List of diplomatic missions of Barbados

The Caribbean nation-state of Barbados has a small, albeit growing network of diplomatic and consular missions. As a member-state of the Commonwealth of Nations, Barbadian diplomatic missions in the capitals of other Commonwealth members-states are known as High Commissions instead of embassies.

Map of diplomatic missions of Barbados:

  Barbados

  Countries that host a Barbadian Embassy or High Commission

Excluded from this listing are honorary consulates, trade missions, and offices of the Barbados Tourism Authority.

History

In February 2020 the two Heads of Government for both Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago initialed several agreements including one which would see the sharing of various diplomatic chancery resources around the world.^[1][2]

In November 2021, Barbados announced that it would launch the world's first embassy in the decentralised metaverse, an attempt to reach diplomatic parity.^[3]

Current missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Ghana	Accra	High Commission		[4][5]
Kenya	Nairobi	High Commission	Countries:  Rwanda International Organizations:  United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme	[4][5][6][7]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy	Countries:  Argentina  Chile  Paraguay  Uruguay	[4][8][9][10]
Canada	Ottawa	High Commission		[4]
	Toronto	Consulate-General		[11]
Cuba	Havana	Embassy	Countries:  Azerbaijan  Dominican Republic  Georgia	[4][12][13][14]
Panama	Panama City	Embassy	Countries:  Colombia  Costa Rica  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Mexico  Nicaragua	[4][15]
Venezuela	Caracas	Embassy	Countries:  Peru	[4][16]
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy	International Organizations:  Organization of American States	[4][17]
	Miami	Consulate-General		[11]
	New York City	Consulate-General		[11]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
China	Beijing	Embassy	Countries:  Cambodia  Japan  Singapore  South Korea  Thailand  Vietnam	[4][18]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	Countries:  Kuwait	[5][19][20]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	Countries:  Finland  France  Germany  Luxembourg  Norway  Spain International Organizations:  European Union OPCW	[4][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy		[27]
United Kingdom	London	High Commission	Countries:  Australia  Cyprus  Israel  Holy See  South Africa  Sweden	[4][28][29][30][31][32][33]

Multilateral organizations

Organization	Host city	Host country	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
United Nations	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission		[4]
	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	Countries:  Austria  Bulgaria  Croatia  Estonia  Hungary  Italy  Romania  Serbia   Switzerland International Organizations: Food and Agriculture Organization World Health Organization  World Trade Organization	[4][34][35][36]

Gallery

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  High Commission in London
• 
  Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Closed missions

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	High Commission	2000	[37]

See also

• Foreign relations of Barbados
• List of diplomatic missions in Barbados
• List of ambassadors and high commissioners to and from Barbados
• Visa policy of Barbados

References

1. Madden, Marlon (19 February 2020). "Rowley: Barbados and TnT to open joint embassies". Regional. Bridgetown: Barbados Today newspaper. Retrieved 18 March 2020. Bridgetown and Port of Spain have agreed to share diplomatic missions in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The announcement was made on Monday by Prime Minister Mia Mottley and her Trinidadian counterpart Dr Keith Rowley ahead of the CARICOM mid-term summit which began here today. The Trinidadian prime minister said both countries agreed after exploring ways of effectively cooperating "in every possible area". Dr Rowley announced: "Our discussions have taken us to a place of agreement where Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados have agreed to share some of our missions abroad. {{cite news}}: External link in |author-link1= (help)
2. Douglas, Sean (18 February 2020). "TT, B'dos to share embassies". News. Port of Spain, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 18 March 2020. The Prime Minister said TT and Barbados will share some of their diplomatic missions, speaking at the signing of an energy treaty with Bajan Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Monday in Barbados. Mottley said hard times mean both nations must seek efficiency by collaborating in as many areas as possible. Rowley said both nations are stronger together and will to cooperate in every possible area, such as sharing some missions. "TT has a mission in Nigeria. Barbados is about to operationalise its mission in Ghana, where TT has significant interests. We also have interests in energy, commerce, culture and diplomacy. Where we have missions in that part of the world, TT and Barbados will enter into an MOU (to) share a mission a country. "Each country will have a larger number of footprints. Where TT is present in Nigeria and Barbados is not, we operationalise that mission as a TT and Barbados mission. Where Ghana has a Barbados mission, it will be operationalised as a TT and Barbados mission." He said in Nigeria, a Bajan will serve under the TT high commissioner, and in Ghana a TT official will be second to the Bajan high commissioner. {{cite news}}: External link in |author-link1= (help)
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External links

• Official website