{"id":212373,"date":"2024-09-24T14:07:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=212373"},"modified":"2024-09-24T14:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:07:27","slug":"foreign-affairs-minister-seeks-out-new-opportunities-for-antigua-and-barbudas-social-and-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/foreign-affairs-minister-seeks-out-new-opportunities-for-antigua-and-barbudas-social-and-economic-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Affairs Minister seeks out new opportunities for Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s social and economic development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-560145977\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past two days since his arrival in New York for the 79<sup>th<\/sup> session of the United Nations General Assembly, Minister Greene has been kept busy with a number of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from countries across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday he met with the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Dr. Ian Borg of Malta, an island nation in southern Europe, which boasts a well-developed economy, to discuss matters of mutual interests between their two countries.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2101440298\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Greene expressed his profound gratitude to Dr. Borg for his country\u2019s support of Antigua and Barbuda and Prime Minister Browne in getting the Multi-Dimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) adopted at the United Nations.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3397229311\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, 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for SIDS (ABAS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday Minister Greene also signed unto documents establishing diplomatic relations with Seychelles, whose economic wealth comes from the tourism industry, similar to Antigua and Barbuda. &nbsp;The signing ceremony was conducted with his counter-part Foreign Minister of the Seychelles, His Excellency Sylvestre Radegonde. &nbsp;Minister Greene believes their shared economic aspirations is a welcome opportunity for Antigua and Barbuda to earn major benefits in achieving further growth in the sector. <strong><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"antig-1166791251\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During the opening day of the 79<sup>th<\/sup> Session of the United Nations General Assembly today, Minister Greene held bilateral discussions with the Foreign Affairs Minister of Rwanda, His Excellency Olivier Nduhungirehe. Both officials committed to building on the strong ties between their two countries. Minister Greene also sought the country\u2019s support and collaboration in improving Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s community health care services and in stemming the rise in youth violence. He also expressed the country\u2019s interest in establishing mutual visa exemption agreements to allow for seamless travel between Rwanda and Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Greene continues the week with several other high-level engagements as Antigua and Barbuda particates in the most signicant diplomatic event on the United Nations calendar.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3402733751\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-2363115660\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK. 24th September, 2024\u2026A series of engagements led by Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade the Hon EP Chet Greene at the United Nations this week is ensuring that the country gains maximum benefits from its diplomatic ties with countries around the world. 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