Malabo, Equitorial Guinea

• Recognized: 1968

• Relations established: 1968

• Legation/embassy established: 1969
  

  2004
  The embassy in Malabo was reopened in 2004 with the ambassador solely accredited to Equatorial Guinea.

  1979

  Normal relations were resumed

  1976

  The U.S. suspended diplomatic relations with Equatorial Guinea in 1976 after the U.S. ambassador and consul had been declared personae non gratae.

  1995
  The U.S. embassy in Malabo was closed in 1995, and its functions transferred to the embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The ambassador to Cameroon was also accredited to Equatorial Guinea while resident in Yaoundé.