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Saint Kitts and Nevis is an island nation in the Caribbean. Its ties with CARICOM and its proximity to South and North America have allowed strong diplomatic ties with several nations.
List of countries which Saint Kitts and Nevis maintains diplomatic relations with (No dates are found for Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti and Nigeria):
# | Country | Date [1] |
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1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 19 September 1983 |
2 | Barbados | 19 September 1983 |
3 | Grenada | 19 September 1983 |
4 | Jamaica | 19 September 1983 |
5 | Saint Lucia | 19 September 1983 |
6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19 September 1983 |
7 | United Kingdom | 19 September 1983 |
8 | South Korea | 19 September 1983 |
9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19 September 1983 [2] |
10 | United States | 20 September 1983 [3] |
11 | Belize | 21 September 1983 [4] |
— | Republic of China | 23 September 1983 |
12 | Canada | 11 October 1983 |
13 | Venezuela | 31 October 1983 |
14 | India | 22 December 1983 [5] |
15 | Dominica | 1983 [6] |
16 | Colombia | 1 January 1984 |
17 | Israel | January 1984 |
18 | France | 17 July 1984 [7] |
19 | Germany | 27 August 1984 |
20 | Japan | 14 January 1985 |
21 | Brazil | 25 October 1985 [8] |
22 | Australia | 1986 |
23 | Thailand | 16 January 1987 |
24 | Spain | 19 March 1987 |
25 | Uruguay | 1988 [9] |
26 | Argentina | December 1988 [10] |
27 | Chile | 1989 [11] |
28 | Mexico | 31 July 1990 |
29 | Seychelles | 12 December 1991 |
30 | North Korea | 13 December 1991 |
31 | Sweden | 3 April 1992 [12] |
32 | Nicaragua | May 1992 |
33 | Costa Rica | 11 June 1992 |
34 | Singapore | 1 July 1992 |
35 | El Salvador | 15 October 1992 |
36 | Norway | 15 October 1992 [13] |
37 | Switzerland | 17 November 1992 |
38 | Panama | 19 November 1992 |
39 | Bahamas | 1992 [14] |
40 | Guatemala | 1992 [15] |
41 | Ghana | June 1993 |
42 | Portugal | 1 March 1995 |
43 | Azerbaijan | 22 March 1995 |
44 | Cuba | 10 May 1995 |
45 | Italy | 7 January 1996 [16] |
46 | South Africa | 25 February 1998 |
— | Holy See | 19 July 1999 |
47 | Austria | 1999 [17] [18] |
48 | Philippines | 11 August 2000 |
49 | Russia | 22 September 2003 |
50 | Netherlands | March 2004 [19] |
51 | Iceland | 5 May 2004 |
52 | Belgium | 7 July 2004 [20] |
53 | Greece | 9 July 2004 |
54 | Malta | 25 November 2005 |
55 | Algeria | 1 October 2007 |
56 | Morocco | 2 October 2007 |
57 | Slovakia | 26 September 2008 |
58 | Slovenia | 5 June 2009 |
59 | Latvia | 8 June 2009 |
60 | Luxembourg | 18 June 2009 |
61 | Poland | 23 June 2009 |
62 | Botswana | 25 June 2009 |
63 | Romania | 25 June 2009 |
64 | Finland | 22 September 2009 |
65 | Estonia | 23 September 2009 |
66 | Czech Republic | 18 February 2010 |
67 | Monaco | 21 April 2010 |
68 | Turkey | 3 June 2010 [21] |
69 | United Arab Emirates | 16 June 2010 |
70 | Liechtenstein | 2010 [22] |
71 | Hungary | 11 May 2011 |
72 | Suriname | 11 October 2011 |
73 | Georgia | 26 October 2011 |
74 | Lithuania | 26 September 2012 |
75 | Montenegro | 19 October 2012 |
76 | Kuwait | 16 November 2012 |
77 | Paraguay | 22 March 2013 |
78 | Kazakhstan | 8 May 2013 |
79 | Malaysia | 30 July 2013 |
80 | New Zealand | 30 September 2013 |
81 | Vietnam | 1 November 2013 |
82 | Indonesia | 30 January 2014 |
83 | Fiji | 16 May 2014 [23] |
84 | Ukraine | 8 June 2015 |
— | Kosovo | 4 March 2016 |
85 | Cyprus | 8 March 2016 |
86 | Mongolia | 12 April 2016 |
87 | Senegal | 27 April 2016 |
88 | Croatia | 27 May 2016 |
89 | Belarus | 4 June 2016 |
90 | Gambia | 6 June 2016 |
91 | Dominican Republic | 21 September 2016 |
92 | Maldives | 21 September 2016 |
93 | Kenya | 22 September 2016 |
94 | Saudi Arabia | 29 September 2016 |
95 | Mauritius | 25 November 2016 |
96 | Bolivia | 25 January 2017 |
97 | Brunei | 21 February 2017 |
98 | Ethiopia | 1 March 2017 |
99 | Turkmenistan | 31 May 2017 [24] |
100 | Qatar | 16 August 2017 |
101 | Moldova | 8 September 2017 |
