Kenya & Barbados Signs Bilateral Agreements on Aviation, Trade
Kenya and Barbados have signed three key bilateral agreements for cooperation in aviation, environmental conservation, trade, and investment.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley witnessed the signing of an air services agreement, an MoU on the development of the national botanical garden of Barbados, and another one on the establishment of a Joint Committee on Trade and Investment, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo signed the three agreements on behalf of Kenya while Ministers Lisa Cummins (Tourism and International Transport), Adrian Forde (Environment and National Beautification) and Jerome Walcott (Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) represented Barbados.
Speaking at a high-level meeting, President Uhuru expressed optimism that the agreements will strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations.
He said Kenya and Barbados have steadily been working together to enhance cooperation.
“Together, we started and spearheaded the need to have the very first ever African-CARICOM Summit that was supposed to be held on the sidelines of CHOGM last year. Unfortunately due to Covid, we were not able to do so," he said.
He said Kenya and Barbados are focused on deepening people-to-people interactions, adding that it was the people who could turn the good relations between the two countries into profitable and meaningful relationships.
The President informed Prime Minister Mottley that the interaction between the business people of the two countries will act as a catalyst for bringing many more people, not only from Barbados but also the rest of the Caribbean region, to Africa to engage in trade, tourism, culture, sports, education and other aspects of common interest.
Uhuru disclosed that Kenya and Barbados are exploring ways of establishing direct air and sea links to enable the free movement of people, goods, and services between the two countries.
“This is one area where we are hoping to find great success that will make it easy for the businessmen and women, those seeking to re-engage with the African continent, to be able to do so without having to wait for visas from third parties,” he said.
