Foreign policy of the Soviet Union in the 50-70s of the 20th century

Parts of the world:

Africa. Support to socialist countries: Egypt (1956-1972), Somalia (1973-1977), Ethiopia (since 1977), Mozambique and Angola (since 1975), Mali and Guinea (since 1960s). There were no relations with South Africa, Southern Rhodesia and Zaire.

Asia. The deterioration of relations with Israel after 1956 and a complete break in 1967, support for Palestine, Syria and southern Yemen. Good relations with Iraq under early Saddam Hussein. On the contrary, relations with the shah’s Iran were strained, as with Turkey.

In 1979, troops were brought into Afghanistan to support the friendly regime.

in 1955-56 the prime minister of Burma visited the USSR / Despite a good start, there has been no development since the 1960s.

The USSR had good relations with Mongolia, North Korea, India and Indonesia (until 1965). With China, trade began to fall in 1960, and in 1969 it went to fighting on the border.

With Japan they could not resolve the issue of the Kuril Islands, South Korea was simply not recognized.

In Europe, in 1956, troops were sent to Hungary, and in 1968 to Czechoslovakia. In 1955, a military unit of the Internal Affairs Directorate was created, and in 1961 relations with Albania were severed.

Among European countries, the best relations were with Finland and France.

The USSR supported the revolution in Cuba. Relations with the United States were unstable, in 1962 there was the Cuban Missile Crisis, in 1972 and 1979 ldf agreements on the limitation of nuclear weapons were signed.