries which has established Diplomatic Relations with Kazakhstan |url=http://www.mfa.kz/en/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217231617/http://www.mfa.kz/en/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |archive-date=17 February 2020 |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Kazakhstan}}</ref>
|-
|135
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{dts|8 May 1996}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (193) HAVING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA |url=https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/page/2021-02-10-LIST-OF-MEMBER-STATES-OF-THE-UNITED-NATIONS--193--HAVING-DIPLOMATIC-RELATIONS-WITH-CAMBOIDA |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=mfaic.gov.kh}}</ref>
|-
|136
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{dts|9 November 1996}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|137
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|17 December 1996}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 2015 |title=Diplomatic & Consular list |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2015%20Singapore.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore |page=240}}</ref>
|-
|138
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|27 February 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dates of Establishment and Renewal of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/dates-establishment-and-renewal-diplomatic-relations |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Latvia}}</ref>
|-
|139
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|15 May 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Republic of Estonia Ministry of Foreign Affairs |language=et}}</ref>
|-
|140
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{dts|11 March 1998}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 April 2023 |title=The new Zambian High Commissioner to the Republic of Seychelles accredited |url=https://www.statehouse.gov.sc/news/5864/the-new-zambian-high-commissioner-to-the-republic-of-seychelles-accredited |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
|141
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{dts|30 March 1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930040551/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia}}</ref>
|-
|142
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|13 July 2001}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Zambia |url=https://www.urm.lt/default/en/bilateral-zambia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228082317/https://www.urm.lt/default/en/bilateral-zambia |archive-date=28 February 2017 |access-date=27 February 2017 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania}}</ref>
|-
|143
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{dts|3 February 2003}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|144
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|{{dts|18 September 2003}}<ref name=":70" />
|-
|145
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|23 July 2004}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|146
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{dts|6 June 2006}}<ref name=":71" />
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|147
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{dts|22 February 2007}}<ref name=":72" />
|-
|148
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{dts|29 June 2010}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|149
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{dts|28 September 2010}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 September 2010 |title=Masivo relacionamienton diplomatico |url=https://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/politica/masivo-relacionamiento-diplomatico-166483.html |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=abc.com.py |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|150
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|15 July 2011}}<ref name=":73" />
|-
|151
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|{{dts|8 August 2011}}<ref name=":74" />
|-
|152
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|2 September 2011}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lijst van Diplomatieke Betrekkingen en Visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten |url=http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416134520/http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2019 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=gov.sr |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
|153
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|19 March 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoy se celebran 10 años de relaciones diplomáticas con Zambia. Guatemala reafirma el compromiso por estrechar aún más los vínculos de amistad y cooperación. |url=https://twitter.com/MinexGt/status/1637374599842209792?s=20 |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=MINEX Guatemala |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|154
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|16 July 2013}}<ref name=":76" />
|-
|155
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|28 May 2014}}<ref name=":77" />
|-
|156
|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{dts|28 August 2017}}<ref name=":78" />
|-
|157
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{dts|23 October 2017}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 October 2017 |title=Le Président de la République reçoit les Lettres de Créances de 4 nouveaux Ambassadeurs accrédités à Djibouti |url=https://www.presidence.dj/article/le-president-de-la-republique-recoit-les-lettres-de-creances-de-4-nouveaux-ambassadeurs-accredites-a-djibouti-404 |access-date=3 December 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|158
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|1 April 2018}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|159
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{dts|19 April 2018}}<ref name=":79" />
|-
|160
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|23 September 2024}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|161
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{Dts|24 September 2024}}<ref name="UNDL" />
|-
|162
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 September 2024}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 September 2024 |title=St Vincent establishes diplomatic relations with Zambia |url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/st-vincent-establishes-diplomatic-relations-zambia |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref>
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|163
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|Unknown
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|164
|{{Flag|Niger}}
|Unknown
|-style="background:#D3D3D3"
|—
|{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} (cancelled)
|Unknown
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|165
|{{Flag|South Sudan}}
|Unknown<ref>{{Cite web |title=Held bilateral meeting with Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin |url=https://twitter.com/HHichilema/status/1479144553626152962 |website=Hakainde Hichilema on X |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
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|166
|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|Unknown
|}

