Courtesy Visit with Jeroen Cooreman, Director General for Bilateral Affairs Federal Public Service (FPS) Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the Kingdom of Belgium

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nassau, The Bahamas
16 February 2023

Press Release

Her Excellency Cheryl E Bazard, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Union and Jeroen Cooreman, Director General for Bilateral Affairs, FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the Kingdom of Belgium

Her Excellency Cheryl E. Bazard, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Union made a courtesy visit to Jeroen Cooreman, Director General for Bilateral Affairs, FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the Kingdom of Belgium on Thursday, 16th February, 2023.

The two sides exchanged views on further enhancing Bahamas-Belgium relations particularly in recognition that The Bahamas and Belgium will celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations in November, 2023, Golden Anniversaries of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and CARICOM, the European Union listings and related issues of banking in Belgium as well as the reputational damage to the countries listed, potential collaborations in the areas of Blue, Orange Economies and Renewable Energy technologies and other matters of mutual interest.