CARICOM Foreign Ministers meet in Jamaica

CARICOM Foreign Ministers meet in Jamaica to review foreign policy and community governance matters in the 26th Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations which takes place 16-17 May.

Under the Chairmanship of Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, the ministers will tackle a packed agenda that includes discussions on the 11th Caribbean-UK Forum which will be held on May 18, also in Jamaica.

Engagements with India, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba, as well as bilateral relations between CARICOM, the USA, Africa, Dominica Republic, and Central American Integration System (SICA), are also on the agenda.

Foreign Ministers will discuss the situation in Haiti, and matters pertaining to the United Nations including UN Security Council Reform and CARICOM’s engagement in the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent.

There are several High-Level Meetings on the international agenda in which CARICOM will be involved such as the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development and the SDGs Summit. Foreign Ministers will have discussions on those as well as matters on the hemispheric agenda in the Organisaton of American States (OAS), the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).

Source: CARICOM TODAY