Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–Turkey relations explained

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–Turkey relations are foreign relations between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Turkey.

The Turkish ambassador in Port of Spain is also accredited to St. Vincent and the Grenadines.^[1]

Diplomatic relations

Bilateral relations between two countries have been warm^[2] and friendly. St. Vincent and the Grenadines’s foreign policy traditionally^[2] mirrored that of Britain’s. The two countries ties were especially close after Maurice Bishop’s New Jewel Movement coming to power^[2] in 1979, when the public opinion in St. Vincent and the Grenadines supported Prime Minister Cato’s decision to intervene in Grenada.^[3]

High level visits

Guest	Host	Place of visit	Date of visit
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves	President Ahmet Necdet Sezer	Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara	March 12–16, 2006
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	Foreign Minister Camillo Gonsalves	Government House, Kingstown	March 11, 2014
Foreign Minister Camillo Gonsalves	Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	First Turkey–CARICOM Summit, Istanbul	July 17–21, 2014

Economic relations

• Trade volume between the two countries was US$11.3 million in 2018 (Turkish exports/imports: 4.8/6.5 million USD).^[1]

See also

• Foreign relations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Foreign relations of Turkey

Further reading

• "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines." pp. 2337–42 in The Europa Yearbook 1987, II. London: Europa, 1987.
• Kingston, Jamaica: Longmans Caribbean, 1971. Marshall, Woodville K. "Vox Populi: The St. Vincent Riots and Disturbances of 1862." pp. 85–116 in Barry W. Higman (ed.),Trade, Government, and Society in Caribbean History, 1 700–1920. Kingston, Jamaica: Heinemann, 1983.
• Laine, Kingsley. "An Overview of the Vincentian Economy," Bulletin of Eastern Caribbean Affairs [Cave Hill, Barbados], November–December 1979, p. 13.
• World Bank. St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Economic Situation and Selected Development Issues. Washington: 1985.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Relations between Turkey and St. Vincent and Grenadines. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
2. Kingston, Jamaica: Longmans Caribbean, 1971. Marshall, Woodville K. "Vox Populi: The St. Vincent Riots and Disturbances of 1862." pp. 85-116 in Barry W. Higman (ed.),Trade, Government, and Society in Caribbean History, 1 700-1920. Kingston, Jamaica: Heinemann, 1983.
3. "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines." pp. 2337-42 in The Europa Yearbook 1987, II. London: Europa, 1987.