==Bilateral relations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|-
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|9 July 1969
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 July 1969<ref name=":28">{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 3118-3192 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1969 |pages=6}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|15 January 1973
|Both countries established diplomatic relationson 15 January 1973<ref name=":41">{{Cite book |title=Africa News Letter Risālat Ifrīqīyā |publisher=African Society |year=1972 |pages=14}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Angola}}||3 May 1977||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 May 1977<ref name=":52">{{Cite news |title=Zambia y Angola establecen relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1977/05/04/internacional/231544811_850215.html |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=El Pais |date=4 May 1977 |language=es |last1=Ostos |first1=Manuel }}</ref>
* Angola has an embassy in [[Lusaka]] and consulates-general in [[Mongu]] and [[Solwezi]].
* Zambia has an embassy in [[Luanda]] and a consulate-general in [[Luena, Angola|Luena]].
|-
|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|2 March 1983
|On 15 November 2012, the High Commissioner of Zambia (resident in Ottawa) Mr. Bobby Mbunji Samakai presented his credentials to Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2012 |title=High Commissioner invites Antigua and Barbuda business community to Zambia |url=https://zambiahighcommission.ca/wp/high-commissioner-invites-antigua-and-barbuda-business-community-to-zambia/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707164357/https://zambiahighcommission.ca/wp/high-commissioner-invites-antigua-and-barbuda-business-community-to-zambia/ |archive-date=7 July 2023 |access-date=29 August 2023 |website=High Commission of the Republic of Zambia in Canada}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|27 September 1974
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 September 1974<ref name=":45">{{Cite web |title=Establecimiento de Relaciones Diplomáticas y Consulares entre el Gobierno de la República Argentina y el Gobierno de la República de Zambia |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/tratado_ficha.php?id=lZ6llg== |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar |language=es}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Armenia}}||7 October 1993||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 October 1993<ref name=":64">{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/zm |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Australia}}||18 May 1972||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 May 1972 when first Australian High Commissioner to Zambia Mr. W. G. A. Landale presented credentials (resident in Dar es Salaam)<ref name=":39">{{Cite web |title=Australian Representation Overseas |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-889634636/view?sectionId=nla.obj-891602398&partId=nla.obj-889662036#page/n78/mode/1up |access-date=31 May 2023 |website=Current notes on international affairs.Vol. 43 No. 5 (May 1972) |page=263}}</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Zambia from its embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe.
*Zambia has a High Commission in [[Canberra]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Mission/view.rails?id=221 |title=Foreign embassies and consulates in Australia - Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=5 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063456/http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Mission/view.rails?id=221 |archive-date=18 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Both countries are full members of [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
|-
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|18 March 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 March 1965 when accredited first Ambassador of Austria to Zambia (resident in Nairobi) Dr. Friedrich Kudernatsch<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organisations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1970 |pages=1}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|18 November 1993
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 November 1993<ref name=":66">{{Cite web |title=The Republic of Zambia |url=https://www.mfa.gov.az/en/category/africa/zambia |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|26 July 1979
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 July 1979<ref name=":53">{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organisations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1978 |pages=6}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|1 March 1971
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 March 1971<ref name=":34">{{Cite web |title=List of countries with which Barbados has established diplomatic relations |url=https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=foreign.gov.bb}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|13 October 1993
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 October 1993<ref name=":65">{{Cite web |date=23 May 2002 |title=Матэрыялы брыфінга прэс-сакратара МЗС Беларусі Паўла Латушкі, праведзенага для прадстаўнікоў СМІ 23 мая б.г. |url=https://www.mfa.gov.by/print/press/news_mfa/de141f7825adf173.html |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=mfa.gov.by |language=be}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|12 February 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 February 1965 when first Ambassador of Belgium to Zambia Mr. Jean Bourgaux presented his credentials<ref name=":11">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=246}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|18 September 2003
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 September 2003 when accredited first High Commissioner of Zambia to Belize (resident in Washington D.C.) Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika.<ref name=":70">{{Cite web |title=Order of accreditation and precedence |url=http://www.belizeinvest.org.bz/pdf/beltraide/diplomatic-consular-list.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919054424/http://www.belizeinvest.org.bz/pdf/beltraide/diplomatic-consular-list.pdf |archive-date=19 September 2006 |access-date=23 November 2023 |website=Belize Diplomatic & Consular List 2004 |page=123}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|8 February 1974
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 February 1974 when Zambian ambassador Andreya S. Masiye presented credentials to President Kerekou<ref name=":44">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OB8FAQAAIAAJ&dq=8+February+1974+when+Zambian+ambassador+Andreya+S.+Masiye+presented+credentials+to+President+Kerekou&pg=PA11 |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1450-1459 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1974 |pages=11 |access-date=20 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|5 January 1987
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 January 1987<ref name=":58">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Between Bolivia and Zambia as of 5 Jan. 1987 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1638675?ln=en |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=United Nations Digital Library| date=5 January 1987 }}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|28 November 1966
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 November 1966 when first Botswana's High Commissioner to Zambia, Richard Mannathoko presents his credentials<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1966 |pages=657}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Brazil}}||28 December 1969||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 December 1969<ref name=":30">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMMOAAAAYAAJ&dq=ESTABELECIMENTO+DE+RELA%C3%87%C3%95ES+DIPLOMATICAS+COM+A+UGANDA+Em+22+de+dezembro+de+1969+Comunicado&pg=RA3-PA21 |title=Documentos de política externa Volumes 1-4 |publisher=Brazil. Ministério das Relações Exteriores, Brazil. Secretaria Geral Adjunta para o Planejamento Político |year=1967 |pages=21 |language=pt |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
* Brazil has an embassy in Lusaka.
* Zambia has an embassy in [[Brasília]].
|-
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|15 July 2011
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 July 2011 when Ambassador of Zambia with residence in Abuja M. Alexis Cadman Luhila, has presented his credentials to President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaore.<ref name=":73">{{Cite web |date=18 July 2011 |title=Six nouveaux Ambassadeurs accrédités auprès du Burkina présentent leurs Lettres de créance au Président du Faso |url=https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article43024 |access-date=15 August 2023 |website=lefaso.net |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|13 March 1973
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 March 1973<ref name=":42">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SQFAQAAIAAJ&dq=Zambia+ambassador+to+Burundi+Makasa+Sibueli&pg=RA11-PA3 |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1275-1285 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1973 |pages=3 |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|April 1972
|Both countries established diplomatic relations in April 1972<ref name=":38">{{Cite book |last=Irving Kaplan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt9GHO4Je38C&dq=Diplomatic+relations+were+entered+into+for+the+first+time+with+Cameroon+in+April+1972&pg=PR59 |title=Area Handbook for Zambia Volume 550 |publisher=American University, Foreign Area Studies |year=1974 |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Canada}}||13 April 1966||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 April 1966<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019#Beginnings |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute}}</ref>
* Canada has a high commission in Lusaka.
* Zambia has a high commission in [[Ottawa]].
|-
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|10 July 1982
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 July 1982<ref name=":56">{{Cite book |title=Le mois en Afrique - Issues 200-204 |publisher=1982 |pages=167 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|28 August 2017
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 August 2017 when first Ambassador of CAR to Zambia with residence in Pretoria M. Andre Nzapayeke, presented his credentials to President Edgar Lungu.<ref name=":78">{{Cite web |date=29 August 2017 |title=Pres. Lungu Receives Letters Of Credence from Nine Envoys |url=https://www.muvitv.com/2017/08/pres-lungu-receives-letters-of-credence-from-nine-envoys/ |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=MUVI Television}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|29 July 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 July 1965, but Zambia severed diplomatic relations with Chile on 1 October 1973, diplomatic relations were restored on 18 July 1991<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=Reseña histórica de la presencia chilena en África |url=https://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=repositorio/10221/12006/1/91367_BCNINFORME_GRID_01-08-2011_JJ_AFRICA.doc |access-date=4 July 2023 |page=15 |language=es}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|China}}||29 October 1964||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 October 1964<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=China and Zambia celebrated the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations |url=http://zm.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/dshdyjh/202210/t20221008_10778543.htm#:~:text=On%20October%2029%2C%201964%2C%20China,beginning%20of%20China%2DZambia%20friendship. |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Zambia}}</ref>
See [[China–Zambia relations]]
* China has an embassy in Lusaka.
* Zambia has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
|-
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|21 April 1988
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 April 1988<ref name=":61">{{Cite web |date=14 April 2015 |title=Directorio del Cuerpo Diplomático y Consular acreditado en la República de Colombia |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/directoriocuerpodiplomatico-14abril2015jsre.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=cancilleria.gov.co |page=12 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|22 February 2007
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 February 2007 when first Ambassador of Zambia Professor Royson M. Mukwena, has presented his credentials to President of Comoros Ahmed Abdallah Sambi.<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |title=Le premier Ambassadeur de la République de Zambie, SEM le Professeur Royson M. Mukwena a présenté ses lettres de créance à SEM Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, Président de l'Union des Comores |url=http://www.beit-salam.km/article.php3?id_article=297 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125192201/http://www.beit-salam.km/article.php3?id_article=297 |archive-date=25 January 2013 |access-date=19 August 2023 |website=beit-salam.km |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}||24 October 1964||Both countries established diplomatic relations on Zambia's independence 24 October 1964, when Democratic Republic of the Congo has raised its consulate-general in Lusaka to embassy level, and consul Mabita has been promoted to charge d'affaires<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySziM6j4ndUC&dq=congolese+consulate+general+in+Lusaka+raised+to+embassy+level&pg=PA4-IA3 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 211-212 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1964 |pages=4 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref>
* DR Congo has an embassy in Lusaka.
* Zambia has an embassy in [[Kinshasa]] and a consulate-general in [[Lubumbashi]].
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|{{Flag|Republic of Congo}}
|12 January 1973
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 January 1973 when the first Zambian Ambassador to the Congo People's Republic, M. Chalikulima, presented his credentials to President Ngouabi<ref name=":40">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1973 |pages=2718}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|28 May 2014
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 May 2014 when first Ambassador of Zambia to Costa Rica (resident in Washington) Mr. Palan Mulonda presented his credentials to President Luis Guillermo Solís.<ref name=":77">{{Cite web |date=28 May 2014 |title=Finlandia, Grecia, Guyana y Zambia acreditan a sus nuevos embajadores ante Solís |url=https://www.nacion.com/el-pais/finlandia-grecia-guyana-y-zambia-acreditan-a-sus-nuevos-embajadores-ante-solis/DMX2PXVMSJCDNDULQS4BJ7XORI/story/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=La Nacion |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Cote d'Ivoire}}
|10 April 1968
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 April 1968<ref name=":26">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1968 |pages=1033}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Croatia}}||20 September 1995||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 September 1995<ref name=":69">{{Cite web |title=Date of Recognition and Establishment od Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mvep.gov.hr/foreign-policy/bilateral-relations/date-of-recognition-and-establishment-od-diplomatic-relations/22800 |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Republic of Croatia Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Cyprus}}||10 December 1976||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 December 1976 when the first High Commissioner of Cyprus to Zambia, Mr. Fillios Antoniou Grammenopoulos, presented his credentials to President Kaunda<ref name=":51">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1976 |pages=4272}}</ref>
*Cyprus is accredited to Zambia from its high commission in [[Pretoria]], South Africa<ref name="mfa.gov.cy">{{Cite web|title=Home - MFA|url=https://mfa.gov.cy/?OpenDocument|access-date=21 October 2021|website=mfa.gov.cy|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021105426/https://mfa.gov.cy/?OpenDocument|url-status=live}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in Lusaka.<ref name="mfa.gov.cy" />
*Zambia is accredited to Cyprus from its embassy in Rome, Italy<ref name="mfa.gov.cy" /> and an honorary consulate in [[Limassol]].<ref name="mfa.gov.cy" />
*Both countries have a bilateral agreement on Air Service between both countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olc.gov.cy/olc/olc.nsf/all/9B32A2FB1E729191C22575D70035EC03/$file/List%20of%20Zambia.pdf?openelement |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227145956/http://www.olc.gov.cy/olc/olc.nsf/all/9B32A2FB1E729191C22575D70035EC03/$file/List%20of%20Zambia.pdf?openelement |archive-date=27 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
*Both countries are full members of [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
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|{{flag|Denmark}}||10 February 1965||See [[Denmark-Zambia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 February 1965 when was accredited first Ambassador of Denmark to Zambia (resident in Nairibi) Mr. Birger Abrahamson<ref name=":10">{{Cite book |title=Udenrigsministeriets kalender |publisher=Denmark. Udenrigsministeriet |year=1967 |pages=194 |language=da}}</ref>

