KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Wednesday announced that it has signed a framework agreement with the Dominican Republic to expand cooperation in various sectors.
A government statement said that the agreement was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith and her counterpart, Roberto Alvarez, during her official two-day visit to the Spanish-speaking Caribbean country last week.
Johnson Smith said the signing marks “a deliberate step towards fortifying and expanding cooperation on a range of pivotal sectors,” the agreement will allow the countries “to bolster political collaboration, catalyze trade and investment, and enrich educational and cultural interaction.
“We will also share expertise and technology to boost agricultural production and, therefore, food security, and safeguard our shared environmental heritage through efforts in respect of biodiversity, water resource management, and sustainable solid waste practices,” Johnson Smith added.
The statement said that during her visit to the country, Johnson Smith delivered a special guest lecture at the Dominican Republic’s Institute for Higher Education in Consular Training on the theme: ‘61 Years Strong: A Foreign Policy of Principles, Pragmatism and Possibilities’.
“I was honored and pleased to accept the invitation to assist both practitioners and students of diplomacy in having a deeper understanding of Jamaicans as Caribbean neighbors and, more specifically, how Jamaica has exercised its foreign policy over the past 61 years,” Senator Johnson Smith said.
Johnson Smith also visited the Jamaica Primary School, praising the teachers and students for their “commendable work.”
“The children gave brilliant and enthusiastic displays of knowledge about Jamaica. They spoke with such admiration about various aspects of Jamaican life, our culture, people, and the symbolism behind the colors of the Jamaican flag,” she said.
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