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FOREIGN MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS AFRICA DAY

Francina Harewood Leisha Leach with Deputy Permanent Secretary Donna Forde(right) won first place in the group section. Ms. Leach placed third in the best dressed female section of the competition. Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade captured first place in the group section of the recently held Africa Day online competition […]

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PM MOTTLEY URGES COTED TO FOLLOW-UP ON MANDATES

The decisions taken by the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) need to be operationalised within appropriate timeframes.  This call came from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, at the opening of the Fifty-Second Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) held on 1 June 2021.  Prime Minister Mottley, who is Lead Head of

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Minister Walcott Welcomes New UNDP Resident

Government is committed to forging a stronger relationship with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) multi-country office and their new representative. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, gave this commitment recently, and offered his support to the new UNDP Resident Representative to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ms. Valerie Cliff,

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PM MOTTLEY HAILS APPOINTMENT OF CARICOM’S NEW SECRETARY GENERAL

The Caribbean Community has appointed its first female Secretary-General. She is Belizian Dr. Carla Natalie Barnett, an economist who Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley described as “perfect for the job in the region at this time, when economies have collapsed and we must continue to have a sound economist to lead us on a path

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STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF FORMER SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has learned with sadness of the passing of one of its former Foreign Service Officers, Mohammed Iqbal Degia, in the United States, after a brief illness. His colleagues will remember Mohammed for his diligence in executing his assignments as well as his erudition, sharp intellect, the strength

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Barbados and CARICOM Private Sector Organisation Sign Headquarters Agreement

Efforts to further strengthen the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) were facilitated today, with the signing of a Headquarters Agreement between Barbados and the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (CPSO). The agreement was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Dr Jerome Walcott; and Chairman of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation, E. Gervase Warner, in

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