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Bahamas and United States Begin Negotiations on Maritime Boundaries
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Bahamas, Cuba Sign Border Agreement

Above: MFA Brent Symonette and Ambassador Jose Luis Ponce Caraballo (BIS Photo/Kris Ingraham) By the Caribbean Journal staff After 18 years of negotiations, the Bahamas and Cuba have officially signed an agreement for maritime delimitations between the two countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette and Cuban Ambassador Jose Luis Ponce Caraballo signed the agreement […]

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China Vice Premier Meets with Bahamas

Above: Foreign Minister and Deputy PM Brent Symonette greets Wang Qishan, vice premier of China’s State Council in Nassau yesterday. (BIS Photo/Kris Ingraham) The Bahamas and China signed an economic-technical cooperation agreement at Paradise Island’s Atlantis resort the same day, also engaging in talks on the provisions of the agreement. China Vice Premier Wang Qishan […]

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Bahamas' Symonette: CARICOM States Must Close Security Gaps

(BIS Photo/Kris Ingraham) CARICOM member states are “particularly vulnerable and susceptible to the risks and threats posed by weapons of mass destruction and terrorism,” Bahamas Foreign Minister Brent Symonette said yesterday. The minister said that due to their small size, geographical configuration and limited technical and financial resources, the member states could be “soft, unsuspecting […]

China Vice Premier Meets with Bahamas

 Photo Source: NASA Visible Earth Following 20 years of negotiations, the Bahamas and Cuba have reached an agreement on their maritime border, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette. Symonette would not confirm when the matter would definitively be addressed, however. The maritime border is required by the global Convention on the Law of […]

Bahamas, Cuba Agree on Sea Border

 Source: Nasa Visible Earth The Bahamas and Cuba have reached an agreement in principle regarding their mutual maritime border, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette. Setting the border was important due to the new importance of oil drilling in the Caribbean, although the Bahamian government has not yet said […]