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{{Politics of Saint Lucia}}
{{Politics of Saint Lucia}}'''Saint Lucia''' maintains friendly relations with the major powers active in the [[Caribbean]], including the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], and [[France]]. [[Saint Lucia]] has no extant international disputes, aside from tension resulting from the island's status as a transit point for [[South America]]n [[Hard and soft drugs|drug]]s destined for the [[United States]] and [[Europe]].
[[File:Diplomatic relations of Saint Lucia.svg|300px|thumb|Nations with which Saint Lucia has diplomatic relations.]]


Saint Lucia's Permanent Representative (or [[ambassador]]) to the [[United Nations]] as of February 22, 2017, was Cosmos Richardson, who was still in office as of January 2018.<ref>[http://saintluciamissionun.org/press-release-saint-lucias-ambassador-extraordinary-plenipotentiarypermanent-representative/ Saint Lucia Press Release About New UN Ambassador.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401061519/http://saintluciamissionun.org/press-release-saint-lucias-ambassador-extraordinary-plenipotentiarypermanent-representative/ |date=2022-04-01 }} Retrieved January 26, 2018.</ref>
'''Saint Lucia''' maintains friendly relations with the major powers active in the [[Caribbean]], including the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], and [[France]]. [[Saint Lucia]] has no extant international disputes, aside from tension resulting from the island's status as a transit point for [[South America]]n [[Hard and soft drugs|drug]]s destined for the [[United States]] and [[Europe]].

