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Modern '''Trinidad and Tobago''' maintains close relations with its Caribbean neighbours and major North American and European trading partners. As the most industrialized and second-largest country in the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has taken a leading role in the [[Caribbean Community]] (CARICOM), and strongly supports CARICOM economic integration efforts. It also is active in the [[Summit of the Americas]] process and supports the establishment of the [[Free Trade Area of the Americas]], lobbying other nations for seating the Secretariat in [[Port of Spain]].

As a member of CARICOM, Trinidad and Tobago strongly backed efforts by the United States to bring political stability to [[Haiti]], contributing personnel to the Multinational Force in 1994. After its 1962 independence, Trinidad and Tobago joined the [[United Nations]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. In 1967, it became the first Commonwealth country to join the [[Organization of American States]] (OAS). In 1995, Trinidad played host to the inaugural meeting of the [[Association of Caribbean States]] and has become the seat of this 35-member grouping, which seeks to further economic progress and integration among its states.

In international forums, Trinidad and Tobago has defined itself as having an independent voting record, but often supports U.S. and [[European Union|EU]] positions.

Trinidad and Tobago has historically been a trans-shipment point for South American drugs destined for the United States and Europe. This has created much tension in the country's politics.

Trinidad and Tobago is also a member-state of the [[International Criminal Court]], without a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the U.S. military (as covered under [[Rome Statute|Article 98]])

==Trinidad and Tobago and the Commonwealth of Nations==

Trinidad and Tobago became an independent state in 1962<ref name="Trinidad Express Newspapers 2014 l423">{{cite web | title=Independence Timeline: 1962 to present | website=Trinidad Express Newspapers | date=August 25, 2014 | url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/independence-timeline-1962-to-present/article_a8c4f329-0243-504e-97e2-3b342819ea26.html | access-date=March 8, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Office of the Historian 1962 y540">{{cite web | title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Trinidad and Tobago | website=Office of the Historian | date=August 31, 1962 | url=https://history.state.gov/countries/trinidad-and-tobago#:~:text=U.S.%20Recognition%20of%20the%20Independence,in%20Port%2Dof%2DSpain. | access-date=March 8, 2024}}</ref> with [[Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[Queen of Trinidad and Tobago]]. She was represented by the [[Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

On August 1, 1976, Trinidad and Tobago became a [[republic in the Commonwealth of Nations]]<ref name="Trinidad Guardian 2022 c327">{{cite web | title=T&T didn't become a Republic on Sept 24, but here's why it's celebrated on that day | website=Trinidad Guardian | date=September 23, 2022 | url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tt-didnt-become-a-republic-on-sept-24-but-heres-why-its-celebrated-on-that-day-6.2.1549584.b9ad1fe7c0 | access-date=March 8, 2024}}</ref><ref name="BBC News 2012 u244">{{cite web | title=Trinidad and Tobago country profile | website=BBC News | date=October 24, 2012 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-20072231 | access-date=March 8, 2024}}</ref> with the last Governor-General, Sir [[Ellis Clarke]] becoming the first [[President of Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref name="Donovan 2011 i338">{{cite web | last=Donovan | first=Paul | title=Sir Ellis Clarke obituary | website=The Guardian | date=January 20, 2011 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/20/sir-ellis-clarke-obituary | access-date=March 8, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Trinidad Guardian 1917 a170">{{cite web | title=Memories of Sir Ellis Clarke | website=Trinidad Guardian | date=September 2, 1917 | url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.464483.aa0cc17836 | access-date=March 8, 2024}}</ref>

