Grenada–Libya relations

Grenada–Libya relations were formal diplomatic relations between the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada and Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya between 1979{{Cite web |url=http://www.weefmgrenada.com/article.php?newstype=1&newsid=1582 |title=Libya and Grenada Diplomatic Relations |access-date=2012-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702184517/http://www.weefmgrenada.com/article.php?newstype=1&newsid=1582 |archive-date=2011-07-02 |url-status=dead }} and November 1983.{{Cite web|url=https://www.photius.com/countries/grenada/government/commonwealth.html|title=Grenada Foreign Relations Commonwealth - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System|website=www.photius.com}} They were resumed in 1998.{{cn|date=January 2025}} Neither country has a resident ambassador. Libya has a non resident ambassador in Castries.

History

During the United States invasion of Grenada, Libya had 3 or 4 troops present.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/urgent_fury.htm|title=Operation Urgent Fury|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}

In 1982, at the time, Grenadian president Maurice Bishop wrote a letter to the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, asking if it would be possible to borrow six million US dollars as a soft loan to complete the runway at Point Salines International Airport (now known as Maurice Bishop International Airport),{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com/gaddafiletter.html|title=Letter to Gaddafi gaddafiletter.html|website=www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com}} to which Gaddafi agreed to.

References

External links

Libya

Category:Bilateral relations of Libya