The principality establishes new diplomatic relations with five countries: Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Zambia, Eritrea and Guyana. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Imma Tortook advantage yesterday of his participation in the 81st United Nations General Assemblyto new yorkto weave new ties with these five countries.
The new agreements reinforce the presence of the principality on the African continent andsouth america. Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic they are also priority countries for Andorran international cooperation. In the case of Guyana, Tor explored new avenues of cooperation regarding sustainable tourism with his Guyanese counterpart, Hugh Hilton Todd. The agenda of the minister also included a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Constantinos Komboswhom he thanked for the support of the Cypriot presidency of the Council of the European Union during the process that led to the approval of the wording of the partnership agreement with europe The meeting also served to prepare the meeting of the small states of Europescheduled for the end of this week a new yorkafter the one held last week in Andorra. Tor also participated in a high-level event on the situation of women and girls in theAfghanistanorganized by Ireland and the Malala Fundwhere he reiterated the commitment of principality towards the protection of women’s rights and freedoms. In the framework of theGeneral Assemblyhe also maintained contacts with other foreign ministers of the countries present at the meeting, among which the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan. For his part, the head of government, Xavier Spottraveled to the American city yesterday and participated in the opening day of the convention. During the day he took the opportunity to meet with the president of this year’s assembly, Khalilur Rahman. At the meeting, they addressed issues such as multilateralism, gender equality, the participation of young people in politics and the protection of mountain regions against climate change. Espot participated in several events on economic cooperation and protection of children’s rights against artificial intelligence. As part of agenda a new yorkintervened in the Andorra’s accession ceremony to two protocols of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crimerelated to the trafficking of immigrants and firearms and their manufacture. The head of government will intervene today before the General Assembly of the UNin the 15th position in the afternoon session.
