Editing Foreign relations of Jamaica

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{{Politics of Jamaica}}

[[Jamaica]] has diplomatic relations with many nations and is a member of the [[United Nations]] and the [[Organization of American States]]. Jamaica chairs the Working Group on smaller Economies.

Jamaica is an active member of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and the Non-Aligned Movement (G-77). Jamaica is a beneficiary of the Lome Conventions, through which the European Union (EU) grants trade preferences to selected states in Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, and has played a leading role in the negotiations of the successor agreement in Fiji in 2000.

Jamaica has been a member of [[The Forum of Small States (FOSS)]] since the group's founding in 1992.<ref name="singaporebook">{{Cite book|title=50 Years of Singapore and the United Nations |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4713-03-0 |year=2015}}.</ref>

'''Disputes - international:'''
none

'''Illicit drugs:'''
[[Transshipment]] point for cocaine from Central and South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation of [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]]; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program

The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade]] is the government ministry responsible for handling Jamaica's external relations and foreign trade.

== History ==
Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK. Trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant. Jamaica is linked with the other countries of the English-speaking Caribbean through the [[Caribbean Community]] (CARICOM), and more broadly through the [[Association of Caribbean States]] (ACS). Jamaica has served two 2-year terms on the [[United Nations Security Council]], in 1979-80 and 2000-2001.

In the follow-on meetings to the December 1994 [[Summit of the Americas]], Jamaica—together with [[Uruguay]]—was given the responsibility of coordinating discussions on invigorating society.

==Diplomatic relations==
List of countries which Jamaica maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Jamaica.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country<ref>{{cite web |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |access-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |date=16 April 2021}}</ref>
!Date
|-
|1
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 August 1962}}
|-
|2
|{{flag|Canada}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 August 1962}}
|-
|3
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 August 1962}}
|-
|4
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 August 1962}}
|-
|5
|{{flag|France}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 August 1962}}
|-
|6
|{{flag|Germany}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 August 1962}}
|-
|7
|{{flag|India}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 August 1962}}
|-
|8
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 August 1962}}
|-
|9
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 October 1962}}
|-
|10
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 October 1962}}
|-
|11
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 December 1962}}
|-
|12
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 January 1963}}
|-
|13
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 January 1963}}
|-
|14
|{{flag|Italy}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 February 1963}}
|-
|15
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 March 1963}}
|-
|16
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 May 1963}}
|-
|17
|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 June 1963}}
|-
|18
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 December 1963}}
|-
|19
|{{flag|Japan}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 March 1964}}
|-
|20
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 June 1964}}
|-
|21
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 December 1964}}
|-
|22
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 February 1965}}
|-
|23
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 March 1965}}
|-
|24
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 March 1966}}
|-
|25
|{{flag|Panama}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 July 1966}}
|-
|26
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 December 1966}}
|-
|27
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 February 1967}}
|-
|28
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 July 1967}}
|-
|39
|{{flag|Austria}} 
|{{Date table sorting|2 November 1967}}
|-
|30
|{{flag|Ghana}} 
|{{Date table sorting|15 November 1967}}
|-
|31
|{{flag|Sierra Leone}} 
|{{Date table sorting|8 May 1968}}
|-
|32
|{{flag|Barbados}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 September 1968}}
|-
|33
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 October 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1969 |title=Ministry paper no. 57 - Jamaica at the United Nations, 1968 |url=https://nlj.gov.jm/MinistryPapers/1969/57.pdf |access-date=4 September 2022 |page=21}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{flag|Guyana}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 June 1969}}
|-
|35
|{{flag|Peru}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 April 1970}}
|-
|36
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 April 1970}}
|-
|37
|{{flag|Zambia}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 February 1971}}
|-
|38
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 March 1971}}
|-
|39
|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 April 1971}}
|-
|40
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 July 1971}}
|-
|41
|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 August 1972}}
|-
|42
|{{flag|China}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 November 1972}}
|-
|43
|{{flag|Cuba}} 
|{{Date table sorting|8 December 1972}}
|-
|44
|{{flag|Bahamas}} 
|{{Date table sorting|10 July 1973}}
|-
|45
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 September 1973}}
|-
|46
|{{flag|Bangladesh}} 
|{{Date table sorting|5 November 1973}}
|-
|47
|{{flag|Australia}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 January 1974}}
|-
|48
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 February 1974}}
|-
|49
|{{flag|Mauritius}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 May 1974}}
|-
|50
|{{flag|Romania}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 August 1974}}
|-
|51
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 August 1974}}
|-
|52
|{{flag|North Korea}} 
|{{Date table sorting|9 October 1974}}
|-
|53
|{{flag|Denmark}} 
|{{Date table sorting|14 October 1974}}
|-
|54
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 November 1974}}
|-
|55
|{{flag|Grenada}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 January 1975}}
|-
|56
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 January 1975}}
|-
|57
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 January 1975}}
|-
|58
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 January 1975}}
|-
|59
|{{flag|Iran}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 February 1975}}
|-
|60
|{{flag|Honduras}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 March 1975}}
|-
|61
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 March 1975}}
|-
|62
|{{flag|Poland}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 May 1975}}
|-
|63
|{{flag|Greece}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 May 1975}}
|-
|64
|{{flag|Hungary}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 June 1975}}
|-
|65
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Dts|3 June 1975}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Petruf |first=Pavol |title=Československá zahraničná politika 1945 – 1992 |pages=112 |language=sk}}</ref>
|-
|66
| {flag |{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 August 1975}}
|-
|67
| {flag |{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 September 1975}}
|-
|68
|{{flag|Suriname}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 November 1975}}
|-
|69
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 November 1975}}
|-
|70
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 January 1976}}
|-
|71
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 January 1976}}
|-
|72
|{{flag|Kenya}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 March 1976}}
|-
|73
|{{flag|Libya}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 June 1976}}
|-
|74
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 August 1976}}
|-
|75
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 March 1977}}
|-
|76
|{{flag|Norway}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 October 1977}}
|-
|77
|{{flag|Finland}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 December 1977}}
|-
|78
|{{flag|Dominica}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 November 1978}}
|-
|79
|{{flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 January 1979}}
|-
|80
|{{flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 January 1979}}
|-
|81
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 January 1979}}
|-
|82
|{{flag|Niger}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 June 1979}}
|-
| –
|{{flag|Holy See}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 July 1979}}
|-
|83
|{{flag|Mozambique}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 August 1979}}
|-
|84
|{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 September 1979}}
|-
|85
|{{flag|Yemen}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 September 1979}}
|-
|86
|{{flag|Lesotho}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 October 1979}}
|-
|87
|{{flag|Fiji}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 December 1979}}
|-
|88
|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 February 1980}}
|-
|89
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 April 1980}}
|-
|90
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 May 1980}}
|-
|91
|{{flag|Haiti}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 August 1981}}
|-
|92
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 December 1981}}
|-
|93
|{{flag|Botswana}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 May 1982}}
|-
|94
|{{flag|Belize}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 November 1982}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=2017-12-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
|-
|95
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{dts|3 December 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |first= |url=https://archive.org/details/ufiche-test-document_jprs-82714/page/180/mode/1up?q=credentials |title=Latin America Report No. 2636: ... FRG, Jamaician envoy visits |date=24 January 1983 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |pages=180}}</ref>
|-
|96
|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 February 1983}}
|-
|97
|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 1983}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations|url=https://www.foreign.gov.kn/2906-2/|access-date=1 April 2021|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis}}</ref>
|-
|98
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 February 1984}}
