Chairman of the Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM), Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, says the regional physique stays dedicated to constructing stronger ties between the Caribbean Neighborhood and the African continent.
In a message to mark CARICOM-Africa Day, he stated this present day, noticed yearly on September 7, serves to “concretize our joint dedication to ever-increasing cooperation and partnership. Since then, we have now labored collectively to deepen this particular relationship based on our ancestral bonds and customary aspirations.”
“Our joint efforts have centered on cooperation on well being, local weather change mitigation and adaptation, financing for growth, and reparatory justice for the crimes of the transatlantic slave commerce that impacted our Areas. We acknowledge that with even larger collaboration, far more might be executed to handle the numerous challenges that stay, together with on the impression of local weather change.”
He famous that the financial partnership between CARICOM and Africa continues to develop, as demonstrated by the internet hosting of the Thirty-First Annual Afreximbank Conferences and the Third AfriCaribbean Commerce and Funding Discussion board in Nassau, The Bahamas in June 2024.
This marked the primary time that the Annual Afreximbank Conferences have been held within the Caribbean, underscoring the numerous development of financial alternatives fueled by this valued partnership.
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“This collaboration has begun to supply essential financing to the Neighborhood and play a pivotal function in enhancing trade and investment between CARICOM and Africa,” he famous.
The CARICOM chairman pointed to the Well being Growth Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean (HeDPAC), saying this demonstrates “the outstanding potential and is a spotlight of CARICOM-Africa cooperation. As we proceed to navigate the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and search to construct on the crucial classes discovered, strengthened cooperation between CARICOM and HeDPAC might be instrumental in bolstering our Area’s well being capacities. It’ll improve major well being care and enhance pharmaceutical fairness via native manufacturing of medical merchandise, thus contributing to improved well being outcomes for the folks of CARICOM and Africa.”
He famous that CARICOM stays dedicated to continued engagement and strengthened relations with Africa, together with on the Ministerial degree, constructing on the muse laid through the 2021 CARICOM-Africa Summit.
“Our partnership is about to turn out to be a beacon of South-South cooperation, benefiting each our societies amid an more and more complicated and difficult world surroundings. Constructing on the notable progress made lately, allow us to proceed to work collectively in direction of a way forward for even larger interregional collaboration between CARICOM and Africa.”
“I lengthen warmest regards and finest needs for elevated prosperity to the Folks and Governments of Africa, as we associate to fortify the fraternal ties that bind our Areas.”
