Trinidad and Tobago

French presence

The consulate closed following conversion of post to a diplomatic presence post (PPD) in 2014. Consular activities have been transferred to Saint Lucia.
French community: 330 on consular register (2020), half of whom have dual nationality

The consulate closed following conversion of post to a diplomatic presence post (PPD) in 2014. Consular activities have been transferred to Saint Lucia.
French community: 330 on consular register (2020), half of whom have dual nationality

Visits

Main French visits

• 27 November 2009: the President of the French Republic attended the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Meeting with the aim of giving new impetus to negotiations on climate change, two weeks ahead of the Copenhagen Conference.
• May 1998 (Barbados): Meeting between Mr Josselin, French Minister Delegate for Cooperation and Francophonie, and Mr Maraj, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago.
• December 2014 (Lima): Meeting between Ms Annick Girardin, French Minister of State for Development and Francophonie, and Mr Winston Dookeran, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago.

Main visits to France:

• September 2006: visit by Mr Valley, Minister of Trade; Meeting with Ms Lagarde, French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade.

Ambassadors

• French Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago: Mr Serge Lavroff
• Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to France (in residence in Brussels): Mr Colin Michael Connelly
• Honorary Consul of Trinidad and Tobago in France: Mr Alain Majani d’Inguimbert (45, rue de Babylone - 75007 Paris - telephone: +33 (0)1.45.67.09.98, fax: +33 (0)1.47.53.85.85).

Cultural, scientific and technical cooperation

Our bilateral cooperation is focused on the teaching of French. The Port of Spain Alliance Française branch has a little over 300 learners. Cooperation with French communities in the Americas is growing, such as in the field of tropical agronomy with the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD, on the use of sugar cane in animal feed) and fisheries with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER, Pargo project). A CIRAD expert in the cultivation of cacao has been seconded for several years to the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) attached to the University of the West Indies (UWI).