KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 22, 2020 – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) is pictured being greeted by the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on his arrival at Norman Manley International Airport on Monday evening, January 21, for a two-day working visit. Looking on (from left) are Opposition Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Lisa Hanna; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts. On Wednesday, the US Secretary of State was scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Andrew Holness at Jamaica House and engage in round-table discussions with Caribbean officials at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Secretary Pompeo was also expected to “deliver a policy speech on the Caribbean’s critical importance to the US, and the country’s renewed commitment to closer ties, based on shared values, interests and economic prosperity,” according to a Jamaica Information Services (JIS) press release. He was scheduled to leave Jamaica Wednesday afternoon. (JIS Photo by Adrian Walker)