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


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


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


=== Bilateral relations ===
== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which Saint Lucia established diplomatic relations with:
{{more citations needed|section|date=January 2022}}
List of countries which Saint Lucia established diplomatic relations with:<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of countries with which Saint Lucia has established Diplomatic Relations (MFA of Saint Lucia)|url=https://www.externalaffairs.gov.lc/diplomatic-relations|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Saint Lucia.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
!#
|-
!Country
!Date
!#!!Country!!Date
|-
|-
|1
|1
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|22 February 1979<ref>{{Cite book|title=Commonwealth Yearbook, 1991|publisher=Stationery Office/Tso|year=1991|pages=20}}</ref>
|{{DTS|22 February 1979}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |title=The Diplomatic Service List |publisher=Great Britain. Diplomatic Service Administration Office. |year=1985 |isbn=9780115916571 |pages=83–99}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2
|2
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|22 February 1979<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH BARBADOS HAS ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH BARBADOS HAS ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|-
|3
|3
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|22 February 1979<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019|url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood |first=DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|4
|4
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|22 February 1979<ref>{{Cite web|title=COUNTRIES WITH WHICH GUYANA HAS ESTABLISHMENT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (MFA Guyana)|url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=COUNTRIES WITH WHICH GUYANA HAS ESTABLISHMENT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (MFA Guyana)|url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-02-24|archive-date=2019-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224073504/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/}}</ref>
|-
|-
|5
|5
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|22 February 1979<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations (MFA Jamaica) |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
|-
|6
|6
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{DTS|23 February 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries & Regions |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/list.do |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
|22 February 1979
|-
|-
|7
|7
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{DTS|17 May 1979}}<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |title=Informe de labores - Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |publisher=Mexico. Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1979 |pages=17 |language=es}}</ref>
|23 February 1979<ref>{{Cite web|title=Overview (MFA Republic of Korea)|url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=68|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
|8
|8
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{Flag|United States}}
|17 May 1979<ref>{{Cite web|title=Santa Lucia (MFA Mexico)|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/santalucia/index.php/embajada/concurrencias/santa-lucia|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{DTS|11 June 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Saint Lucia |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/saint-lucia |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|9
|9
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{DTS|23 August 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Memoria Anual 2015 Page 24 (MFA Cuba)|url=http://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413202107/http://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf}}</ref>
|11 June 1979<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Saint Lucia|url=https://history.state.gov/countries/saint-lucia|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
|10
|10
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|23 August 1979,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Memoria Anual 2015 Page 24 (MFA Cuba)|url=http://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> broken 2.11.1983-11.6.1992
|{{DTS|13 September 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The DPRK and Diplomatic Relations with other Countries |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK%20Diplomatic%20Relations.pdf}}</ref>
|-
|-
|11
|11
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Dts|14 September 1979}}<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Liste Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |journal= |language=fr |page=}}</ref>
|13 September 1979,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The DPRK and Diplomatic Relations with other Countries|url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK%20Diplomatic%20Relations.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> broken 15.3.1988-July 1990
|-
|-
|12
|12
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Dts|14 September 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Libro amarillo correspondiente al año ...: presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones ordinarias de ... por el titular despacho |publisher=Venezuela. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=2003 |pages=528–529 |language=es}}</ref>
|14 September 1979
|-
|-
|13
|13
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|14 September 1979<ref>{{Cite web|title=El 14 de septiembre de 1979 Santa Lucía y Venezuela establecieron relaciones diplomáticas|url=https://twitter.com/CancilleriaVE/status/1305569791248400384|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Dts|15 November 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania|url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187}}</ref>
|-
|-
|14
|14
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 December 1979}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Saint+Lucia+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
|27 October 1979
|-
|-
|15
|15
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 December 1979}}<ref name=":0" />
|15 November 1979<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania|url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
|16
|16
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=List of countries with which Saint Lucia has established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.stlucia.gov.lc/diplomatic-relations |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716120234/https://www.stlucia.gov.lc/diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|5 December 1979
|-
|-
|17
|17
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{Flag|Dominica}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|13 December 1979<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Argentina and Saint Lucia as of 13 Dec. 1979 (UN Digital Library)|date = 13 December 1979|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1641184?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|18
|18
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|21 December 1979<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Saint Lucia as of 21 Dec. 1979 (UN Digital Library)|date = 21 December 1979|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1487360?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|19
|19
|{{Flag|Dominica}}
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|1979
|-
|-
|20
|20
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|1979
|-
|-
|21
|21
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|1979
|-
|-
|22
|22
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{Date table sorting|1979}}<ref name=":1" />
|1979
|-
|-
|23
|23
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 January 1980}}<ref name=":0" />
|1 January 1980<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Ecuador and Saint Lucia as of 1 Jan. 1980 (UN Digital Library)|date = January 1980|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1486861?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|24
|24
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|8 January 1980<ref>{{Cite web|title=Völkerrechtliche Praxis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.im.Jahre 1980 Page 538 [612] (in German)|url=https://www.zaoerv.de/42_1982/42_1982_3_b_508_595.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|8 January 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Völkerrechtliche Praxis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Jahre 1980 |url=https://www.zaoerv.de/42_1982/42_1982_3_b_508_595.pdf |access-date=16 July 2023 |page=538 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|-
|25
|25
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|11 January 1980<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Report: Asia & Pacific - Issues 6-20|publisher=The Service|year=1980}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|11 January 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Report: Asia & Pacific - Issues 6-20|publisher=The Service|year=1980}}</ref>
|-
|-
|26
|26
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 July 1980}}<ref name=":0" />
|24 July 1980<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Cyprus and Saint Lucia as of 24 July 1980 (UN Digital Library)|date = 24 July 1980|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1627288?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|27
|27
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 November 1980}}<ref name=":0" />
|18 November 1980<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and Greece as of 18 Nov. 1981 (UN Digital Library)|date = 18 November 1981|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1641510?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|28
|28
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 November 1980}}<ref name=":0" />
|18 November 1980<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and Suriname as of 18 Nov. 1980 (UN Digital Library)|date = 18 November 1980|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1628287?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|29
|29
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{Date table sorting|1980}}<ref name=":1" />
|1980
|-
|-
|30
|30
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{Date table sorting|1980}}<ref name=":1" />
|1980
|-
|-
|31
|31
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Date table sorting|1980}}<ref name=":1" />
|1980
|-
|-
|32
|32
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 September 1981}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
|1981
|-
|-
|33
|33
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{Date table sorting|1981}}<ref name=":1" />
|1982<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saint Lucia country brief (MFA Australia)|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/saint-lucia/saint-lucia-country-brief|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
|34
|34
|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{DTS|18 March 1982}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=América |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/america |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
|1982
|-
|-
|35
|35
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 December 1982}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Latin America Report (2644) |date=1983 |publisher=[Executive Office of the President], Federal Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service |page=124}}</ref>