==Diplomatic relations==
List of countries which Trinidad and Tobago maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Trinidad and Tobago.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country
!Date<ref name="UNDL">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Trinidad and Tobago and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Trinidad+and+Tobago+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=5 August 2024 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
|-
|1
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|31 August 1962}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{dts|31 August 1962}}<ref name=":2" />
|-
|3
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|31 August 1962}}<ref name=":3" />
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{dts|31 August 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia Judaica: A-Z |publisher=Encyclopaedia Judaica |year=1972 |pages=444}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|31 August 1962}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|6
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{dts|31 August 1962}}<ref name=":5" />
|-
|7
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|14 September 1962}}<ref name=":6" />
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|19 October 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken Volumes 73-75 |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken |year=1962 |pages=74 |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{dts|1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Trinidad and Tobago Year Book ... Containing Information Obtained from Official Records and Reliable Sources |year=1962 |pages=311}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|18 June 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinidad and Tobago Country Profile |url=https://jis.gov.jm/media/Official-Visit-of-Prime-Minister-Rowley-Background-Notes-on-Jamaica-Trinidad-and-Tobago-Relations-July-2016.pdf |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=jis.gov.jm |page=2}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|12 July 1963}}<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1963 |title=No more legations |url=https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=swo-001%3A1963%3A0%3A%3A1135 |journal=The Swiss Observer |pages=50611}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|28 August 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinidad und Tobago: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/trinidadundtobago-node/trinidadundtobago/220464 |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|October 1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Kuwait/ufvg9-5uz-EC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=&pg=PP467&printsec=frontcover |title=Diplomatic relations with Kuwait |publisher=Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations |year=1964}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|1963}}<ref name=":8" />
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|4 January 1964}}<ref name=":9" />
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|3 February 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1992 |title=Consideraciones Generales sobre Jamaica y el Caribe de habla inglesa |url=https://archivopatrimonial.uahurtado.cl/uploads/r/archivo-institucional-universidad-alberto-hurtado/d/c/4/dc450fdfa4277f806964ae8ade8a18f85a6a2435f76b4b53cbde4bb635e586cd/92-29326.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527131634/https://archivopatrimonial.uahurtado.cl/uploads/r/archivo-institucional-universidad-alberto-hurtado/d/c/4/dc450fdfa4277f806964ae8ade8a18f85a6a2435f76b4b53cbde4bb635e586cd/92-29326.pdf |archive-date=27 May 2023 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Embajada de Chile Kingston, Jamaica |page=11 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|1 March 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1OHiAAAAMAAJ&dq=Ghana+and+Trinidad+and+Tobago+to+Establish+Diplomatic+Relations+Ghana+and+Trinidad+and+Tobago+have+agreed+in+principle+to+establish+diplomatic+relations+between+their+two+countries+,+according+to+a+joint+communique+issued+in+Accra+on+...&pg=RA5-PA11 |title=Ghana News Volume 2 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |year=1964 |pages=11 |access-date=7 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|22 March 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Mideast Mirror, 16 |year=1964 |pages=20}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|22 May 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=トリニダード・トバゴ概況 - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |url=https://www.tt.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100066962.pdf |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=tt.emb-japan.go.jp |page=21/38 |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|20
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{dts|30 October 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Establecimiento de Relaciones Dilpomáticas entre la República Argentina y la República de Trinidad y Tobago |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/tratado_ficha.php?id=maSjnA== |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados Argentina |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{dts|21 November 1964}}<ref name=":10" />
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|21 January 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2025 |title=Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs welcomes his brazilian counterpart to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/resources/news/minister-of-foreign-and-caricom-affairs-welcomes-his-brazilian-counterpart-to-celebrate-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-the-two-countries/ |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Trinidad and Tobago}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|7 July 1965}}<ref name=":11" />
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{dts|22 November 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=News Issues 1-78 |publisher=Embassy of Uruguay. Uruguay. Embajada (U.S.) |year=1965}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|6 December 1965}}<ref name=":13" />
|-
|26
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=S. Steinberg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qY3LDQAAQBAJ&dq=Mostafa+Chaker&pg=PA529 |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1965-66 |date=26 December 2016 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |pages=529| isbn=978-0-230-27094-7 }}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|29 April 1966}}<ref name=":14" />
|-
|28
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{dts|26 May 1966}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=minfor.gov.gy}}</ref>
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|July 1966}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kingdom of Sweden to establish an Honorary Consul in Tobago |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/resources/news/kingdom-sweden-establish-honorary-consul-tobago/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|30 November 1966}}<ref name=":15" />
|-
|31
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|15 June 1967}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas del Estado Espaniol |url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOB/article/download/33281/85107/ |access-date=6 June 2023 |page=307 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|9 November 1967}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Documentos revista de información política · Issues 30-31 |publisher=Universidad Central de Venezuela. Instituto de Estudios Políticos |year=1967 |pages=490 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|5 February 1968}}<ref name=":16" />
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{dts|22 February 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinidad y Tobago |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/america/trinidadytobago |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124230029/https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/america/trinidadytobago |archive-date=24 November 2021 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=cancilleria.gov.co |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|35
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|May 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 February 2019 |title=Remarks delivered by Ms Reita Toussaint, Permanent Secretary (Ag),Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs on the occasion of the National Day of the Dominican Republic |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/documents/727/Remarks_-_Dominican_Republic_National_Day_2019_-_28_Feb_2019.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707033308/https://foreign.gov.tt/documents/727/Remarks_-_Dominican_Republic_National_Day_2019_-_28_Feb_2019.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-07 |access-date=7 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|36
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{dts|17 December 1969}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bulletin de documentation_1969_15 |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/bulletin/1969/BID_1969_15/BID_1969_15.pdf |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=sip.gouvernement.lu |page=20 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|37
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|10 May 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2021 |title=51ème anniversaire des relations diplomatiques entre la Belgique et Trinité et Tobago - Déclaration commune |url=https://diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/51eme-anniversaire-des-relations-diplomatiques-entre-la-belgique-et-trinite-et-tobago-declaration |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=diplomatie.belgium.be |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|38
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{dts|2 July 1970}}<ref name=":17" />
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|6 October 1970}}<ref name=":18" />
|-
|40
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|17 February 1971}}<ref name=":19" />
|-
|41
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|21 May 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebramos 50 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Trinidad y Tobago |url=https://www.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/posts/pfbid02LCU61XgNsn4peSADitDcVasqkWavQdKGk2g7bPxm9YEJqD2jDfoDiRtccL21iNRBl?__tn__=%2CO*F |access-date=7 July 2023 |website=Ministerio Relaciones Exteriores y Culto |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|42
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{dts|19 November 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
|-
|43
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|November 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=http://hctt.net/about-br.asp?links=br |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220132146/http://hctt.net/about-br.asp?links=br |archive-date=20 February 2015 |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=The High Commission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago New Delhi, India}}</ref>
|-
|44
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|15 December 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 2015 |title=Diplomatic & Consular List |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2015%20Singapore.pdf |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=217}}</ref>
|-
|45
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|17 December 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinidad and Tobago |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17346&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006040452/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17346&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |archive-date=6 October 2016 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland}}</ref>
