| Excerpt | In the global context of a raging COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to secure a vaccine to contain the virus, vaccine diplomacy, the sourcing of vaccines through collaboration with bilateral partners and multilateral agencies was the principal focus of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration’s (MFAFT&I) work in 2021.
Returning to the constitutive work of the MFAFT&I, in terms of strengthening bilateral relations, MFAFT&I kept up a robust schedule of bilateral engagement starting with countries in the immediate region of Central America, the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America, and with representatives of regional and international organizations and integration mechanisms such as the Central American Integration System (SICA), Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mesoamerica Project, Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), and United Nations (UN) agencies.
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