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Strengthening of CARICOM/Japan relationship
THE foundation for a solid relationship between Japan and CARICOM has been laid, and Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is looking forward to the strengthening of that association. Stuart made those comments recently, when Ambassador and Special Envoy for CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year, Ken Shimanouchi, paid him a courtesy call at Ilaro Court. He stressed that CARICOM and Japan could build on…
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Welcome Remarks by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar On the Occasion of First CARICOM-Japan Summit Trinidad and Tobago
I am delighted to once again welcome His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan and his delegation to the shores of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, for his inaugural visit to the Caribbean. Your Excellency, the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago and the CARICOM Region are honoured by your visit, and we are pleased to share…
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CARICOM Leaders pleased with Japanese response on key issues
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) “were heartened” by their Japanese counterpart’s positive response to a number of issues raised during their one-day summit on Monday. Speaking at a Joint Press Announcement in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago following the first ever CARICOM-Japan Summit, CARICOM Chairman Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister…
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Remarks By Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque At the FIRST CARICOM-JAPAN SUMMIT Trinidad and Tobago 28 July 2014
There could hardly be a more fitting way to mark this CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year than to welcome, for the first time to the Caribbean Community, the Prime Minister of Japan. Welcome to the Caribbean Prime Minister Abe! Twenty years ago the first CARICOM-Japan Consultation was held and since then our relationship has strengthened. This engagement, at the highest political level,…
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CARICOM and Japan to Hold First Summit
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet with Japanese Prime Minister His Excellency Shinzo Abe in the first ever CARICOM-Japan Summit on 28 July 2014 in Trinidad and Tobago. Since 1993, CARICOM and Japan have enjoyed friendly relations and this summit signals a quantum leap in their engagement as it is…
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