|-
|46
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{dts|11 January 1972}}<ref name=":23" />
|-
|47
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|22 May 1972}}<ref name=":21" />
|-
|48
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|23 May 1972}}<ref name=":22" />
|-
|49
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|25 May 1972}}<ref name=":23" />
|-
|50
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|2 August 1972}}<ref name=":23">{{Cite book |title=Trinidad and Tobago Gazette Volume 12, Issues 1-172 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1973 |pages=176}}</ref>
|-
|51
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|25 November 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania}}</ref>
|-
|52
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|8 December 1972}}<ref name=":25" />
|-
|53
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{Dts|15 January 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2015 |title=Point de la cooperation - Côte d'ivoire - Trinite et Tobago |url=http://diplomatie.gouv.ci/userfiles/file/Cooperation%20bilaterale/COOPERATON%202%2011%202015/POINT%20DE%20LA%20COOPERATION%20TRINITE%20ET%20TOBAGO%20%20Final%2015%20%20%20%20juillet%202015.doc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904040226/http://diplomatie.gouv.ci/userfiles/file/Cooperation%20bilaterale/COOPERATON%202%2011%202015/POINT%20DE%20LA%20COOPERATION%20TRINITE%20ET%20TOBAGO%20%20Final%2015%20%20%20%20juillet%202015.doc |archive-date=4 September 2016 |access-date=23 December 2024 |language=fr |type=.doc}}</ref>
|-
|54
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|September 1973}}<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1974. Выпуск восемнадцатый: Зарубежные страны |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/55959/003_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623071827/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/55959/003_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=1 March 2024 |page=396 |language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|55
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|September 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Translations on Near East and North Africa Issues 1072-1082 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1973 |pages=54}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>
|-
|56
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|12 October 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2017 |title=Minister Dennis Moses welcomes newly appointed Ambassador of Indonesia |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/resources/news/minister-dennis-moses-welcomes-newly-appointed-ambassador-indonesia/ |website=Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref>
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|57
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F6GCEAAAQBAJ&dq=John+Stanley+Donaldson+ambassador+Trinidad+and+Tobago+in+Guinea&pg=PA6 |title=Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 10 (1994) Volume 1 |date=15 August 2022 |publisher=Brill |pages=6|isbn=978-90-04-53063-8 }}</ref>
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|58
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{dts|1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=John Reginald P. Dumas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TvMrDfbiFb0C&dq=Kenya:+High+Commissioner+of+Trinidad+Tobago+Dumas+...+1973&pg=PA123 |title=In the Service of the Public Articles and Speeches 1963-1993, with Commentaries |publisher=Canoe Press, University of the West Indies |year=1995 |pages=123| isbn=978-976-8125-24-8 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Who's who in Latin America Government, Politics, Banking & Industry · Volume 4, Issue 2 |publisher=Norman Ross Pub. |year=1997 |pages=223}}</ref>
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|59
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|7 January 1974}}<ref name=":26" />
|-
|60
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{dts|17 January 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=ARR: Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1974 |pages=28}}</ref>
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|61
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{dts|31 January 1974}}<ref name=":27" />
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|62
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|15 March 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Yugoslav Survey Volume 28 |publisher=Jugoslavija Publishing House |year=1987 |pages=152}}</ref>
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|63
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|5 June 1974}}<ref name=":28" />
|-
|64
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|6 June 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russia – Trinidad and Tobago |url=https://guyana.mid.ru/en_GB/rossia-trinidad-i-tobago |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717071339/https://guyana.mid.ru/en_GB/rossia-trinidad-i-tobago |archive-date=17 July 2020 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=The Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana}}</ref>
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|65
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{dts|20 June 1974}}<ref name=":29" />
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|66
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{dts|June 1974}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 July 2022 |title=Presentation of Credentials by H.E. Dr. Lovell Francis to His Excellency Prithvirajsing Roopun, President of the Republic of Mauritius on July 27, 2022 |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/resources/news/presentation-of-credentials-by-he-dr-lovell-francis-to-his-excellency-prithvirajsing-roopun-president-of-the-republic-of-mauritius-on-july-27-2022/ |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|5 July 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinidad and Tobago and Saudi Arabia seek to strengthen bilateral relations |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/resources/news/trinidad-and-tobago-and-saudi-arabia-seek-strengthen-bilateral-relations/ |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs}}</ref>
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|68
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|9 October 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions |url=http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-t.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122030153/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-t.php |archive-date=22 January 2009 |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade}}</ref>
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|69
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|7 June 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/KULUGY_KulPolEvkonyv_1975/?pg=84&layout=s |title=Magyar Külpolitikai Évkönyv 1968-2010 |publisher=Magyar Külpolitikai Évkönyv, 1975 |pages=47 |language=hu |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>
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|70
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|17 July 1975}}<ref name=":30" />
|-
|71
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|11 June 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Foreign Affairs Malaysia, 6–9 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Division |year=1976 |pages=59}}</ref>
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|72
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|19 December 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uRUFAQAAIAAJ&dq=Cameroon+and+Trinidad+and+Tobago+establishment+diplomatic+relations+...&pg=PT215 |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1700-1710 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1977 |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>
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|73
|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|18 February 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 2024 |title=On this day in 1977, Grenada & the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago established diplomatic relations. |url=https://twitter.com/MoFAGrenada/status/1759029396990534038 |access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref>
|-
|74
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|2 September 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trindade e Tobago |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/trindadtobago |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022174053/https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/trindadtobago |archive-date=22 October 2020 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt |language=pt}}</ref>
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|75
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|16 January 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lijst van Diplomatieke Betrekkingen en Visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten |url=http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416134520/http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2019 |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=gov.sr |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|23 July 1978}}<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=11 February 2024 |website=Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations}}</ref>
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|76
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|16 November 1979}}
|-
|77
|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{dts|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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716120234/https://www.stlucia.gov.lc/diplomatic-relations |archive-date=16 July 2023 |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
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|78
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|10 October 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily report: Western Europe. Index. v.1-2 1978/1979-1980 |publisher=NewsBank, inc. |pages=665}}</ref>
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|79
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|{{dts|21 September 1981}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations – Belize |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=11 February 2024}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{Dts|6 December 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ufiche-test-document_jprs-82714/page/33/mode/1up?q=credentials |title=Latin America Report No. 2636 |date=24 January 1983 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |pages=33}}</ref>
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|81
|{{Flag|Dominica}}
|{{dts|June 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Year that Was-- 1983: Dominican Developments |publisher=1984 |pages=8}}</ref>
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|82
|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{dts|19 September 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Latin America Report, 2745 |publisher=[Executive Office of the President], Federal Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service |year=1983 |pages=205}}</ref>
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|83
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|22 September 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean |publisher=Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses |year=1983 |pages=929}}</ref>
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|84