102 | Armenia | 21 September 2017 |
103 | Laos | 23 September 2017 |
104 | Mozambique | 9 November 2017 |
105 | Gabon | 5 January 2018 |
106 | Nepal | 30 May 2018 |
107 | Eswatini | 7 June 2018 |
108 | Tajikistan | 7 June 2018 |
109 | Kyrgyzstan | 8 June 2018 |
110 | San Marino | 25 September 2018 |
111 | Togo | 25 September 2018 |
112 | Bahrain | 27 September 2018 |
113 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28 September 2018 |
114 | Albania | 31 October 2018 |
115 | Serbia | 6 November 2018 |
116 | Cambodia | 16 November 2018 |
117 | Marshall Islands | 18 December 2018 |
118 | Rwanda | 15 February 2019 |
119 | Honduras | 26 June 2019 |
— | State of Palestine | 29 July 2019 |
120 | North Macedonia | 12 September 2019 |
121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 December 2019 |
122 | Djibouti | 20 February 2020 |
123 | Bangladesh | 31 August 2020 |
124 | Jordan | 9 December 2020 |
125 | Sri Lanka | 22 March 2021 |
126 | Cameroon | 9 June 2021 |
127 | Egypt | 21 September 2021 |
128 | Burkina Faso | 10 October 2021 |
129 | Zimbabwe | 30 November 2021 |
130 | Sudan | 24 February 2022 |
131 | Uzbekistan | 9 March 2022 |
132 | Uganda | 1 April 2022 [25] |
133 | Tuvalu | 4 April 2022 |
134 | Benin | 2 June 2022 |
135 | Andorra | 21 September 2022 [26] |
136 | Peru | 24 April 2023 [27] |
137 | Ireland | June 2023 [28] [29] |
138 | Equatorial Guinea | 22 September 2023 [30] |
139 | Pakistan | 25 January 2024 [25] |
140 | Cape Verde | 10 May 2024 [25] |
141 | Palau | 21 May 2024 [31] |
142 | Lebanon | 24 July 2024 [25] |
143 | Comoros | 28 September 2024 [32] |
144 | Ecuador | Unknown |
145 | Guyana | Unknown |
146 | Haiti | Unknown |
147 | Nigeria | Unknown |
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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India | 1983 | See India–Saint Kitts and Nevis relations |
Mexico | 31 July 1990 | See Mexico–Saint Kitts and Nevis relations
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South Korea | 19 September 1983 | The two countries have good relations. [34] |
Turkey |
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United Kingdom | 19 September 1983 | See Saint Kitts and Nevis–United Kingdom relations Saint Kitts and Nevis established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 19 September 1983. [1] Both countries are Commonwealth Realms.
The UK governed Saint Kitts and Nevis from the 17th century to 1983, when Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved full independence. Both countries share common membership of the Caribbean Development Bank, the Commonwealth, the International Criminal Court, and the World Trade Organization, as well as the CARIFORUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement. [37] |
United States | 1983 | See Saint Kitts and Nevis–United States relations
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Burkina Faso has good relations with the European Union, African and certain Asian countries.
Like its Eastern Caribbean neighbours, the main priority of Dominica's foreign relations is economic development. The country maintains missions in Washington, New York, London, and Brussels and is represented jointly with other Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) members in Canada. Dominica is also a member of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, and the Commonwealth of Nations. It became a member of the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1978 and of the World Bank and Organization of American States (OAS) in 1979.
The government's official policy is one of nonalignment. In its search for assistance to meet the goal of national reconstruction, the government of Equatorial Guinea has established diplomatic relations with numerous European and Third World countries. Having achieved independence under UN sponsorship, Equatorial Guinea feels a special kinship with that organization. It became the 126th UN member on November 12, 1968. Equatorial Guinea served as a non-permanent member on the United Nations Security Council from 2017 to 2019.
