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Welcome to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.  The Ministry is responsible for co-ordinating Barbados' relations with foreign governments, as well as regional and international organisations. It seeks to create opportunities for Barbados in the field of foreign trade through the negotiation and monitoring of the relevant agreements and treaties. 

 

 Click here for Remarks by the Hon David Thompson, QC., M.P, Prime Minister
 

The Acting Prime Minister's Feature Address can be downloaded here
 

and click here for the Foreign Minister's Welcome Remarks

 

 Photo of the opening ceremony - August 06, 2010

 

 

 

 

 CURRENT ISSUES
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF IMMIGRATION POLICY AND PROPOSALS FOR LEGISLATIVE REFORM - OCTOBER 2009

The Barbados Government, cognisant of the importance of proper management of certain sectors as critical to the development process, is taking steps to enunciate a new comprehensive policy for the Immigration Department, a key component of the economic services sector.  The public is invited to share their views on the Green Paper A Comprehensive Review of Immigration Policy and Proposals for Legislative Reform. Emails should be sent to gapplewhaite@barbados.gov.bb
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ISSUE OF $100,000,000 BARBADOS GOVERNMENT 6 1/4% DEBENTURE 2019

Applications are invited for subscription to this Debenture which became available from Monday, August 31, 2009.  The Debenture is issued at par with a fixed interest rate of 6¼ per cent payable on June 30 and December 31 of each year.  The interest due to Pensioners 60 years and over residing in Barbados will not be subject to withholding tax.    ... more >>

 SPEECHES & PRESS RELEASES
  09 August 2010  
WELCOMING REMARKS BY SEN. HON MAXINE McCLEAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE AT THE BARBADOS NETWORK CONSULTATION, 2010 ON AUGUST 06, 2010

Today we inaugurate Barbados’ first ever Diaspora Conference, the Barbados Network Consultation 2010 under one simple theme: “Strengthening the Bonds that Unite us”. That phrase sums up our single purpose over the next few days: reconnecting with the essence of what makes Barbados such a special place, and defining what we can do together, as patriotic Barbadians who truly love our country, to keep it strong and growing.
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  09 August 2010  
FEATURE ADDRESS BY THE HON FREUNDEL STUART, Q.C, M.P AG PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS TO THE INAUGURAL BARBADOS NETWORK CONSULTATION AT THE LLOYD ERSKINE SANDIFORD CENTRE - AUGUSY 06, 2010

 I am honoured to be in the company of so many distinguished Barbadians, who have been making their contribution felt in diverse fields and diverse jurisdictions overseas, or who have returned with their skills and capital to contribute to the building of Barbados.
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  09 August 2010  
REMARKS BY THE HON DAVID THOMPSON, Q.C., M.P. PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURAL NETWORK CONSULTATION - AUGUST, 2010

Prime Minister Thompson

For me personally, this Consultation is a vital part of the Diaspora policy of this government and is a dream come true. For too long our policy has been diffuse, complicated, unfocussed -starved.
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