Guinea has participated in both diplomatic and military efforts to resolve conflicts in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau, and contributed contingents of troops to peacekeeping operations in all three countries as part of ECOMOG, the Military Observer Group of ECOWAS.[3] In the 1990s, Guinea hosted almost a million refugees fleeing the civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia.[4] As of 2004, Guinea maintained a policy of unrestricted admission to refugees.[4]
On 5 May 2009, President Moussa Dadis Camara, who seized power in a bloodless coup which followed the 22 December 2008 death of President Lansana Conté, announced the recall of 30 of Guinea's ambassadors to other countries.[6] The order was made by a presidential decree on state television and was the first major diplomatic move made by the new leader.[6]
No reason was stated for the recall.[7] The Tocqueville Connection states: "Most of the ambassadors were appointed by former prime minister Lansana Kouyaté, in office from February 2007 until May 2008,"[7] raising the possibility that the recall was an attempt on the part of Camara to distance himself from the previous government.
In late March 2009, the Guinean ambassador to Serbia faced expulsion for personal involvement in cigarette smuggling (1,000 packs of cigarettes were found in his BMW) but avoided arrest due to diplomatic immunity (although he was declared as persona non grata).[9]
The September 5, 2021 coup d'état brought swift condemnation and threats of sanctions from the United Nations, the African Union, the West African regional bloc ECOWAS (which suspended Guinea), and close allies of Guinea—as well as the United States—among others.[10][11][12] China, uncharacteristically, also openly opposed the coup.[13]
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 2004[155]
Australia and Guinea share close interests in the mining sector. They are the two largest bauxite producers in the world (see List of countries by bauxite production) and were founding signatories in the 1970s of the (now defunct) International Bauxite Agreement. Australian companies are involved in developing the Guinean mining sector.
Guinea is accredited to Australia, through its embassy in Tokyo.[176]
Australia is accredited to Guinea, through its embassy in Accra, Ghana.[177]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 February 1962 when first Ambassador of Guinea to Dahomey Mr. Leon Maka presented his credentials to President Maga.[58]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 August 1968 when Guinea's first Ambassador to Chad, Mr. Filly Cissoko, presented his credentials to President Tombolbaye[91]
The People's Republic of China and the Republic of Guinea established diplomatic relations on October 4, 1959, making Guinea the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to establish formal relations with China.[31] China has become heavily dependent upon Guinea for bauxite (aluminum ore) -- Guinea's principal export—consuming half of it.[13]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 August 1981 when Ambassador of Guinea M. Moussa Doumbouya, has presented his credentials to President of Comoros M. Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane.[118]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 July 1968 when Guinea's Ambassador to the Congo Republic, M. Fily Sissoko, presented his credentials to President Massamba-Debat.[90]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 January 1959 and appointed M. Nobi Youla as first ambassador of Guinea to France and M. Francis Hure appointed as chargé d'affaires of France to Guinea[22]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 January 1983 when first Ambassador of Guinea to Haiti (resident in New York) Mr. Alpha Ibrahima Diallo presented his credentials to President Jean Claude Duvalier[121]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 January 1959.[21] Guinea broke off diplomatic relations with Israel on 12 June 1967[185] They resumed diplomatic relations on 20 July 2016[186]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 March 1959 when Mr. Edward Peal, the Liberian Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, presented his credentials to President S. Toure.[26]
Guinea has an embassy in Monrovia, which was opened in 1959.[19]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 September 2002 when has been accredited non-resident Ambassador of Guinea to Namibia Mr. Alexandre CeCe Loua.[153]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 June 1967 when Guinean ambassador to Rwanda M. Fily Cissoko, has presented his credentials to President Kiyibanda.[87]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 October 1961 when Mr. Abdoul Karim, Ambassador of Sierra Leone to Guinea presented his credentials to President Sekou Toure.[55]
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and Guinea were established on 28 August 2006.[156] The number of South Koreans living in Guinea in 2011 was 70.[192]
Guinea is accredited to South Korea, through its embassy in Tokyo.[176]
South Korea is accredited to Guinea, through its embassy in Dakar, Senegal.
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 August 1961 when first Guinean Ambassador to Sudan (resident in Cairo) Mr. Seydou Diallo, presented his credentials to Presidenr Abbud[52]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 July 1966 when the Guinean Ambassador to Uganda, M. B. Biro, presented his credentials to President Obote.[81]
Guinea became the first French African colony to gain independence, on 2 October 1958, at the cost of the immediate cessation of all French assistance.
