Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–Turkey relations

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-Turkey relations

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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]

Presidential visits
Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara[1] March 12–16, 2006
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Foreign Minister Camillo Gonsalves Government House, Kingstown March 11, 2014[1]
Foreign Minister Camillo Gonsalves Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu First Turkey–CARICOM Summit, Istanbul July 17–21, 2014[1]

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

References
  1. "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.

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.
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