{"id":4990,"date":"2025-10-01T06:36:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2025-10-06T06:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:39:36","slug":"high-commissioner-of-jamaica-presents-credentials-to-president-gokhool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/high-commissioner-of-jamaica-presents-credentials-to-president-gokhool\/","title":{"rendered":"High Commissioner of Jamaica presents Credentials to President Gokhool"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4990\" class=\"elementor elementor-4990\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c2c66a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c2c66a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c21c6d9 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class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aab4ff6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aab4ff6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ced3791 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ced3791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Her Excellency Mrs. Joan Thomas Edwards, accredited Representative and Plenipotentiary of Jamaica, presented her credentials to His Excellency Mr. Dharambeer Gokhool, G.C.S.K, President of the Republic of Mauritius, at the State House today.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">During the meeting, bilateral ties, formally established in 1974 and which have been cordial, were reviewed.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">As Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Mauritius and Jamaica face common structural challenges and vulnerabilities, particularly with regard to climate change, environmental degradation, pollution, and food security. In this context, the two dignitaries reiterated their commitment to advancing sustainable, resilient, and inclusive development.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Discussions also highlighted the importance of enhanced cooperation in the tourism sector through resilience-building and innovation.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Opportunities to strengthen cultural and people-to-people ties were explored, particularly following the \u201cRoots, Vibes and Unity\u201d concert held in Mauritius in August 2025, featuring Julian Marley, son of singer Bob Marley. The event was acknowledged as a vibrant expression of cultural diplomacy, with music serving as a unifying force to promote mutual appreciation.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The President of the Republic conveyed his congratulations to the Prime Minister of Jamaica, The Most Honourable Dr. Andrew Michael Holness, on his re-election for a third consecutive term.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Reflections were also exchanged with High Commissioner Mrs. Joan Thomas Edwards on Prime Minister Holness\u2019s contribution to the education sector during his tenure as Minister of Education from 2007 to 2012, particularly initiatives aimed at improving literacy rates, expanding access to quality education, and strengthening support for children in need.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">These shared educational priorities reflect values that were also central during the President\u2019s own tenure as Minister of Education and Human Resource of Mauritius.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">President Gokhool affirmed that such common ground provides a strong foundation for enhanced cooperation towards advancing inclusive and equitable development.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her Excellency Mrs. Joan Thomas Edwards, accredited Representative and Plenipotentiary of Jamaica, presented her credentials to His Excellency Mr. Dharambeer Gokhool, G.C.S.K, President of the Republic of Mauritius, at the State House today.During the meeting, bilateral ties, formally established in 1974 and which have been cordial, were reviewed.As Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Mauritius and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4998,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990\/revisions\/4998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4990"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=4990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}