Barbados opens diplomatic mission in Kenya

Barbados’ and CARICOM’s presence in Kenya is being cemented with the official opening of the bloc’s first diplomatic office in Africa.

The office will serve as CARICOM’s platform in Africa with a mandate to develop beneficial relations with all countries on the African continent.

Among the team in attendance for the historic occasion were Barbados Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Dr The Most Honorable Jerome Walcott; Barbados High Commissioner to Kenya, Alex Mcdonald and Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Raychelle Omamo.

Minister Walcott notes the commissioning of the diplomatic mission of Barbados on the African continent, is a testament of the island’s outreach to the motherland and cradle of civilization, where many of our ancestors were born.

“The commissioning of this mission here in Kenya, the first diplomatic mission of Barbados to be commissioned on the African continent, is a testament of Barbados’ outreach to the motherland and cradle of civilization, where many of our ancestors were born,” Minister Walcott said.

“Barbados, at this time, looks to Africa in pursuit of new relationships and partners with the aim of deepening engagement and cooperation with like-minded nations both bilaterally and multilaterally,” he added.

He reinforced the point that the aim is to deepen engagement and cooperation with like-minded nations both bilaterally and multilaterally.

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