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CARIFORUM, UK reaffirm commitment to implementing EPA
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) and the United Kingdom (UK) have reaffirmed their commitment to fully implementing and ratifying the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed in 2021. A Communique issued after the inaugural meeting of the CARIFORUM-UK Technical Sub-Committee on Development Cooperation (TSCDC) from January 30-31…
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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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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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Tenth UK-Caribbean Forum: Action Plan
Tenth UK-Caribbean Forum: Action Plan At the conclusion of the 10th UK-Caribbean Forum, held virtually on 18 March 2021, the Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom and Caribbean countries, welcoming the Communiqué signed at the Forum, also agreed on the following Action Plan for a two-year period up to 2023, when the next full Forum meeting is currently envisaged. This…
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CDB, EU, UK to help Dominica make public buildings more energy efficient
(Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) – The Government of Dominica’s mission to make its public buildings more energy efficient and slash its energy bill is getting financial support from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the European Union and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). CDB’s Board of Directors on Thursday last approved a grant of US$127,000 from the Bank’s Sustainable Energy for…
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STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE MANCHESTER BOMBING
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) strongly condemns the vicious terrorist attack perpetrated in Manchester, United Kingdom, on Monday evening. The fact that the majority of the victims were children and young people makes this vile action even more heart-rending. The compassionate and helpful reaction by the citizens of Manchester to those in distress after the carnage, exemplifies the qualities of empathy…
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