Foreign relations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines maintains close ties to the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and cooperates with regional political and economic organizations such as the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and CARICOM. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Organization of American States, and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS). Saint Vincent is also the smallest nation ever to be on the United Nations Security Council.^[1]

Nations with which Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has diplomatic relations.

In May 1997, Prime Minister Mitchell joined 14 other Caribbean leaders and U.S. President Bill Clinton during the first-ever U.S.-regional summit in Bridgetown, Barbados. The summit strengthened the basis for regional cooperation on justice and counternarcotics issues, finance and development, and trade.

Saint Vincent is a transshipment point for South American illicit drugs destined for the US and Europe.

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has diplomatic relations with:^[2]

1.   Antigua and Barbuda – unknown
2.   Bahamas – unknown
3.   Dominica – unknown
4.   Grenada – unknown
5.   Haiti – unknown
6.   India – unknown
7.   Jamaica – unknown
8.   Liechtenstein – unknown
9.   Malaysia – unknown
10.   New Zealand – unknown
11.   Switzerland – unknown
12.   Trinidad and Tobago – unknown
13.   Saint Lucia – 1979^[3]
14.   Barbados – 19 September 1979
15.   Canada – 19 September 1979
16.   Guyana – 27 October 1979^[4]
17.   United Kingdom – 27 October 1979
18.   United States – 27 October 1979
19.   South Korea – 28 October 1979
20.   Belgium – 1980
21.   Iraq – 1980
22.   Japan – 15 April 1980
23.   Brazil – 24 May 1980^[5]
24.   Germany – 12 December 1980
25.   Israel – January 1981^[6]
26.   Colombia – 17 March 1981
27.   North Korea – 3 April 1981
28.   Netherlands – 8 April 1981
29.   Republic of China – 15 August 1981
30.   Belize – 21 September 1981
31.   Venezuela – 29 October 1981
32.   Pakistan – 1982
33.   Italy – 30 October 1982
34.   France – 5 November 1982^[7]
35.   Saint Kitts and Nevis – 19 September 1983^[8]
36.   Argentina – 4 October 1983
37.   Uruguay – 13 June 1985
38.   Denmark – 19 September 1985
39.   Dominican Republic – 26 September 1985
40.   Australia – 31 January 1986
41.   Peru – 5 May 1986
42.   Spain – 12 July 1986
43.   Thailand – 9 December 1986
44.   Morocco – 10 August 1988
45.   Paraguay – 22 June 1989
46.   Ecuador – 1 August 1989
47.   Honduras – 2 August 1989
48.   Chile – 7 September 1989^[9]
49.   Suriname – 10 October 1989^[9]
50.    Holy See – 17 April 1990
51.   Mexico – 31 July 1990
52.   Austria – 29 October 1990
53.   Nicaragua – 28 June 1991
54.   Sweden – 2 April 1992
55.   Guatemala – 4 May 1992
56.   Cuba – 26 May 1992
57.   Costa Rica – June 1992
58.   El Salvador – 8 June 1993
59.   Marshall Islands – 28 June 1993
60.   Slovenia – 11 November 1993
61.   Indonesia – 30 November 1993
62.   Croatia – 7 October 1994
63.   Portugal – 12 April 1995
64.   South Africa – 1 September 1995
65.   Vietnam – 18 December 1995
66.   Czech Republic – 1996
67.   Poland – 16 May 1996
68.   Greece – 13 August 1997^[9]
69.   Slovakia – 9 December 1998^[9]
70.   Singapore – 19 February 1999
71.   Philippines – 11 October 2000
72.   Turkey – 4 April 2002
73.   Belarus – 24 April 2002
74.   Russia – 17 September 2002^[10]
75.   North Macedonia – 15 May 2003
76.   Romania – 22 May 2003^[9]
77.   Azerbaijan – 23 May 2003^[9]
78.   Maldives – 27 May 2003
79.   Bulgaria – 11 September 2003
80.   Ethiopia – 16 February 2004
81.   Iceland – 24 May 2004
82.   Uganda – 27 July 2004
83.   Malta – 10 December 2004
84.   Armenia – 17 December 2004^[9]
85.   Hungary – 23 May 2005
86.   Libya – 2 December 2005
87.   Panama – 17 July 2006
88.   Cyprus – 2 August 2006
89.   Latvia – 25 August 2006
90.   Estonia – 13 October 2006
91.   Lithuania – 5 February 2007
92.   Algeria – 7 February 2007
93.   Burkina Faso – 20 February 2007
94.   Botswana – 22 February 2007
95.   Liberia – 2 May 2007
96.   Niger – 31 May 2007
97.   Mali – 11 June 2007
98.   Cabo Verde – 13 June 2007
99.   Mauritius – 18 June 2007
100.   Tunisia – 2 July 2007
101.   Finland – 11 September 2007
102.   Luxembourg – 26 September 2007
103.   Iran – 13 July 2008
104.   Ghana – 1 August 2008
105.   Djibouti – 7 August 2008
106.   Senegal – 23 September 2008
107.   Comoros – 3 October 2008
108.   Monaco – 12 February 2009
109.   United Arab Emirates – 20 February 2009
110.   Bosnia and Herzegovina – 19 March 2009
111.   Gambia – 2 May 2009
112.   Cambodia – 12 January 2010
113.   Andorra – 30 May 2010
114.   Georgia – 22 June 2010^[9]
115.   Montenegro – 8 November 2010
116.   Egypt – 16 November 2010
117.   Moldova – 29 April 2011
118.   Solomon Islands – 4 May 2011
119.   Serbia – 26 May 2011
120.   Mongolia – 13 October 2011
121.   Tuvalu – 19 September 2012
122.   Bahrain – 28 September 2012
123.   Kazakhstan – 21 November 2012
124.   Kuwait – 8 January 2013^[9]
125.   Fiji – 15 April 2013
126.   Sri Lanka – 15 April 2013^[9]
127.   Ireland – 10 December 2013^[11]
128.   Brunei – 27 May 2015^[9]
129.   State of Palestine – 26 September 2016
130.   Qatar – 21 March 2017
131.   Seychelles – 26 May 2017
132.     Nepal – 27 September 2017
133.   Tajikistan – 18 December 2017^[9]
134.   Oman – 1 April 2019^[9]
135.   San Marino – 24 September 2019^[12]
136.   Bolivia – 25 September 2019
137.   Ukraine – 25 September 2019
138.   Kyrgyzstan – 26 September 2019
139.   Namibia – 5 December 2019
140.   Kenya – 12 August 2020^[13]
141.   Rwanda – 9 November 2021^[9]
142.   Burundi – 24 November 2021^[14]
143.   Ivory Coast – 28 January 2022^[9]
144.   Angola – 30 March 2022^[15]
145.   Uzbekistan – 10 May 2022^[16]