|-
|99
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 September 1984}}
|-
|100
|{{flag|Uruguay}} 
|{{Date table sorting|23 May 1985}}
|-
|101
|{{flag|Oman}} 
|{{Date table sorting|27 May 1986}}
|-
|102
|{{flag|Vanuatu}} 
|{{Date table sorting|23 July 1986}}
|-
|103
|{{flag|Maldives}} 
|{{Date table sorting|27 February 1990}}
|-
|104
|{{flag|Namibia}} 
|{{Date table sorting|28 August 1990}}
|-
|105
|{{flag|El Salvador}} 
|{{Date table sorting|13 November 1990}}
|-
|106
|{{flag|Eswatini}} 
|{{Date table sorting|13 February 1991}}
|-
|107
|{{flag|Papua New Guinea}} 
|{{Date table sorting|16 April 1991}}
|-
|108
|{{flag|Cameroon}} 
|{{Date table sorting|26 September 1991}}
|-
|109
|{{flag|Guatemala}} 
|{{Date table sorting|11 December 1991}}
|-
|110
|{{flag|Ukraine}} 
|{{Date table sorting|7 July 1992}}
|-
|111
|{{flag|Singapore}} 
|{{Date table sorting|1 November 1992}}
|-
|112
|{{flag|Paraguay}} 
|{{Date table sorting|10 November 1992}}
|-
|113
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 January 1993}}
|-
|114
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 February 1993}}
|-
|115
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 June 1993}}
|-
|116
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 September 1993}}
|-
|117
|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 July 1995}}
|-
|118
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 July 1995}}
|-
|119
|{{flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 September 1995}}
|-
|120
|{{flag|Gabon}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 October 1995}}
|-
|121
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 November 1995}}
|-
|122
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 December 1995}}
|-
|123
|{{flag|Albania}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 April 1996}}
|-
|124
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 July 1996}}
|-
|125
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 July 1996}}
|-
|126
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 July 1996}}
|-
|127
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 August 1996}}
|-
|128
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 October 1996}}
|-
|129
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 October 1996}}
|-
|130
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 December 1997}}
|-
|131
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 September 1998}}
|-
|132
|{{flag|Rwanda}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 November 1998}}
|-
|133
|{{flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 March 1999}}
|-
|134
|{{flag|Laos}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 August 1999}}
|-
|135
|{{flag|Malawi}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 September 1999}}
|-
|136
|{{flag|Myanmar}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 December 1999}}
|-
|137
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 February 2000}}
|-
|138
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 May 2000}}
|-
|139
|{{flag|Angola}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 October 2002}}
|-
|140
|{{flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 April 2003}}
|-
| –
|{{flag|Cook Islands}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 May 2003}}
|-
|141
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 June 2003}}
|-
|142
|{{flag|Mali}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 December 2003}}
|-
|143
|{{flag|Malta}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 October 2004}}
|-
|144
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 2005}}
|-
|145
|{{flag|Benin}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 April 2006}}
|-
|146
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 January 2008}}
|-
|147
|{{flag|Monaco}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 April 2008}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 April 2008|title=Presentation of Credentials by H.E. Mrs Marcia Yvette GILBERT-ROBERTS, Ambassador of Jamaica to the Principality of Monaco.|url=https://www.palais.mc/en/news/h-s-h-prince-albert-ii/meeting/2008/april/presentation-of-credentials-by-h-e-mrs-marcia-yvette-gilbert-roberts-ambassador-of-jamaica-to-the-principality-of-monaco-334.html|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|148
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 January 2010}}
|-
|149
|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 November 2010}}
|-
|150
|{{flag|Nauru}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 February 2011}}
|-
|151
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 March 2011}}
|-
|152
|{{flag|Brunei}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 June 2011}}
|-
|153
|{{flag|Uganda}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 September 2011}}
|-
|154
|{{flag|Gambia}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 November 2011}}
|-
|155
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 October 2012}}
|-
|156
|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 July 2013}}
|-
|157
|{{flag|Andorra}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2014}}<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Jamaica and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&jrec=51&p=%28+%28series%3A%22Diplomatic+relations+between+Jamaica+and+...%22%29%29&ln=en&as_query=JTdCJTIyZGF0ZV9zZWxlY3RvciUyMiUzQSU3QiUyMmRhdGVGcm9tJTIyJTNBJTIyJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0ZVR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJjcmVhdGlvbl9kYXRlJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0ZVBlcmlvZCUyMiUzQSUyMmFsbHllYXJzJTIyJTJDJTIyZGF0ZVRvJTIyJTNBJTIyJTIyJTdEJTJDJTIyY2xhdXNlcyUyMiUzQSU1QiU3QiUyMm9wZXJhdG9yJTIyJTNBJTIyQU5EJTIyJTJDJTIyc2VhcmNoSW4lMjIlM0ElMjJzZXJpZXMlMjIlMkMlMjJ0ZXJtJTIyJTNBJTIyRGlwbG9tYXRpYyUyMHJlbGF0aW9ucyUyMGJldHdlZW4lMjBKYW1haWNhJTIwYW5kJTIwLi4uJTIyJTJDJTIyY29udGFpbiUyMiUzQSUyMnBocmFzZS1tYXRjaCUyMiU3RCU1RCU3RA%3D%3D&as=1&rg=50&so=a&sf=year |access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|158
|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 September 2014}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|159
|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 May 2015}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|160
|{{flag|Nepal}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 October 2015}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|161
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 December 2017}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|162
|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 September 2018}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|163
|{{flag|San Marino}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 September 2020}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|164
|{{flag|Togo}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 November 2021}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|165
|{{flag|Kiribati}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 April 2022}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2022 |title=JAMAICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=https://mfaft.gov.jm/jamaica-and-the-republic-of-kiribati-establish-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|166
|{{flag|Samoa}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 April 2022}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2022 |title=JAMAICA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=https://mfaft.gov.jm/jamaica-and-the-independent-state-of-samoa-establish-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|167
|{{flag|Palau}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 April 2022}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2022 |title=JAMAICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=https://mfaft.gov.jm/jamaica-and-the-republic-of-palau-establish-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|168
|{{flag|Liberia}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 September 2022}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|169
|{{flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{DTS|23 September 2022}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|170
|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 September 2023}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|171
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2023 |title=Pleased to join Jamaica FM kaminajsmith in announcing the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries. |url=https://twitter.com/AymanHsafadi/status/1705697225483968880 |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
|172
|{{flag|Eritrea}}
|{{dts|17 November 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 November 2023 |title=Eritrea: President Isaias Receives Credentials of Ambassadors |url=https://www.africa.com/eritrea-president-isaias-receives-credentials-of-ambassadors/ |access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|173
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|26 September 2024}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|174
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|16 December 2024}}<ref name=":1" />
|}

