KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC—The Governments of Jamaica and the West African nation of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire have formally established diplomatic relations. This was executed throughout a current signing ceremony in New York.
The Joint Communiqué establishing diplomatic relations was signed on December 16, on the Everlasting Mission of Côte d’Ivoire to the United Nations (UN) by Ambassador Brian Wallace, Everlasting Consultant of Jamaica to the UN, and Ambassador Tiémoko Moriko, Everlasting Consultant of Côte d’Ivoire to the UN.
The newly cast relationship with the West African nation aligns with the island’s broader overseas coverage technique of increasing engagement with non-traditional companions, significantly in Africa.
Each Jamaica and Côte d’Ivoire will search to leverage this partnership to advertise financial diplomacy via commerce and funding, tourism, cultural change, and different mutually useful areas to advance South-South cooperation.
Establishing diplomatic relations offers a proper framework for collaboration, enabling Jamaica and Côte d’Ivoire to pursue shared aims and advance their improvement agendas via strengthened bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
Earlier this 12 months, International Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith signed the same Communiqué in New York, alongside her Tunisian counterpart, Mohamed Ali Nafti, establishing diplomatic relations between Jamaica and the Republic of Tunisia.
Since independence, these two current milestones have introduced the variety of nations with which Jamaica has formalized diplomatic ties to 176.