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|23 July 1985}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinidad and Tobago |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=71 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}</ref>
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|85
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|22 January 1986}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=สาธารณรัฐตรินิแดดและโตเบโก (Trinidad and Tobago) |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bd21415e39c3060027cb1?cate=5d5bcb4e15e39c3060006875 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand |language=th}}</ref>
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|86
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|22 January 1986}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=ncnk.org |page=5}}</ref>
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|87
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinidad and Tobago 58th National Day |url=https://mofa.gov.bs/trinidad-and-tobago-58th-national-day/ |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bahamas|date=September 2020 }}</ref>
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|88
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{dts|11 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Registro de Fechas de Establecimiento de RD |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |access-date=6 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|89
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{dts|24 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones Diplomaticas de la Republica de Panama |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=11 February 2024 |website=Memoria 2011-2012 |page=195 |language=es}}</ref>
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|90
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{dts|24 May 1994}}
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|91
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|25 May 1994}}
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|92
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{dts|1 December 1994}}
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|93
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|10 January 1995}}
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|94
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{dts|9 May 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mojca Pristavec Đogić |date=2016 |title=Priznanja samostojne Slovenije |url=https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije_.pdf |access-date=11 February 2024 |page=7 |language=sl}}</ref>
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|95
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{dts|21 April 1998}}
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|96
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{dts|11 May 1998}}
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|97
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|28 May 1998}}
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|98
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|13 August 1998}}
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|99
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|4 November 1998}}
|-
|100
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|27 September 1999}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries of the American continent: Trinidad and Tobago |url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/countries-american-continent |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine}}</ref>
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|101
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|18 April 2000}}
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|102
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|13 December 2000}}
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|103
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|11 March 2003}}
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|104
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|23 July 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2009 |title=Zimbabwe: New British Envoy Hails Inclusive Govt |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200907231076.html |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=allAfrica}}</ref>
|-
|105
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|24 September 2009}}
|-
|106
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{dts|24 November 2009}}
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|107
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|24 November 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Countries with which the Republic of Maldives has established diplomatic relations |url=https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629032804/https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|108
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{dts|24 November 2009}}
|-
|109
|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{dts|24 November 2009}}
|-
|110
|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{dts|10 February 2010}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2010 |title=PR acredita quatro novos Embaixadores |url=https://verdade.co.mz/pr-acredita-quatro-novos-embaixadores-2/ |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=verdade.co.mz |language=pt}}</ref>
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|111
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|8 April 2011}}
|-
|112
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|11 April 2011}}<ref name=":31" />
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|113
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|12 April 2011}}
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|114
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{dts|15 April 2011}}
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|115
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{dts|19 April 2011}}
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|116
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|20 September 2011}}
|-
|117
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|14 December 2011}}
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|118
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|2 April 2012}}
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|119
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|26 September 2012}}
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|120
|{{Flag|Lesotho}}
|{{dts|2 November 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Non-Resident Missions Accredited to T&T |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/missions-consuls/non-resident-missions-accredited-tt/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130025739/https://foreign.gov.tt/missions-consuls/non-resident-missions-accredited-tt/ |archive-date=30 November 2017 |access-date=27 December 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Trinidad and Tobago}}</ref>
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|121
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|8 May 2013}}
|-
|122
|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{dts|24 September 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timor-Leste and Trinidad and Tobago establish diplomatic relations |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=9028&lang=en |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=timor-leste.gov.tl}}</ref>
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|123
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{dts|16 January 2014}}
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|124
|{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{dts|30 January 2014}}
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|125
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{dts|31 January 2014}}
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|126
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|13 May 2014}}
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|127
|{{Flag|Andorra}}
|{{dts|26 September 2014}}
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|128
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{dts|18 March 2016}}
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|129
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|6 June 2019}}
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|130
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{dts|24 February 2021}}
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|131
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{dts|26 February 2021}}
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|132
|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|26 May 2022}}
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|133
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{dts|16 June 2022}}
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|134
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{dts|21 September 2022}}
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|135
|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{dts|7 December 2022}}
|-
|136
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|1 February 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinidad and Tobago establishes diplomatic relations with Viet Nam |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/resources/news/trinidad-and-tobago-establishes-diplomatic-relations-with-viet-nam/#:~:text=On%201st%20February%2C%202023%2C%20the,the%20United%20Nations%2C%20New%20York. |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs}}</ref>
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|137
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{dts|14 March 2023}}
|-
|138
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|27 March 2023}}
|-
|139
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{dts|25 May 2023}}
|-
|140
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{dts|15 June 2023}}
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|141
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{dts|21 June 2023}}
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|142
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|29 August 2023}}
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|143
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|1 September 2023}}
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|—
|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{dts|22 September 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2024 |title=Trinidad and Tobago establishes Diplomatic Relations with The State of Palestine |url=https://x.com/KejanHaynes/status/1838000481257374014 |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
|144
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|Unknown
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|145
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|Unknown
|-
|146
|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|Unknown
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|147
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|Unknown
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|148
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|Unknown
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|149
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|Unknown
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|150
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|Unknown
|-
|151
|{{Flag|Tuvalu}}
|Unknown<ref>{{Cite web |title=Americas |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/americas/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809163313/https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/americas/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|152
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|Unknown
|}