* Denmark has an embassy in [[Lusaka]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amblusaka.um.dk/en |title=Danish Embassy Zambia |access-date=12 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719134131/http://www.amblusaka.um.dk/en |archive-date=19 July 2011  }}</ref>
* Zambia is accredited to Denmark, from its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Embassy Information - Panduan dan Info Untuk Jalan Jalan Keluar Negeri|url=http://www.worldembassyinformation.com/|access-date=21 October 2021|website=World Embassy Information|language=en|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021165755/http://www.worldembassyinformation.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|16 July 2013
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 July 2013 when first Ambassador of Zambia to Ecuador (resident in Brasilia) Ms. Cynthia Misozi Jangulo presented his credentials<ref name=":76">{{Cite web |title=Cinco Embajadores presentan copias de cartas credenciales en Quito |url=https://confirmado.net/2013/07/16/cinco-embajadores-presentan-copias-de-cartas-credenciales-en-quito/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=confirmado.net |date=16 July 2013 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|15 December 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 December 1964 when the UAR (Egypt) has decided to open an embassy in Zambia.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1964 |pages=203}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|19 April 2018
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 April 2018 when Ambassador of Zambia with residence in Kinshasa Mr. Friday Musiyalike Nyambe has presented his credentials to President of Equatorial Guinea Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.<ref name=":79">{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2018 |title=Presentación de cartas credenciales y audiencias con el Presidente de la República |url=https://guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticias/presentacion_de_cartas_credenciales_y_audiencias_con_el_presidente_de_la_republica_ |access-date=7 August 2023 |website=guineaecuatorialpress.com |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|15 July 1994
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 July 1994 when first Ambassador of Zambia to Eritrea Simataa Akapelwa presented his credentials to President Isaias Afwerki<ref name=":68">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxgOAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eritrea%3A+Zambia+ambassador++Akapelwa+...&pg=RA15-PA10 |title=Eritrea Update |publisher=Provisional Government of Eritrea (EPLF), Mission to the USA and Canada |year=1992 |access-date=3 July 2023}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|31 March 1971
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 March 1971 when has been accredited High Commissioner of Swaziland to Zambia (resident in Nairobi) Mr. Martin Buya Mdiniso.<ref name=":35">{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organisations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1971 |pages=5}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|8 July 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 July 1965 when Chief Mapanza has been appointed the Zambian Ambassador to Ethiopia<ref name=":15">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=327}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Finland}}||8 March 1968||

* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 March 1968<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finland and Zambia |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/zmb/finland-and-zambia |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Finland Abroad}}</ref>
* Finland recognised Zambia on 29 October 1964.
* Zambia is accredited to Finland from its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.
* Finland has an embassy in Lusaka.
* [http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17314&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland about Zambia]
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|{{Flag|France}}
|24 October 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 October 1964<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyes extraordinaires, ministres plenipotentiaires et charges d'affaires de France a l'etranger depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr |page=110 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|18 July 1975
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 July 1975<ref name=":49">{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 4943-5020 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1975 |pages=8}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|30 December 1974
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 December 1974 when the Zambian High Commissioner to Gambia, Mr. A. N. Kalyati, presented his letters of credence to the President, Sir Dawda Jawara.<ref name=":46">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1975 |pages=3487}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Germany}}
|24 October 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 October 1964<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Sambia: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/sambia-node/sambia/208592 |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|30 November 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 November 1964 when first Zambian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr. M. Ngalande, presented his letters of credence<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1964 |pages=184}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Greece}}||1977||
* Greece is accredited to Zambia from its embassy in [[Harare]], [[Zimbabwe]] and an honorary consulate in [[Lusaka]].<ref name="mfa.gr">{{Cite web|title=Greece's Bilateral Relations|url=https://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/zambia/|access-date=21 October 2021|website=www.mfa.gr|archive-date=1 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501144310/https://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/zambia/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Zambia is accredited to Greece from its embassy in London, United Kingdom.<ref name="mfa.gr" />
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|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|18 September 1979
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 September 1979<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 6208-6259 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1979 |pages=8}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|10 November 1967
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 November 1967 when the first Guinean Ambassador to Zambia, Mr. Fily Cissoko, presented his credentials to President Kaunda<ref name=":25">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1967 |pages=903}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Guyana}}||11 February 1971||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 February 1971
*Both countries are full members of [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
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|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|6 March 1975
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 March 1975 when first Ambassador of Zambia to Haiti (resident in New York) Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Banda presented his credentials to Président Duvalier.<ref name=":47">{{Cite book |last=Jean-Claude Duvalier |title=Discours et messages: 21 avril 1973-avril 1975 |publisher=Impr. H. Deschamps |year=1978 |pages=245 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|8 August 2011
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 August 2011 when first Ambassador of Zambia to Honduras (resident in Washington) Mrs Sheila Siwela presented his credentials to President Porfirio Lobo<ref name=":74">{{Cite web |date=9 August 2011 |title=Embajadores presentan credenciales a Lobo |url=https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/embajadores-presentan-credenciales-a-lobo-KCLP522967 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=La Prensa |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{flag|India}}||April 1965||See [[India-Zambia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations in April 1965 when first High Commissioner of India to Zambia Mr. C. Krishnamurti began his duties.<ref name=":14">{{Cite book |title=Asian Recorder Volume 11 |publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press |year=1965 |pages=6352}}</ref>