After a temporary suspension due to nationwide political unrest in early 2007, the Peace Corps program in Guinea resumed operations at the end of July. Prior to the suspension, Peace Corps had more than 100 volunteers throughout the country, and the program is gradually increasing its numbers again. Volunteers work in four project areas: secondary education, environment/agro-forestry, public health and HIV/AIDS prevention, and small enterprise development. Guinea has also had a strong Crisis Corps program through the last few years.
The U.S. "condemned" Guinea's "2008 military coup d'etat,"—but had "close relations" with Guinea before the coup, and after "Guinea's presidential elections in 2010"—in support of "democratic reform."[196] However, the U.S. State Department immediately condemned the September 5, 2021 coup d'état, warning against "violence and any extra-constitutional measures, [which] could limit the ability of the United States and Guinea's other international partners to support the country..."[10][11]
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[88]
^ abThe Israel Digest of Press and Events in Israel and the Middle East Volumes 1-3. Israel Digest. 1958. p. 4.
^ abChronologie internationale supplément bi-mensuel aux Notes et études documentaires (in French). France. Direction de la Documentation. 1959. p. 28.
^Peter Cheng. A Chronology of the People's Republic of China from October 1, 1949. 1972. 1959 October 4 : It was announced in Peking that diplomatic relations between Guinea and the PRC had been established
^Ahmed Sékou Touré (1959). L'action politique du Parti démocratique de Guinée (in French). Présence Africaine. p. 129. Liste de messieurs les chefs des missions diplomatiques accredites aupres de la Republique de Guinee au 1er Juillet 1959: ... Ambassadeur de la République Arabe - Unie : S. E. M. NAGUIB HAMED EL SADR
^Ten Years of Progress and Development, 1952-1962. United Arab Republic. Maṣlaḥat al-Istiʻlāmāt. 1962. p. 19. In 1959: a) Established diplomatic representations with Guinea at Embassy level
^Ahmed Sékou Touré (1959). L'action politique du Parti démocratique de Guinée (in French). Présence Africaine. p. 129. Liste de messieurs les chefs des missions diplomatiques accredites aupres de la Republique de Guinee au 1er Juillet 1959: ... Ambassadeur des Pays - Bas : S. E. M. LOUIS NOE
^"Diplomatic and Consular List"(PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia. March 2020. p. 4. Archived from the original(PDF) on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ abNews from Hsinhua News Agency Daily bulletin · Issues 834-847. 1960. p. 65. ...Indonesia, Guinea to exchange ambassadors Conakry, April twentyseventh Chsinhua) - Indonesia and the Republic of Guinea decided to establish diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level ...
^Yitzhak Oron (1960). Middle East Record Volume 1, 1960 Volume 1. Published for The Israel Oriental Society, The Reuven Shiloah Research Center by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited. p. 370.
^L'Afrique et l'Asie Issues 53-60 (in French). Université de Paris, Centre de hautes études administratives sur l'Afrique et de l'Asie modernes. 1961. p. 72. 9 Juin ... La veille, l'ambassadeur de Guinée au Sénégal, nouvellement nommé, avait présenté ses lettres de créance au président Senghor.
^"Guinea". Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ abYitzhak Oron (1961). Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961, Volume 2. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 477.
^Africa Trade and Development Volumes 2-4. 1960. p. 15. August 1961 ... Nigeria and Guinea exchange ambassadors Mr. Camara Oumar Dinn is to be Ambas- sador to Nigeria on the recommendation of the President of Guinea, and Mr. Nathan- iel Adepayin Martins ...
^Europe, France outremer Issues 371-381 (in French). 1960. p. 73. ... M. Léon Maka, ambassadeur de Guinée au Togo, et M. Anvar Marassoulovich Kouchkarov, ambassadeur de l'U.R.S.S . au Togo, ont présenté leurs lettres de créance au président Olympio.
^ abEurope, France outremer - Issues 382-392 (in French). 1961. p. 61.
^André Lewin (2009). Ahmed Sékou Touré, 1922-1984: 1958-1960 (chapitres 31 à 40): Sékou Touré ouvre Guinée sur le monde extérieur : les deux Allemagne, les Nations Unies, l'Afrique, la Chine et le pays d'Asie, les États-Unis, Israël (in French). L'Harmattan. p. 87. ... et que le 13 septembre 1963, la Guinée et le Cameroun aient décidé d'établir des relations diplomatiques au niveau des ambassadeurs ...
