Foreign relations of Grenada


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

Bilateral relations

CountryFormal Relations BeganNotes
3 April 2012
Both countries established diplomatic relations on April 3, 2012.

  • Australia is represented in Grenada by its High Commission in Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • Austria is represented in Grenada by its embassy in Havana, Cuba.
  • Grenada has an honorary consulate in Vienna.
    • 3 March 1974Both countries established diplomatic relations on March 3, 1974.
    21 September 1981
    • Both countries established diplomatic relations on September 21, 1981.
    • Both countries are full members of the Organization of American States and of the Caribbean Community.
    See Canada-Grenada relationsGrenada has a consulate general in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    20 January 2005See China–Grenada relations
    Grenada announced the resumption of diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China on January 20, 2005.
    See Cuba–Grenada relations

    Denmark is represented in Grenada through a consulate.

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

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

    • Italy is represented in Grenada by its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.
    • Grenada has an honorary consulate in Florence.
    September 26, 2013Both countries established diplomatic relations on September 26, 2013.

    • Malaysia is represented in Grenada by its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.
    • Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
    11 April 1975See Grenada–Mexico relations
  • Grenada is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
  • Mexico is accredited to Grenada from its embassy in Castries, Saint Lucia and maintains an honorary consulate in St. George's.
    • 15 May 2011Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 15, 2011.

    • New Zealand is represented in Grenada by its embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados.
    • Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
    Both countries have signed Tax Convention on May 19, 2010.
    3 April 1975
    Grenadian–Romanian relations are foreign relations between Grenada and Romania. Both countries are full members of the United Nations. The relations were formal diplomatic relations between Grenada and Romania. Grenada and Romania full diplomatic relations were established on the Thursday 3 April 1975.
    See Grenada – Soviet Union relations
    During the New Jewel Movement, the Soviet Union tried to make the island of Grenada to function as a Soviet base, and also by getting supplies from Cuba. On October 1983, during the U.S. invasion of Grenada, U.S. President Ronald Reagan maintained that US Marines arrived on the island of Grenada, which was considered a Soviet-Cuban ally that would export communist revolution throughout the Caribbean. In November, at a joint hearing of Congressional Subcommittee, it was told that Grenada could be used as a staging area for subversion of the nearby countries, for intersection of shipping lanes, and for the transit of troops and supplies from Cuba to Africa, and from Eastern Europe and Libya to Central America. In December, the State Department published a preliminary report on Grenada, in which was claimed as an "Island of Soviet Internationalism". When the US Marines landed on the island, they discovered a large amount of documents, which included agreements between the Soviet Government, and the New Jewel Movement, recorded minutes of the Committee meetings, and reports from the Grenadian embassy in Moscow. Diplomatic relations between Grenada and the Soviet Union were severed in 1983 by the Governor General of Grenada. Eventually in 2002, Grenada re-established diplomatic relations with the newly formed Russian Federation.

    Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations, of the Organization of American States and of the Caribbean Community.
    15 December 2000
    Both countries established diplomatic relations on December 15, 2000.
    1 August 1974See Grenada–South Korea relations
    The establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Grenada started on 1 August 1974 and the bilateral trade in 2012 were exports : $1.78 and million
    imports : $140 thousand.

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

    In September 2004 York House, the building housing the Parliament of Grenada was destroy by Hurricane Ivan, the government of the UAE contributed US$4.5 million to construct the new Parliament building completed in 2018.
    See Grenada–United Kingdom relations
    29 November 1974See Grenada–United States relationsThe U.S. Government established an embassy in Grenada in November 1983. The U.S. Ambassador to Grenada is resident in Bridgetown, Barbados. The embassy in Grenada is staffed by a chargé d'affaires who reports to the ambassador in Bridgetown. Grenada has an embassy in Washington, D.C. and a consulate general in New York City.
    The U.S. Agency for International Development played a major role in Grenada's development. In addition to the $45 million emergency aid for reconstruction from 2004's Hurricane Ivan, USAID provided more than $120 million in economic assistance from 1984 to 1993. About 25 Peace Corps volunteers in Grenada teach special education, remedial reading, and vocational training and assist with HIV/AIDS work. Grenada receives counter-narcotics assistance from the United States and benefits from U.S. military exercise-related construction and humanitarian civic action projects.
    Prime Minister Keith Mitchell joined President Bill Clinton, in May 1997, for a meeting with 14 other Caribbean leaders during the first-ever U.S.-regional summit in Bridgetown, Barbados. The summit strengthened the basis for regional cooperation on justice and counter-narcotics issues, finance and development, and trade.
    15 July 1979
    Both countries established diplomatic relations on July 15, 1979.

    International recognition of Grenada

    UN member states

    StateDate of recognitionDate of diplomatic relationsDate of withdrawnNotes
    03 02 1975
    03 04 2012
    23 09 2010
    03 03 1974Barbados–Grenada relations
    21 09 1981
    29 01 2010
    07 02 1974Canada–Grenada relations
    09 01 1981
    15 12 1977
    19 05 2000
    Cuba–Grenada relations
    29 04 1980
    14 09 1976
    12 05 2006
    22 11 197401 06 1980
    23 11 2011
    28 02 1992
    Grenada–Japan relations
    16 10 2012
    18 05 2013
    19 09 2012
    Grenada–Libya relations
    27 05 2011
    11 04 1975Grenada–Mexico relations
    25 07 1980
    27 05 2011
    20 01 2005China–Grenada relations
    Grenada–South Korea relations
    -
    03 04 1975
    17 09 2002
    19 08 1974
    15 12 2000
    25 02 1998
    19 12 2012
    07 02 197429 11 1974Grenada–United States relations

    Non-UN member states

    StateDate of recognitionDate of diplomatic relationsDate of withdrawnNotes
    YesNo-
    Changed relationship to the People's Republic of China.
    20 08 197920 08 197916 08 2010
    17 02 197917 02 1979L'Attività della Santa Sede 1979, p. 136

    Grenada and the Commonwealth of Nations

    Grenada has been an independent Commonwealth realm since 1974.
    Even under the People's Revolutionary Government, Grenada was never declared a republic, but remained a Commonwealth realm, albeit, under the dictatorship of the New Jewel Movement's leader, Maurice Bishop.

    Illicit drugs

    Small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for cannabis and cocaine to the US.