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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) Author: Government of Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has expressed solidarity with the Government and people of Cuba, and offered any assistance Barbados can render, following a horrific explosion in downtown Havana on Friday. Reports from the Cuban capital indicate that about two dozen individuals were killed and […]

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Sandra Husbands (left) speaking at the 6th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Consultative Committee, held at the Hilton Barbados Resort, today. (Photo credit: C. Pitt/BGIS) Author: Sheena Forde-Craigg/BGIS The Post-Cotonou Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), formerly

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and South Korea’s Ambassador to Barbados, Oh Dong-il, in conversation during the courtesy call. (Photo credit: C. Pitt/BGIS) Author: Sharon Austin/BGIS Barbados and South Korea may be working in partnership on a range of issues in the future. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley expressed this hope recently, when South Korea’s

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley greets Cuban Ambassador Sergio Pastrana at their recent courtesy call at Ilaro Court. (Photo credit: T. Barker/BGIS) Author: Government of Barbados Cuban Ambassador His Excellency Sergio Pastrana paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., M.P., recently, at Ilaro Court, Two Mile Hill, St. Michael.

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley presents a token of appreciation to Ambassador of India to the Republic of Suriname, Shri S. Balachandran, during their courtesy call at Ilaro Court on Monday. (Photo credit: C. Pitt/BGIS) Author: Julia Rawlins-Bentham/BGIS A number of areas for opportunity and cooperation between Barbados and India were discussed when Prime Minister

Barbados’ Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, signing an Air Services confidential memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Barbados and the Republic of Ghana, today. (Photo credit: S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Author: Sheena Forde-Craigg/BGIS The signing of an Air Services confidential memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Barbados and the Republic of Ghana has been described

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Jerome Walcott, and South Korea’s Ambassador to Barbados, Oh Dong-il, exchanged gifts during their recent courtesy call. (Photo credit: S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Author: Sheena Forde-Craigg/BGIS Barbados and South Korea are seeking to enhance their longstanding diplomatic ties. Discussions on enhancing these ties were held during a courtesy call

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, greets Venezuela’s Chargé d’affaires, Martha Gabriela Ortega Peraza, at their recent courtesy call. (Photo credit: S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Author: Sheena Forde-Craigg/BGIS Cooperation on matters of mutual interest will continue between the Governments of Barbados and Venezuela. This was emphasised during a courtesy call paid on

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley in discussion with Chair of the Committee on Financial Services, Congresswoman Maxine Waters following the Caribbean Financial Access Roundtable with the US Congressional Delegation at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre yesterday. Looking on is the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Investment and Financial Services, Professor Avinash Persaud. (Photo credit: PMO

Premier of Bermuda, E. David Burt, said the corresponding banking issue was a critical one which affected many countries. (Photo credit: PMO Barbados) Author: Sharon Austin/BGIS CARICOM Chair and Prime Minister of Belize, John Briceño, has described the Caribbean Financial Access Roundtable with the US Congressional Delegation as “a very good meeting”.  Speaking at a press