|1982
|-
|-
|36
|36
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|1982<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saint Lucia country brief (MFA Australia)|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/saint-lucia/saint-lucia-country-brief}}</ref>
|20 December 1982
|-
|-
|37
|37
|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{Date table sorting|1982}}<ref name=":1" />
|19 September 1983<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations (MFA Saint Kitts and Nevis)|url=https://www.foreign.gov.kn/2906-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
|38
|38
|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{Date table sorting|1982}}<ref name=":1" />
|1983
|-
|-
|39
|39
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 May 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-84014/page/79/mode/1up?q=ties+with+Vanuatu |title=Near East/South Asia Report No. 2792 |date=1 August 1983 |pages=79 |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
|1983
|-
|-
|40
|40
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|28 March 1984<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Oman and Saint Lucia as of 28 Mar. 1984 (UN Digital Library)|date = 28 March 1984|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1639128?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 1983}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.foreign.gov.kn/2906-2/ |access-date=1 April 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis}}</ref>
|-
|-
| --
|41
|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{Date table sorting|1983}}<ref name=":1" />
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Taiwan}}
|{{Flag|Taiwan}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 January 1984}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Latin America Report |publisher=[Executive Office of the President], Federal Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service |year=1984 |volume=29 |issue=84 |pages=108}}</ref>
|7 May 1984, broken 29.8.1997-30.4.2007<ref>{{Cite web|title=Taiwan, St. Lucia forge diplomatic ties|date=2 May 2007|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/02/2003359119|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
| --
|42
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 March 1984}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
| —
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|1 September 1984<ref>{{Cite web|title=RELACIONES BILATERALES DE LA SANTA SEDE|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_20010123_holy-see-relations_sp.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{dts|1 September 1984}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
|41
|43
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{Date table sorting|1985}}<ref name=":1" />
|1985
|-
|-
|42
|44
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 May 1986}}<ref name=":0" />
|2 May 1986<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Saint Lucia and Spain as of 2 May 1986 (UN Digital Library)|date = 2 May 1986|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1638872?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|43
|45
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 March 1988}}<ref name=":0" />
|9 March 1988<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Morocco and Saint Lucia as of 9 Mar. 1988 (UN Digital Library)|date = 9 March 1988|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1634581?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|44
|46
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Date table sorting|13 July 1988}}<ref name=":0" />
|13 July 1988<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Seychelles and Saint Lucia as of 13 July 1988 (UN Digital Library)|date = 13 July 1988|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1636308?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|45
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|1988
|-
|-
|46
|47
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|1988}}<ref name=":1" />
|1988
|-
|-
|47
|48
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Date table sorting|4 April 1989}}<ref name=":0" />
|4 April 1989<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Thailand and Saint Lucia as of 4 Apr. 1989 (UN Digital Library)|date = 4 April 1989|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1634490?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|48
|49
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 September 1989}}<ref name=":0" />
|1 September 1989<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Saint Lucia and Uruguay as of 1 Sept. 1989 (UN Digital Library)|date = September 1989|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1634442?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|49
|50
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Date table sorting|1990}}<ref name=":1" />
|1990
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|50
|51
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|21 March 1991<ref>{{Cite book|title=De la reinserción a los acuerdos: la política exterior chilena en 1991 (in Spanish)|publisher=FLACSO|year=1992|pages=83}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|21 March 1991}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=De la reinserción a los acuerdos: la política exterior chilena en 1991 (in Spanish)|publisher=FLACSO|year=1992|pages=83}}</ref>
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|51
|52
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{Date table sorting|1991}}<ref name=":1" />
|1991
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|52
|54
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 April 1992}}<ref name=":0" />
|1 April 1992<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Guatemala and Saint Lucia as of 1 Apr. 1992 (UN Digital Library)|date = April 1992|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1629105?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|53
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|2 April 1992
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|54
|54
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|9 October 1992<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Report: East Asia - Volumes 92-200|publisher=The Service|year=1992|pages=58}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|9 October 1992}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Report: East Asia - Volumes 92-200|publisher=The Service|year=1992|pages=58}}</ref>
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|55
|55
|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{Date table sorting|1992}}<ref name=":1" />
|1992
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|56
|56
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{Date table sorting|1992}}<ref name=":1" />
|18 June 1993<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Paraguay and Saint Lucia as of 18 June 1993 (UN Digital Library)|date = 18 June 1993|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1627051?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|57
|57
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 June 1993}}<ref name=":0" />
|1993
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|58
|58
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|15 January 1994<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic and Consular List Page 305 (MFA Singapore)|url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:d4QSI_NhCXMJ:https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ua|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|15 January 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}</ref>
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|59
|59
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|2 February 1994<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dubes RI Serahkan Credentials, Indonesia-Saint Lucia Berkomitmen Tingkatkan Hubungan Bilateral (in Indonesian)|url=https://www.nusakini.com/news/dubes-ri-serahkan-credentials-indonesia-saint-lucia-berkomitmen-tingkatkan-hubungan-bilateral|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|2 February 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2018 |title=Dubes RI Serahkan Credentials, Indonesia-Saint Lucia Berkomitmen Tingkatkan Hubungan Bilateral |url=https://www.nusakini.com/news/dubes-ri-serahkan-credentials-indonesia-saint-lucia-berkomitmen-tingkatkan-hubungan-bilateral |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111224431/https://www.nusakini.com/news/dubes-ri-serahkan-credentials-indonesia-saint-lucia-berkomitmen-tingkatkan-hubungan-bilateral |archive-date=11 January 2022 |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=id}}</ref>
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|60
|60
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|6 June 1995<ref>{{Cite web|title=PAISES CON LOS CUALES EL SALVADOR TIENERELACIONES DIPLOMATICAS (MFA El Salvador)|url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ECZsFboHUvcJ:https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download+&cd=17&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ua|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|2 February 1994}}<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=REGISTRO DE FECHAS DE ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RD |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|61
|61
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 July 1995}}<ref name="date">{{cite web |title=RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ |url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=30 November 2021 |page=195}}</ref>
|10 July 1995<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hace 22 años, Panamá estableció Relaciones Diplomáticas con Santa Lucía.|url=https://twitter.com/CancilleriaPma/status/884451706406391808|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|62
|62
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 August 1996}}<ref name=":0" />
|6 August 1996<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Czech Republic and Saint Lucia as of 6 Aug. 1996 (UN Digital Library)|date = 6 August 1996|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1477420?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Republic|first1 = Czech|last2 = Lucia|first2 = Saint}}</ref>
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|-
|63
|63
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 1996}}<ref name=":0" />
|19 September 1996<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Saint Lucia and Portugal as of 19 Sept. 1996 (UN Digital Library)|date = 19 September 1996|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1478455?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|-
|64
|64
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 December 1996}}<ref name=":0" />
|12 December 1996<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between South Africa and Saint Lucia as of 12 Dec. 1996 (UN Digital Library)|date = 19 December 1996|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1478198?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Africa|first1 = South|last2 = Lucia|first2 = Saint}}</ref>
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|65
|65
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{Date table sorting|1996}}<ref name=":1" />
|1996
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|-
|66
|66
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 December 1997}}<ref name=":0" />
|10 December 1997<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Croatia and Saint Lucia as of 10 Dec. 1997 (UN Digital Library)|date = 10 December 1997|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1476476?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|1999
