Foreign Policy and Community Relations
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CARICOM foreign ministers in Japan for bilateral talks
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – CARICOM foreign ministers are in Japan from 12-14 December to consolidate long-standing cooperation and a year of robust engagement with Japan.The Eighth CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting which will be held on 14 December in Tokyo, Japan, culminates the CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year 2024. The year marks three decades of friendship between the Community and Japan,…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett at a Cuba-CARICOM Day Celebration | 9 December 2024 | Havana, Cuba
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, 10 December 2024) – CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett is on a three-day official visit to Cuba, 9-11 December, to participate in the International Conference 2024-Decade of Afro-descendants and several high-level meetings with representatives of the Government of Cuba. On Monday, Dr Barnett delivered remarks at the plenary session of the Conference and at…
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Statement by the Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of CARICOM | Fifty-Second Anniversary of CARICOM-Cuba Diplomatic Relations | 8 December 2024
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – As Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), it is a distinct honour to commemorate the Fifty-Second Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between CARICOM Member States and Cuba. Today, we recall that symbolic and bold act of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago on 8 December 1972, of establishing diplomatic ties…
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Latvia appoints first Ambassador to CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Latvia began a new chapter in their diplomatic relations when its first plenipotentiary representative to the Community was welcomed by CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett. The Secretary-General accepted the Letters of Credence appointing Her Excellency Sanita Pavļuta-Deslandes as Ambassador of Latvia to CARICOM, at the…
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Highlights from the Opening Ceremony of the Second CARICOM-India Summit | 20 November 2024 | Georgetown, Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Thirteen CARICOM countries met India’s Prime Minister, the Hon. Narendra Modi in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, in an historic Summit, the first stand-alone Meeting between the Heads of Government of the two sides in a CARICOM Member State. In the discussions, CARICOM and India agreed to strengthen economic and commercial…
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Remarks by Chairman of CARICOM, Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada | Second CARICOM-India Summit | Georgetown, Guyana | 20 November 2024
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, 20 September 2024) – As Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), It is indeed with immense honor and privilege that I welcome you all to the 2nd CARICOM-India Summit, the first of which was held in September 2019. Today, we gather as partners and friends, united by a shared vision of progress, cooperation, and…
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Second CARICOM-India Summit set for Guyana | 20 November 2024
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Friday, 15 November 2024) An historic meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of India is set for Wednesday 20 November 2024 in Georgetown, Guyana. The Second CARICOM-India Summit is expected to further solidify bilateral cooperation between CARICOM and India in energy and infrastructure, agriculture…
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CARICOM and India renew commitment to bilateral cooperation
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – CARICOM and India renewed their commitment to bilateral cooperation at the second meeting of the CARICOM-India Joint Commission which met virtually on Wednesday November 6.The Joint Commission was co-chaired by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign of Affairs of Dominica, Ms. Barbara Bailey, and the Vice Minister within the Ministry of…
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CARICOM, Portugal express interest in closer trade ties
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Portuguese Republic have expressed interest in closer economic ties as a new envoy from the European country was welcomed to the Community. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett recently accepted the Letters of Credence of a new Portuguese Ambassador, His Excellency João Pedro de Vasconcelos Fins do Lago,…
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CARICOM, UK advance cooperation talks
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) – Officials from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Kingdom (UK) recently advanced discussions on CARICOM-UK cooperation on a range of areas in human and social development; foreign policy and trade. The first meeting of the CARICOM-UK Consultation and Cooperation Mechanism took place in hybrid format at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters…
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