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Melissa Skerrit meets Chinese Embassy officials

Melissa Poponne Skerrit, Wife of the Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit and Parliamentary Representative for the Roseau Central Constituency, recently met with the Chargé d’affaires Luo Songtao. 

Saturday, 24th July 2021

Melissa Skerrit discussing important talk with officials
Dominica: Melissa Poponne Skerrit, Wife of the Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit and Parliamentary Representative for the Roseau Central Constituency, recently met with the Chargé d’affaires Luo Songtao.

Also, The Resident Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Martin Charles, was also part of this meeting.

"We then visited a few areas in the Roseau Central Constituency, which proved to be quite fruitful." Melissa Poponne Skerrit said .

Notably, Melissa Skerrit received the first dose of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on March 4, 2021, and the second dose on 9 April, 2021.

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Mrs Skerrit believed in making relations and loved to engage in the public.

Notably, the Commonwealth of Dominica quietly strengthened its foreign relations with economic giants like China. As per the Dominican Prime Minister, the 2 countries are scheduled to sign visa-free travel agreements this year. Dominica's partnership with China has also begun to several integral infrastructure projects on the island & initiated a large-scale revamp of the healthcare sector.

The people’s Republic of China continually helping Dominica, particularly during the pandemic time.

In order to do that, China sent 20,000 jabs of Sinopherm vaccines to Dominica.

Moreover, Dominica - China friendship hospital plays a significant role in the health sector of Dominica.

About Dominica : 

Dominica is a mountainous Caribbean country with natural hot springs and tropical rainforests. Morne Trois Pitons National Park is the home to the volcanically heated, steam-covered Boiling Lake. The park also includes sulphur vents, the 65m-tall Trafalgar Falls & narrow Titou Gorge. To the west is Dominica’s capital, Roseau, with colorful timber houses also botanic gardens.

About China : 

China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia and a unitary one-party socialist republic influenced by the Communist Party of China. It is the world's most populated country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion.

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