Local NewsNewsPolitics Barbados, China agree to deepen cooperation by Barbados Today 23/02/2019 written by Barbados Today Updated by Desmond Brown 23/02/2019 1 min read A+A- Reset Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, (left) and Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, He Lifeng, signing the Belt and Road Memorandum of Understanding. (Photo Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1.1K Barbados and the People’s Republic of China agreed on Thursday to expand and deepen relations, as the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative. Signing on behalf of Barbados, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr Jerome Walcott, said that the implementation of this memorandum would enable Barbados to partner with China to launch transformational infrastructure projects, including the area of transportation. The Belt and Road Initiative was first proposed by China in 2013, and is designed to facilitate physical, economic, digital and social connections between China and participating countries. A number of other CARICOM countries have already signed similar memoranda, including Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like First Black Republican woman elected to Congress, dies at 49 24/03/2025 Barbados businesses to bolster disaster resilience with UN partnership 24/03/2025 St. Hill Road, St. Michael to be closed for one week 24/03/2025
