Barbados has new Resident High Commissioner to Ghana

Barbados’ first resident High Commissioner of Barbados to Ghana, Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland has presented her Letters of Credentials to Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The occasion at Jubilee House, Accra last week marked a significant milestone for the two nations which began formal diplomatic relations in August 1994.

In her remarks to the dignitaries, High Commissioner Bynoe-Sutherland focused on the ways in which the Atlantic Bridge was being rekindled through areas of cooperation in culture, trade and commerce, agriculture, life sciences and sports.

Having led the national hospital through the COVID-19 pandemic, she highlighted the successful cooperation in health between the two countries since 2019, which she said now serves as a model.

She shared insights into the positive contributions of the first two cohorts of Ghanaian nurses and the programme underway to welcome and orient the recently arrived third cohort of 155 nurses on November 3.

President Akufo-Addo, in response, spoke about the deep enduring relationship between the countries.

As Barbados assumes from Ghana the Chairmanship of the Climate Vulnerability Forum (V20), cooperation is expected to deepen between the countries on climate vulnerability and efforts to achieve reform of the international financial institutions captured by the Bridgetown Initiative 3.0.

The new High Commissioner extended appreciation for the warm welcome received by the Mission in Ghana which was established in 2021.

(BGIS)