Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Partially recognized state in the western Maghreb

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2024	Botswana became the most recent nation to formally establish diplomatic relations with SADR.
2024	Prime Minister Bucharaya Hamudi Sidina visited Mexico, representing the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in ongoing diplomatic relations.
2024	Mexico and SADR celebrated 45 years of diplomatic relations.
November 21 2024	Panama suspended diplomatic relations with the SADR.
October 2024	Prime Minister Bucharaya Hamudi Sidina visited Mexico to attend the inauguration of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
October 22 2024	Diplomatic relations with Ecuador were suspended.
January 7 2024	Ghana terminated its recognition of the SADR.
September 23 2023	The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic embassy in Peru is closed.
November 2022	The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic embassy opens in Peru.
September 20 2022	South Sudan reestablished diplomatic relations with SADR
September 8 2022	Pedro Castillo confirms the continued recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and meets with Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Salem Uld Salek.
August 2022	Peru suspended diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
August 18 2022	Peru's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces its decision to withdraw recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
August 10 2022	Colombia resumed diplomatic relations after being frozen since December 20, 2000.
August 10 2022	Colombia resumed diplomatic relations with SADR
February 2022	An 'Algeria-Western Sahara' Parliamentary Group of Friendship and Fraternity was installed in the Algerian National People's Assembly.
September 16 2021	Bolivia resumes diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
September 8 2021	Relations between Peru and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic are resumed under the presidency of Pedro Castillo.
June 11 2021	Brahim Ghali accredited Mohamed Salama Badi as the ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to Timor-Leste.
April 30 2021	Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed to Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in a phone call that the Biden administration would not reverse the Trump administration's recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara.
April 20 2021	Brett McGurk, National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, spoke to Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, reaffirming the U.S. position on Western Sahara.
2020	Polisario Front blocks the Western Saharan city of Guerguerat, a key trade route between Morocco and Mauritania.
December 21 2020	Following a closed-door UN Security Council session, the South African ambassador criticized the U.S. recognition of Western Sahara as part of Morocco, arguing that such recognition is incompatible with international law.
December 10 2020	President Donald Trump officially recognized Morocco's claims over Western Sahara, contingent upon Morocco normalizing diplomatic relations with Israel. This diplomatic maneuver marked a significant shift in U.S. policy towards the disputed territory.
November 14 2020	Guyana reportedly withdrew recognition of SADR (though relations still maintained)
March 16 2020	Hamma Salama becomes president of the Sahrawi National Council, succeeding Khatri Addouh.
January 20 2020	Diplomatic relations with Bolivia were suspended until 16 September 2021.
January 20 2020	Bolivia suspends diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
January 13 2020	Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun assumed the role of Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, taking leadership of the government-in-exile based in Tindouf, Algeria.
December 2018	Sahrawi President Brahim Ghali visited Mexico to attend the inauguration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
September 30 2018	Diplomatic relations with South Sudan were cancelled until 20 September 2022.
September 30 2018	South Sudan cancelled diplomatic relations with SADR
June 2018	Brahim Ghali and Cyril Ramaphosa met at Union Buildings, Pretoria to discuss deepening diplomatic relations, regional integration, and security cooperation.
March 2 2018	Zambia withdrew its recognition of the SADR.
2017	Morocco rejoins the African Union after previously withdrawing in 1984 in protest of SADR's membership.
September 2017	A diplomatic incident occurred when Sahrawi diplomat Khadijetou El Mokhtar was denied entry into Peru and remained at Jorge Chávez International Airport for seventeen days.
January 2017	A second Mexican delegation visited the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria.
2016	Ambassador Ahmed Mulay Ali Hamadi of the SADR visited Peru.
November 23 2015	Mauritius resumed diplomatic relations with SADR.
September 28 2015	Alisalem Sirizeyn presented his credentials as the first resident ambassador to Ecuador.
2014	A Mexican delegation of Deputies visited the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria.
February 6 2014	Kenya resumed diplomatic relations after a freeze that began on October 18, 2006.
February 6 2014	Kenya resumed diplomatic relations with SADR
January 17 2014	Diplomatic relations with Mauritius were cancelled until 23 November 2015.
January 17 2014	Mauritius cancelled diplomatic relations with SADR
2013	Ahmed Hutch made another official visit to Peru as a representative of the SADR.
November 20 2013	Panama suspended its diplomatic relations with the SADR.
June 2013	South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane reaffirmed support for Saharawi people's decolonization and self-determination, emphasizing the urgent need for a referendum.
March 2013	Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek visited Mexico and met with Mexican Foreign Minister José Antonio Meade at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

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