Kiribati maintains good relations with most countries and has particularly close ties to its Pacific neighbors--Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Kiribati briefly suspended its relations with France in 1995 over that country's decision to renew nuclear testing in the South Pacific.

Kiribati signed a treaty of friendship with the United States in 1979. The U.S. has no consular or diplomatic facilities in the country. Officers of the American Embassy in Suva, Republic of the Fiji Islands, are concurrently accredited to Kiribati and make periodic visits. The Republic of the Fiji Islands occupies an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu. ...

Kiribati hosted the Thirty-First Pacific Islands Forum in October 2000. The country became a member of the United Nations in 1999. The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental consultative organ which aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean and represent their interests. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ...

On November 7, 2003, Kiribati established diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan). Although it did not sever ties with the People's Republic of China, expressing the intention to continue relations, Beijing suspended ties on November 29 after failed attempts to lobby President Anote Tong to change his mind. With relations first established with the PRC in 1980, Kiribati had been the home to a satellite tracking base for China's space program from 1997 until 2003, a week before ties were formally severed.[1] November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Anote Tong (in Chinese, 湯安諾; pinyin: Tāng Ä€nnuò — his family name is of Chinese origin but it is now considered as Gilbertese by Kiribati people) (born 1952) is the president of Kiribati. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The space program of the Peoples Republic of China began in 1968 and was an outgrowth of Chinas attempt to develop an indigenous nuclear deterrent and delivery system after the Sino-Soviet split in 1960. ...

Kiribati has only one embassy abroad (the High Commission in Suva, Fiji), although it has a number of consulates (Honolulu, Sydney, Hamburg, Auckland, Tokyo and London). In Kiribati, there are embassies or high commissions of Australia, New Zealand and the ROC. National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ...