Caption: “It was a significant development that over the course of 1962, the following countries established Diplomatic Relations with Jamaica: the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federative Republic of Brazil, Canada, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of India, the State of Israel, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Swiss Confederation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America.
Of these twelve countries, nine have diplomatic missions here in Kingston – Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, South Korea, the UK and the USA.
We pay tribute to these countries, which have been with us from the very beginning. “- The Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, leader of Government Business in the Senate on Friday, December 2 as she paid tribute to the countries with whom Jamaica is observing 60years of Diplomatic Relations- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith
