Editing Foreign relations of Saint Lucia

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{{Politics of Saint Lucia}}'''Saint Lucia''' maintains friendly relations with the major powers active in the [[Caribbean]], including the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], and [[France]]. [[Saint Lucia]] has no extant international disputes, aside from tension resulting from the island's status as a transit point for [[South America]]n [[Hard and soft drugs|drug]]s destined for the [[United States]] and [[Europe]].

Saint Lucia's Permanent Representative (or [[ambassador]]) to the [[United Nations]] as of February 22, 2017, was Cosmos Richardson, who was still in office as of January 2018.<ref>[http://saintluciamissionun.org/press-release-saint-lucias-ambassador-extraordinary-plenipotentiarypermanent-representative/ Saint Lucia Press Release About New UN Ambassador.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401061519/http://saintluciamissionun.org/press-release-saint-lucias-ambassador-extraordinary-plenipotentiarypermanent-representative/ |date=2022-04-01 }} Retrieved January 26, 2018.</ref>

== History ==
Saint Lucia participated in the [[United States|American]]-led [[invasion of Grenada]] in 1983, sending members of its Special Services Unit into active duty. It was subsequently one of eight countries to cast a vote against a [[United Nations General Assembly]] motion condemning the invasion.<ref>Richard Bernstein, "U.N. ASSEMBLY ADOPTS MEASURE 'DEEPLY DEPLORING' INVASION OF ISLE," ''New York Times'', 3 November 1983. The other countries were the United States, [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Barbados]], [[Dominica]], [[El Salvador]], [[Israel]], [[Jamaica]], and [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]].</ref>

As a member of CARICOM, St. Lucia strongly backed efforts by the United States to implement [[UN Security Council Resolution 940]], designed to restore democracy to [[Haiti]]. St. Lucia agreed to contribute personnel to the multinational force which restored the democratically elected government of Haiti in October 1994.

St. Lucia participated along with 14 other Caribbean nations in a summit with US President [[Bill Clinton]] in [[Bridgetown, Barbados]], in May 1997. The summit was the first-ever meeting in the region between the U.S. and Caribbean heads of government, and strengthen the basis for regional cooperation on justice and counternarcotics, finance and development, and trade issues.

