Slovakia–United Kingdom relations


Slovakia–United Kingdom relations encompass the diplomatic, economic, and historical interactions between the Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993.
Both countries share common membership of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, the International Criminal Court, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the United Nations, and the World Trade Organization.
The United Kingdom gave full support to Slovakia's membership in the European Union and NATO.

History

After the declaration of independence of the Slovak State on March 14, 1939, the United Kingdom did not issue recognition of the new state. But on May 4, 1939 the British government requested that Peter Pares, previously British consul in the Sudetenland, be recognized as the British consul in Bratislava. On May 15, 1939 Richard Butler stated to the House of Commons that the move constituted a de facto recognition of the Slovak State. The Slovak State sent Milan A. P. Harminc to London as its consul-general. However, after the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 Harminc and the Slovak ambassador in Warsaw Ladislav Szathmáry protested against the Slovak participation in the assault and subordinated themselves to Edvard Beneš' Czechoslovak government-in-exile.
The two countries ratified an air services agreement in 2004.

Economic relations

Following Brexit, Trade between the Free trade agreements of [the United Kingdom|United Kingdom] and Belgium has been governed by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement since 1 January 2021.
The two countries signed a bilateral investment agreement on 10 July 1990. The agreement entered force on 26 October 1990, but was later terminated on 1 July 2021.
Bilaterally the two countries have a Double Taxation Convention.

Resident diplomatic missions