by Michael Bascombe
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 14, 2011 - Grenada wants to establish and develop ties with non-traditional allies such as rapidly developing nations like Brazil, Russia, India and China also known as the BRIC Countries.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 14, 2011 - Grenada wants to establish and develop ties with non-traditional allies such as rapidly developing nations like Brazil, Russia, India and China also known as the BRIC Countries.
In the presentation
of the US$301 million budget on Friday, Finance Minister Nazim Burke said that
Grenada will also continue to pursue bilateral cooperation with States in the
Middle East and North Africa.
He said the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to make concerted efforts to ensure
that relations with Grenada’s traditional allies are maintained and strengthened.
According
to Burke, the priority areas for the Foreign Ministry in 2011 will be a
revision of Grenada’s Foreign Policy to ensure a greater focus on Investment
and Resource Mobilisation; expansion of diplomatic relations with selected
countries and engaging the Grenadian Diaspora to participate in and contribute
to social and economic development of the island.
The
reviewing of the criteria for the appointment of Grenada’s Honorary Consuls
abroad; development of a Career Foreign Service and the strengthening of the
capacity of the Ministry and its overseas missions to implement Government’s
Foreign Policy more effectively.
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