Relationship dossier
Martinique
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Relationship assessment
Regional cooperation links Martinique and Saint Kitts and Nevis through the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.
Martinique toward Saint Kitts and Nevis
+15Martinique participates in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States as an associate member, providing a regional framework for cooperation with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Martinique's external relations remain within France's constitutional framework.
Saint Kitts and Nevis toward Martinique
+15Saint Kitts and Nevis participates in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, whose associate membership includes Martinique. This provides a regional framework for cooperation with the French territory.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has a modest cooperative basis through Martinique's associate membership and Saint Kitts and Nevis's participation in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. Martinique's status as a French collectivity means its regional engagement does not constitute an independent foreign policy; the breadth of direct bilateral cooperation is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Martinique is an overseas collectivity of France and does not conduct an independent foreign policy. Its regional participation provides a concrete channel of cooperation with Saint Kitts and Nevis: Martinique became an associate member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States in 2015, while Saint Kitts and Nevis participates as a member. The scope of direct cooperation beyond this regional framework is unclear.
Key developments
Martinique became an associate member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, joining a regional framework in which Saint Kitts and Nevis participates.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation between Martinique and Saint Kitts and Nevis through the regional framework are unclear.
- Details of direct cooperation between the territorial authorities and the Saint Kitts and Nevis government are limited.