Gabon has followed a non-aligned policy, advocating dialogue in international affairs and recognizing both parts of divided countries. Since 1973, the number of countries establishing diplomatic relations with Gabon has doubled. In inter-African affairs, Gabon espouses development by evolution rather than revolution and favors regulated free enterprise as the system most likely to promote rapid economic growth. Concerned about stability in Central Africa and the potential for intervention, Gabon has been directly involved with mediation efforts in Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Angola, and former Zaire. In December 1999, through the mediation efforts of President Bongo, a peace accord was signed in the Republic of Congo between the government and most leaders of an armed rebellion. President Bongo has remained involved in the continuing Congolese peace process. Gabon has been a strong proponent of regional stability, and Gabonese armed forces played an important role in the UN Peacekeeping Mission to the Central African Republic (MINURCA).
The United States, Venezuela, Cuba, and the People's Republic of China have embassies in Grenada. Grenada has been recognized by most members of the United Nations and maintains diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom, the United States, Venezuela, and Canada.
Kiribati is a full member of the Commonwealth, the IMF and the World Bank, and became a full member of the United Nations in 1999. Kiribati hosted the Thirty-First Pacific Islands Forum in October 2000. Kiribati has Least Developed Country Status and its interests rarely extend beyond the region. Through accession to the Lomé Convention, then Cotonou Agreement, Kiribati is also a member of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group. Kiribati maintains good relations with most countries and has particularly close ties to Pacific neighbours Japan, Australia, South Korea and New Zealand. Kiribati briefly suspended its relations with France in 1995 over that country's decision to renew nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
For the two decades preceding the Republic of the Congo's 1991 National Conference, the country was firmly in the socialist camp, allied principally with the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc nations. Educational, economic, and foreign aid links between Congo and its Eastern bloc allies were extensive, with the Congolese military and security forces receiving significant Soviet, East German, and Cuban assistance.
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 American drugs destined for the United States and Europe.
Eswatini is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Southern African Development Community. Currently, the Kingdom of Eswatini maintains 11 embassies and High Commissions along with 15 consulates and other representations around the world, while there are five embassies and High Commissions in Eswatini as well as 14 consulates and other representations.
Although Togo's foreign policy is nonaligned, it has strong historical and cultural ties with western Europe, especially France and Germany. Togo is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, exchanging high commissioners with other Commonwealth countries. It recognizes the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and Cuba, and re-established relations with Israel in 1987.
Palau gained its independence October 1, 1994, with the entry into force of the Compact of Free Association with the United States. Palau was the last Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands territories to gain its independence. Under the Compact, the U.S. remains responsible for Palau's defense for 50 years.
Until independence in 1975, São Tomé and Príncipe had few ties abroad except those that passed through Portugal. Following independence, the new government sought to expand its diplomatic relationships. A common language, tradition, and colonial legacy have led to close collaboration between São Tomé and other ex-Portuguese colonies in Africa, particularly Angola. São Toméan relations with other African countries in the region, such as Gabon and the Republic of the Congo, are also good. In December 2000, São Tomé signed the African Union treaty; it was later ratified by the National Assembly.
Tonga, by a modification of its treaty of friendship with the United Kingdom in July 1970, is responsible for its own external affairs. It maintains cordial relations with most countries and has close relations with its Pacific neighbours and the United Kingdom. In 1998, it recognized the People's Republic of China and broke relations with Taiwan.
The foreign relations of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have, since 1960, been dominated by the issues of the Spanish Sahara and the recognition of its independence by its neighbours, particularly Morocco. Mauritania's foreign relations are handled by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, who is currently Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug.
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) is a sovereign entity maintaining diplomatic relations with 113 sovereign states. Additionally, it has observer status or representation at multiple intergovernmental organisations. The Order has non-diplomatic official relations with five more states: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Order exchanges ambassadors with the European Union and the State of Palestine.
The Bahamas has a strong bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom, represented by a High Commissioner in London. The Bahamas also associates closely with other nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
The 1955 Austrian State Treaty ended the four-power occupation and recognized Austria as an independent and sovereign state. In October 1955, the Federal Assembly passed a constitutional law in which "Austria declares of her own free will her perpetual neutrality." The second section of this law stated that "in all future times Austria will not join any military alliances and will not permit the establishment of any foreign military bases on her territory." Since then, Austria has shaped its foreign policy on the basis of neutrality.
The nations of Mexico and Saint Kitts and Nevis established diplomatic relations in 1990. Both nations are members of the Association of Caribbean States, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Organization of American States and the United Nations.
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