British High Commissioner to Jamaica Asif Ahmad (right) engagedin conversation with Police Commissioner Major General AntonyAnderson and film-maker Justine Henzell.

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March 19, 2019

The Annual 2019 Diplomatic Corps Dinner

Tuesday Social

Against the sounds of the Jamaica Military Band, resident and non-resident high commissioners and ambassadors to Jamaica, along with members of the Jamaican Senate and industry leaders, congregated at King’s House on Thursday, March 14. The occasion — the annual diplomatic corps dinner — saw bilateral relations strengthen over cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and dinner provided by the Jamaica Pegasus hotel.

Diplomatic Week is an annual event hosted under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. This year, with the theme of Building Stronger Partnerships for Sustainable Development, the week ran from Tuesday, March 12 to Friday, March 15. In addition to the King’s House dinner, scheduled events included the appointment of eight new heads of mission which include Ambassador-designate of the Hellenic Republic Anastassios Petrovas and Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Kazakhstan Andrian Yelemessov; and tours of Belcour Lodge, Craighton Estate and Strawberry Hill.

Tuesday Social wraps coverage of Jamaica’s diplomatic week 2019.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ForeignTrade Senator Pearnel Charles Jr (right) shared the Social framewith chargé d’ affaires to the United States Embassy, KingstonEric Khant.

Jamaica Defence Force Chief of Defence StaffLieutenant General Rocky Meade and his aviationsecurity coordinator wife Lorriann

From left: publisher Valerie Facey, retired engineer Keith Wellington,and former Vice-President of Student Services at NorthernCaribbean University Dr Gloria Wellington

Kazakhstani ambassador to Mexico Andrian Yelemessov (right) and his wife Aigul Yelemessova werejoined for a photo op by Roberto Alvarez, deputy head of mission, Embassy of the Republic of Chile toJamaica. (Photos: Garfield Robinson)

From left: non-resident ambassador ofthe Republic of Serbia in Jamaica DaniloPantovic; ambassador of the HellenicRepublic to Jamaica AnastassiosPetrovas; and Saudi ambassador toCuba Faisal Al-Mandeel.

Austrian ambassador to Canada and nonresidentambassador to Jamaica StefanPehringer and his wife Debra Jean

Japanese ambassador to Jamaica HiromasaYamazaki and his wife Hikaru combined traditionalblack-tie and national dress, respectively, forThursday’s banquet.

Dinner was servedin the grand diningroom of King’sHouse.

The Jamaica Military Band played during the cocktail reception for the annual diplomatic corps dinner.

Add master storyteller to the résumé of minister of state in theMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator PearnelCharles Jr (left), who easily kept the attention of Canadian HighCommissioner to Jamaica Laurie J Peters and chargé d’ affaires tothe United States Embassy, Kingston Eric Khant.

Romanianambassadorto JamaicaGentiana Serbu

Mexican ambassador to Jamaica Juan JoseGonzalez Mijares and his wife Maria Lopez deLlergo Cornejo

The Petals & Promises-created tablescape was evocative ofJamaica’s tropical landscape.

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