==Bilateral relations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Belize}}||<!--Date started-->3 November 1982||
Belize and Jamaica are two of fifteen [[commonwealth realms]], members of: the Association of Caribbean States, the Caribbean Community, the Belt & Road Initiative, the Caribbean Development Bank, the Commonwealth of Nations, ECLAC, EU-CARIFORUM, the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the Organization of American States, the Small Island Developing States, and the United Nations.
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on November 3, 1982.<ref name=":0" /> 
*Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]] and of the [[Caribbean Community]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Brazil}}||<!--Date started-->14 October 1962||See [[Jamaica–Brazil relations]]

Jamaica and Brazil established diplomatic relations on October 14, 1962.  Both countries are full members of the [[Group of 15]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Canada}}||<!--Date started-->1962||See [[Canada–Jamaica relations]]
Canada and Jamaica are two of fifteen [[commonwealth realms]], members of: the Commonwealth of Nations, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations.
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1962. Since March 4, 1963, Canada has a high commission in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]].  Jamaica has a high commission in [[Ottawa]]. On April 15, 2009, Canadian [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]] became the first Canadian head of government to address the [[Parliament of Jamaica|Jamaican parliament]]. There are 231,000 people of Jamaican descent living in Canada. Jamaican-Canadians celebrate their island heritage through festivals held in major cities across Canada, the most recognized of which is [[Caribana]]. Caribana is held in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] every year and attracts over one million visitors to the region, many of whom fly all the way from Jamaica.

* See also [[Jamaican Canadian]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125195031/http://geo.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/geo/jamaica-en.aspx Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade about relations with Jamaica]
* [http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/jamaica-jamaique/  Canadian high commission in Kingston]
* [http://www.jhcottawa.ca/  Jamaican high commission in Ottawa]
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Cuba}}||1972||See [[Cuba–Jamaica relations]]

Prime Minister [[Percival James Patterson]] visited Cuba at the end of May 1997. In the fall of 1997, Jamaica upgraded its consulate in Havana to an embassy, and the nonresident Jamaican ambassador to [[Cuba]] was replaced by a resident ambassador.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|China}}||<!--Date started-->21 November 1972||See [[China–Jamaica relations]]

Relations from November 21, 1972. China has an embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. Jamaica has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Ghana}}||<!--Date started-->|

|See [[Ghana–Jamaica relations|Ghana-Jamaica relations]]
Ghana, as the former [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], and Jamaica share historical links through the [[Atlantic slave trade|slave trade]] and forced [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]]/[[Akan people|Akan]] emigration to the Caribbean. Ghana and Jamaica have a Joint Permanent Commission, and there are plans for Ghanaian investment in Jamaica.

