Barbados, Italy Meet on Airlift, Tax

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Above: Ambassador Paolo Serpi, left, and Barbados PM Freundel Stuart

Barbados PM Freundel Stuart met with Italian Ambassador to Barbados Paolo Serpi to discuss a number of issues, including an air services agreement between the two countries, a double taxation treaty and the development of closer economic ties. The two nations established diplomatic ties in 1977.

–Barbados Information Service

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