Foreign relations of Grenada

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The United States, Venezuela, Cuba, and the People's Republic of China have embassies in Grenada. It maintains diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom, the United States, Venezuela, and Canada.

Grenada is a member of the Caribbean Development Bank, CARICOM, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), and the Commonwealth of Nations. It joined the United Nations in 1974, and the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization of American States in 1975. Grenada also is a member of the Eastern Caribbean's Regional Security System (RSS).

In December 2014, Grenada joined Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) as a full member. Prime minister Mitchell said that the membership was a natural extension of the co-operation Grenada have had over the years with both Cuba and Venezuela.[1]

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Grenada maintains diplomatic relations with:

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# Country Date
1 Antigua and Barbuda Unknown
2 Belgium Unknown[2]
3 Dominica Unknown
4 Haiti Unknown
5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Unknown
6 Canada 7 February 1974[3]
7 United Kingdom 7 February 1974[4]
8 Barbados 3 March 1974[5]
9 Argentina 18 June 1974[6]
10 South Korea 1 August 1974[7]
11 Panama 18 November 1974[8]
12 United States 29 November 1974[9]
13 Jamaica 21 January 1975[10]
14 Israel January 1975[11]
15 Sweden 15 February 1975[12]
16 Romania 3 April 1975[13]
17 Japan 11 April 1975[14]
18 Mexico 11 April 1975[15]
19 Turkey 8 May 1975[16]
20 Chile 20 May 1975[17][18]
21 France 16 June 1975[19]
22 India 1 October 1975[20]
23 United Arab Emirates 1975[21]
24 Brazil 19 July 1976[22]
25 Spain 2 September 1976[23]
26 Portugal 8 September 1976[24]
27 Egypt 14 September 1976[25]
28 Bahamas 1976[26]
29 Trinidad and Tobago 17 February 1977[27]
30 Venezuela 16 April 1977[28]
31 Thailand 16 May 1977[29]
32 Hungary 30 July 1977[30]
33 Italy 1977[31]
34 Serbia 29 June 1978[32]
35 Austria 3 November 1978[33]
— Holy See 17 February 1979[34]
36 Suriname 1 March 1979[35]
37 Cuba 14 April 1979[36]
38 Ecuador June 1979[37]
39 Nigeria June 1979[37]
40 Vietnam 11 July 1979[29]
41 Russia 7 September 1979[38]
42 Zambia 7 September 1979[39]
43 Ethiopia 17 September 1979[40]
44 Algeria 18 September 1979[29]
45 Nicaragua 29 September 1979[29]
46 Germany 9 October 1979[29]
47 São Tomé and Príncipe 23 November 1979[29]
48 Czech Republic 28 November 1979[29]
49 Australia 18 December 1979[41]
50 Netherlands 1979[42]
51 Syria 23 January 1980[43]
52 Guyana February 1980[44]
53 Laos 4 March 1980[29]
54 Seychelles 22 April 1980[29]
55 Cyprus 29 April 1980[29]
56 Finland 1 June 1980[45]
