Prime Minister leaves for working visit overseas
Published:Thursday | April 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island on Thursday afternoon for a working trip overseas.
Jamaica House says he will attend the Summit of the Americas in Peru and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in England.
During the Summit in Peru, Prime Minister Holness and other Caribbean leaders will meet with US Vice President, Mike Pence before the Jamaican head of Government heads to Brussels
Peru
*Bilateral talks with key partners
*Speech - Business Forum of Summit of the Americas
*Meeting with the President of the Republic of Chile, Sebastian Pinera
Brussels
*Prime Minister Holness heads to Brussels, Belgium to address a special session of the African Caribbean and Pacific Committee of Ambassadors
*Meeting with Donald Tusk, President of the European Council
*Meeting with the Jamaican community in Brussels, Antwerp and Paris before
London
*Meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May at her office at 10 Downing Street in Westminster
*Private meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace organised for Heads of Government who have taken office since the last Commonwealth Heads of Government *Meeting in 2015
*Bilateral discussions with His Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
*Commonwealth Summit
*Address at joint forum on the theme: “Toward a Common Future.”
*Bilateral talks with the Pravind Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius|
*Meetings with prospective investors in the business, banking and professional industries
*Town Hall meeting with members of the Jamaican Diaspora in London and surrounding areas
The Prime Minister is supported by Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, technocrats from her ministry, press secretary Naomi Francis.
The Prime Minister will return to the island on April 21.
During his absence National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang will be in charge of the Government.
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