Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says multilateral institutions such as the United Nations (UN) remain critical in tackling global issues through collective action. “We remain fully convinced that the alternative to a functioning multilateral system is a more dangerous and divided world that will threaten to marginalise and erode the security and...

Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks returns on Thursday (October 27), with discussions to focus on applying for the United States (US) visa for work, study and vacation and the Jamaican passport.  The session will begin at 7:00 pm EDT / 6pm EST and will include face-to-face and online participants.  Jamaica’s Ambassador to the US, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, said that...

Sport has been added to the growing areas of cooperation between Jamaica and the Republic of Chile.  Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, made the disclosure while speaking at a recent luncheon to commemorate the 212th Anniversary of Chile’s Independence held at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in Kingston.  Senator Johnson Smith said...

The Government has set up a mechanism to allow the diaspora to be more involved in the support of community development projects in Jamaica. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a ceremony held yesterday (October 19) at the Ministry’s offices, 2 Port...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) and Charge d’Affaires of the Republic of Korea in Jamaica, Lim Baejin, raise a toast to celebrate Korea’s National Day and Diamond Jubilee, observed on October 6, during a reception held recently, at the AC Marriott Hotel, Kingston.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (left), joins Nigeria’s Deputy High Commissioner to Jamaica, Johnson Badenole, and Ambassador of Chile to Jamaica, Her Excellency Constanza Figueroa Sepulveda, in cutting a cake to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Anniversary of Independence. Occasion was a luncheon held on October 1 at Millsborough Close...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), and Mexico’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Juan José Gonzales Mijares, raise a toast during a reception to commemorate the country’s 212th Independence Anniversary. The function was hosted at the Ambassador’s Cherry Gardens residence in St. Andrew, on Friday (September 30).

Reports from the Jamaican Embassy in Havana, Cuba, and the Consulate General in Miami, Florida, indicate that, thus far, there are no casualties within the Jamaican community from the passage of Hurricane Ian. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, gave the update during the sitting of the Upper House on Friday (September 30)....

Minister of Foreign Affairs and foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), and High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica, His Excellency Deryck Lance Murray, raise a toast to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Independence of his country, at the High Commission on Windsor Avenue in Kingston, on Wednesday, September 28.