​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : October 7, 1964
  • Bilateral Trade(2021)
    • Exports : $134,000,000
    • Imports : $137,000,000
  • Number of Koreans living in Uruguay(2021) : about 140
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From Uruguay to the ROK
      • 2002   November Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guillermo Valles (CD)
      • 2003   July Former President, Julio María Sanguinetti
      • 2008   September President, Tabaré Vázquez
      • 2009   February President of the House of Representatives, Alberto Perdomo
      • 2009   November Minister of Economy and Finance, Alvaro García
      • 2010   January Minister of Industry · Energy and Minerals, Raul Sendic
      • 2010   November Vice President, Danilo Astori
      • 2010   November Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis Almagro
      • 2011   May Vice Minister of Transport and Public Works, Pablo Genta
      • 2011   May Minister of Industry · Energy and Minerals, Roberto Kreimerman
      • 2012   July Minister of Stockbreeding, Agriculture and Fishing, Tabare Aguerre
      • 2012   July Minister of Industry, Energy and Minerals, Roberto Kreimerman
      • 2012   October Minister of President of National Railways, Jorge Setelich
      • 2012   November Minister of Public Health, Jorge Venegas
      • 2014   March Vice Minister of Industry · Energy and Minerals, Edgardo Ortuno
      • 2014   May Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis Porto
      • 2014   July Minister of National Corporation for Development, Pedro Buonomo
      • 2015   January President of the House of Representatives, Anibal Pereyra
      • 2015   March Minister of Economy and Finance, Danilo Angel Astori Saragosa
      • 2015   May Vice Minister of Education and Culture, Fernanco Filgueira
      • 2015   November Vice Minister of Public Transport, Jorge Setelich
      • 2016   November Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rodolfo Nin Novoa
      • 2018   May Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rodolfo Nin Novoa
    • From the ROK to Uruguay
      • 2000   March Special Envoy, Jeong Hee-kyung
      • 2002   June Special Envoy, Han Seung-joo (BIE)
      • 2002   October Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Kim Ho-sik (BIE)
      • 2005   March Special Envoy, Jeon Yoon-cheol
      • 2008   January Secretary General of the National Assembly, Kim Tae-rang
      • 2010   March Special Envoy, Kim Hak-song, Lee Gye-jin
      • 2010   September Chairman of Korea Communications Commission, Choi Si-jung
      • 2011   January Prime Minister, Kim Hwang-sik
      • 2011   October Deputy Minister for Trade, Lee Si-hyung
      • 2012   March Vice Minister of Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Shin Jae-yoon
      • 2012   June Mayor of Ulsan Metropolitan City, Bak Maeng-woo
      • 2013   May Vice Minister for Land and Infrastructure, Park Kee-poong
      • 2014   October Speaker of National Assembly, Chung Ui-hwa
      • 2014   December Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cho Tae-yul
      • 2015   March Special Envoy, Joo Ho-young, Park Dae-chul
      • 2016   November President of Human Resources Development Service, Park Young-beom
      • 2019   July President of the Korea Uruguay Parliamentary Friendship Association, Kim Kyung-hyub
      • 2020   March Special Envoy, Park Myung-kwang

• Related documents

  • Foreign Minister Meets with his Uruguayan Counterpart
  • Foreign Minister of Uruguay to Visit the ROK
  • Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se Holds a Telephone Conversation with Foreign Ministers of Uruguay and Spain to Discuss UN Security Council Measures in Response to North Korea’s Fourth Nuclear Test
  • ROK to Dispatch a Special Envoy to the Inauguration Ceremony of the Uruguayan President

• Related links

  • Embassy in Uruguay