Cook Islands–United States relations

Cook Islands–United States relations are the bilateral relations between the Cook Islands and the United States. Formal relations were established on 25 September 2023.

Cook Islands–United States relations

Cook Islands	United States

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown participate in a signing ceremony to establish formal bilateral relations at the State Department in Washington, D.C., September 25, 2023.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Henry Puna at the Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands, August 31, 2012.

History

On 25 September 2023, the United States established diplomatic relations with the Cook Islands.

In early August 2025, the United States Department of State commenced talks on research for seabed exploration and development with the Cook Islands.

See also

• Cook Islands–United States Maritime Boundary Treaty
• Foreign relations of the Cook Islands
• Foreign relations of the United States

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

External links

• Media related to Relations of the Cook Islands and the United States at Wikimedia Commons