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|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{Date table sorting|1999}}<ref name=":1" />
|1999
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|-
|68
|67
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 May 2000}}<ref name=":0" />
|24 May 2000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and Poland as of 24 May 2000 (UN Digital Library)|date = 24 May 2000|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1639391?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|69
|68
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 August 2000}}<ref name=":0" />
|24 August 2000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as of 24 Aug. 2000 (UN Digital Library)|date = 24 August 2000|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1316978?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|70
|69
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 August 2000}}<ref name=":0" />
|25 August 2000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and Belarus as of 25 Aug. 2000 (UN Digital Library)|date = 25 August 2000|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1290258?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
|-
|-
|71
|70
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 October 2000}}<ref name=":0" />
|17 October 2000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Saint Lucia as of 17 Oct. 2000 (UN Digital Library)|date = 17 October 2000|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1313256?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|-
|72
|71
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{Date table sorting|2000}}<ref name=":1" />
|2000
|-
|-
|73
|72
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Date table sorting|2000}}<ref name=":1" />
|2000
|-
|-
|74
|73
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 April 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
|19 April 2004<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Russian Federation and Saint Lucia as of 19 Apr. 2004 (UN Digital Library)|date = 20 April 2004|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1467837?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Federation|first1 = Russian|last2 = Lucia|first2 = Saint}}</ref>
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|-
|75
|74
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 August 2004}}<ref name=":0" />
|3 August 2004<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Ethiopia and Saint Lucia as of 3 Aug. 2004 (UN Digital Library)|date = 3 August 2004|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3843677?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Saint Lucia and Ethiopia Established Diplomatic Relations|url=https://archive.stlucia.gov.lc/pr2004/august/saint_lucia_and_ethiopia_established_diplomatic_relations.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|75
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 June 2005}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 2005 |title=Saint Lucia Welcomes New Austrian Ambassador |url=https://archive.stlucia.gov.lc/pr2005/june/saint_lucia_welcomes_new_austrian_ambassador.htm |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref>
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|76
|76
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 June 2005}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Türkiye - Saint Lucia Siyasi İlişkileri |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkiye-san-lucia-siyasi-iliskileri.tr.mfa |access-date=3 July 2024 |language=tr}}</ref>
|25 May 2005
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|77
|77
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 August 2005}}<ref name=":0" />
|29 August 2005<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Slovenia and St. Lucia as of 29 Aug. 2005 (UN Digital Library)|date = 29 August 2005|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3843046?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|78
|78
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 October 2005}}<ref name=":0" />
|5 October 2005<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Tajikistan and Saint Lucia as of 5 Oct. 2005 (UN Digital Library)|date = 5 October 2005|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3843043?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|79
|79
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 October 2005}}<ref name=":0" />
|7 October 2005<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Hungary and Saint Lucia as of 7 Oct. 2005 (UN Digital Library)|date = 7 October 2005|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3845061?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|80
|80
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 May 2006}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (MFA Iceland) |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
|2005
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|81
|81
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 June 2006}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2006 |title=GG Welcomes First Swiss Ambassador To Saint Lucia |url=https://archive.stlucia.gov.lc/gis/nationwide/2006/NationWide10June2006.pdf |access-date=22 April 2024 |page=6}}</ref>
|7 May 2006<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (MFA Iceland)|url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|82
|82
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 June 2006}}<ref name=":0" />
|21 June 2006<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Saint Lucia and Latvia as of 21 June 2006 (UN Digital Library)|date = 21 June 2006|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3843006?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|83
|83
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 March 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|19 March 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Lithuania and Saint Lucia as of 19 Mar. 2009 (UN Digital Library)|date = 19 March 2009|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325470?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|84
|84
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|23 September 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Estonia and Saint Lucia as of 23 Sept. 2009 (UN Digital Library)|date = 23 September 2009|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325824?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|85
|85
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|23 September 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Finland and Saint Lucia as of 23 Sept. 2009 (UN Digital Library)|date = 23 September 2009|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1324427?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|86
|86
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|23 September 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Luxembourg and Saint Lucia as of 23 September 2009 (UN Digital Library)|date = 23 October 2009|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1473519?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|87
|87
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|23 September 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Slovakia and Saint Lucia as of 23 Sept. 2009 (UN Digital Library)|date = 23 September 2009|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1324426?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|88
|88
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 October 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
|30 October 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Saint Lucia as of 30 Oct. 2009 (UN Digital Library)|date = 30 October 2009|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1324104?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|89
|89
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 February 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|25 February 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Georgia and Saint Lucia as of 25 Feb. 2010 (UN Digital Library)|date = 25 February 2010|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1318509?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|90
|90
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 March 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|11 March 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Azerbaijan and Saint Lucia as of 11 Mar. 2010 (UN Digital Library)|date = 11 March 2010|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1318502?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|91
|91
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 March 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|11 March 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Malta and Saint Lucia as of 11 Mar. 2010 (UN Digital Library)|date = 11 March 2010|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1318503?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|92
|92
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Date table sorting|14 July 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|14 July 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Albania and Saint Lucia as of 14 July 2010 (UN Digital Library)|date = 14 July 2010|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1322960?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|93
|93
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 July 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|19 July 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Egypt and Saint Lucia as of 19 July 2010 (UN Digital Library)|date = 19 July 2010|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1322977?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|94
|94
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Date table sorting|24 September 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
|24 September 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Saint Lucia and Montenegro as of 24 Sept. 2010 (UN Digital Library)|date = 24 September 2010|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1322706?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|95
|95
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|24 September 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Украина и Сент-Люсия установили дипломатические отношения (in Russian)|url=https://reporter-ua.com/2010/09/28/ukraina-i-sent-lyusiya-ustanovili-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|24 September 2010}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2010 |title=Украина и Сент-Люсия установили дипломатические отношения (in Russian) |url=https://reporter-ua.com/2010/09/28/ukraina-i-sent-lyusiya-ustanovili-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
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|96
|96
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|29 November 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=SAINT LUCIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DISCUSS TO STRENGTHENING RELATIONS (MFA Saint Lucia)|date=7 October 2020|url=https://externalaffairs.gov.lc/blog/news-1/post/saint-lucia-and-the-united-arab-emirates-discuss-to-strengthening-relations-31|url-status=live}}</ref>
|29 November 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=SAINT LUCIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DISCUSS TO STRENGTHENING RELATIONS (MFA Saint Lucia)|date=7 October 2020|url=https://externalaffairs.gov.lc/blog/news-1/post/saint-lucia-and-the-united-arab-emirates-discuss-to-strengthening-relations-31|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111224426/https://externalaffairs.gov.lc/blog/news-1/post/saint-lucia-and-the-united-arab-emirates-discuss-to-strengthening-relations-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|97
