The particular courtesy call was a formal goodbye as non-resident High Commissioner Lendon’s tenure should come to an end on January 30, 2023. Also present in the meeting were: Permanent Secretary, Simone Rudder; Senior Foreign Service Officer, Trecia Ruler; and Foreign Service Official, Craig Brathwaite. Source: https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/minister-husbands-bids-farewell-to-australian-envoy/ Author: Sheena Forde-Craigg/BGIS Minister Husbands, while acknowledging that there had always been a cordial relationship between Barbados and Australia, expressed the particular hope that the relationship would be strengthened. Minister of State within Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands greets Australia’s High Commissioner to Barbados, Bruce Lendon, at the start of the recent courtesy call. Searching on is Permanent Admin, Ministry of Foreign Matters and Foreign Trade, Simone Rudder. (Photo credit: H. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Barbados and Australia founded diplomatic relations on January 7, 1974. Australia’s High Commissioner to Barbados, Bruce Lendon, recently paid a courtesy call on Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) of State in Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands. Throughout the meeting held at the Ministry’s offices at Culloden Street, St . Michael, the two authorities discussed the impact of climate change on their countries, as well as, technical support for the progress sporting academies; cooperation in life sciences and marine management, and The Bridgetown Initiative.