Bilateral relations

Country	Formal Relations Began	Notes
Argentina	1983	Both countries established diplomatic relations on October 4, 1983.^[17] Both countries are full members of the Organization of American States.
Australia		Australia is represented in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by its High Commission in Trinidad and Tobago.^[18] Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Belize	1981	Both countries established diplomatic relations on September 21, 1981.^[19] Both countries are members of CARICOM.
Botswana	2007	Both countries established diplomatic relations on February 22, 2007.^[17] Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Canada	1979	Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1979.^[20] Both countries are full members of the Organization of American States and of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Republic of China (Taiwan)	1981	Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1981.^[21] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines maintains an embassy in Taipei while Taiwan is represented by its embassy in Kingstown.
Cuba		St. Vincent and the Grenadines maintains close relations with Cuba, which provides a number of scholarship and other exchange programs for Vincentians, particularly in the field of healthcare.
Cyprus	2006	Both countries established diplomatic relations on August 2, 2006.^[22] Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Denmark		Denmark is represented in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by its embassy in Mexico City and an honorary consulate in Kingstown.^[23]
Dominica		Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations, of the Organization of American States and of the Caribbean Community.
Finland	1976-01-30	Finland is represented in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines through a roving ambassador.^[24] Finland has an honorary consulate in Kingstown.^[25] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is represented in Finland through its embassy in London.^[26]
Grenada		Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations, of the Organization of American States and of the Caribbean Community.
Guyana		Both countries established diplomatic relations on October 27, 1979.^[27] Both countries are members of CARICOM.
Haiti		As a member of CARICOM, St. Vincent and the Grenadines strongly backed efforts by the United States to implement UN Security Council Resolution 940, designed to facilitate the departure of Haiti's de facto authorities from power. Saint Vincent agreed to contribute personnel to the multinational force, which restored the democratically elected government of Haiti in October 1994.
Iceland	2004	Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 27, 2004.^[28] Iceland is represented in Saint-Vincent-and-the-Grenadines by its Mission to the United Nations in New York City, United States.^[29]
Ireland		Ireland is represented in Dominica through its embassy in Washington DC, United States.^[30]^[31]
India		See India–Saint Vincent and the Grenadines relations
Maldives	2003	Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 27, 2003.^[32] Both countries are full members of Commonwealth of Nations.
Marshall Islands	1993	Both countries established diplomatic relations on January 28, 1993.^[33]
Malta	2004	Both countries established diplomatic relations on December 10, 2004.^[34] Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Mexico	July 31, 1990	See Mexico–Saint Vincent and the Grenadines relations Saint Vincent and the Grenadines does not have an embassy accredited to Mexico. Mexico is accredited to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from its embassy in Castries, Saint Lucia and maintains an honorary consulate in Kingstown.^[35]
New Zealand		New Zealand is represented in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by its embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados.^[36]^[37] Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Panama	2006	Both countries established diplomatic relations on July 17, 2006.^[38] Both countries are full members of the Organization of American States.
Solomon Islands	2011-05-04	Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 4, 2011.^[39]^[40] Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
South Africa	1995	Both countries established diplomatic relations on September 1, 1995.^[41] Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
South Korea	1979-10-28	The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines began on October 28, 1979.^[42]
Spain	1986	See Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–Spain relations Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1986.
Suriname		Both countries are full members of the Organization of American States and of the Caribbean Community.
Switzerland	1985	Both countries established consular relations in 1985 and diplomatic relations in 2001.^[43]
Trinidad and Tobago		Both nations are member of CARICOM and members of the Commonwealth of Nations St Kitts and Nevis maintains a Consulate in Port of Spain ^[44]
Turkey	July 27, 2004^[45]	See Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–Turkey relations Turkish Embassy in Port of Spain is accredited to St. Vincent and Grenadines.^[46] Trade volume between the two countries was US$11.3 million in 2019 (St. Vincent's exports/imports: 6.5/4.8 million USD).^[46]
Uganda	2004-07-27	Both countries established diplomatic relations on July 27, 2004.^[47] Both countries are full members of Commonwealth of Nations.
United Kingdom		See Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–United Kingdom relations
United States		See Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–United States relations
Venezuela		Saint Vincent protests Venezuela's claim to give full effect to Aves (Bird) Island, which creates a Venezuelan EEZ/continental shelf extending over a large portion of the Caribbean Sea.

See also

• List of diplomatic missions in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• List of diplomatic missions of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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