==Bilateral relations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;" | Country
! style="width:12%;" | Formal Relations Began
!Notes 
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Armenia }}||29 August 2023||See [[Foreign relations of Armenia|Armenia–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 August 2023
|-
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|11 April 2011
|See Azerbaijan–Trinidad and Tobago relations
* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 April 2011<ref name=":31">{{Cite web |date=12 April 2011 |title=Азербайджан установил дипломатические отношения с Тринидадом и Тобаго |url=https://www.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/1859593.html |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=trend news agency |language=ru}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Australia }}||7 January 1974||See [[Australia–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 January 1974<ref name=":26">{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279267/view?partId=nla.obj-919293349#page/n54/mode/1up |title=Australia's Diplomatic Relations with the Caribbean |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 45 No. 1 (January 1974) |pages=53 |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

* Australia has a high commission in [[Port of Spain]].
|-
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|2 August 1972
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 August 1972 when was accredited first ambassador of Austria to Trinidad and Tobago (resident in Caracas) Dr. Harald Godel<ref name=":23"/>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Barbados}}||30 November 1966||See [[Barbados–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 November 1966<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=List of countries with which Barbados has diplomatic relations by regions |url=http://foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |url-status=dead |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 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Barbados)}}</ref>

* Barbados maintains non-resident representation to Port of Spain.
* Trinidad and Tobago maintains non-resident representation to [[Bridgetown]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Belize}}||21 September 1981||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 September 1981
*Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]] and of the [[Caribbean Community]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Brazil}}||27 July 1965||See [[Brazil–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 July 1965<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Cria a Embaixada do Brasil em Trinidad-e-Tobago e Extingue o Consulado em Port-of-Spain. Decreto Nº 56.616 de 27 de Julho de 1965 |url=https://legislacao.presidencia.gov.br/atos/?tipo=DEC&numero=56616&ano=1965&ato=b73MTVq5keZRVT842 |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=legislacao.presidencia.gov.br |language=pt}}</ref>

Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago enjoy a cordial and active relation. The establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries started in 1942 with the establishment of a Brazilian Vice-Consulate in Port-of-Spain, where later the Brazilian Embassy was open in 1965. Several mutual visits of Heads of State have occurred starting in 2008, when a MOU for cooperation on energy industry was signed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=República de Trinidad e Tobago|url=http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/pt-BR/ficha-pais/6486-republica-de-trinidad-e-tobago|access-date=2020-07-20|website=itamaraty.gov.br}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Canada}}||31 August 1962||See [[Canada–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both Countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1962.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Canada-Trinidad and Tobago relations |url=https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/trinidad_tobago-trinite_tobago/relations.aspx?lang=eng |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=international.gc.ca| date=29 April 2020 }}</ref>

Canada currently has 68,000 Trinidad and Tobagoan immigrants.

* Canada has a High Commission in Port of Spain.
* Trinidad and Tobago has a High Commission in [[Ottawa]] and a consulate-general in Toronto.

|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Chile}}||3 February 1964||See [[Chile–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 February 1964
*Trinidad has a consulate in [[Santiago]] while [[Chile]] has an embassy in Port of Spain{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

|- valign="top"
|{{flag|China}}||20 June 1974||See [[China–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 June 1974<ref name=":29">{{Cite web |date=14 July 2016 |title=Trinidad and Tobago and China committed to continue strengthening and deepening their bilateral relationship – 13th July, 2016 |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/resources/news/trinidad-and-tobago-and-china-committed-continue-strengthening-and-deepening-their-bilateral-relationship-13th-july-2016/ |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs}}</ref>
*China has an embassy in Port of Spain
*Trinidad and Tobago has an embassy in Beijing
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Cuba}}||8 December 1972||See [[Cuba–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 December 1972<ref name=":25">{{Cite web |title=Remarks delivered by Ms. Reita Toussaint, Ag. Permanent Secretary on behalf of the Hon. Dennis Moses at the reception in celebration of the 45th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between T&T and Cuba. |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/resources/news/remarks-delivered-ms-reita-toussaint-g-permanent-secretary-behalf-hon-dennis-moses-reception-celebration-45th-anniversary-establishment-diplomatic-relations-between-tt-and-cuba/ |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs}}</ref>

