Foreign relations of Saint Lucia

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Sidebar with collapsible listsSaint 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 American drugs 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>Saint Lucia Press Release About New UN Ambassador. Template:Webarchive Retrieved January 26, 2018.</ref>

History

Saint Lucia participated in the 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:

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Bilateral relations

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
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  • Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 21 September 1981.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Template:Flag 14 September 1979 See France–Saint Lucia relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on February 22, 1979.
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  • France is accredited to Saint Lucia from its embassy in Castries, Saint Lucia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Template:Flag 1982 See India–Saint Lucia relations

Template:See also 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>Template:Cite book</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>Template:Cite news</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Indo-Saint Lucians 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Ireland is representative to Saint Lucia from its embassy in Brasilia, Brazil
  • Saint Lucia is representative to Ireland from its embassy in Havana, Cuba
Template:Flag 17 May 1979 See Mexico–Saint Lucia relations
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  • Saint Lucia is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
Template:Flag 22 February 1979 See Saint Lucia-Trinidad and Tobago relations
Template:Flag 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>"St. Lucia dumps PRC for Taiwan", The Taipei Times, 2007-04-26</ref> On 1 May 2007, St. Lucia regained diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Trade volume between the two countries was 3 million USD in 2019.<ref name="auto49" />
Template:Flag Template:Date table sorting See Saint Lucia–United Kingdom relations
British Foreign Secretary William Hague with Saint Lucian Prime Minister Stephenson King in Lancaster House, April 2011.

Saint Lucia established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom in 22 February 1979.<ref name="diplomatic"/> Both countries are Commonwealth Realms.

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The UK governed Saint Lucia from 1803 to 1979, when Saint Lucia achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth; they are both parties of the CARIFORUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Partington|first=Richard|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/uk-secures-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-group-of-caribbean-countries%7Cwebsite=The Guardian|title=UK secures post-Brexit trade deal with group of Caribbean countries|date=22 March 2019|access-date=11 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829163029/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/uk-secures-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-group-of-caribbean-countries%7Carchive-date=29 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/2871/saint-lucia---united-kingdom-bit-1983-%7Ctitle=Saint Lucia - United Kingdom BIT (1983)|website=UN Trade and Development|access-date=26 October 2025|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501192245/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/2871/saint-lucia---united-kingdom-bit-1983-%7Curl-status=live}}</ref>

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See also

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