By OSWALD T. BROWN
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 15, 2023 – Before leaving today for the G77+China Summit in Cuba, Bahamas Prime Minister Philip E. Davis yesterday visited Exuma along with Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi and members of the delegation from Botswana who accompanied him on his two-day official state visit to The Bahamas.
Prime Minister Davis posted a collection of photos taken during their visit to Exuma, accompanied by narrative that clearly underscored that he and President Masi have concretized a strong bond of friendship during his state visit.
Prime Minister Davis posted the photos with the following narrative:
“Cherishing the moments and laughter shared with the President of Botswana on Exuma’s shores. Our bond transcends diplomacy; it’s about true friendship and the bright horizon of opportunities in tourism we see for both our nations.”
I absolutely had to share this with readers of my online publication, BAHAMAS CHRONICLE, which has a huge following among the diaspora across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom as well as in The Bahamas and the wider Caribbean.
President Masisi, accompanied by First Lady Neo Masisi and a Botswana delegation arrived in The Bahamas on Tuesday for the official two-day state visit. They were welcomed at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) by Prime Minister Davis, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Alfred Sears and other Bahamian officials.
Botswana and The Bahamas share an historical symbiotic relationship, as both are former colonies of Great Britain and are both currently members of the British Commonwealth
With a population of 2.3 million, Botswana is a land-locked country that is bounded by Namibia to the west and north, Zambia and Zimbabwe to the northeast, and South Africa to the southeast and south.
Both Prime Minister Davis and President Masisi are currently in Cuba participating in the G77+China Summit. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, who arrived in Cuba on Thursday, joined some 30 heads of state and government from Africa, Asia and Latin America at the two-day summit in Havana.
The meeting is expected conclude Saturday with a statement underscoring “the right to development in an increasingly exclusive, unfair, unjust and plundering international order,” the foreign minister of host Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez, told reporters on Wednesday.
