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Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Kamina Johnson Smith, has announced three new diplomatic appointments. They are Ambassador-designate Sharon Saunders –Mexico, High Commissioner-designate Jason Hall to India, and Ambassador-designate Symone Betton-Nayo –Belgium. In welcoming Saunders’ appointment, Johnson Smith noted, “as a highly experienced diplomat, Ambassador Saunders has acquired expertise in bilateral and multilateral affairs, as well as extensive strategic engagement with the Jamaican Diaspora and the deepening of bilateral and regional relationships, including in CARICOM and the ACS. I am confident that she will use the opportunity of this new diplomatic assignment to continue to strengthen the bonds of friendship and cooperation between Jamaica and Mexico as well as the rest of Central America, including in the areas of trade and investment.