^Europe, France outremer Issues 393-404 (in French). 1962. p. 53. M. Alioune Drame, ambassadeur de Guinée en Haute Volta, avec résidence à Abidjan, a présenté ses lettres de créance au Président Yameogo.
^Mauritanie les première exportations de minerai de fer (in French). 1963. p. 53. M. Alioune Drame, ambassadeur de Guinée en Haute Volta, avec résidence à Abidjan, a présenté ses lettres de créance au Président Yameogo.
^The Diplomat Volume 6. M. Aziz. 1963. p. 13. Mr. Nasim Husain, High Commissioner of Pakistan to Ghana has been concurrently appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea
^Cahiers de l'Orient contemporain Volumes 54-56 (in French). G. P. Maisonneuve. 1964. p. 433. ... 18 octobre Etablissement de relations diplomatiques, au rang d'ambassade, avec la Guinée ( Ra'y * amm, 19 octobre )
^Africa Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1966. p. 546.
^ abAfrica Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1966. p. 571.
^List of Diplomatic Missions, Consular Missions, Trade and International Organizations. Tanzania. Protocol Division. 1967. p. 2. Guinea H.E. Mr. F. Cissoko 22.12.66
^Österreichische Zeitschrift Für Aussenpolitik Volume 6 (in German). Österreichische Gesellschaft für Aussenpolitik und Internationale Beziehungen. 1966. p. 488. Guinea Der Botschaft in Bonn wurden neu zu- geteilt : Als a . o . und bev . Botschafter wurde Nabi Youla bestellt, als Erster Sekretär Serge Siba Guilao .
^Africa Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1967. p. 794. Guinea Kenya . M. Filly Cissoko, the new Guinean Ambassador to Kenya, has presented his credentials to President Kenyatta . ( MAC 14/6 )
^Africa Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1967. p. 816. The new Guinean Ambassador to Rwanda and Burundi, M. Fily Cissoko, has presented his credentials to President Kayibanda and President Micombero respectively . ( Hor 28/6 )
^ abAfrica Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1967. p. 816.
^ abAfrica Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1967. p. 903.
^ARR: Arab Report and Record. Economic Features, Limited. 1968. p. 75.
^ abAfrica Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1968. p. 1116.
^ abAfrica Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1968. p. 1144.
^Iran Almanac and Book of Facts Issue 11. Echo of Iran. 1972. p. 260. It was on 26th April 1971, that Iran and Guinea agreed to set up diplomatic relations each other at Ambassadorial level.
^Africa Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1971. p. 2159.
^André Lewin (2009). Ahmed Sékou Touré, 1922-1984: 1958-1960 (chapitres 31 à 40): Sékou Touré ouvre Guinée sur le monde extérieur : les deux Allemagne, les Nations Unies, l'Afrique, la Chine et le pays d'Asie, les États-Unis, Israël (in French). L'Harmattan. p. 90.
^Información política mensual - Issues 28-39 (in Spanish). Desco, Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo. Area de Estudios Políticos. 1975. p. 75-5.
^Southern African Political History A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997. Greenwood Press. 1999. p. 215.
^Muzart-Fonseca dos Santos, Idelette; Manuel Da Costa Esteves, José; Rolland, Denis (2007). Les îles du Cap-Vert: langues, mémoires, histoire (in French). L'Harmattan. pp. 239–240.
^Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 5021-5096. British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service. 1975. ... broadcast by Conakry radio on 11th November, President Sekou Toure announced Guinea's recognition of the government set up in Luanda by the MPLA and the establishment of diplomatic relations " from today ".
^ abSchwartz, Richard, 1954- (2001). Coming to terms : Zimbabwe in the international arena. London; New York : I.B. Tauris. p. 65.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Sub-Saharan Africa Report Issues 75-81. United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1986. p. 9. ... The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guinea has the pleasure of informing the nation and the world that the Republic of Guinea and the Sovereign Order of Malta ... have decided to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level as of 24 June 1986.
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^ abWho's who in Australia Volume 41. The Herald. 2005. p. 1836. THIAM HE Ousmane Tolo; Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea to Australia, since 2004; address : Embassy of the Republic of Guinea, 12-9 Hachiyama - cho, Shibuya - ku, Tokyo 150-0035, Japan
^ ab"Guinea". Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
^ ab"AMBASSADEUR EXTRAORDINAIRE ET PLÉNIPOTENTIAIRE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE". Guinean Embassy, Tokyo (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02. Guinée et à ses relations avec les pays relevant de sa juridiction à savoir le Japon, la Corée du Sud, les Philippines, Singapore, l'Australie, la Nouvelle Zélande, et la République de Fiji
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