Foreign Relations Of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea wh ...
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 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS; French: ''Organisation des États de la Caraïbe orientale'', OECO) is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal ri ...
(OECS) and CARICOM. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a member of the United Nations, 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 ...
, 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 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). Saint Vincent is also the smallest nation ever to be on the
United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admi ...
. In May 1997, Prime Minister Mitchell joined 14 other Caribbean leaders and U.S. President
Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...
during the first-ever U.S.-regional summit in
Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city 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 Island ...
, Barbados. The summit strengthened the basis for regional cooperation on justice and counternarcotics issues, finance and development, and trade. Saint Vincent is a
transshipment Transshipment, trans-shipment or transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, then to another destination. One possible reason for transshipment is to change the means of transport during the journey (e.g. ...
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: # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – unknown # – 1979 # – 19 September 1979 # – 19 September 1979 # – 27 October 1979 # – 27 October 1979 # – 27 October 1979 # – 28 October 1979 # – 1980 # – 1980 # – 15 April 1980 # – 24 May 1980 # – 12 December 1980 # – January 1981 # – 17 March 1981 # – 3 April 1981 # – 8 April 1981 # – 15 August 1981 # – 21 September 1981 # – 29 October 1981 # – 1982 # – 30 October 1982 # – 5 November 1982 # – 19 September 1983 # – 4 October 1983 # – 13 June 1985 # – 19 September 1985 # – 26 September 1985 # – 31 January 1986 # – 5 May 1986 # – 12 July 1986 # – 9 December 1986 # – 10 August 1988 # – 22 June 1989 # – 1 August 1989 # – 2 August 1989 # – 7 September 1989 # – 10 October 1989 # – 17 April 1990 # – 31 July 1990 # – 29 October 1990 # – 28 June 1991 # – 2 April 1992 # – 4 May 1992 # – 26 May 1992 # – June 1992 # – 8 June 1993 # – 28 June 1993 # – 11 November 1993 # – 30 November 1993 # – 7 October 1994 # – 12 April 1995 # – 1 September 1995 # – 18 December 1995 # – 1996 # – 16 May 1996 # – 13 August 1997 # – 9 December 1998 # – 19 February 1999 # – 11 October 2000 # – 4 April 2002 # – 24 April 2002 # – 17 September 2002 # – 15 May 2003 # – 22 May 2003 # – 23 May 2003 # – 27 May 2003 # – 11 September 2003 # – 16 February 2004 # – 24 May 2004 # – 27 July 2004 # – 10 December 2004 # – 17 December 2004 # – 23 May 2005 # – 2 December 2005 # – 17 July 2006 # – 2 August 2006 # – 25 August 2006 # – 13 October 2006 # – 5 February 2007 # – 7 February 2007 # – 20 February 2007 # – 22 February 2007 # – 2 May 2007 # – 31 May 2007 # – 11 June 2007 # – 13 June 2007 # – 18 June 2007 # – 2 July 2007 # – 11 September 2007 # – 26 September 2007 # – 13 July 2008 # – 1 August 2008 # – 7 August 2008 # – 23 September 2008 # – 3 October 2008 # – 12 February 2009 # – 20 February 2009 # – 19 March 2009 # – 2 May 2009 # – 12 January 2010 # – 30 May 2010 # – 22 June 2010 # – 8 November 2010 # – 16 November 2010 # – 29 April 2011 # – 4 May 2011 # – 26 May 2011 # – 13 October 2011 # – 19 September 2012 # – 28 September 2012 # – 21 November 2012 # – 8 January 2013 # – 15 April 2013 # – 15 April 2013 # – 10 December 2013 # – 27 May 2015 # – 26 September 2016 # – 21 March 2017 # – 26 May 2017 # – 27 September 2017 # – 18 December 2017 # – 1 April 2019 # – 24 September 2019 # – 25 September 2019 # – 25 September 2019 # – 26 September 2019 # – 5 December 2019 # – 12 August 2020 # – 9 November 2021 # – 24 November 2021 # – 28 January 2022 # – 30 March 2022 # – 10 May 2022 # - 12 April 2023


Bilateral relations


See also

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List of diplomatic missions in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines This is a list of diplomatic missions in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. At present, the capital city of Kingstown hosts 4 embassies/high commissions. Several other countries have honorary consuls to provide emergency services to their citi ...
* List of diplomatic missions of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines


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