* India has a high commission in [[Lusaka]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to High Commission of India, Lusaka, Zambia|url=https://www.hcizambia.gov.in/|access-date=21 October 2021|website=www.hcizambia.gov.in|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021105842/https://www.hcizambia.gov.in/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MEA {{!}} Indian Missions Abroad {{!}} Indian Mission|url=http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?241/Zambia|access-date=21 October 2021|website=mea.gov.in|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008040010/http://www.mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?241%2FZambia|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Zambia has a high commission in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://embassynewdelhi.com/zambian/zambian-embassy-in-new-delhi/ |title=Zambian Embassy in India |access-date=14 May 2015 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083909/http://embassynewdelhi.com/zambian/zambian-embassy-in-new-delhi/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zambia.visahq.in/embassy/india/ |title=Zambian Embassy in India contact info |access-date=14 May 2015 |archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501144313/https://www.visahq.in/zambia/embassy/india/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [http://www.hcizambia.gov.in/pages.php?id=16 Bilateral Relations between India and Zambia]
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|{{flag|Ireland}}|| 29 February 1980||See [[Ireland–Zambia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 February 1980 when Ireland's first Ambassador to Zambia, His Excellency Mr Michael Greene, presented credentials to President Kaunda<ref name=":54">{{Cite book |title=Ireland Today - Issues 942-983 |publisher=Information Section, Department of Foreign Affairs |year=1979 |pages=13}}</ref>

* Ireland has an embassy in [[Lusaka]].<ref>[http://www.embassyofireland.co.zm/ Irish embassy in Lusaka] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120802000019/http://www.embassyofireland.co.zm/ |date=2 August 2012 }}</ref>
* Zambia is accredited to Ireland from its high commission in [[London]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=ZHCL|url=https://www.zhcl.org.uk/|access-date=21 October 2021|website=www.zhcl.org.uk|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021110107/https://www.zhcl.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Israel}}||17 March 1965||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 March 1965 when Israel's first ambassador to Zambia Col. Ben-Zion Tehan presented his credentials to the President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGahlieenfwC&dq=Colonel+Ben+Zion+Tehan+ambassador+of+israel+to+zambia&pg=RA4-PA19 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 51-52 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1965 |pages=19 |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref> Zambia severed diplomatic relations with Israel on 26 October 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benyamin Neuberger |title=Israel's Relations with the Third World (1948–2008) |url=https://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/abraham/publications/israel.pdf |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=tau.ac.il |page=20}}</ref> Diplomatic relations between two countries were re-established on 25 December 1991<ref>{{Cite book |last=Uri Bialer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1LXDwAAQBAJ&dq=Zambia+and+israel++diplomatic+relations+25+December+1991&pg=PT162 |title=Israeli Foreign Policy A People Shall Not Dwell Alone |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2020 | isbn=978-0-253-04623-9 |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>