57 Poland 2 June 1980[46]
58 Bulgaria 9 June 1980[47]
59 Colombia 9 January 1981[48]
60 Mongolia 25 July 1981[49]
61 Mozambique 27 July 1981[29]
62 Guinea-Bissau 4 December 1981[50]
63  Switzerland 1981[51]
64 Iraq 24 January 1982[52]
65 Greece 20 July 1982[53]
66 Saint Lucia 6 October 1982[54]
67 Iceland 14 January 1983[55]
68 Afghanistan 11 March 1983[56]
69 Angola 13 March 1983[57]
70 Peru 16 March 1983[58][59]
71 Bolivia 5 August 1983[60]
72 Iran August 1983[61]
73 Republic of the Congo 1 September 1983[62]
74 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983[63]
75 Belize 21 September 1983[64]
76 Uruguay 20 September 1985[29]
77 China 1 October 1985[65]
78 North Korea 20 September 1991[29]
79 Indonesia 28 February 1992[66]
80 Guatemala 16 July 1992[67]
81 Costa Rica 31 August 1992[68]
82 El Salvador 17 December 1992[69]
83 South Africa 5 March 1998[70]
84 Slovakia 23 February 1999[29]
85 Norway 26 April 2000[29]
86 Croatia 19 May 2000[29]
87 Belarus 31 May 2000[29]
88 Maldives 13 July 2000[29]
89 Libya 24 July 2000[29]
90 Singapore 15 December 2000[29]
91 Qatar 28 April 2002[29]
92 Estonia 12 May 2006[71]
93 Luxembourg 1 March 2007[72]
94 Brunei 29 January 2009[29]
95 Malaysia 3 February 2009[73]
96 Azerbaijan 23 September 2010[74]
97 Slovenia 4 May 2011[29]
98 Malta 26 May 2011[29]
99 Morocco 27 May 2011[29]
100 Georgia 23 November 2011[29]
101 Armenia 3 April 2012[75]
102 Latvia 19 September 2012[29]
103 Kazakhstan 15 November 2012[29]
104 Sri Lanka 19 December 2012[76]
105 Kuwait 17 May 2013[29]
— State of Palestine 27 September 2013[29]
106 New Zealand September 2013[77]
107 Honduras 6 June 2013[78]
— Kosovo 25 September 2013[79]
108 Lithuania 26 September 2013[29]
109 Montenegro 17 March 2014[29]
110 Solomon Islands 2 April 2014[29]
111 Fiji 23 June 2015[29]
— Sovereign Military Order of Malta 12 November 2015[80]
112 Paraguay 21 September 2016[29]
113 Tajikistan 13 October 2017[81]
114 Denmark 6 November 2018[82]
115 Kyrgyzstan 30 May 2019[83]
116 Uzbekistan 11 October 2019[84]
117 Moldova 26 June 2019[85]
118 Ukraine 26 September 2019[86]
119 Turkmenistan 13 February 2020[87]
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 October 2020[29]
121 Monaco 14 October 2020[88]
122 Sierra Leone 24 February 2021[29]
123 Rwanda 3 March 2021[29]
124 Dominican Republic 23 September 2021[89]
125 Bahrain 19 September 2023[29]
126 Kenya 20 September 2023[90]
127 Ireland 21 September 2023[91]
128 Benin 21 September 2023[29]
129 Saudi Arabia 2023[92][93]
130 Ghana 15 February 2024[94][95]
131 Philippines 8 May 2025[96]
132 Jordan 24 May 2025[97]
133 Gambia 18 June 2025[98]
134 Andorra 24 September 2025[29]
135 Cape Verde 25 September 2025[99]
136 Bangladesh 5 February 2026[100]
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Bilateral relations

