CARICOM-Japan Friendship and Cooperation Fund (JCFCF)

Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, at the CARICOM-JAPAN Exchange Reception and the official launch of the CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year 2024, 26 March, Tokyo, Japan

Your Excellency Yōko Kamikawa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan; Other Officials of the Government of Japan; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Ms. Elizabeth Solomon, Assistant Secretary General, Foreign and Community Relations, CARICOM Secretariat; Delegates of the ‘JUNTOS’ Japan-CARICOM Exchange Programme for Young Diplomats; Other Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is an honour for me to celebrate with you,…