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which Saint Lucia established diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Saint Lucia.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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!#!!Country!!Date
|-
|1
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{DTS|22 February 1979}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |title=The Diplomatic Service List |publisher=Great Britain. Diplomatic Service Administration Office. |year=1985 |isbn=9780115916571 |pages=83–99}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH BARBADOS HAS ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood |first=DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=COUNTRIES WITH WHICH GUYANA HAS ESTABLISHMENT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (MFA Guyana)|url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-02-24|archive-date=2019-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224073504/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries & Regions |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/list.do |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{DTS|17 May 1979}}<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |title=Informe de labores - Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |publisher=Mexico. Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1979 |pages=17 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{DTS|11 June 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Saint Lucia |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/saint-lucia |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{DTS|23 August 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Memoria Anual 2015 Page 24 (MFA Cuba)|url=http://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413202107/http://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{DTS|13 September 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The DPRK and Diplomatic Relations with other Countries |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK%20Diplomatic%20Relations.pdf}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Dts|14 September 1979}}<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Liste Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |journal= |language=fr |page=}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Dts|14 September 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Libro amarillo correspondiente al año ...: presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones ordinarias de ... por el titular despacho |publisher=Venezuela. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=2003 |pages=528–529 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{Dts|15 November 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania|url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 December 1979}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Saint+Lucia+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 December 1979}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=List of countries with which Saint Lucia has established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.stlucia.gov.lc/diplomatic-relations |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716120234/https://www.stlucia.gov.lc/diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Dominica}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|20
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|23
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 January 1980}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 January 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Völkerrechtliche Praxis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Jahre 1980 |url=https://www.zaoerv.de/42_1982/42_1982_3_b_508_595.pdf |access-date=16 July 2023 |page=538 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 January 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Report: Asia & Pacific - Issues 6-20|publisher=The Service|year=1980}}</ref>
|-
|26
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 July 1980}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|27
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 November 1980}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|28
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 November 1980}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{Date table sorting|1980}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|30
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{Date table sorting|1980}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|31
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Date table sorting|1980}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 September 1981}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{Date table sorting|1981}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 January 1982}}<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=11 February 2025 |title=Diplomatic and consular post appointments |url=https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/12772/response/40111/attach/html/2/LEX%2012008%20DIPLOMATIC%20AND%20CONSULAR%20POST%20APPOINTMENTS.pdf.html |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
|35
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|8 February 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-80364/page/n12/mode/1up?q=Saint+Lucia |title=South and East Asia Report No. 1112 |date=19 March 1982 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |pages=7}}</ref>
|-
|36
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{DTS|18 March 1982}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=América |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/america |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|37
|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|6 October 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-82036/page/96/mode/1up?q=Lucia |title=Latin America Report No. 2591 |date=20 October 1982 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |pages=96}}</ref>
|-
|38
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 December 1982}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Latin America Report (2644) |date=1983 |publisher=[Executive Office of the President], Federal Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service |page=124}}</ref>
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 May 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-84014/page/79/mode/1up?q=ties+with+Vanuatu |title=Near East/South Asia Report No. 2792 |date=1 August 1983 |pages=79 |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|40
|{{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>
|-
|41
|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{Date table sorting|1983}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Republic of China}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 January 1984}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Latin America Report |publisher=[Executive Office of the President], Federal Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service |year=1984 |volume=29 |issue=84 |pages=108}}</ref>
|-
|42
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 March 1984}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
| —
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|1 September 1984}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|43
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{Date table sorting|1985}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|44
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 May 1986}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|45
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 March 1988}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|46
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 July 1988}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|47
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|1988}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|48
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 April 1989}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|49
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 September 1989}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|50
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Date table sorting|1990}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|51
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 March 1991}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=De la reinserción a los acuerdos: la política exterior chilena en 1991 (in Spanish)|publisher=FLACSO|year=1992|pages=83}}</ref>
|-
|52
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{Date table sorting|1991}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|54
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 April 1992}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|54
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 October 1992}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Report: East Asia - Volumes 92-200|publisher=The Service|year=1992|pages=58}}</ref>
|-
|55
|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{Date table sorting|1992}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|56
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{Date table sorting|1992}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|57
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 June 1993}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|58
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 January 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}</ref>
|-
|59
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 February 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2018 |title=Dubes RI Serahkan Credentials, Indonesia-Saint Lucia Berkomitmen Tingkatkan Hubungan Bilateral |url=https://www.nusakini.com/news/dubes-ri-serahkan-credentials-indonesia-saint-lucia-berkomitmen-tingkatkan-hubungan-bilateral |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111224431/https://www.nusakini.com/news/dubes-ri-serahkan-credentials-indonesia-saint-lucia-berkomitmen-tingkatkan-hubungan-bilateral |archive-date=11 January 2022 |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=id}}</ref>
|-
|60
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 February 1994}}<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=REGISTRO DE FECHAS DE ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RD |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|61
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 July 1995}}<ref name="date">{{cite web |title=RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ |url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=30 November 2021 |page=195}}</ref>
|-
|62
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 August 1996}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|63
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 1996}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|64
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 December 1996}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|65
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{Date table sorting|1996}}<ref name=":1" />
|-style="background:#D3D3D3"
|—
|{{flag|China}} (suspended)
|{{dts|8 September 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.stlucia.gov.lc/pr1997/saint_lucia_establishes_diplomatic_relations_with_china.htm |title=Saint Lucia Establishes Diplomatic Relations with China |website=stlucia.gov.lc |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref>
|-
|66
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 December 1997}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
| —
|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{Date table sorting|1999}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|67
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 May 2000}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|68
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 August 2000}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|69
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 August 2000}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|70
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 October 2000}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|71
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{Date table sorting|2000}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|72
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Date table sorting|2000}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|73
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 April 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|74
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 August 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|75
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 June 2005}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 2005 |title=Saint Lucia Welcomes New Austrian Ambassador |url=https://archive.stlucia.gov.lc/pr2005/june/saint_lucia_welcomes_new_austrian_ambassador.htm |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
|76
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 June 2005}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Türkiye - Saint Lucia Siyasi İlişkileri |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkiye-san-lucia-siyasi-iliskileri.tr.mfa |access-date=3 July 2024 |language=tr}}</ref>
|-
|77
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 August 2005}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|78
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 October 2005}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|79
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 October 2005}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|80
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 May 2006}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (MFA Iceland) |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|81
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 June 2006}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2006 |title=GG Welcomes First Swiss Ambassador To Saint Lucia |url=https://archive.stlucia.gov.lc/gis/nationwide/2006/NationWide10June2006.pdf |access-date=22 April 2024 |page=6}}</ref>
|-
|82
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 June 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|83
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 March 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|84
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|85
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|86
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|87
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|88
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 October 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|89
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 February 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|90
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 March 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|91
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 March 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|92
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 July 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|93
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 July 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|94
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 September 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|95
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 September 2010}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2010 |title=Украина и Сент-Люсия установили дипломатические отношения (in Russian) |url=https://reporter-ua.com/2010/09/28/ukraina-i-sent-lyusiya-ustanovili-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|96
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|29 November 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=SAINT LUCIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DISCUSS TO STRENGTHENING RELATIONS (MFA Saint Lucia)|date=7 October 2020|url=https://externalaffairs.gov.lc/blog/news-1/post/saint-lucia-and-the-united-arab-emirates-discuss-to-strengthening-relations-31|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111224426/https://externalaffairs.gov.lc/blog/news-1/post/saint-lucia-and-the-united-arab-emirates-discuss-to-strengthening-relations-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|97
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 January 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|98
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 May 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
| —
|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 August 2011}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|99
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 December 2011}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|100
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 December 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|101
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 March 2013}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|102
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 April 2013}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|103
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 May 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2013 |title=St Lucia and New Zealand Establish Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/domains/virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/st-lucia-and-new-zealand-establish-diplomatic-relations- |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|104
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 June 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2014 |title=Honduras and Saint Lucia Sign Agreement to Establish Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/oasoea/sets/72157645030555704/ |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|105
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 September 2014}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|106
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 November 2014}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
| —
|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 September 2015}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|107
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 January 2016}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|108
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 March 2016}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|109
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 June 2018}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 September 2018}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{Flag|Kiribati}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 September 2018}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 September 2018}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 June 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 June 2019}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{Date table sorting|27 August 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 August 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 October 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 November 2019}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 December 2019}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 February 2020}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 November 2020}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 March 2021}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{dts|20 September 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2022 |title=MNECIR mantém vários encontros bilaterais à margem da 77.ª Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas |url=https://www.facebook.com/MinisteriodosNegociosEstrangeiros/posts/469193641918111 |access-date=6 March 2024 |website=Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros - MNE Cabo Verde |language=pt}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 September 2022}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Tuvalu}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 December 2022}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 December 2022}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 December 2022}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Andorra}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 September 2023}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{dts|20 September 2023}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 September 2023}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
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|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{dts|8 November 2023}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|5 December 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2023 |title=La Mauritanie et Sainte-Lucie conviennent d’établir des relations diplomatiques |url=https://ami.mr/fr/archives/235473 |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=Agence Mauritanienne d'information |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{dts|6 December 2023}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Samoa}}
|{{dts|14 December 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2023 |title=Saint Lucia and the Independent State of Samoa establish diplomatic relations, with the joint communiqué signed by the PRs H.E Menissa Rambally and H.E Fatumanava Paolelei Luteru of and current AOSISChair. |url=https://twitter.com/SaintLuciaUN/status/1735350079215542350 |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|28 May 2024}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{dts|25 June 2024}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Mali}}
|{{dts|26 June 2024}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{dts|16 September 2024}}<ref name=":0" />
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|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|24 September 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=In an effort to revive bilateral ties through the establishment of diplomatic relations and mutual cooperation, my counterpart from Saint Lucia, Hon. Alva R. Baptiste, and I signed an Agreement to establish diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and Ghana... |url=https://x.com/AyorkorBotchwey/status/1838670549007888585 |access-date=24 September 2024}}</ref>
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== Bilateral relations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
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! style="width:15%;" | Country
! style="width:12%;" | Formal Relations Began
!Notes
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|{{Flag|Belize}}
|21 September 1981
|
*Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 21 September 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf|archive-date=2017-12-30|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref> 
*Both countries are full members of both [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and [[Association of Caribbean States]].
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|{{flag|France}}||14 September 1979||See [[Foreign relations of France|France–Saint Lucia relations]]
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on February 22, 1979.

