Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne is today in Beijing where he is leading an Antigua and Barbuda delegation on a week-long visit to the People’s Republic of China.
Prime Minister Browne is accompanied by Health, Wellness, Social Transformation and the Environment Minister, Sir Molwyn Joseph, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Trade and Barbuda Affairs, the Hon. E. P Chet Greene, Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Mr. Brian Stuart-Young, Chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Authority, Mr. Michael Joseph and Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister, Ambassador Lionel Hurst.
During the visit, the Antigua and Barbuda delegation and their Chinese counterparts will sign ten Memoranda of Understanding to include an agreement to address Climate Change under the framework of South-South Cooperation, an agreement to accelerate the formulation of the Cooperation Plan on the Belt and Road initiative and an agreement on Mutual Visa Exemption.
Minister for Health, Wellness, Social Transformation and the Environment, Sir Molwyn Joseph will sign an agreement with Alibaba Damo Academy and Hospitals for the provision of equipment for early cancer screening and digital health and to provide doctors with AI-powered tools. The agreement will also provide a framework for the identification of chronic diseases.
The Hon. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Trade and Barbuda Affairs, E. P. Chet Greene will sign an agreement on a Water Rehabilitation Project along with an agreement for the provision of equipment for the Port of St. John’s for aiding in the Anti-Narcotics Laboratory Project funded by China. Minister Greene will also sign an agreement between the China Media Group (CMG) and the Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Services (ABS) for strengthening development and cooperation.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Gaston Browne will join with other members of the Antigua and Barbuda in the official opening of the Antigua and Barbuda Embassy in the People’s Republic of China.
On Wednesday, the country’s leader will have his first official meeting with President Xi Jinping and members of his Cabinet where discussions will centre around a community of shared future for mankind and the Global Development Initiative.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Browne is expected to highlight China’s commitment to create a better future for developing countries whose majority populations are challenged because of debt, denial to established capital markets, and natural disasters.
In the past, Prime Minister Browne has stated that the Chinese vision of a global community of shared future has been deepened and its scope widened to bring prosperity, stability and substantive benefits to millions of people worldwide, in need of relief.
Antigua and Barbuda has been a beneficiary. Within the past ten years, China has contributed two health clinics that serve a significant fraction of the population of Antigua. China has also built the classrooms and administrative blocs that now form the core of the University at Five Islands, Antigua, at no cost.
In addition, the China Export/Import Bank has financed the complete rehabilitation of the St. John’s Cargo Seaport, and the modernization of the International Airport terminal.
Scholarships at several Universities for students have been a plank of the development drive; as well as cultural exchanges. This year, China has offered five scholarships through the Chinese Scholarship Council and a choice of 200 post-graduate scholarships through the Youth of Excellence Scheme of China Programme.
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One response to “Prime Minister Browne arrives in the People’s Republic of China on Official Visit”
The BRICS ALLIANCE? Great, that is where the capital of the world financial dominance is shifting to.
80% of the world oil reserve are BRICS Nations, they are trading using their countries fiat currency, China just bought 1 million barrels of oil using the digital yuan for the first time, instant settlement.
The petro dollar is slowly fading out, the BRICS Nations policies is to develop developing countries while they themselves are developing, not lecturing us and placing sanctions on us to keep us poor.
Are you prepared for the changes that are taking place in the Geopolitical landscape?
I believe the information Minister should have being in this Government lineup to China and not Hurst, we need someone who understand the latest advance digital technological system.
Right now China is ahead of the rest of the world in this digital technological innovation, we need to copy their innovative system so we can move ahead just like South Africa, which is one of BRICS members