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Honourable Alva Baptiste Signs Air Services Agreement between the State of Qatar and Saint Lucia

Minister of Transport HE Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti and Minister of External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia Hon. Alva R. Baptiste today signed an Air Services Agreement between the State of Qatar and Saint Lucia.

The agreement comes in the context of connecting Qatar with more air services agreements that open airspaces for the national carrier to fly to more destinations around the world.

Consul General Henry Mangal who was Saint Lucia’s Representative to the ICAO 41st Assembly in Montreal, in October 2022, when the Agreement was expected to be signed, accompanied the Minister to Qatar, along with PS Augustus Cadette, Legal Officer Aisha Jn. Baptiste and Chief Aviation Officer Eustace Cherry.

Following the signing ceremony, the two ministers reviewed Qatari-Saint Lucian relations, in the fields of civil aviation services and ways to further enhance them.