PM Holness Meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
By: , December 7, 2023
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), greets US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, prior to their meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House on Tuesday (December 5).
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), engages US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan (second right), in bilateral talks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building the White House on Tuesday (December 5). Supporting the Prime Minister (from left) are Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; and Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of Jamaica, Alicia Taylor.The Full Story
Jamaica’s Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who is on a working visit to Washington DC, on Tuesday (December 5) held high-level talks with US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, where they discussed several matters affecting the region, ranging from crime to climate change.
The White House meeting between the two officials was also aimed at “advancing bilateral cooperation on promoting inclusive economic growth and climate resilient infrastructure”.
The meeting also discussed combatting transnational criminal organisations and the trafficking of illicit drugs and firearms and promoting regional security under Plan Secure Jamaica.
During the meeting, National Security Advisor Sullivan, who reports directly to US President, Joe Biden, thanked Prime Minister Holness for his “steadfast support for a Multinational Security Support mission to Haiti and Jamaica’s leadership in facilitating an inclusive political dialogue among Haitian society”.
The Prime Minister also went to the Pentagon on Tuesday where he met with the Secretary of the Navy, Hon. Carlos Del Toro.
Mr. Holness was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, as well as Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, and the Minister Counsellor for Trade at the Embassy of Jamaica, Alicia Taylor.
The Prime Minister also held meetings with Chair, House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Jason Smith; Chair, House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Patrick McHenry; Chair. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Michael McCaul, as well as US Attorney General, Merrick Garland.
Prime Minister Holness is expected to end his working visit to Washington on December 7.