* Cuba has an embassy in Port of Spain.
* Trinidad and Tobago has an embassy in [[Havana]].

|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Cyprus }}||25 May 1972||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 May 1972 when was accredited first High Commissioner of Cyprus to Trinidad and Tobago (resident in New York City) Mr. Andreas Jacovides<ref name=":23"/>
*Cyprus is represented in Trinidad and Tobago by its embassy in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Cyprus Diplomatic Missions Abroad|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/670CC74898AF2980C2258029002F3F83?OpenDocument|access-date=2020-07-20|website=mfa.gov.cy}}</ref>
*Both countries are full members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
|-
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|23 May 1972
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 May 1972 when was accredited first Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to Denmark (resident in London) Dr. Patrick Vincent Joseph Solomon<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Udenlandske diplomatiske og konsulære repræsentationer i Danmark |url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/910991.pdf |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalender 1974 |page=260/1388 |language=da}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|7 July 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 July 1965 when was appointed first Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to Ethiopia Mr. George Daniel<ref name=":11">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=335}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|France}}||31 August 1962||See [[France–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1962<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyes extraordinaires, ministres plenipotentiaires et chrges d'affaires de France a l'etranger depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr |page=70/86 |language=fr}}</ref>

Bilateral relations between the countries France and Trinidad and Tobago have existed for about two hundred years.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Sahadeo Basdeo |author2=Graeme Mount |title=The Foreign Relations of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-2000) |year=2001 |publisher=[[Lexicon]] |quote=The French presence in Trinidad and Tobago dates back two centuries. It is not surprising that French influence ... | url=https://archive.org/details/foreignrelations0000basd |url-access=registration|isbn=976-631-023-8 }}</ref> Currently, France has an embassy in [[Port of Spain]]. Trinidad and Tobago is represented in France through its embassy in [[Brussels]] (Belgium). Trinidad and Tobago also has bilateral investment agreements with France.<ref>''World trade and arbitration materials'' v. 11, nos. 1-3 (Werner Pub. Co., 1999), 24.</ref>

|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Georgia }}||8 April 2011||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 April 2011

Georgia is represented in Trinidad and Tobago by its embassy in [[Brasília]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=საქართველოს საგარეო საქმეთა სამინისტრო - Home|url=https://mfa.gov.ge/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=mfa.gov.ge}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Guyana}}||26 May 1966||See [[Guyana–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 May 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries With Which Guyana Has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.minfor.gov.gy/consulates/countries-guyana-relations |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=minfor.gov.gy}}</ref>

The two share many similarities between each other due to their shared history in the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] along with having similar language, culture, demographics and religions. Both countries had substantial numbers of indentured servants from India and slaves from Africa imported into their country. In the 1970s, [[Trinidad and Tobago]] gave Guyana substantial oil exports on credit and in the 1990s, forgave hundred of millions of dollars of debt under the Paris Club Agreement. In 2017, Guyana established its first High Commission in [[Port of Spain]]. In 2018, Both countries signed a MOU(Memorandum of Understanding) on Energy Cooperation.
|-
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|31 January 1974
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 January 1974 when first Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to Haiti Mr. Charles H. Archibald presented his credentials<ref name=":27">{{Cite book |last=Jean-Claude Duvalier |title=Discours et messages: 21 avril 1973-avril 1975 |publisher=Impr. H. Deschamps |year=1978 |pages=121 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|India}}||31 August 1962||See [[India–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1962 when the status of the Commissioner of India in Trinidad and Tobago was raised to that of High Commissioner (Ambassador)<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKhQAAAAMAAJ&dq=India+established+High+Commission+in+Port+of+Spain+on+31+August+1962&pg=PA317 |title=Trinidad and Tobago Year Book |publisher=Franklin's Electric Printery |year=1966 |pages=317 |access-date=7 June 2023}}</ref>

Republic of India operates a [[High Commission]] in [[Port of Spain]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hcipos.in|url=http://www.hcipos.in/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=hcipos.in}}</ref> whilst Republic of Trinidad and Tobago operates a High Commission in New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.hctt.net/ Trinidad and Tobago High Commission in New Delhi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429221654/http://hctt.net/ |date=2015-04-29 }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Israel}}||1962||
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1962. The country is among the staunchest supporters of Israel in the Caribbean<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Pages/Israel-s%20Diplomatic%20Missions%20Abroad.aspx |title=Israel's Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations |access-date=2014-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420071334/http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Pages/Israel-s%20Diplomatic%20Missions%20Abroad.aspx |archive-date=2016-04-20 }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Italy}}
|4 January 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 January 1964 when was appointed first Ambassador of Italy to Trinidad and Tobago (resident in Venezuela) Mr. Girolamo Pignatti<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JlV0DUKMsFQC&dq=Pignatti+ambassador+of+italy+to+Trinidad+and+Tobago+...+1964&pg=RA3-PP10 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 5-6 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1964}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Jamaica }}||18 June 1963||See [[Jamaica–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 June 1963

