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Jamaica Observer
Posted: 2/18/2009 9:00:59 AM
Jamaica and Spain have signed bilateral agreements facilitating air services between both countries, and allowing dependents of staff of either country’s embassy to seek employment on a mutual basis.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kenneth Baugh, and Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ambassador Miguel Angel Moratinos, signed the agreements on behalf of their governments, during a brief ceremony at Jamaica House yesterday.
The signings were preceded by meetings between delegations form both countries, headed by the ministers, which were also held at Jamaica House.
They were part of the activities of the two-day state visit of His Majesty, King Juan Carlos I, and Queen Sofia of Spain, February 17-18.
In a brief address following the signings, Baugh said the air services agreement was first proposed for signing by Jamaica in 2005, consequent on the “substantial Spanish investment in Jamaica’s tourism, in particular the hotel industry.”
The agreement will facilitate any number of airlines and flights, to transport passengers between both countries, thereby enabling greater movement of travellers.
“This should contribute to the continued increase of Spanish visitors to Jamaica, who will be able to enjoy the hospitality at the many new hotels and resorts that have been developed on the North Coast over the last few years,” said Baugh.
He said that upwards of 17,000 Spanish visitors travelled to Jamaica in 2007, more than doubling the figure for the previous year, and Spain currently accounts for the third highest number of tourists out of Europe coming to the island.
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Posted: 2/18/2009 9:00:59 AM
Jamaica and Spain have signed bilateral agreements facilitating air services between both countries, and allowing dependents of staff of either country’s embassy to seek employment on a mutual basis.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kenneth Baugh, and Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ambassador Miguel Angel Moratinos, signed the agreements on behalf of their governments, during a brief ceremony at Jamaica House yesterday.
The signings were preceded by meetings between delegations form both countries, headed by the ministers, which were also held at Jamaica House.
They were part of the activities of the two-day state visit of His Majesty, King Juan Carlos I, and Queen Sofia of Spain, February 17-18.
In a brief address following the signings, Baugh said the air services agreement was first proposed for signing by Jamaica in 2005, consequent on the “substantial Spanish investment in Jamaica’s tourism, in particular the hotel industry.”
The agreement will facilitate any number of airlines and flights, to transport passengers between both countries, thereby enabling greater movement of travellers.
“This should contribute to the continued increase of Spanish visitors to Jamaica, who will be able to enjoy the hospitality at the many new hotels and resorts that have been developed on the North Coast over the last few years,” said Baugh.
He said that upwards of 17,000 Spanish visitors travelled to Jamaica in 2007, more than doubling the figure for the previous year, and Spain currently accounts for the third highest number of tourists out of Europe coming to the island.
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