|97
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 January 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
|31 January 2011<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Kuwait and Saint Lucia as of 31 Jan. 2011 (UN Digital Library)|date = 31 January 2011|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1306262?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|98
|98
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 May 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
|12 May 2011<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Monaco and Saint Lucia as of 12 May 2011 (UN Digital Library)|date = 12 May 2011|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1305553?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 August 2011}}<ref name=":1" />
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|99
|99
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{Date table sorting|2 December 2011}}<ref name=":1" />
|2 December 2011<ref>{{Cite web|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-27-october-2019.pdf--1|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|100
|100
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 December 2012}}<ref name=":0" />
|5 December 2012<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Saint Lucia and Kazakhstan as of 5 Dec. 2012 (UN Digital Library)|date = 5 December 2012|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1640704?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|101
|101
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 March 2013}}<ref name=":0" />
|1 March 2013<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Saint Lucia and Qatar as of 1 Mar. 2013 (UN Digital Library)|date = March 2013|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1640916?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|102
|102
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 April 2013}}<ref name=":0" />
|15 April 2013<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saint Lucia as of 15 April 2013 (UN Digital Library)|date = 15 April 2013|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1293700?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Herzegovina|first1 = Bosnia and|last2 = Lucia|first2 = Saint}}</ref>
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|103
|103
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|17 May 2013<ref>{{Cite web|title=St Lucia and New Zealand Establish Diplomatic Relations|url=https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/domains/virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/st-lucia-and-new-zealand-establish-diplomatic-relations-|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|17 May 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2013 |title=St Lucia and New Zealand Establish Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/domains/virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/st-lucia-and-new-zealand-establish-diplomatic-relations- |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
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|5 June 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=2014 JUN 05 Honduras and Saint Lucia Sign Agreement to Establish Diplomatic Relations|date = 4 June 2014|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/oasoea/sets/72157645030555704/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|5 June 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2014 |title=Honduras and Saint Lucia Sign Agreement to Establish Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/oasoea/sets/72157645030555704/ |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
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|27 September 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Saint Lucia and Mongolia as of 27 Sept. 2014 (UN Digital Library)|date = 27 September 2014|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1291146?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|7 November 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of Mauritius (Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the UN)|url=http://saintluciamissionun.org/joint-communique/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|14 September 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Palestine and Saint Lucia as of 14 Sept. 2015 (UN Digital Library)|date = 14 September 2015|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1315266?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Palestine|first1 = State of|last2 = Lucia|first2 = Saint}}</ref>
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|27 January 2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Fiji and Saint Lucia as of 27 Jan. 2016 (UN Digital Library)|date = 27 January 2016|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1650001?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|29 March 2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Philippines and Saint Lucia as of 29 Mar. 2016 (UN Digital Library)|date = 29 March 2016|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1315219?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=THE PHILIPPINES AND SAINT LUCIA ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (MFA Philippines)|url=https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/dfa-releasesupdate/8861-the-philippines-and-saint-lucia-establish-diplomatic-relations|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|26 June 2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and Viet Nam as of 26 June 2018 (UN Digital Library)|date = 26 June 2018|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1636688?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint|last2 = Nam|first2 = Viet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of Vietnam (Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the UN)|url=http://saintluciamissionun.org/saint-lucia-establishes-diplomatic-relations-with-vietnam/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|26 March 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Today, Ambassador of Kosovo to Panama Zana Rudi presented the Letters of Credence to His Excellency Sir Emmanuel Neville Cenac, Governor General of Saint Lucia|url=https://twitter.com/KosovoInPanama/status/1110600763594686464|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|25 June 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Saint Lucia and Republic of Sri Lanka as of 25 June 2019 (UN Digital Library)|date = 25 June 2019|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3813825?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint|last2 = Lanka|first2 = Sri}}</ref>
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|27 August 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Nepal and Saint Lucia as of 27 Aug. 2019 (UN Digital Library)|date = 6 August 2019|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3827113?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|28 August 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Rwanda and Saint Lucia as of 28 Aug. 2019 (UN Digital Library)|date = 28 August 2019|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3831786?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref>
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|29 October 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Namibia and Saint Lucia as of 29 Oct. 2019 (UN Digital Library)|date = 29 October 2019|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3836319?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of Namibia (Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the UN)|url=http://saintluciamissionun.org/joint-communique-the-republic-of-namibia/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|13 November 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Date of establishment of bilateral relations (MFA Serbia)|url=https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-cooperation/saint-lucia|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|10 December 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Kenya and Saint Lucia as of 10 Dec. 2019 (UN Digital Library)|date = 10 December 2019|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3846791?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of Kenya (Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the UN)|url=http://saintluciamissionun.org/joint-communique-the-republic-of-kenya-december-10-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|7 February 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of San Marino (Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the United Nations)|url=http://saintluciamissionun.org/diplomatic-relations-with-the-republic-of-san-marino/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|5 November 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Bulgaria and Saint Lucia as of 5 Nov. 2020 (UN Digital Library)|date = 5 November 2020|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3892684?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Government of Saint Lucia and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the UN)|url=http://saintluciamissionun.org/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-the-government-of-saint-lucia-and-the-government-of-the-republic-of-bulgaria/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|3 March 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Saint Lucia and the Republic of Moldova as of 3 Mar. 2021 (UN Digital Library)|date = 3 March 2021|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3905505?ln=en|url-status=live|last1 = Lucia|first1 = Saint|last2 = Moldova|first2 = Republic of}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Moldova and Saint Lucia were established on March 3rd, 2021(MFA Moldova)|url=https://mfa.gov.md/en/content/saint-lucia|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{dts|20 September 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2022 |title=MNECIR mantém vários encontros bilaterais à margem da 77.ª Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas |url=https://www.facebook.com/MinisteriodosNegociosEstrangeiros/posts/469193641918111 |access-date=6 March 2024 |website=Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros - MNE Cabo Verde |language=pt}}</ref>
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|{{dts|5 December 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2023 |title=La Mauritanie et Sainte-Lucie conviennent d’établir des relations diplomatiques |url=https://ami.mr/fr/archives/235473 |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=Agence Mauritanienne d'information |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{dts|14 December 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2023 |title=Saint Lucia and the Independent State of Samoa establish diplomatic relations, with the joint communiqué signed by the PRs H.E Menissa Rambally and H.E Fatumanava Paolelei Luteru of and current AOSISChair. |url=https://twitter.com/SaintLuciaUN/status/1735350079215542350 |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref>
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|{{dts|24 September 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=In an effort to revive bilateral ties through the establishment of diplomatic relations and mutual cooperation, my counterpart from Saint Lucia, Hon. Alva R. Baptiste, and I signed an Agreement to establish diplomatic relations between Saint Lucia and Ghana... |url=https://x.com/AyorkorBotchwey/status/1838670549007888585 |access-date=24 September 2024}}</ref>
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Former diplomatic relations: People's Republic of China (1 September 1997 – 5 May 2007)
== Bilateral relations ==
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|{{flag|Armenia}}||<!--Date started-->17 October 2000||