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|{{flag|Guyana}}||<!--Date started-->26 May 1966||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 26, 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation&#124; Co-operative Republic of Guyana|access-date=2019-02-24|archive-date=2019-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216065040/https://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]], of the [[Caribbean Community]], and of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].

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|{{flag|Haiti}}||<!--Date started-->||

Haiti has an embassy in Kingston and Jamaica has an honorary consul in [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti.

In January, 2007, Haitian president [[René Préval]], made a four-day working visit to Jamaica. At a press conference, Jamaican prime minister [[Portia Simpson Miller]] announced that a Joint Jamaica/Haiti Commission would be convened later that year.<ref>Caribbean Net News [http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000050/005020.htm Jamaica and Haiti to deepen diplomatic relations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805044848/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000050/005020.htm |date=2007-08-05 }}, January 6, 2007</ref>
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|{{flag|India}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[India–Jamaica relations]]

Both nations inherited many cultural and political connections from British colonisation, such as membership in the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], parliamentary democracy, the English language and cricket.<ref name="hcikingston.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.hcikingston.com/indjam.html |title=India High Commission: India - Jamaica Relations |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618034820/http://www.hcikingston.com/indjam.html |archive-date=2012-06-18 }}</ref>

India has a High Commission in Kingston,<ref>[http://www.hcikingston.com/ India High Commission]</ref> whilst Jamaica has a consulate in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congenjamaica-ny.org/jamaicancommissions/ |title=Jamaican High Commissions |publisher=Congenjamaica-ny.org |access-date=2015-03-10 |archive-date=2015-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221180723/http://www.congenjamaica-ny.org/jamaicancommissions/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Malaysia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Jamaica–Malaysia relations]]
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->18 March 1966||See [[Jamaica–Mexico relations]]

Both nations established diplomatic relations on 18 March 1966.

* Jamaica has an embassy in [[Mexico City]].<ref>[http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/embassies-and-high-commissions/embassies/item/15-mexico-city-united-mexican-states Embassy of Jamaica in Mexico City] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419090154/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/embassies-and-high-commissions/embassies/item/15-mexico-city-united-mexican-states |date=2016-04-19 }}</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]].<ref>[http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/jamaica/ Embassy of Mexico in Kingston (in English and Spanish)]</ref> 
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|{{flag|Netherlands}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Jamaica is accredited to the Netherlands from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
* the Netherlands is accredited to Jamaica from its embassy in Havana, Cuba.
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||<!--Date started-->13 October 1962||

The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Jamaica started on October 13, 1962 .<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24566.jsp?menu=m_30_30| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140122014212/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24566.jsp?menu=m_30_30| archive-date = 2014-01-22| title = Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea}}</ref>
* Jamaica has an embassy in [[Seoul]], South Korea.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
* South Korea has an embassy in Kingston Jamaica.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jam.mofa.go.kr/english/am/jam/main/index.jsp|title=주 자메이카 대한민국 대사관(주킹스턴분관)}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||<!--Date started-->1970<ref name="auto138">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/ii_bilateral-relations--_main--documents_.en.mfa| title= II.Bilateral Relations (Main Documents)|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey}}</ref>||See Jamaica–Turkey relations
*Turkish Embassy in [[Havana]] is accredited to [[Jamaica]].<ref name="auto41">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-jamaica.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Jamaica}}</ref>
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$90.5 million in 2019 (Jamaican exports/imports: US$0.5/90 million).<ref name="auto41"/>
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||{{Date table sorting|1962}}||See [[Jamaica–United Kingdom relations]]
The UK established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 2 August 1962.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hartman Reckord|first=Elaine|date=28 October 2022|title=Jamaica and UK Celebrate 60 Years of Diplomatic Relations|url=https://jis.gov.jm/jamaica-and-uk-celebrate-60-years-of-diplomatic-relations/|website=[[Jamaica Information Service]]|access-date=13 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028185124/https://jis.gov.jm/jamaica-and-uk-celebrate-60-years-of-diplomatic-relations/|archive-date=28 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Both countries are [[Commonwealth Realms]].
*Jamaica maintains a [[High Commission of Jamaica, London|high commission]] in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|date=1 November 2015|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/north-america/jamaica/|title=Jamaica|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=5 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429154312/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/north-america/jamaica/|archive-date=29 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The United Kingdom is accredited to Jamaica through its [[British High Commission|high commission]] in Kingston.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-jamaica|title=British High Commission Kingston|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=13 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830093850/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-jamaica|archive-date=30 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