Both countries have a number of bilateral agreements in force.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/LegalTreaties/Pages/Bilateral-Treaties.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130807222819/http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/LegalTreaties/Pages/Bilateral-Treaties.aspx| archive-date = 7 August 2013| title = Bilateral Treaties}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Italy}}
|10 May 1966
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 May 1966 with the appointment of Armando Albini as Chargé d'affaires of Italy to Zambia (before that, from 31 May 1965, Consul General of Italy in Lusaka). First Ambassador of Italy to Zambia Girolamo Trotta was appointed 27 November 1967.<ref name=":19">{{Cite book |last=Filippo Scammacca del Murgo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kM6EAAAQBAJ&dq=Zambia:+A.+Albini+incaricato+d%27affari+Italia+...+1966&pg=PT135 |title=Sulle tracce di Livingstone Storia di Zambia e Malawi e degli italiani che vi hanno viaggiato |date=27 July 2021 |publisher=Infinito Edizioni | isbn=978-88-6861-537-6 |language=it}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|6 June 2006
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 June 2006 when ambassador of Zambia to Jordan Mr. Cecil Almos Holmes, has presented his credentials to King Abdullah.<ref name=":71">{{Cite web |date=6 June 2006 |title=Ten ambassadors present credentials to King |url=https://kingabdullah.jo/en/news/ten-ambassadors-present-credentials-king |access-date=4 September 2023 |website=kingabdullah.jo}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Kenya}}||1966||See [[Kenya–Zambia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1966 when has been accredited High Commissioner of Zambia to Kenya Mr. A. M. Simbule.<ref name=":23">{{Cite book |title=Kenya Directory of the Diplomatic Corps of High Commissions, Embassies, Consulate-generals, Consuls, Trade Commissions, Holy See, International Organizations |publisher=Kenya Ministry of External Affairs |year=1966 |pages=97}}</ref>

* Kenya has a high commission in Lusaka.
* Zambia has a high commission in [[Nairobi]].
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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|3 February 1967
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 February 1967 when has been accredited first Ambassador of Zambia to Lebanon with residence in Cairo M.Rupiah Bwezani Banda.<ref name=":24">{{Cite book |title=Who's who in Lebanon Volume 3 |publisher=Les Editions Publitec |year=1968 |pages=374 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|3 April 1972
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 April 1972 when first Zambian Ambassador to Liberia Mr. Siteke G. Mwale presented his credentials<ref name=":37">{{Cite book |last=William R. Tolbert (Jr.) |title=Presidential Papers Documents, Diary, and Record of Activities of the Chief Executive · Volume 1 |publisher=Press Division of the Executive Mansion |year=1976 |pages=28}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Mali}}
|2 October 1987
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 October 1987 when has been accredited Ambassador of Mali to Zambia (Resident in Cairo) Mr. Elbekaye Moctar Kounta.<ref name=":60">{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organisations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1989 |pages=5}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|30 April 1971
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 April 1971 when Zambia's first Ambassador to Mauritania Mr. Seteke Mwale presented his credentials to President Moktar Ould Daddah.<ref name=":36">{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 3650-3723 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1971 |pages=3}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||15 October 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 October 1975<ref name=":50">{{Cite web |title=Hoy conmemoramos el 47 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y Zambia |url=https://twitter.com/SRE_mx/status/1581238463529046018?s=20 |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=Relaciones Exteriores |language=es}}</ref>
* Mexico is accredited to Zambia from its embassy in [[Pretoria]], [[South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bienvenido|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/sudafrica/|access-date=21 October 2021|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx|archive-date=4 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504120721/https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/sudafrica/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Zambia is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zambiaembassy.org/ |title=Embassy of Zambia in the United States |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206093148/https://www.zambiaembassy.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mozambique}}||25 June 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 June 1975<ref name=":48">{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 4866-4942 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1975 |pages=8}}</ref>
* Mozambique has a high commission in Lusaka.
* Zambia has a high commission in [[Maputo]].
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|{{flag|Namibia}}||5 August 1990||See [[Namibia–Zambia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 August 1990<ref name=":62">{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1999 |pages=305}}</ref>

