Myanmar establishes diplomatic ties with Iceland

YANGON - Myanmar has established diplomatic ties with Iceland, according to official media Wednesday.

Iceland is the sixth country that Myanmar has forged links with in 2012 after Malawi, Bhutan, Luxembourg, Latvia and Estonia.    

A joint communique on the establishment was signed between Myanmar's permanent representative to the United Nations and his counterpart of Iceland in New York on Dec 19, said the New Light of Myanmar.

The diplomatic establishment with Iceland has brought the total number of countries in the world with which Myanmar has such links to 110 since it regained independence in 1948.  

According to the Foreign Ministry, Myanmar has so far set up embassies in 30 countries and two permanent missions in New York and Geneva, and four consulates-general in China's Hong Kong, Kunming and Nanning, and India's Calcutta, respectively.

Meanwhile, 28 countries have their embassies in Myanmar. In addition, China and India have both set up consulates-general in Myanmar's Mandalay, the second largest city, while Switzerland in Yangon and Bangladesh in Sittway.