This article deals with the
diplomatic affairs,
foreign policy
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and
international relations
International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...
of
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
.
At the political level, these matters are officially handled by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
, which answers to the
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, since May 2018 is Jerome X. Walcott.
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
is a moderate
political
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and
economic
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power in the Caribbean region.
Between independence in 1966 and the 1990s, Barbados has used a pro business and investment policy to expand its influence in the world. Through the usage of its network of international bilateral relations, the country has been able to maintain an independent foreign policy. Barbados' recent policy has been to focus and strengthen ties with nations that country feels will enhance its diplomacy or foreign trade. Barbados has sought to engage in multilateral diplomacy through the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
, the
Caribbean Community
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econom ...
(CARICOM), the
Association of Caribbean States
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS; es, Asociación de Estados del Caribe; french: Association des États de la Caraïbe) is an advisory association of nations centered on the Caribbean Basin. It was formed with the aim of promoting cons ...
(ACS), the group of
ACP countries
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean and Pacific Group o ...
, the
Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...
, and several other agencies which it is engaged. In 2008 Barbados and the other members of CARICOM signed an
Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
and its
European Commission
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. The deal covers CARICOM's membership in the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM). CARIFORUM in turn is a part of the
Group of African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) States. The agreement outlines Barbados' future development and trade ties with the European Union, and serves as a blueprint for future relations between both trading blocs under the
Cotonou Agreement
The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ("ACP countries"). It was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou, Benin's largest city, by 78 ACP countries (Cuba did not sign) and the ...
and the
Lomé Convention
The Lomé Convention is a trade and aid agreement between the European Economic Community (EEC) and 71 African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries, first signed in February 1975 in Lomé, Togo.
History
The first Lomé Convention (Lomé I) ...
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Barbados has placed an emphasis on a furtherance of relations with the nations of
Africa
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where the majority of islanders have
ancestral
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connection. A prior CARICOM-Africa summit were held with future agenda to be formulated.
As a small nation, the primary thrust of
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
' diplomatic activity has been within international organisations. Currently Barbados has established official diplomatic relations with 105 countries around the globe.
History
In 1965, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago established the
Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). Following independence from the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
in 1966, Barbados went on to become a founding member of many other international organizations.
On 4 July 1973, the founding nations of Barbados,
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
,
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
, and
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
signed the original
Treaty of Chaguaramas
The Treaty of Chaguaramas established the Caribbean Community and Common Market, popularly known as CARICOM. It was signed on 4 July 1973 in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. It was signed by Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. ...
in Trinidad thus establishing the
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). The agreement to establish CARICOM wound up succeeded the CARIFTA organisation. By the following year many of the remaining English-speaking Caribbean states followed suit and also joined CARICOM by May 1974, bring it slowly to the 15 members it has today.
Barbados also is a member of the
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), established in 1970, with headquarters in
Wildey, Saint Michael
The Wildey area of the Parish of Saint Michael located roughly 4 km east of Bridgetown, it lies on the border with the Parish of Christ Church. Normally a very busy area with the ABC Highway, Wildey is one of the main convergence points for ...
(Bridgetown). The eastern Caribbean's
Regional Security System (RSS), which associates Barbados with six nations of the
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is also based in Barbados. In July 1994, Barbados joined the newly established
Association of Caribbean States (ACS).
In 2002 the United Nations opened a building in the Marine Gardens area of
Hastings
Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England,
east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
found in the Parish of
Christ Church the facility simply called the United Nations House acts as a regional operations headquarters for several programmes of the United Nations in Barbados and for many of the other islands in the Eastern Caribbean region.
Countries with diplomatic relations
![Diplomatic_relations_of_Barbados](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Diplomatic_relations_of_Barbados.svg)
Barbados has relations with 127 countries around the world:
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Bilateral Relations
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Bilateral agreements
Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments treaties
Barbados has a number of
Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with a growing list of nations. Some of which include:
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Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) – Signed 29 May 2009
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Double Taxation Agreements
Barbados has a number of
Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) with a growing list of nations. Some of which include:
* – Signed: 27 February 2006
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* – ''Extended to Barbados from UK'', 1954
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Multilateral relations
Barbados and the
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the Co ...
Barbados has been a member state of the Commonwealth since 1966, when it became an independent
Commonwealth realm
A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state in the Commonwealth of Nations whose monarch and head of state is shared among the other realms. Each realm functions as an independent state, equal with the other realms and nations of the Commonwealt ...
and the 27th member state of the Commonwealth.
Barbadians have held various roles within the Commonwealth of Nations such as elections observers, or even more prominently. The country's former Governor-General,
Dame Nita Barrow who served on the original
Eminent Persons Group of 1985-1986 researched ways to bring about an end of apartheid in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
.
Various Commonwealth meetings hosted by Barbados:
* 1990 Eleventh Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers in Bridgetown
* 2005 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting
* 2010 Ninth Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting
Queen Elizabeth II as
Queen of Barbados
The monarchy of Barbados was a system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign and head of state of Barbados from 1966 to 2021. Barbados shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms, with the country's monarchy be ...
was viceregally represented by the
Governor-General of Barbados
The governor-general of Barbados was the representative of the Barbadian monarch from independence in 1966 until the establishment of a republic in 2021. Under the government's Table of Precedence for Barbados, the governor-general of Barbados ...
until 30 November 2021.