* Namibia has a high commission in Lusaka.
* Zambia has a high commission in [[Windhoek]].
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|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|2 November 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 November 1965 when opened Embassy of the Netherlands in Zambia's capital Lusaka with Charge d'Affaires Mr. M. A. Beelaerts van Blokland<ref name=":17">{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken, Volumes 78-80 |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken |year=1965 |pages=125 |language=nl}}</ref>
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|{{flag|New Zealand}}||2 April 1985||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 April 1985<ref name=":57">{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 7914-7938. |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1985 |pages=10}}</ref>
* New Zealand is accredited to Zambia from its high commission in Pretoria, South Africa.
* Zambia is accredited to New Zealand from its high commission in [[Canberra]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/africa/zambia/high-commission-for-the-republic-of-zambia/ |title=High Commission for the Republic of Zambia &#124; New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=5 March 2017 |archive-date=5 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305202033/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/africa/zambia/high-commission-for-the-republic-of-zambia/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Both countries are full members of [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. 
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|{{flag|Poland}}||1 July 1966||See [[Poland–Zambia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 July 1966<ref name=":21">{{Cite book |title=The Polish Review - Volume 12 |publisher=Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. |year=1967 |pages=117}}</ref>
* Poland is accredited to Zambia from its embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe.
* Zambia is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
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|{{flag|Russia}}||30 October 1964||See [[Russia–Zambia relations]]
* Russia has an embassy in Lusaka.
* Zambia has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
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|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|
|Ambassador of Rwanda to Zambia Mr. Jean Marie Sibomana presented his credentials to President Kaunda on 23 March 1976<ref>{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organisations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1978 |pages=1}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Sao Tome and Principe}}
|31 August 1987
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1987 when has been accredited Ambassador of Sao Tome and Principe to Zambia (resident in Luanda) Mr. J. Jose Da Costa.<ref name=":59">{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organizations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1993 |pages=1}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|25 April 1969
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 April 1969 when first  Zambia's Ambassador to Senegal, Mr. Ali Simbule presented his credentials to President Senghor<ref name=":27">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1969 |pages=1374}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Serbia}}||24 October 1964||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 October 1964.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |title=Summary of the Yugoslav Press |publisher=1964 |pages=22}}</ref>                     Both countries have passed a number of bilateral agreements.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/ZAMBIA.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 February 2017 |archive-date=27 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227070007/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/ZAMBIA.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|19 February 1971
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 February 1971 when first High Commissioner of Zambia Mr. Siteke G. Mwale presented his credentials to the Governor General of Sierra Leone Sir Banja Tejan-Sie<ref name=":32">{{Cite book |title=Sierra Leone Trade Journal Volumes 8-13 |publisher=Sierra Leone. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |year=1968 |pages=42}}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||10 May 1994||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 May 1994<ref name=":67">{{Cite web |title=Key Relations |url=https://www.zambiapretoria.net/key-relations/ |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=High Commission of the Republic of Zambia - Pretoria}}</ref>
See [[South Africa–Zambia relations]]

Zambia was a strong supporter of the [[African National Congress]] during [[South Africa under apartheid|their struggle against minority rule]] and hosted the ANC for a number of years. In 2009, nearly 52% of all goods imported to Zambia were from South Africa.
* South Africa has a high commission in Lusaka.
* Zambia has a high commission in [[Pretoria]].
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||4 September 1990||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 September 1990<ref name=":63">{{Cite web |title=Zambia |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=181 |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}</ref>

High-level Exchanges: May 1991 Special Envoy Chung Won-shik; October 1994 Special Envoy Hong Soon-young; May 1995 Special Envoy Kim Hang-kyung; May 2010 Economic Mission Kim Jung-hoon (The Republic of Korea-Zambia business Forum).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/middleeast/countries/20070824/1_24463.jsp?menu=m_30_50 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea-Middle East and Africa |website=www.mofa.go.kr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904015758/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/middleeast/countries/20070824/1_24463.jsp?menu=m_30_50 |archive-date=2015-09-04}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Spain}}||26 September 1969||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 September 1969<ref name=":29">{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas del Estado Espaniol |url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOB/article/download/33281/85107/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |page=307 |language=es}}</ref>
* Spain is accredited to Zambia from its embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe and maintains an honorary consulate in Lusaka.
* Zambia is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Paris, France.
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|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|16 April 1973
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 April 1973 when High Commissioner to Zambia from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) presented his credentials to President Kaunda.<ref name=":43">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1973 |pages=2834}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|10 June 1966
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 June 1966 when appointed first Ambassador of Switzerland to Zambia (resident in Kinshasa) Mr. Theodor Curchod<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |title=Ambassade de Suisse à Kinshasa (1962...) |url=https://dodis.ch/R12007 |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=dodis.ch |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Tanzania}}||7 January 1965||See [[Tanzania–Zambia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 January 1965 when Zambia's first High Commissioner to Tanzania, Mr. A. M. Simbule presented his credentials to President Nyerere<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BvBaKHQqljMC&dq=Uganda:+Zambian+high+commissioner++Simbule&pg=PP21 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 5-6 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1965}}</ref>