* Jamaica has a High Commission in Port of Spain.
* Trinidad and Tobago has a High Commission in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]].
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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|1963
|Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1963 when has been accredited Ambassador of Lebanon to Trinidad and Tobago (resident in Caracas) M. Halim Shebaya.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |title=Trinidad and Tobago Year Book |publisher=Franklin's Electric Printery |year=1963 |pages=307}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|6 December 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 December 1965 when was accredited first ambassador of Liberia to Trinidad and Tobago (resident in Haiti) Mr. William B. Fernandez<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |title=Trinidad and Tobago Gazette Volume 8 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1969 |pages=131}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Malta}}||24 September 2009||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 September 2009
*Both countries are full members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].

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|{{flag|Mexico}}||29 April 1966||See [[Mexico–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 April 1966<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Hoy conmemoramos el 56 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y Trinidad y Tobago |url=https://twitter.com/SRE_mx/status/1520047758501105664?s=20 |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Relaciones Exteriores |language=es}}</ref>

* Mexico has an embassy in Port of Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inicio|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/trinidadytobago/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx}}</ref>
* Trinidad and Tobago is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Embassy in Washington D.C., U.S.A.|url=https://foreign.gov.tt/missions-consuls/tt-missions-abroad/diplomatic-missions/embassy-washington-dc-us/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs|language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Nigeria }}||6 October 1970||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 October 1970 when was accredited first High Commissioner of Nigeria ti Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Edwin Ogbu<ref name=":18">{{Cite book |title=Trinidad and Tobago Gazette Volume 12, Issues 1-172 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1973 |pages=175}}</ref>
* Nigeria has a High Commission in Port of Spain.
* Trinidad and Tobago has a High Commission in [[Abuja]].
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|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|1963
|Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1963 when Mr. S. M. Khan, Pakistan High Commissioner in Canada, has been appointed currently as High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |title=The Diplomat Volume 6 |publisher=M. Aziz |year=1963}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Peru}}||5 February 1968||See [[Peru–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 February 1968<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=Remarks delivered by the Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at the commemoration of the 196th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Peru |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/documents/453/Remarks_of_MFCA_-_National_Day_of_Peru.pdf |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=foreign.gov.tt}}</ref>

*[[Peru]] has an embassy in Port of Spain
*Trinidad and Tobago has a Consulate in [[Lima]]
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|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|18 April 2000
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 April 2000
* Philippines is accredited to Trinidad and Tobago from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
* Trinidad and Tobago is accredited to the Philippines from its embassy in Beijing, China.
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|{{flag|Russia}}||6 June 1974||See [[Russia–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]

The [[Soviet Union]] and Trinidad and Tobago have established diplomatic relations on 6 June 1974.

Both countries have interests with each other since the [[Soviet Union]]. In August 1992, Trinidad recognized Russia as the USSR's successor. Currently, Russia is represented in Trinidad and Tobago through a non-resident embassy in [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown (Guyana)]]. In 2004, [[Sergey Lavrov]] and [[Knowlson Gift]] signed the protocol on the political consultations between the two Ministries. In April 2005 the [[Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation]] and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago signed the cooperation agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rusembassyguyana.org.gy/bilateral/rt.html |title=Embassy of the Russian Federation in Georgetown about relations with Trinidad and Tobago |access-date=2009-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216170725/http://www.rusembassyguyana.org.gy/bilateral/rt.html |archive-date=2012-02-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004, the Russian [[Cossack]] folk dance had nine concerts in [[Port of Spain]], [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]], [[Couva]], and [[Tobago]].
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|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|5 July 1974
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 July 1974
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|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|21 November 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 November 1964 when Trinidad Government has announced that Senegal has become the first African state to accredit an ambassador to this country. He is Mr. Ousmane Soce Diop Senegalese Ambassador in the United States , with residence in Washington.<ref name=":10">{{Cite book |title=West Africa |publisher=West Africa Publishing Company, Limited |year=1964 |pages=1281}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Serbia}}||15 March 1974||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 March 1974
*Both countries have a number of bilateral agreements.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 October 1996|title=TRADE AGREEMENT /SFRY-TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO|url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/TRINIDAD%20AND%20TOBAGO.doc|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181123/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/TRINIDAD%20AND%20TOBAGO.doc|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|17 July 1975
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 July 1975 when accredited first High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to Sierra Leone (resident in Lagos) Mr. J.S.Donaldson<ref name=":30">{{Cite book |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |publisher=Sierra Leone. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1972 |pages=13}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Singapore}}||15 December 1971||See [[Singapore–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 December 1971
*Singapore was Trinidad and Tobago's 3rd largest import partner in 2015.
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|{{flag|South Africa }}||10 January 1995||See [[South Africa–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 January 1995

