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MINISTER JOHNSON SMITH TO PARTICIPATE IN IDB REGIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE IN WASHINGTON D.C.

Vendredi, 27 Octobre 2017

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will be attending the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Regional Policy Dialogue from 31st October to 1st November 2017 in Washington D.C.

 

The Regional Policy Dialogue (RPD) will bring together Government representatives,  high-level experts and private  sector leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to analyse issues in relation to the theme, “Trade in the Digital Age: Policy Implications and Business Opportunities”.

 

JAMAICA RECEIVES NEW CUBAN AMBASSADOR

Vendredi, 27 Octobre 2017

The Ambassador-designate for Cuba to Jamaica, Mrs. Inés Fors Fernández (right) presented her Copy Letters of Credence to Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (left) on Monday, October 30 at the Ministry’s Dominica Drive address.

Mrs. Fernández who served most recently as Ambassador to The Gambia, thanked Jamaica for its support of Cuba through the years, making specific note of the annual UN Resolution, which calls for the US lifting of the US-placed economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba.

MINISTER JOHNSON SMITH CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIP WITH EUROPE

Vendredi, 20 Octobre 2017

 

Minister Johnson Smith calls for strengthened partnership with Europe 

      (MFA&FT Kingston: October  20, 2017)

Senator the Honorable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, has called for strengthened partnership with the EU and engagement of private sector investors by EU Member States  to facilitate increased trade and investment with Jamaica and the wider ACP group of countries. 

MINISTER JOHNSON SMITH PURSUING JAMAICA’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE INTERESTS OVERSEAS

Mercredi, 13 Septembre 2017

MINISTER JOHNSON SMITH PURSUING JAMAICA’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE INTERESTS OVERSEAS

 

(MFA&FT Kingston: September 13, 2017)

 

Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade left the island on the weekend to participate in several activities in pursuit of Jamaica’s interests.

FOREIGN MINISTER GIVING CLOSE ATTENTION TO DEVASTATION CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRMA

Jeudi, 07 Septembre 2017

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade wishes to advise that it is in active contact with authorities in the Caribbean region, with our High Commissioner in Port-of-Spain, our Consul General in Miami, our Honorary Consuls, with other formal and informal sources, and with several of our nationals, to determine the extent of the loss of lives, injury and damage caused by category 5 Hurricane Irma, which continues its passage throughout the Caribbean.

Foreign Affairs Ministry Opens Exhibition to Launch JA 55 Celebrations

Mardi, 05 Septembre 2017

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade launched its 55th anniversary celebrations with the opening of an exhibition highlighting the entity's achievements since 1962.

Portfolio Minister, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, and Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry's Bilateral Relations Department, Dayton Thomas, cut the ribbon to officially launch the two-week exhibit at the Ministry's Dominica Drive offices yesterday.