The UK governed [[Colony of Jamaica|Jamaica]] from 1655 to 1962, when Jamaica achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the [[Caribbean Development Bank]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], the [[International Criminal Court]], and the [[World Trade Organization]], as well as the [[Economic Partnership Agreements|CARIFORUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Partington|first=Richard|url= https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/uk-secures-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-group-of-caribbean-countries|website=[[The Guardian]]|title=UK secures post-Brexit trade deal with group of Caribbean countries|date=22 March 2019|access-date=11 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829163029/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/uk-secures-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-group-of-caribbean-countries|archive-date=29 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/2147/jamaica---united-kingdom-bit-1987-|title=Jamaica - United Kingdom BIT (1987)|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=12 August 2024|archive-date=30 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530143950/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bilateral-investment-treaties/2147/jamaica---united-kingdom-bit-1987-|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Jamaica–United States relations]]

[[File: Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, D.C..jpg|thumb|right|[[Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, D.C.]]]]

The United States maintains close and productive relations with the Government of Jamaica. Former prime minister [[P.J. Patterson|Patterson]] visited Washington, DC, several times after assuming office in 1992. In April 2001, Prime Minister Patterson and other Caribbean leaders met with President [[George W. Bush]] during the [[Summit of the Americas]] in Quebec, Canada, at which a "Third Border Initiative" was launched to deepen U.S. cooperation with Caribbean nations and enhance economic development and integration of the Caribbean nations. Then-Prime Minister [[Portia Simpson Miller]] attended the "Conference on the Caribbean--A 20/20 Vision" in Washington in June 2007.

President Barack Obama visited the island on April 9. 2015. President Obama managed to squeeze in some fun in between meetings with Jamaican and Caribbean leaders on his trip to Jamaica this week—from paying homage to reggae star Bob Marley to practising his own Jamaican accent.

The United States is Jamaica's most important trading partner: bilateral trade in goods in 2005 was over $2 billion.  Jamaica is a popular destination for American [[tourists]]; more than 1.2 million Americans visited in 2006. Also, some 10,000 American [[citizen]]s, including many dual-nationals born on the island, permanently reside in Jamaica.
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Jamaica maintains economic and cultural relations with [[Taiwan]] via [[Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada]].

==Jamaica and the Commonwealth==

Jamaica has been a member state of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] since 1962 when it became an independent [[Commonwealth realm]].

==Multilateral membership==
*[[African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States]]
*[[Caribbean Community|Caricom]]
*[[Customs Cooperation Council|CCC]]
*[[Caribbean Development Bank]]
*[[United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean]]
*[[Food and Agriculture Organization]]
*[[Group of 15|G-15]]
*[[G33 (developing countries)|G-33]]
*[[Group of 77|G-77]]
*[[Inter-American Development Bank]]
*[[International Atomic Energy Agency]]
*[[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]]
*[[International Civil Aviation Organization]]
*[[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]]
*[[International Fund for Agricultural Development]]
*[[International Finance Corporation]]
*[[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]]
*[[International Hydrographic Organization]] (pending member)
*[[International Labour Organization]]
*[[International Monetary Fund]]
*[[International Telecommunication Union]]
*[[Intelsat]]
*[[Interpol (organization)|Interpol]]
*[[International Olympic Committee]]
*[[International Organization for Migration]]
*[[International Organization for Standardization]]
*[[International Telecommunication Union]]
*[[Latin American Economic System]]
*[[Non-Aligned Movement]]
*[[Organization of American States]]
*[[OPANAL]]
*[[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]]
*[[United Nations]]
*[[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] (temporary)
*[[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]]
*[[UNESCO]]
*[[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]]
*[[Universal Postal Union]]
*[[World Health Organization]]
*[[World Intellectual Property Organization]]
*[[World Meteorological Organization]]
*[[World Tourism Organization]]
*[[World Trade Organization]]

==See also==

*[[List of diplomatic missions in Jamaica]]
*[[List of diplomatic missions of Jamaica]]

==References==
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[[Category: Foreign relations of Jamaica| ]]
[[Category: Jamaica and the Commonwealth of Nations]]