* Saint Lucia has an embassy in [[Paris]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.embassyofstlucia.org| title = Embassy of Saint Lucia in Paris, France}}</ref>
* France is accredited to Saint Lucia from its embassy in [[Castries]], [[Saint Lucia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Embassy of France in Saint Lucia |url=https://diplomaticmonitor.org/c2c/FR-LC}}</ref>
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|{{flag|India}}||1982||See [[India–Saint Lucia relations]]

{{see also|Indo-Saint Lucian}}
Relations between India and Saint Lucia date back to the mid-19th century when both countries were British colonies. The first Indians in Saint Lucia arrived on 1 May 1857 as indentured workers on board the ''Palmyra''. Thirteen ships transported indentured labourers from India to Saint Lucia in the following decades.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hyacinth-Gideon|first1=C.|title=Saint Lucia|date=29 July 2014|publisher=Author House|isbn=9781496984838|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPA6BAAAQBAJ|access-date=21 April 2017|language=en}}</ref> The last ship carrying Indian indentured workers, the ''Volga'', arrived on the island on 10 December 1893. In total, nearly 4,500 Indians were brought to Saint Lucia, excluding those who died during the voyage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Caribbean island of St. Lucia observes Indian Arrival Day|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/caribbean-island-of-st-lucia-observes-indian-arrival-day-113051400291_1.html|website=Business Standard India|access-date=21 April 2017|date=14 May 2013}}</ref> About 2,075 workers returned to India, while the rest remained in Saint Lucia or emigrated to other Caribbean nations such as Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://repeatingislands.com/2009/05/07/st-lucia%E2%80%99s-indian-arrival-day/|title=St. Lucia's Indian Arrival Day|date=May 7, 2009|website=Repeating Islands|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=24 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424085806/https://repeatingislands.com/2009/05/07/st-lucia%E2%80%99s-indian-arrival-day/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The last indenture contracts expired in 1897, and by the end of the 19th century, Saint Lucia had a population of 2,560 free Indians. Many Indians who had completed their indenture periods were unable to return home as they did not have sufficient funds to do so. The Indians that remained in Saint Lucia are the origin of the Indo-Saint Lucian community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slucia.com/visions/2002/indian.html|title=THE EAST INDIAN LEGACY IN ST LUCIA|date=2002|website=slucia.com|last1=Harmsen|first1=Jolien|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref>

The Embassy of India in Paramaribo, Suriname is concurrently accredited to Saint Lucia.<ref name="IndianEmbassy" /> Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Kenny D. Anthony held bilateral discussions on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York on 25 September 2015. Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy made a visit to Saint Lucia on 3–6 October 2016. Rudy held bilateral talks with Acting Prime Minister Guy Joseph, Minister of External Affairs Sarah Beaubrun Flood, Senator Hermanglid Francis, the Minister for Home Affairs, Justice and National Security, the Minister of Commerce, Industrialists, Diaspora Associations, Academicians and other senior Saint Lucian government officials.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web|title=India-Saint Lucia Relations|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Saint_Lucia_deC2016.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs (India)|access-date=21 April 2017|date=December 2016}}</ref>

