Antigua and Barbuda welcomed two high-ranking diplomats in May

On Thursday 5th May, 2022, the Honourable E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade, welcomed to Antigua and Barbuda, Her Excellency Theodora Mircea, the newly accredited Ambassador of Romania to Antigua and Barbuda.

 

During their courtesy call, Minister Greene stated that ‘although diplomatic relations between both countries have recently been formalized in 2018, this relationship continues to expand as both countries share similar ideals’.

 

He further thanked Ambassador Mircea and the Government of Romania for their support to Barbuda and by extension Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

 

Ambassador Mircea, in turn, thanked the Government of Antigua and Barbuda for their warm welcome, and conveyed that her ‘mandate is to consolidate and prioritize both the diplomatic and political agenda of both countries, to further strengthen the bond that exists.’

 

Ambassador Mircea presented credentials to H.E. Sir Clare Roberts KCN QC, the Governor General’s Deputy, and is scheduled to meet with the Honourable Steadroy Benjamin, Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Legal Affairs, Public Safety and Labour, and other officials of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda.

On Monday 9th May, 2022, the new Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to Antigua and Barbuda, His Excellency Jairo Clopatofsky Ghisays, formally presented his Letters of Credence to H.E. Sir Clare Roberts KCN QC, Governor-General’s Deputy, in a brief ceremony.

 

Thereafter, he paid a courtesy call to the Honourable E. P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade, where Minister Greene thanked the Government of Colombia for their assistance with Antigua and Barbuda’s disaster relief efforts as well as its offer of ‘Spanish as a Second Language’ online training course for public sector workers.

 

Both, in hopes of working together to build stronger relations, went on to have robust discussions in the areas of trade, food security and air travel to develop direct links with Colombia.

 

During his visit, Ambassador Ghisays also met with the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, to discuss other areas of mutual benefit and expressed his special desire to support Antigua and Barbuda in social issues surrounding persons with disabilities.

 

Prime Minister Browne welcomed the proposition, noting that he endeavours to ensure inclusion as no one should be ostracized notwithstanding their abilities. Prime Minister Browne also noted that Colombia is poised to be a major trading nation in this hemisphere and aims to increase maritime links between both countries.

 

Ambassador Ghisays is also scheduled to meet with various Ministers of Government and senior officials before returning to the Embassy of Colombia in Kingston, Jamaica. Antigua and Barbuda and the Republic of Colombia established diplomatic relations in March, 1982.

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