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The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, met with Ralph Goncalves, the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
The ministers had a candid and constructive exchange of views on key international issues, including the current situation in Latin America, as well as ways to develop bilateral cooperation in the political, trade, economic, cultural, and humanitarian spheres, and aspects of interaction within the UN and its specialised agencies.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the eastern Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies, at the southern end of the eastern border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
It has a population of around 110,872. The majority of its people are descendants of enslaved Africans brought by France and then later Great Britain, which contested the islands during the 18th century. The islands were a British colony from 1783 until 1979, when it gained independence. It is part of the Commonwealth of Nations and is a Commonwealth realm, with King Charles III as its official head of state and the ultimate legal authority in London.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, CARICOM, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
Russia’s interest lies in its overall diplomatic strategy and reciprocal support at the international level, while Russian ships have also been surveying the Caribbean seas to assess fish stocks. That data is being shared with local island nations and may result in potential bilateral agreements concerning fishing rights and exports to Russia.
Local agriculture is dominated by banana production, and the most important sector of St. Vincent’s lower-middle-income economy. The services sector, based mostly on a growing tourist industry, is also important. There may be later developments in Russian fertilizer exports, banana imports and within the tourism sector.
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