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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.
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.
History
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.
Diplomatic relations
List of countries which Jamaica maintains diplomatic relations with:
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- Both countries are full members of the Organization of American States, of the Caribbean Community, and of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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|||<!--Date started-->||See Haiti–Jamaica relations
Haiti has an embassy in Kingston and Jamaica has an honorary consul in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
In January, 2007, Haitian president René Préval, made a four-day working visit to Jamaica. At a press conference, Jamaican prime minister Portia Simpson Miller announced that a Joint Jamaica/Haiti Commission would be convened later that year.
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|||<!--Date started-->||See India–Jamaica relations
Both nations inherited many cultural and political connections from British colonisation, such as membership in the Commonwealth of Nations, parliamentary democracy, the English language and cricket.
India has a High Commission in Kingston, whilst Jamaica has a consulate in New Delhi.
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|||<!--Date started-->||See Jamaica–Malaysia relations
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|||<!--Date started-->18 March 1966||See Jamaica–Mexico relations
Both nations established diplomatic relations on 18 March 1966.
- Jamaica has an embassy in Mexico City.
- Mexico has an embassy in Kingston.
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- Jamaica is accredited to the Netherlands from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
- the Netherlands is accredited to Jamaica from its embassy in Havana, Cuba.
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The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Jamaica started on October 13, 1962 .
- Jamaica has an embassy in Seoul, South Korea.
- South Korea has an embassy in Kingston Jamaica.
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|||<!--Date started-->1970||See Jamaica–Turkey relations
- Turkish Embassy in Havana is accredited to Jamaica.
- Trade volume between the two countries was US$90.5 million in 2019 (Jamaican exports/imports: US$0.5/90 million). Both countries are Commonwealth Realms.
- Jamaica maintains a high commission in London.
- The United Kingdom is accredited to Jamaica through its high commission in Kingston.
The UK governed Jamaica from 1655 to 1962, when Jamaica achieved full independence.
Both countries share common membership of the Caribbean Development Bank, the Commonwealth, the International Criminal Court, and the World Trade Organization, as well as the CARIFORUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement. Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement.
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|||<!--Date started-->||See Jamaica–United States relations
thumb|right|[[Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, D.C.]]
The United States maintains close and productive relations with the Government of Jamaica. Former prime minister Patterson visited Washington, DC, several times after assuming office in 1992. In April 2001, Prime Minister Patterson and other Caribbean leaders met with President George W. Bush during the Summit of the Americas in Quebec, Canada, at which a "Third Border Initiative" was launched to deepen U.S. cooperation with Caribbean nations and enhance economic development and integration of the Caribbean nations. Then-Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller attended the "Conference on the Caribbean--A 20/20 Vision" in Washington in June 2007.
President Barack Obama visited the island on April 9. 2015. President Obama managed to squeeze in some fun in between meetings with Jamaican and Caribbean leaders on his trip to Jamaica this week—from paying homage to reggae star Bob Marley to practising his own Jamaican accent.
The United States is Jamaica's most important trading partner: bilateral trade in goods in 2005 was over $2 billion. Jamaica is a popular destination for American tourists; more than 1.2 million Americans visited in 2006. Also, some 10,000 American citizens, including many dual-nationals born on the island, permanently reside in Jamaica.
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Jamaica maintains economic and cultural relations with Taiwan via Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada.
Jamaica and the Commonwealth
Jamaica has been a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1962 when it became an independent Commonwealth realm.
Multilateral membership
- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
- Caricom
- CCC
- Caribbean Development Bank
- United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- G-15
- G-33
- G-77
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Finance Corporation
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Hydrographic Organization (pending member)
- International Labour Organization
- International Monetary Fund
- International Telecommunication Union
- Intelsat
- Interpol
- International Olympic Committee
- International Organization for Migration
- International Organization for Standardization
- International Telecommunication Union
- Latin American Economic System
- Non-Aligned Movement
- Organization of American States
- OPANAL
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- United Nations
- UN Security Council (temporary)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNESCO
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- Universal Postal Union
- World Health Organization
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Tourism Organization
- World Trade Organization
See also
- List of diplomatic missions in Jamaica
- List of diplomatic missions of Jamaica