Jamaica has diplomatic relations with many nations and is a member of the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Jamaica chairs the Working Group on smaller Economies.
Jamaica is an active member of the Commonwealth of Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement (G-77). Jamaica is a beneficiary of the Lome Conventions, through which the European Union (EU) grants trade preferences to selected states in Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, and has played a leading role in the negotiations of the successor agreement in Fiji in 2000.
Jamaica has been a member of The Forum of Small States (FOSS) since the group's founding in 1992.[1]
Disputes - international:none
Illicit drugs:Transshipment point for cocaine from Central and South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is the government ministry responsible for handling Jamaica's external relations and foreign trade.
Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK. Trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant. Jamaica is linked with the other countries of the English-speaking Caribbean through the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and more broadly through the Association of Caribbean States (ACS). Jamaica has served two 2-year terms on the United Nations Security Council, in 1979-80 and 2000-2001.
In the follow-on meetings to the December 1994 Summit of the Americas, Jamaica—together with Uruguay—was given the responsibility of coordinating discussions on invigorating society.
List of countries which Jamaica maintains diplomatic relations with:
| Country[2] | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United Kingdom | |
| 2 |  Canada | |
| 3 |  Netherlands | |
| 4 |  United States | |
| 5 |  France | |
| 6 |  Germany | |
| 7 |  India | |
| 8 |  Israel | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 |  Brazil | |
| 11 |  Switzerland | |
| 12 |  Luxembourg | |
| 13 |  Pakistan | |
| 14 |  Italy | |
| 15 |  Argentina | |
| 16 |  Lebanon | |
| 17 |  Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 18 |  Chile | |
| 19 |  Japan | |
| 20 |  Egypt | |
| 21 |  Dominican Republic | |
| 22 |  Colombia | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 |  Ethiopia | |
| 25 |  Panama | |
| 26 |  Spain | |
| 27 |  Mexico | |
| 28 |  Belgium | |
| 39 | ||
| 30 | ||
| 31 | ||
| 32 |  Barbados | |
| 33 |  Serbia | [3] |
| 34 |  Guyana | |
| 35 |  Peru | |
| 36 |  Nigeria | |
| 37 |  Zambia | |
| 38 |  Turkey | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 |  Costa Rica | |
| 41 |  Cyprus | |
| 42 |  China | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | ||
| 45 |  Ecuador | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 |  Australia | |
| 48 |  Sweden | |
| 49 |  Mauritius | |
| 50 |  Romania | |
| 51 |  New Zealand | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | ||
| 54 |  Kuwait | |
| 55 |  Grenada | |
| 56 |  Guinea | |
| 57 |  Iraq | |
| 58 |  Algeria | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 |  Honduras | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 |  Poland | |
| 63 |  Greece | |
| 64 |  Hungary | |
| 65 |  Czech Republic | [4] |
| 66 | ||