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Country Formal Relations Began Notes
Australia
  • Australia is represented in Grenada by its High Commission in Trinidad and Tobago.[101]
  • Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Austria3 November 1978Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 November 1978[33]
Barbados3 March 1974

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 March 1974.[105]

See also: Barbados and CARICOM
Canada7 February 1974See Canada-Grenada relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 February 1974[106]

Grenada has a consulate general in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[107]

China20 January 2005 (before from 1 October 1985 to 8 August 1989)See China–Grenada relations

Grenada announced the resumption of diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China on January 20, 2005.

Cuba14 April 1979See Cuba–Grenada relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 April 1979[36]

Denmark6 November 2018

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 November 2018[108]

Denmark is represented in Grenada through a consulate.[109]

Dominica

Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations, of the Organization of American States and of the Caribbean Community.

Haiti

As a member of CARICOM Grenada strongly backed efforts by the United States to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 940, designed to facilitate the departure of Haiti's de facto authorities from power. Grenada subsequently contributed personnel to the multinational force which restored the democratically elected government of Haiti in October 1994.

India1 October 1975See Grenada–India relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1975[20] The relations between the two can be traced back from mid-19th century when both were under the greater British colony. Both have friendly relations till date.

  • India has its accredited diplomatic mission through its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Grenada has presently no diplomatic mission.
Italy
Malaysia
New Zealand2013
Romania3 April 1975

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 April 1975[13]

Grenadian–Romanian relations are foreign relations between Grenada and Romania. Both countries are full members of the United Nations. The relations were formal diplomatic relations between Grenada and Romania. Grenada and Romania full diplomatic relations were established on the Thursday 3 April 1975.[116]

Russia7 September 1979, severed 3 November 1983, Restored 17 September 2002See Grenada – Soviet Union relations

During the New Jewel Movement, the Soviet Union tried to make the island of Grenada to function as a Soviet base, and also by getting supplies from Cuba. In October 1983, during the U.S. invasion of Grenada, U.S. President Ronald Reagan maintained that US Marines arrived on the island of Grenada, which was considered a Soviet-Cuban ally that would export communist revolution throughout the Caribbean. In November, at a joint hearing of Congressional Subcommittee, it was told that Grenada could be used as a staging area for subversion of the nearby countries, for intersection of shipping lanes, and for the transit of troops and supplies from Cuba to Africa, and from Eastern Europe and Libya to Central America. In December, the State Department published a preliminary report on Grenada, in which was claimed as an "Island of Soviet Internationalism". When the US Marines landed on the island, they discovered a large amount of documents, which included agreements between the Soviet Government, and the New Jewel Movement, recorded minutes of the Committee meetings, and reports from the Grenadian embassy in Moscow.[117] Diplomatic relations between Grenada and the Soviet Union were severed in 1983 by the Governor General of Grenada. Eventually in 2002, Grenada re-established diplomatic relations with the newly formed Russian Federation.[118]

South Korea1 August 1974, severed 23 July 1980, Restored 17 May 1984See Grenada–South Korea relations

The establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Grenada started on 1 August 1974 and the bilateral trade in 2012 were exports : $1.78 and million imports : $140 thousand.[119]

TurkeyFeb. 25, 1975[120]
UAEMarch 1975

In September 2004 York House, the building housing the Parliament of Grenada was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan,[122] the government of the UAE contributed US$4.5 million (of the US$12.2) to construct the new Parliament building completed in 2018.[123]

United Kingdom7 February 1974See Grenada–United Kingdom relations

Grenada established diplomatic relations the United Kingdom on 7 February 1974.[124][failed verification] Both countries are Commonwealth Realms.

The UK governed Grenada from 1762 to 1974, when Grenada achieved full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the Caribbean Development Bank, the Commonwealth, the International Criminal Court, the United Nations, and the World Trade Organization, as well as the CARIFORUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement.[127]

United States29 November 1974See Grenada–United States relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 November 1974[128]

The U.S. Government established an embassy in Grenada in November 1983. The U.S. Ambassador to Grenada is resident in Bridgetown, Barbados. The embassy in Grenada is staffed by a chargé d'affaires who reports to the ambassador in Bridgetown. Grenada has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and a consulate general in New York City.[129][130]

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) played a major role in Grenada's development. In addition to the $45 million emergency aid for reconstruction from 2004's Hurricane Ivan, USAID provided more than $120 million in economic assistance from 1984 to 1993. About 25 Peace Corps volunteers in Grenada teach special education, remedial reading, and vocational training and assist with HIV/AIDS work. Grenada receives counter-narcotics assistance from the United States and benefits from U.S. military exercise-related construction and humanitarian civic action projects.

Prime Minister Keith Mitchell joined President Bill Clinton, in May 1997, for a meeting with 14 other Caribbean leaders during the first-ever U.S.-regional summit in Bridgetown, Barbados. The summit strengthened the basis for regional cooperation on justice and counter-narcotics issues, finance and development, and trade.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

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