* South Africa is accredited to Trinidad and Tobago from its high commission in Kingston, Jamaica.
* Trinidad and Tobago has a High Commission in [[Pretoria]].
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|{{flag|Spain }}||15 June 1967||See [[Spain–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 June 1967
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|{{Flag|Syria}}
|11 January 1972
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 January 1972 when was accredited first Ambassador of Syrian Arab Republic (resident in Caracas) Mr. Bachir El Kotb<ref name=":23"/>
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|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|2 July 1970
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 July 1970 when was accredited first High Commissioner of Tanzania to Trinidad and Tobago (resident in New York City) Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim<ref name=":17">{{Cite book |title=Trinidad and Tobago Gazette - Volume 12, Issues 1-172 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1973 |pages=213}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||22 May 1972||See [[Trinidad and Tobago–Turkey relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 May 1972<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |title=Joint Statement on the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Trinidad and Tobago and Turkey |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/resources/news/joint-statement-on-the-commemoration-of-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-trinidad-and-tobago-and-turkey/ |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs}}</ref>
*Turkey has an embassy in [[Port of Spain]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-trinidad-and-tobago.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Trinidad and Tobago}}</ref>
*Trade volume between the two countries was 120.8 million USD in 2019 (Trinidad's exports/imports: 52.4/68.4 million USD).<ref name="auto" />
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|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|5 June 1974
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 June 1974 when has been accredited High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to Uganda Mr. J. R. P. Dumas.<ref name=":28">{{Cite book |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |publisher=Uganda. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1966 |pages=4}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||31 August 1962||See [[Trinidad and Tobago–United Kingdom relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1962<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=September 2017 |title=LONDON MISSION celebrating 55 |url=https://foreign.gov.tt/documents/480/London_Mission_Vol_71_Sept_2017_-online.pdf |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=foreign.gov.tt |page=8/44}}</ref>

* Trinidad and Tobago has a High Commission in London.
* The United Kingdom has a High Commission in Port of Spain.

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|{{flag|United States}}||31 August 1962||See [[Trinidad and Tobago–United States relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1962<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Trinidad and Tobago |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/trinidad-and-tobago |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=history.state.gov}}</ref>
[[File:USEmbassy PortofSpain.jpg|thumb|United States embassy in [[Port of Spain]].]]

The United States and Trinidad and Tobago enjoy cordial relations. U.S. interests there and throughout the hemisphere focus on increasing investment and trade, and ensuring more stable supplies of energy. They also include enhancing Trinidad and Tobago's political and social stability and positive regional role through assistance in drug interdiction, health issues, and legal affairs. The U.S. embassy was established in Port of Spain in 1962, replacing the former consulate-general.
* Trinidad and Tobago has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* United States has an embassy in Port of Spain.
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|{{flag|Venezuela}}||14 September 1962||See [[Trinidad and Tobago–Venezuela relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 September 1962<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Venezuela celebra el 58° aniversario del establecimiento de sus relaciones diplomáticas con Trinidad y Tobago |url=https://twitter.com/CancilleriaVE/status/1305565649587105792?s=20 |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Cancillería Venezuela |language=es}}</ref>

* Trinidad and Tobago has an embassy in [[Caracas]].
* Venezuela has an embassy in Port of Spain.
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|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|17 February 1971
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 February 1971 when first Zambia's high commissioner in Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Vernon Johnson Mwaanga presented his credentials to Governor General Sir Solomon Hochoy<ref name=":19">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gcrCve_mfIC&dq=Vernon+Johnson+Mwaanga&pg=RA18-PT1 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 31-40 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1971 |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
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==International organisations==

On its independence in 1962, Trinidad and Tobago joined the [[United Nations]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. In 1967, it became the first Commonwealth country to join the [[Organization of American States]] (OAS).

In 1995, Trinidad played host to the inaugural meeting of the [[Association of Caribbean States]] and has become the seat of this 35-member grouping, which seeks to further economic progress and integration among its states.

As the most industrialized and second-largest country in the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has taken a leading role in the [[Caribbean Community]] (CARICOM), and strongly supports CARICOM economic integration efforts. It also is active in the [[Summit of the Americas]] process and supports the establishment of the [[Free Trade Area of the Americas]], lobbying other nations for seating the Secretariat in [[Port of Spain]]. As a member of CARICOM, Trinidad and Tobago strongly backed efforts by the United States to bring political stability to [[Haiti]], contributing personnel to the Multinational Force in 1994.

Trinidad and Tobago is also a member-state of the [[International Criminal Court]], without a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the U.S. military (as covered under [[Rome Statute|Article 98]]).

In July 2013 the President of [[Venezuela]], [[Nicolás Maduro]] invited Trinidad and Tobago to join the [[Union of South American Nations]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Venezuela President Maduro talked energy, transport while in T&T |first=Raphael |last=Johnlall |url=http://guardian.co.tt/business-guardian/2013-07-17/venezuela-president-maduro-talked-energy-transport-while-tt |newspaper=[[Trinidad and Tobago Guardian]] |date=18 July 2013|access-date=29 September 2013 |quote=Apart from Mercosur, Maduro also invited T&T to be "incorporated" into Union of South American Nations (Unasur) because of its geographical proximity to the South American mainland (11 kilometres)." Maduro said. }}</ref>

==See also==

*[[List of diplomatic missions in Trinidad and Tobago]]
*[[List of diplomatic missions of Trinidad and Tobago]]
*[[Trinidad and Tobago passport]]
*[[War on drugs]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.foreign.gov.tt/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

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{{Foreign relations in the Caribbean}}
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