* Tanzania has a high commission in Lusaka.
* Zambia has a high commission in [[Dar es Salaam]].
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|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|17 February 1971
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 February 1971 when first Zambia's high commissioner in Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Vernon Johnson Mwaanga presented his credentials to Governor General Sir Solomon Hochoy<ref name=":31">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gcrCve_mfIC&dq=Vernon+Johnson+Mwaanga&pg=RA18-PT1 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 31-40 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1971 |pages= |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||25 February 1971||See [[Turkey–Zambia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1971 when accredited first Ambassador of Turkey to Zambia (resident in Nairibi) Mr. Sadum Terem<ref name=":33">{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic, Consular, and Trade Missions and International Organisations |publisher=Zambia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1972 |pages=3}}</ref>
* Turkey has an embassy in Lusaka.<ref name="auto107">{{Cite web |title=Relations between Turkey and Zambia |url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-zambia.en.mfa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131151/http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-zambia.en.mfa |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref>
* Zambia has an embassy in [[Ankara]].<ref name="auto107" />
*Trade volume between the two countries was 23.7 million USD in 2019 (Zambian exports/imports: 5.9/17.8 million USD).<ref name="auto107" />
*There are direct flights from [[Istanbul]] to Lusaka since 14 December 2018.<ref name="auto107" />
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|17 October 1964
|See [[United Kingdom–Zambia relations]]
Zambia established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 17 October 1964.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Diplomatic Service List|author=Great Britain. Diplomatic Service Administration Office.|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8ofAAAAMAAJ|year=1970 |pages=136–149}}</ref>
*Zambia maintains a [[High Commission of Zambia, London|high commission]] in [[London]].
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Zambia through its embassy in Lusaka.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-lusaka|title=British Embassy Lusaka|website=GOV.UK|access-date=10 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906161949/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-lusaka|archive-date=6 September 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

The UK governed [[Northern Rhodesia|Zambia]] from 1911 to 1964, when Zambia achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], and 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> and have signed an Investment Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/3597/united-kingdom---zambia-bit-2009-|title=United Kingdom - Zambia BIT (2009)|website=UN Trade and Development|access-date=10 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818010046/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/3597/united-kingdom---zambia-bit-2009-|archive-date=18 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||24 October 1964||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 October 1964<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Zambia |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/zambia |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
See [[United States–Zambia relations]]

Zambia, led by president Kenneth Kaunda and other diplomats such as Vernon Mwaanga, Mark Chona, and Siteke Mwale, cooperated closely with the United States between 1975 and 1984 in order to promote peaceful solutions to the conflicts in Angola, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), and Namibia.<ref>Andy DeRoche, ''Kenneth Kaunda, the United States and Southern Africa'' (London: Bloomsbury, 2016)</ref>

* United States has an embassy in Lusaka.
* Zambia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]
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|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}||30 April 1980||See [[Zambia–Zimbabwe relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 April 1980<ref name=":55">{{Cite book |last=Schwartz, Richard, 1954- |title=Coming to terms : Zimbabwe in the international arena |publisher=London; New York : I.B. Tauris |year=2001 |pages=65}}</ref>

* From 1953 to 1963 Zambia and Zimbabwe were, along with [[Nyasaland]] (now [[Malawi]]) part of the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]].<ref>Africa Today [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9384404_ITM Friends, neighbors, and former enemies: the evolution of Zambia-Zimbabwe relations in a changing regional context.(Southern Africa in the Postapartheid Era)] by Scarritt, James R.; Nkiwane, Solomon M.; published 01-JAN-96</ref>
* Initially the two countries had good relations after gaining independence. However, relations have recently been strained. Following the controversial [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008|Zimbabwean presidential election of 2008]], the late Zambian President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] described Mugabe's Zimbabwe as a "regional embarrassment".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2008/zimbabwe/default.stm "Zimbabwe's neighbours"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006084007/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2008/zimbabwe/default.stm |date=6 October 2020 }}, BBC, June 2008</ref>
*The former foreign affairs minister, Kabinga Mpande, once said Zambia had lodged a protest against Zimbabwe, against the "sustained malicious campaign against Zambia".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zimbabwemetro.com/2008/06/05/zambia-protests-against-zimbabwe |title=Zambia protests against Zimbabwe |access-date=25 May 2009 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212154913/http://zimbabwemetro.com/2008/06/05/zambia-protests-against-zimbabwe |url-status=dead }}</ref> But relations have improved tremendously with the election of Michael Sata as President of Zambia. It was reported in the Zambian media that Zambia was pushing for the readmission of Zimbabwe into the British led Commonwealth of Nations.
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==See also==

* [[History of Zambia]]
* [[Politics of Zambia]]
* [[Kenneth Kaunda]]
* [[African Union]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Zambia]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Zambia]]

==References==
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| url = http://www.un.int/zambia/
| title = Permanent Mission of The Republic of Zambia to The United Nations
| access-date = 22 October 2006
| archive-date = 4 October 2006
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061004184034/http://www.un.int/zambia/
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*{{cite web
| url = https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2359.htm
| title = Background Note: Zambia
| publisher = U.S. Department of State
| access-date = 22 October 2006
| archive-date = 22 January 2017
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170122194627/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2359.htm
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*{{cite web
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5099962.stm
| title = Kenneth Kaunda: A life in power
| publisher = [[BBC]]
| access-date = 22 October 2006
| date = 26 June 2006
| archive-date = 6 January 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070106042637/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5099962.stm
| url-status = live
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