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CARICOM, Peru advancing stronger diplomatic and cooperation ties
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Peru are strengthening their diplomatic and cooperation ties, with Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett noting that this relationship could serve as a prime example of South-South cooperation.A significant step in solidifying their relationship was recorded on Wednesday 19 March, when Dr Barnett accredited a new Extraordinary Ambassador of Peru…
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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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Remarks delivered by Ambassador Wayne McCook, Assistant Secretary-General, Directorate of Single Market and Trade, CARICOM Secretariat, at the Fourth China Caribbean Forum, 13 September 2024, Beijing, China.
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) – The China-Caribbean relationship has deep historical roots grounded in the arrival of Chinese nationals in countries across the region beginning in 1806 with the arrival of Chinese indentured workers in Trinidad and Tobago. Indeed, the rich tapestry of Caribbean culture and many areas of social and economic life have been infused…
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Dominica assumes the chair of CARICOM’s Foreign Ministers Council
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Dominica has assumed the chairmanship of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), receiving the baton from Jamaica at the 27th Meeting of COFCOR in Roseau, Dominica. Ministers of Foreign Affairs met from 23-24 May over a packed agenda covering bilateral, multilateral, hemispheric, and intra-CARICOM relations; climate change; candidatures; and border…
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CARICOM and Chile demonstrate South-south Cooperation at Work
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 5TH, 2016 (PRESS SEC) – Caribbean leaders today officially exchanged views with the President of the Republic of Chile, Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet, at the 37th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana. Prime Minister of Dominica the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, who is the Chairman of…
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Remarks By Ambassador Dr. Manorma Soeknandan, Deputy Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat, at The Opening Ceremony For The Workshop “Ibero-America And The Caribbean South-South Cooperation” 15 October 2014, CARICOM Secretariat
The Caribbean Community takes great pleasure in welcoming to Guyana and in particular to the headquarters of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, the participants in this Ibero-American and Caribbean Workshop on South-South Cooperation. The Community is pleased to be associated with the hosting of this collaborative effort between the Ibero-American countries and the Caribbean. The distribution of national participation in this…
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