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 October 2000.
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|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}||<!--Date started-->11 March 2010
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 March 2010
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|{{Flag|Belize}}
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*Both countries are full members of both [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and [[Association of Caribbean States]].
*Both countries are full members of both [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and [[Association of Caribbean States]].
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|{{flag|Cyprus}}||24 July 1980||See [[Foreign relations of Cyprus|Cyprus–Saint Lucia relations]]
|{{flag|France}}||14 September 1979||See [[Foreign relations of France|France–Saint Lucia relations]]
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on February 22, 1979.
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|{{flag|Guyana}}||<!--Date started-->22 February 1979||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on February 22, 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation&#124; Co-operative Republic of Guyana}}</ref>
*Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]], of the [[Caribbean Community]] and of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].


* Saint Lucia has an embassy in [[Paris]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.embassyofstlucia.org| title = Embassy of Saint Lucia in Paris, France}}</ref>
* France is accredited to Saint Lucia from its embassy in [[Castries]], [[Saint Lucia]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bb.frembassy.gov/| title = Embassy of France in Saint Lucia}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|{{flag|India}}||1982||See [[India–Saint Lucia relations]]
|{{flag|India}}||1982||See [[India–Saint Lucia relations]]


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


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


[[Indo-Saint Lucian]]s or Indian Saint Lucians are Saint Lucians of Indian ancestry, descended from the Indians who came to Saint Lucia in the 19th century as indentured workers. As of 2013, people of Indian descent are a minority ethnic group in the country, accounting for 2.4% of the country's population. An additional 11.9% of the country is multiracial, predominantly of Indian and African descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-lucia/ |title=CIA - The World Factbook -- Saint Lucia |access-date=2013-05-13 |publisher=CIA }}</ref> They have completely assimilated with the local population and have little familiarity with Indian culture. Some Indo-Saint Lucians have held high offices such as Cabinet Ministers.<ref name="IndianEmbassy">{{cite web|title=Saint Lucia|url=http://indembassysuriname.com/relationpages.php?id=52|website=Embassy of India, Paramaribo|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref> As of December 2016, around 250 Indian citizens reside in Saint Lucia. Most members of the community are doctors and other professionals, while a few are businessmen engaged in imports, trading and running duty-free shops.<ref name="MEA2016"/>
[[Indo-Saint Lucian]]s or Indian Saint Lucians are Saint Lucians of Indian ancestry, descended from the Indians who came to Saint Lucia in the 19th century as indentured workers. As of 2013, people of Indian descent are a minority ethnic group in the country, accounting for 2.4% of the country's population. An additional 11.9% of the country is multiracial, predominantly of Indian and African descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-lucia/ |title=CIA - The World Factbook -- Saint Lucia |access-date=2013-05-13 |publisher=CIA }}</ref> They have completely assimilated with the local population and have little familiarity with Indian culture. Some Indo-Saint Lucians have held high offices such as Cabinet Ministers.<ref name="IndianEmbassy">{{cite web|title=Saint Lucia|url=http://indembassysuriname.com/relationpages.php?id=52|website=Embassy of India, Paramaribo|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref> As of December 2016, around 250 Indian citizens reside in Saint Lucia. Most members of the community are doctors and other professionals, while a few are businessmen engaged in imports, trading and running duty-free shops.<ref name="MEA2016" />
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|{{Flag|Ireland}}||<!--Date started-->2000 ||
* Ireland is representative to Saint Lucia from its embassy in Brasilia, Brazil
* Saint Lucia is representative to Ireland from its embassy in Havana, Cuba
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->17 May 1979||See [[Mexico–Saint Lucia relations]]
|{{flag|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->17 May 1979||See [[Mexico–Saint Lucia relations]]

* Mexico has an embassy in Castries.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/santalucia/| title = Embassy of Mexico in Saint Lucia}}</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in Castries.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/santalucia/| title = Embassy of Mexico in Saint Lucia}}</ref>
* Saint Lucia is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
* Saint Lucia is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
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|{{flag|Palestine}}||<!--Date started-->14 September 2015||

* Saint Lucia recognized and established diplomatic relations with Palestine in 2015 during a treaty signing ceremony in New York attended by both countries UN ambassadors where former St Lucian ambassador to the UN Melissa Rambally expressed solidarity with Palestine in a speech.
* Neither country has diplomatic missions to each other.
* Saint Lucia has supported Palestine on international forums several times, such as by voting for their status upgrade and flag raising in the UN.
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|{{flag|Republic of Korea}}||<!--Date started-->23 February 1979||

The establishment of diplomatic relations Relations between the [[Republic of Korea]] and the Saint Lucia began on 23 February 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24578.jsp?menu=m_30_30 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea |website=www.mofa.go.kr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122010922/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24578.jsp?menu=m_30_30 |archive-date=2014-01-22}} </ref>