[[Indo-Saint Lucian]]s or Indian Saint Lucians are Saint Lucians of Indian ancestry, descended from the Indians who came to Saint Lucia in the 19th century as indentured workers. As of 2013, people of Indian descent are a minority ethnic group in the country, accounting for 2.4% of the country's population. An additional 11.9% of the country is multiracial, predominantly of Indian and African descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-lucia/ |title=CIA - The World Factbook -- Saint Lucia |access-date=2013-05-13 |publisher=CIA }}</ref> They have completely assimilated with the local population and have little familiarity with Indian culture. Some Indo-Saint Lucians have held high offices such as Cabinet Ministers.<ref name="IndianEmbassy">{{cite web|title=Saint Lucia|url=http://indembassysuriname.com/relationpages.php?id=52|website=Embassy of India, Paramaribo|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref> As of December 2016, around 250 Indian citizens reside in Saint Lucia. Most members of the community are doctors and other professionals, while a few are businessmen engaged in imports, trading and running duty-free shops.<ref name="MEA2016" />
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|{{Flag|Ireland}}||<!--Date started-->2000 || 
* Ireland is representative to Saint Lucia from its embassy in Brasilia, Brazil 
* Saint Lucia is representative to Ireland from its embassy in Havana, Cuba
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->17 May 1979||See [[Mexico–Saint Lucia relations]]
* Mexico has an embassy in Castries.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/santalucia/| title = Embassy of Mexico in Saint Lucia}}</ref>
* Saint Lucia is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}||22 February 1979||See [[Saint Lucia-Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
*[[Trinidad and Tobago]] has a consulate in [[Basseterre]]
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Taiwan}}||7 May 1984, severed 29 August 1997, Restored 30 April 2007||
St. Lucia had official diplomatic relations with the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan) for about 13 years, but switched recognition to the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in 1997. On 25 April 2007, the [[Premier of the Republic of China]] [[Su Tseng-chang]], announced that St. Lucia and the ROC would resume formal diplomatic relations.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/04/26/2003358246 "St. Lucia dumps PRC for Taiwan"], ''[http://www.taipeitimes.com/ The Taipei Times], 2007-04-26''</ref> On 1 May 2007, St. Lucia regained diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070501/17/dnfk.html| title = 「台聖復交／加勒比海島國 人口17萬 出過兩位諾貝爾獎主」}}'', ET today, 2007/05/01 10:37''</ref>  Within a few days, the People's Republic of China suspended diplomatic relations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/274392/1/.html| title = China suspends ties with St Lucia| access-date = 2007-05-05| archive-date = 2007-05-08| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070508195321/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/274392/1/.html| url-status = dead}}'', ChannelNewsAsia, 5/5/07''</ref> On 4 June 2015, St. Lucia opened its embassy in [[Taipei]], its first embassy in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201506040011.aspx|title = St. Lucia opens embassy in Taiwan; first in Asia - Focus Taiwan}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||25 May 2005||See Saint Lucia–Turkey relations
*Turkish Embassy in [[Port of Spain]] is accredited to [[St. Lucia]].<ref name="auto49">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-san-lucia.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and St. Lucia}}</ref>
*Trade volume between the two countries was 3 million USD in 2019.<ref name="auto49" />
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||{{Date table sorting|1979}}||See [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom]]

Saint Lucia established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] in 22 February 1979.<ref name=":3"/> Both countries are [[Commonwealth Realms]].
*Saint Lucia maintains a [[High Commission of Saint Lucia, London|high commission]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.embassy.gov.au/lhlh/home.html|title=High Commission for Saint Lucia|website=[[Government of Saint Lucia]]|access-date=30 March 2024}}</ref>
* The United Kingdom is accredited to its high commission in [[Castries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-castries|title=British High Commission Saint Lucia|website=GOV.UK|access-date=30 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906162105/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-castries|archive-date=6 September 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

The UK governed [[History of Saint Lucia|Saint Lucia]] from 1803 to 1979, when Saint Lucia achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]; they are both parties of the [[Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom#Active agreements|UK–CARIFORUM continuity Trade Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||11 June 1979||See [[Saint Lucia–United States relations]]
* Saint Lucia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.embassyofstlucia.org| title = Embassy of Saint Lucia in the United States}}</ref>
* United States is accredited to Saint Lucia from its embassy in [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bb.usembassy.gov/| title = Embassy of the United States in Barbados}}</ref>
|}

== Multilateral relations ==
Saint Lucia is a member of several international organizations, including the [[United Nations]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], the [[Organization of American States]], the [[Caribbean Community]] (CARICOM) and the [[Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States]] (OECS).

ACCT (associate), ACP, [[Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas|ALBA]], C, [[Caricom]], CDB, [[Community of Latin American and Caribbean States|CELAC]], ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), [[Interpol (organization)|Interpol]], IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO

==See also==
*[[List of diplomatic missions in Saint Lucia]]
*[[List of diplomatic missions of Saint Lucia]]
*[[Visa requirements for Saint Lucian citizens]]

==References==
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