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  • Photo of Japan and Colombia appoint new ambassadors to CARICOM

    Japan and Colombia appoint new ambassadors to CARICOM

    The governments of Japan, and the Republic of Colombia have appointed new Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The accreditation ceremonies took place on Tuesday, July 1, at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. CARICOM Secretary-General accepted the Letter of Credence from the new Ambassador of Japan to CARICOM, His Excellency Dr. UMEZAWA Akima noting that the CARICOM Secretariat headquarters,…

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  • Photo of CARICOM welcomes new Ambassador of Japan to the Community

    CARICOM welcomes new Ambassador of Japan to the Community

    On 1 July, CARICOM Secretary-Genera, Dr Carla Barnett accepted the Letter of Credence from His Excellency Dr Akima Umezawa, Ambassador of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The new envoy is the seventh Ambassador of Japan to the Caribbean Community. CARICOM and Japan share an enduring friendship, rooted in formal diplomatic relations, established since 1993.

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  • Photo of CARICOM DSG welcomes high-level Japanese officials for courtesy call

    CARICOM DSG welcomes high-level Japanese officials for courtesy call

    As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Japan continue to solidify relations particularly during the CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year 2024, Deputy Secretary-General, Dr Armstrong Alexis received a visit from Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, His Excellency Yasushi Hosaka, at the CARICOM Secretariat on 30 May 2024.  During the exchange, the two sides discussed the follow-up to the Secretary General’s visit…

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  • Photo of Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General at the opening of the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Roseau, Dominica, 23 May 2024

    Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General at the opening of the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Roseau, Dominica, 23 May 2024

    Dr. the Honourable Vince Henderson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade and Energy of the Commonwealth of Dominica, and Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations; Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson-Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, and Outgoing Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations; Honourable Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean…

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  • Photo of TRIBUTE TO FORMER JAPAN PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE

    TRIBUTE TO FORMER JAPAN PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE

    The Conference of Heads of Government and the entire Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are shocked and saddened by the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan, the Honourable Shinzo Abe. Mr Abe is well remembered in our Community as in 2014 he became the first Prime Minister of Japan to visit the region and meet with our Heads of Government…

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  • Photo of CARPHA Strengthens Its COVID-19 Testing Capacity with Japan Donation

    CARPHA Strengthens Its COVID-19 Testing Capacity with Japan Donation

    Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.   Thanks to a bilateral cooperation program, the Japan-CARICOM Friendship and Cooperation Fund, the CARPHA Medical Microbiology Laboratory (CMML) received twenty-three (23) Viral RNA Test Kits valued at US$43,411 which are expected to conduct approximately 5,750 tests. The laboratory supplies will go a long way in supporting CARPHA’s capacity to test for COVID-19. In addition…

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  • Photo of Secretary-General holds wide ranging discussions with Japan’s Ambassador to CARICOM

    Secretary-General holds wide ranging discussions with Japan’s Ambassador to CARICOM

    Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Her Excellency Carla Barnett and Japanese Ambassador to CARICOM His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama both praised the excellent relations between the two sides during a courtesy call by the Ambassador to the Secretary-General on Wednesday at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana Headquarters. Discussions centred around Japanese assistance to the Community, and included climate change, disaster risk…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters going solar

    CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters going solar

    The CARICOM Secretariat is moving towards 100 percent renewable energy for its Headquarters Building in Georgetown Guyana, with construction of a Photovoltaic Power Generation System set to commence on Monday 20 January 2020. The Project is part of a wider initiative called ‘The Introduction of Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation System in Guyana and CARICOM’, being financed by the Government…

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  • Photo of CARICOM and Japan exploring further cooperation

    CARICOM and Japan exploring further cooperation

    Strengthening CARICOM-Japan relations, Asia’s potential as a source of tourism, and the importance of presenting CARICOM to that part of the world. These formed part of an exchange of views when a delegation from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry paid a courtesy visit to the CARICOM Secretariat’s Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana on Monday.  The possibility of Japan hosting…

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  • Photo of CARICOM, Japan strengthen decades-old ties

    CARICOM, Japan strengthen decades-old ties

    The long-standing friendship that has existed between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Japan was strengthened on Thursday 25 February, with the accreditation of new Ambassador of Japan to CARICOM, His Excellency Mitsuhiko Okada. Since 1993, relations between CARICOM and Japan have been moving apace. There have been a Summit of Heads of Government, four Ministerial sessions, and 17 consultations held…

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