Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: relations with "Israel" since 1962, Israeli exports, and recognition of Palestine in 2024
Trinidad and Tobago established relations with "Israel" in 1962,[1] and on 2 May 2024 its cabinet decided to recognise the State of Palestine.[2]
Israeli state and commercial ties
Diplomacy
The Israeli foreign ministry's 2011 list of missions records relations with Trinidad and Tobago as established in January 1962, with "Israel" represented by a non-resident ambassador based at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem.[1]
On 2 May 2024 the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs announced that the cabinet had decided "to formally recognise the State of Palestine", on the recommendation of the foreign minister, Amery Browne, and that recognition "is moral and just". It said the government's "consistent position is that a two-State solution is the only way out of the ongoing cycle of violence", that Browne had "condemned the killing of civilians in Gaza and Israel" and called for an immediate ceasefire, and that Trinidad and Tobago had supported the General Assembly resolutions on Gaza of 27 October and 10 December 2023.[2]
Trade
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics records Israeli exports to Trinidad and Tobago worth $4.3 million in 2025 (2024: $4.7 million) and no recorded imports.[3]
Political interference
UN voting
Trinidad and Tobago voted in favour of the September 2025 General Assembly resolution endorsing the New York Declaration on a two-state solution.[4]
See also
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Antigua and Barbuda
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to the Bahamas
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Barbados
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Dominica
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Grenada
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Jamaica
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Saint Lucia
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Cuba
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to the Dominican Republic
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Haiti
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations mfa.gov.il, archived 5 August 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, Recognition by Trinidad and Tobago of the State of Palestine foreign.gov.tt, 2 May 2024, accessed 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel), Foreign Trade Statistics Monthly, Table D1: Trade Countries – Imports and Exports CBS, December 2025 issue (library copy).
- ↑ United Nations General Assembly, Recorded vote on A/80/L.1/Rev.1: Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, 12 September 2025 (copy hosted by Al-Quds Al-Arabi).