The last Governor-General of Barbados, Dame
Sandra Mason
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason (born 17 January 1949) is a Barbadian politician, lawyer, and diplomat who is serving as the first president of Barbados since 2021. She was previously the eighth and final governor-general of Barbados from 2018 to 20 ...
was installed in as the first
President of Barbados
The president of Barbados is the head of state of Barbados and the commander-in-chief of the Barbados Defence Force. The office was established when the country became a parliamentary republic on 30 November 2021. Before, the head of state was ...
on 30 November 2021 upon Barbados becoming a
republic in the Commonwealth of Nations
The republics in the Commonwealth of Nations are the sovereign states in the organisation with a republican form of government. , 36 out of the 56 member states were republics. Charles III, who is the reigning monarch in the Commonwealth realms ...
.
United Nations
On 7 December 1966 the
Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and ...
of the United nations met to
debate the membership of Barbados to the General Assembly of the United Nations. During the 1487th plenary meeting of 9 December 1966 it was decided that Barbados would be granted membership. Thusly Barbados became the 122nd full member of the United Nations General Assembly on 12 December 1966.
The late Prime Minister
Errol Walton Barrow gave a speech during the first General Assembly attended by Barbados: Telling the assembly that his country will be an exponent, "not of the diplomacy of power, but of the diplomacy of peace and prosperity. We have no quarrels to pursue and we particularly insist that we do not regard any member state as our natural opponent," he said. "We will be friends of all, satellites of none."
International Criminal Court
Barbados is also a member of the
International Criminal Court
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, without a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the
US-military (as covered under
Article 98)
Diplomatic missions
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Barbadian diplomatic missions
Barbados has diplomatic missions headed by resident ambassadors or high commissioners in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Venezuela, and at the
European Union
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(Brussels) and the UN. It also has resident consuls general in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
,
Miami
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, and
New York City
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.
Australia
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,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
,
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
,
Canada
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,
Colombia
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,
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
Guatemala
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, the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
, the
United States
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, and
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
have ambassadors or high commissioners resident in Barbados.
Non-Diplomatic Relations
While Barbados has full diplomatic relations with China, it maintains economic and cultural relations with
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
via
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada ( zh, t=駐加拿大臺北經濟文化代表處, p=Zhù Jiānádà Táiběi Jīngjì Wénhuà Dàibiǎo Chù; french: Bureau économique et culturel de Taïpei au Canada), also called TECO Canada, ...
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Participation in international organisations
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CXC
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ECLAC
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FAO
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IAEA
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IBRD
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ICAO
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ICJ
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IDA
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Astronomy
* Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
*243 Ida, an asteroid
*International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station
Computing
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IFAD
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ILO
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Intelsat
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Interpol
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IOC
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ISO
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ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance
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ITU
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MIGA
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NAM •
OAS
OAS or Oas may refer to:
Chemistry
* O-Acetylserine, amino-acid involved in cysteine synthesis
Computers
* Open-Architecture-System, the main user interface of Wersi musical keyboards
* OpenAPI Specification (originally Swagger Specification) ...
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OPANAL
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OPCW
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PAHO
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Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas
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RSS
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SIDS
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UNCTAD
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UNESCO
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UNHCR
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UNIDO
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in ...
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UPU
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WHO
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* Who (pronoun), an interrogative or relative pronoun
* Who?, one of the Five Ws in journalism
* World Health Organization
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Who, a creature in the Dr. Seuss book '' Horton He ...
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WIPO
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WMO
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The WMO originated from the Internat ...
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UNWTO
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WTO
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International Fora with Barbados offices
*Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI)
*Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD)
*Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
*Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
*Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
*Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA)
*Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM)
*Caribbean Single Market & Economy - Office (CSME)
*Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO)
*CARICOM Regional Organisation For Standards and Quality (CROSQ)
*Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations-Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean(FAO/SLAC)
*Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
*Inter-American Institute for Cooperation On Agriculture (IICA)
*International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
*London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
*Organisation of American States (OAS)
*Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)
*Regional Security Systems (RSS)
*United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
*United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
*United Nations Development Fund For Women (UNIFEM)
Issues
* In 2008, Barbados submitted an updated claim to the
United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) to extend its
territorial waters
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and
continental shelf
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(
Exclusive Economic Zone) margins.
*Barbados started the process of settlement of maritime boundary with Guyana.
*Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur had announced that Barbados would begin to settle its maritime boundaries with
France
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Martinique
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Disputes - international:
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Venezuela
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, The Barbados Government charged that 1990 Maritime Delimitation Treaty agreement between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela extended into its maritime area.
Illicit drugs:
*Barbados is one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for the US and Europe
Partially recognized states
Until 2013, Barbados has recognized the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, when it cancelled relations. In 2018, it recognized Kosovo.
See also
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Government of Barbados
The Government of Barbados (GoB), is a unitary parliamentary republic, where the President of Barbados represents as the head of state and the Prime Minister of Barbados represents as the head of government.
Structure
The country has a bicam ...
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List of diplomatic missions in Barbados
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List of diplomatic missions of Barbados
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Visa requirements for Barbadian citizens
Visa requirements for Barbadian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Barbados. As of 19 July 2022, Barbadian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 163 countries and ...
References
External links
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign TradeEmbassy of the People's Republic of China in BarbadosThe European Commission's Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean- Paper on the EPA (involving) Barbados and the EU's territories
Barbados Hoping To Expand Relations- Barbados P.M. outlines foreign relations plans.
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