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STATEMENT | Caribbean Community Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) on the United States Congress Bill for Strengthening US-Caribbean Partnership
The Caribbean Community Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), welcomes the introduction of the Bill, the Strengthening U.S.-Caribbean Partnership Act by United States Congress representatives Castro, Salazar, Cherfilus-McCormick, and Lawler. This bipartisan effort marks a pivotal moment in our shared commitment to deepening Caribbean-American cooperation. By formally recognizing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) under the International Organization Immunities Act, the…
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COMMUNIQUE | Twenty-eighth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8-9 May 2025
The Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Basseterre, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 8 to 9 May 2025, under the chairmanship of the Right Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Economic Development and Investment of Saint…
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New Saint Kitts and Nevis COFCOR Chair Underscores Unity of Vision
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The troubled and shifting geopolitical landscape represents an inflection point for CARICOM that requires unity of vision and mission. This is according to the Rt Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, foreign minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis and new chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR).He was speaking in…
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CARICOM and The Philippines Discuss Strengthening Cooperation
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – On Wednesday, May 7, CARICOM Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, His Excellency Enrique A. Manalo, met ahead of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Saint Kitts and Nevis. CARICOM SG Dr Carla Barnett (left, centre)…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett | Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations | 8 May | Saint Kitts and Nevis
Honourable Dr Terrence Drew, thank you for being here this morning, Sir Right Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas Dr. the Honourable Vince Henderson Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and other Heads of Delegation Ms. Elizabeth Solomon, Assistant Secretary-General Staff of CARICOM and the government of St Kitts and Nevis who are working hard to make this meeting a useful…
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Upcoming 48th Regular Meeting is a meeting of great interest – Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM
Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for Foreign and Community Relations with the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms. Elizabeth Solomon, has described the upcoming 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government as a “meeting of great interest.” Speaking ahead of the Conference, which is set for February 19-21 in Bridgetown, Barbados, Ms. Solomon noted that the meeting comes at a focal time…
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Statement from the Caribbean Community Council for Foreign and Community Relations| Candidature of H.E. Albert Ramdin for the post of Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (2025-2030)
Statement from the Caribbean Community Council for Foreign and Community Relations, on the Candidature of H.E. Albert Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of the Republic of Suriname, for the post of Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (2025-2030) At the Twentieth Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), the Caribbean…
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CARICOM, Argentina Foreign Ministers meet during OAS General Assembly
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers met with Her Excellency Diana Mondino, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic in the margins of the Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly taking place in Asunción, Paraguay, from 26-28 June 2024. Discussions during the encounter addressed global, hemispheric, and bilateral…
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COMMUNIQUÉ issued at the conclusion of the 27th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), Roseau, Dominica, 23-24 May 2024
The Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Roseau, Dominica from 23-24 May 2024, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Dr. Vince Henderson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade and Energy of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The COFCOR was attended by the Honourable Frederick Mitchell, Minister of…
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Remarks by the Outgoing Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Jamaica, at the Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of COFCOR, 23 May 2024, Roseau, Dominica
Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); Honourable Dr. Vince Henderson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade and Energy of the Commonwealth of Dominica and Incoming Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR); Colleague Foreign Ministers; Your Excellency Mr. Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar; Ms. Elizabeth Solomon,…
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