Cook Islands–United Kingdom relations

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Cook Islander Prime Minister Mark Brown with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly at a United Nations General Assembly in New York City, September 2023.

The Cook Islands–United Kingdom relations encompass the foreign and bilateral relations between the Cook Islands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The two countries have informal relations, and have not established official diplomatic relations.

Both countries share common membership of the World Health Organization.

History

The UK governed the Cook Islands from 1888 to 1901, when the Cook Islands were transferred to New Zealand.

Economic relations

The Cook Islands is eligible to accede to the Pacific States–United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement, a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.

Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the UK and Pacific States signed the Pacific States–United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement on 14 March 2019. The Pacific States–United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement is a continuity trade agreement, based on the EU free trade agreement, which entered into force on 1 January 2021. Trade value between the Pacific States and the United Kingdom was worth £286 million in 2022.

Diplomatic missions

  • The Cook Islands does not maintain an embassy in the United Kingdom.
  • The United Kingdom is not accredited to the Cook Islands through an embassy; the UK develops relations through its high commission in Wellington, New Zealand.

See also

  • British Western Pacific Territories
  • Deity Figure from Rarotonga
  • Foreign relations of the Cook Islands
  • Foreign relations of the United Kingdom

References

United Kingdom Category:Bilateral relations of the United Kingdom Category:New Zealand–United Kingdom relations