Barbados seeking closer relationship with El Salvador

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - Barbados is seeking increased trade with El Salvador as part of efforts to increase relationship with the Central American country.
“We do some trade with El Salvador. We do not export as much to El Salvador as we should be doing…and we look forward, of course, to achieving some balance in our trading relationship,” said Prime Minister Freundel Stuart as he met with El Salvador’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Raymundo Rodriguez Diaz.
Although he gave no indication as to the level of trade between the two countries, Prime Minister Stuart told the diplomat that the tourism sector is the main contributor to the local economy and and there was no air links between the two countries.