COUNTRY | DATE OF RECOGNITION |
Madagascar | February 28, 1976 |
Burundi | March 1, 1976 |
Algeria | March 6, 1976 |
Benin | March 11, 1976 (revoked March 21, 1997) |
Angola | March 11, 1976 |
Mozambique | March 13, 1976 |
Guinea- Bissau | March 15, 1976 (revoked April 2, 1997) |
North Korea | March 16, 1976 |
Togo | March 17, 1976 (revoked) |
Rwanda | April 1, 1976 |
South Yemen | February 2, 1977 |
Seychelles | October 25, 1977 |
Republic of the Congo | June 3, 1978 (revoked September 13, 1996) |
Sao Tome and Principe | June 22, 1978 (revoked August 23, 1996) |
Panama | June 23, 1978 |
Tanzania | November 9, 1978 |
Ethiopia | February 24, 1979 |
Vietnam | March 2, 1979 |
Cambodia | April 10, 1979 |
Laos | May 9, 1979 |
Afghanistan | May 23, 1979 |
Cape Verde | July 4, 1979 |
Grenada | August 20, 1979 |
Ghana | August 24, 1979 |
Guyana | September 1, 1979 |
Dominica | September 1, 1979 (revoked) |
Saint Lucia | September 1, 1979 (revoked) |
Jamaica | September 4, 1979 |
Uganda | September 6, 1979 |
Nicaragua | September 6, 1979 |
Mexico | September 8, 1979 |
Lesotho | October 9, 1979 |
Zambia | October 12, 1979 |
Cuba | January 20, 1980 |
Iran | February 27, 1980 |
Sierra Leone | March 27, 1980 |
Syria | April 15, 1980 |
Libya | April 15. 1980 |
Swaziland | April 28, 1980 (revoked) |
Botswana | May 14, 1980 |
Zimbabwe | July 3, 1980 |
Chad | July 4, 1980 (revoked May 9, 1997) |
Mali | July 4, 1980 |
Costa Rica | October 30, 1980 |
Vanuatu | November, 27, 1980 |
Papua New Guinea | August 12, 1981 |
Tuvalu | August 12, 1981 |
Kiribati | August 12, 1981 |
Nauru | August 12, 1981 |
Solomon Islands | August 12, 1981 |
Mauritius | July 1, 1982 |
Venezuela | August 3, 1982 |
Surinam | August 11, 1982 |
Bolivia | December 14, 1982 |
Ecuador | November 14, 1983 |
Mauritania | February 27, 1984 |
Burkina Faso | March 4, 1984 (revoked June 5, 1996) |
Peru | August 16, 1984 (suspended relations in October 1996) |
Nigeria | November 12, 1984 |
Yugoslavia | November 28, 1984 |
Colombia | February 27, 1985 |
Liberia | July 31, 1985 (revoked September 1997) |
India | October 1, 1985 (revoked June 26, 2000) |
Guatemala | April 10, 1986 |
Dominican Republic | June 24, 1986 |
Trinidad and Tobago | November 1, 1986 |
Belize | November 18, 1986 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | February 25, 1987 |
Antigua and Barbuda | February 27, 1987 |
Albania | December 29, 1987 |
Barbados | February 27, 1988 |
El Salvador | July 31, 1989 |
Honduras | November 8, 1989 |
Namibia | June 2, 1990 |
Malawi | November 16, 1994 |
Source: Western Sahara Online |