This is not the intention of the government and if there are Jamaicans who have that view, I would like to put those fears to rest.” The prime minister added,“I am deliberately avoiding the word mandate, because, ultimately, in the minds of some Jamaicans it conjures up an infringement of their rights, and there are those who interpret the word mandate to be compulsory and forced, and somehow the government is going to hold you down and inject you. “The population needs to have our health status where, if we are to have the coronavirus, the probability of a fatal event, or the probability of having to be hospitalised with a serious form of the illness is significantly reduced, and that is why we are promoting vaccination,” said prime minister Holness.“Eventually, and I am not saying this in a long-term perspective, in the very near future, the government will change its tact in how we have managed the pandemic.” KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, has reiterated that a high level of COVID-19 vaccinations is necessary for the island to return to normal, reports JIS. Previously, Martinez had been in charge of negotiating important academic collaboration agreements with universities in Europe and the United States, thanks to which tens of thousands of Dominican students of limited resources have been able to pursue their master’s and doctoral degrees outside the country.( MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) By Caribbean News Global contributor She is a specialist in human rights and guest professor of the Master in International Relations at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. On the Dominican Republic-Jamaica bilateral agenda are issues such as connectivity and the signing of the bilateral air services agreement visa exemption for Dominican passports “and the configuration of a more flexible and open system for business and trade relations between both nations.”Īmbassador Martínez said she is convinced that “the best years of diplomatic relations with Jamaica are yet to come” and that her government would work hand in hand with the Jamaican government for greater integration and cooperation in multiple areas.Īmbassador Martínez is a graduate of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo with master’s and doctoral degrees in international law from the Sorbonne University, the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Science PO), the Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. We are called to be natural partners,” said the Jamaican Prime Minister, as reported in the press release. We are convinced that it is strategically very valuable to promote trade and investment between our two countries. “I look forward to meeting the new president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader. The embassy press release explains that Prime Minister Holness expressed his desire to work in coordination with President Abinader and Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez “on bilateral or regional projects of mutual interest, as well as in the establishment of new synergies that will help strengthen the economies of both countries and provide new sources of employment for both Jamaicans and Dominicans.” The ambassador says that the new administration seeks to relaunch relations with the Caribbean through the rapprochement and recomposing of bilateral ties with each of the nations of the Caricom bloc, with Jamaica being a fundamental country, due to its great leadership and importance. The embassy press release highlights the conditions for a win-win, more profitable and closer relationship. The ambassador says that trade is up and there is much interest on both sides. “I am keen to see the blossoming of the wonderful potentials between our two countries and stand committed to working hard and enthusiastically for a new and better era in our relations for the well-being of our people,” she tweeted. “We seek, within a framework of respect for dignity and human rights, to address the issue of the crisis and political instability in Haiti, not only as a matter of solidarity with this neighboring country, but also because this crisis can lead to insecurity in the region,” she highlighted.Īfter meeting with Prime Minister Andrew Holness, she tweeted: “A new and better era is about to be born between the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.” At the meeting she explained the Dominican vision for a bilateral agenda with Haiti highlighted in the Joint Declaration President Abinader and his counterparts from Costa Rica and Panama signed on 20 October 2021 in Panama.
The Dominican Republic’s ambassador in Jamaica, Angie Martínez Tejera forecasts the strengthening of ties between both countries.
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