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|{{flag|Spain}}||2 May 1986||
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|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}||22 February 1979||See [[Saint Lucia-Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}||22 February 1979||See [[Saint Lucia-Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
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|{{flag|Taiwan}}||7 May 1984, severed 29 August 1997, Restored 30 April 2007||
|{{flag|Taiwan}}||7 May 1984, severed 29 August 1997, Restored 30 April 2007||
St. Lucia had official diplomatic relations with the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan) for about 13 years, but switched recognition to the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in 1997. On 25 April 2007, the [[Premier of the Republic of China]] [[Su Tseng-chang]], announced that St. Lucia and the ROC would resume formal diplomatic relations.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/04/26/2003358246 "St. Lucia dumps PRC for Taiwan"], ''[http://www.taipeitimes.com/ The Taipei Times], 2007-04-26</ref> On 1 May 2007, St. Lucia regained diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070501/17/dnfk.html| title = 「台聖復交/加勒比海島國 人口17萬 出過兩位諾貝爾獎主」}}'', ET today, 2007/05/01 10:37''</ref> Within a few days, the People's Republic of China suspended diplomatic relations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/274392/1/.html| title = China suspends ties with St Lucia}}'', ChannelNewsAsia, 5/5/07''</ref> On 4 June 2015, St. Lucia opened its embassy in [[Taipei]], its first embassy in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201506040011.aspx|title = St. Lucia opens embassy in Taiwan; first in Asia - Focus Taiwan}}</ref>
St. Lucia had official diplomatic relations with the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan) for about 13 years, but switched recognition to the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in 1997. On 25 April 2007, the [[Premier of the Republic of China]] [[Su Tseng-chang]], announced that St. Lucia and the ROC would resume formal diplomatic relations.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/04/26/2003358246 "St. Lucia dumps PRC for Taiwan"], ''[http://www.taipeitimes.com/ The Taipei Times], 2007-04-26''</ref> On 1 May 2007, St. Lucia regained diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070501/17/dnfk.html| title = 「台聖復交/加勒比海島國 人口17萬 出過兩位諾貝爾獎主」}}'', ET today, 2007/05/01 10:37''</ref> Within a few days, the People's Republic of China suspended diplomatic relations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/274392/1/.html| title = China suspends ties with St Lucia| access-date = 2007-05-05| archive-date = 2007-05-08| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070508195321/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/274392/1/.html| url-status = dead}}'', ChannelNewsAsia, 5/5/07''</ref> On 4 June 2015, St. Lucia opened its embassy in [[Taipei]], its first embassy in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201506040011.aspx|title = St. Lucia opens embassy in Taiwan; first in Asia - Focus Taiwan}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||25 May 2005||See Saint Lucia–Turkey relations
|{{flag|Turkey}}||25 May 2005||See Saint Lucia–Turkey relations
*Turkish Embassy in [[Port of Spain]] is accredited to [[St. Lucia]].<ref name="auto49">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-san-lucia.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and St. Lucia}}</ref>
*Turkish Embassy in [[Port of Spain]] is accredited to [[St. Lucia]].<ref name="auto49">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-san-lucia.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and St. Lucia}}</ref>
*Trade volume between the two countries was 3 million USD in 2019.<ref name="auto49"/>
*Trade volume between the two countries was 3 million USD in 2019.<ref name="auto49" />
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Saint Lucia established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] in 22 February 1979.<ref name=":3"/> Both countries are [[Commonwealth Realms]].
|{{flag|United States}}||11 June 1979||See [[Saint Lucia–United States relations]]
*Saint Lucia maintains a [[High Commission of Saint Lucia, London|high commission]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.embassy.gov.au/lhlh/home.html|title=High Commission for Saint Lucia|website=[[Government of Saint Lucia]]|access-date=30 March 2024}}</ref>
* The United Kingdom is accredited to its high commission in [[Castries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-castries|title=British High Commission Saint Lucia|website=GOV.UK|access-date=30 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906162105/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-castries|archive-date=6 September 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>


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

Both countries share common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]; they are both parties of the [[Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom#Active agreements|UK–CARIFORUM continuity Trade Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/uk-secures-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-group-of-caribbean-countries|website=The Guardian|title=UK secures post-Brexit trade deal with group of Caribbean countries|date=22 March 2019|access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||11 June 1979||See [[Saint Lucia–United States relations]]
* Saint Lucia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.embassyofstlucia.org| title = Embassy of Saint Lucia in the United States}}</ref>
* Saint Lucia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.embassyofstlucia.org| title = Embassy of Saint Lucia in the United States}}</ref>
* United States is accredited to Saint Lucia from its embassy in [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bb.usembassy.gov/| title = Embassy of the United States in Barbados}}</ref>
* United States is accredited to Saint Lucia from its embassy in [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bb.usembassy.gov/| title = Embassy of the United States in Barbados}}</ref>

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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.

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.[1]

History

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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.[2]

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

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List of countries which Saint Lucia established diplomatic relations with:

# Country Date
1  United Kingdom 22 February 1979[3]
2  Barbados 23 February 1979[4]
3  Canada 23 February 1979[5]
4  Guyana 23 February 1979[6]
5  Jamaica 23 February 1979[7]
6  South Korea 23 February 1979[8]
7  Mexico 17 May 1979[9]
8  United States 11 June 1979[10]
9  Cuba 23 August 1979[11]
10  North Korea 13 September 1979[12]
11  France 14 September 1979[13]
12  Venezuela 14 September 1979[14]
13  Romania 15 November 1979[15]
14  Argentina 13 December 1979[16]
15  Brazil 21 December 1979[16]
16  Bahamas 1979[17]
17  Dominica 1979[17]
18  Haiti 1979[17]
19  Israel 1979[17]
20  Italy 1979[17]
21  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1979[17]
22  Trinidad and Tobago 1979[17]
23  Ecuador 1 January 1980[16]
24  Germany 8 January 1980[18]
25  Japan 11 January 1980[19]
26  Cyprus 24 July 1980[16]
27  Greece 18 November 1980[16]
28  Suriname 18 November 1980[16]
29  Belgium 1980[17]
30  Iraq 1980[17]
31  Netherlands 1980[17]
32  Belize 21 September 1981[20]
33  Sweden 1981[17]
34  Colombia 18 March 1982[21]
35  Denmark 20 December 1982[22]
36  Australia 1982[23]
37  Grenada 1982[17]
38  India 1982[17]
39  Bangladesh 12 May 1983[24]
40  Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983[25]
41  Antigua and Barbuda 1983[17]
 Taiwan 13 January 1984[26]
42  Oman 28 March 1984[16]
 Holy See 1 September 1984[27]
43  Peru 1985[17]
44  Spain 2 May 1986[16]
45  Morocco 9 March 1988[16]
46  Seychelles 13 July 1988[16]
47  Dominican Republic 1988[17]
48  Thailand 4 April 1989[16]
49  Uruguay 1 September 1989[16]
50  Norway 1990[17]
51  Chile 21 March 1991[28]
52  Costa Rica 1991[17]
54  Guatemala 1 April 1992[16]
54  Malaysia 9 October 1992[29]
55  Marshall Islands 1992[17]
56  Nicaragua 1992[17]
57  Paraguay 18 June 1993[16]
58  Singapore 15 January 1994[30]
59  Indonesia 2 February 1994[31]
60  El Salvador 2 February 1994[32]
61  Panama 10 July 1995[33]
62  Czech Republic 6 August 1996[16]
63  Portugal 19 September 1996[16]
64  South Africa 12 December 1996[16]
65  Brunei 1996[17]
66  Croatia 10 December 1997[16]
 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1999[17]
67  Poland 24 May 2000[16]
68  North Macedonia 24 August 2000[16]
69  Belarus 25 August 2000[16]
70  Armenia 17 October 2000[16]
71  Ireland 2000[17]
72  Saudi Arabia 2000[17]
73  Russia 19 April 2004[16]
74  Ethiopia 3 August 2004[16]
75  Austria 2 June 2005[34]
76  Turkey 25 June 2005[35]
77  Slovenia 29 August 2005[16]
78  Tajikistan 5 October 2005[16]
79  Hungary 7 October 2005[16]
80  Iceland 7 May 2006[36]
81   Switzerland 10 June 2006[37]
82  Latvia 21 June 2006[16]
83  Lithuania 19 March 2009[16]
84  Estonia 23 September 2009[16]
85  Finland 23 September 2009[16]
86  Luxembourg 23 September 2009[16]
87  Slovakia 23 September 2009[16]
88  Libya 30 October 2009[16]
89  Georgia 25 February 2010[16]
90  Azerbaijan 11 March 2010[16]
91  Malta 11 March 2010[16]
92  Albania 14 July 2010[16]
93  Egypt 19 July 2010[16]
94  Montenegro 24 September 2010[16]
95  Ukraine 24 September 2010[38]
96  United Arab Emirates 29 November 2010[39]
97  Kuwait 31 January 2011[16]
98  Monaco 12 May 2011[16]
 Kosovo 19 August 2011[17]
99  Maldives 2 December 2011[17]
100  Kazakhstan 5 December 2012[16]
101  Qatar 1 March 2013[16]
102  Bosnia and Herzegovina 15 April 2013[16]
103  New Zealand 17 May 2013[40]
104  Honduras 5 June 2014[41]
105  Mongolia 27 September 2014[16]
106  Mauritius 7 November 2014[17]
 State of Palestine 14 September 2015[16]
107  Fiji 27 January 2016[16]
108  Philippines 29 March 2016[16]
109  Vietnam 26 June 2018[16]
110  Gambia 25 September 2018[17]
111  Kiribati 25 September 2018[17]
112  Solomon Islands 25 September 2018[17]
113  Sri Lanka 25 June 2019[16]
114  Bolivia 26 June 2019[17]
115    Nepal 27 August 2019[16]
116  Rwanda 28 August 2019[16]
117  Namibia 29 October 2019[16]
118  Serbia 13 November 2019[17]
119  Kenya 10 December 2019[16]
120  San Marino 7 February 2020[17]
121  Bulgaria 5 November 2020[16]
122  Moldova 3 March 2021[16]
123  Cape Verde 20 September 2022[42]
124  Ivory Coast 22 September 2022[16]
125  Tuvalu 7 December 2022[16]
126  Bahrain 13 December 2022[16]
127  Algeria 19 December 2022[16]
128  Andorra 20 September 2023[16]
129  Kyrgyzstan 20 September 2023[16]
130  Liechtenstein 20 September 2023[16]
131  Sierra Leone 20 September 2023[16]
132  East Timor 8 November 2023[16]
133  Mauritania 5 December 2023[43]
134  Botswana 6 December 2023[16]
135  Samoa 14 December 2023[44]
136  Pakistan 28 May 2024[16]
137  Benin 25 June 2024[16]
138  Mali 26 June 2024[16]
139  Eritrea 16 September 2024[16]
140  Ghana 24 September 2024[45]

Bilateral relations

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Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Belize 21 September 1981
 France 14 September 1979 See France–Saint Lucia relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on February 22, 1979.
 India 1982 See India–Saint Lucia relations

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.[49] 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.[50] 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.[51] The last indenture contracts expired in 1897, and by the end of the 19th century, Saint Lucia had a population of 2,560 free Indians. Many Indians who had completed their indenture periods were unable to return home as they did not have sufficient funds to do so. The Indians that remained in Saint Lucia are the origin of the Indo-Saint Lucian community.[52]

The Embassy of India in Paramaribo, Suriname is concurrently accredited to Saint Lucia.[53] 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.[54]

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.[55] They have completely assimilated with the local population and have little familiarity with Indian culture. Some Indo-Saint Lucians have held high offices such as Cabinet Ministers.[53] As of December 2016, around 250 Indian citizens reside in Saint Lucia. Most members of the community are doctors and other professionals, while a few are businessmen engaged in imports, trading and running duty-free shops.[54]

 Ireland 2000
  • Ireland is representative to Saint Lucia from its embassy in Brasilia, Brazil
  • Saint Lucia is representative to Ireland from its embassy in Havana, Cuba
 Mexico 17 May 1979 See Mexico–Saint Lucia relations
  • Mexico has an embassy in Castries.[56]
  • Saint Lucia is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
 Trinidad and Tobago 22 February 1979 See Saint Lucia-Trinidad and Tobago relations
 Taiwan 7 May 1984, severed 29 August 1997, Restored 30 April 2007

St. Lucia had official diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan) for about 13 years, but switched recognition to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1997. On 25 April 2007, the Premier of the Republic of China Su Tseng-chang, announced that St. Lucia and the ROC would resume formal diplomatic relations.[57] On 1 May 2007, St. Lucia regained diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).[58] Within a few days, the People's Republic of China suspended diplomatic relations.[59] On 4 June 2015, St. Lucia opened its embassy in Taipei, its first embassy in Asia.[60]

 Turkey 25 May 2005 See Saint Lucia–Turkey relations
 United Kingdom 1979 See Foreign relations of the United Kingdom

Saint Lucia established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom in 22 February 1979.[3] Both countries are Commonwealth Realms.

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 UK–CARIFORUM continuity Trade Agreement.[64]

 United States 11 June 1979 See Saint Lucia–United States relations

Multilateral relations

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

ACCT (associate), ACP, ALBA, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO

See also

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