KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC -International Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says planning is underway for the forty ninth Common Assembly of the Convention of Heads of Authorities of the Caribbean Group (Caricom), which Jamaica is about to host in July.
In line with Smith, Prime Minister Andrew Holness will assume the chairmanship of the regional physique on July 1. She famous that commerce and safety are among the many key points to be mentioned by the CARICOM Heads.
Johnson Smith talked about that Holness, who chairs the Prime Ministerial Subcommittee on Exterior Commerce Negotiations, offered on the matters on the February forty eighth Common Assembly of the Convention of Heads in Barbados.
“We’re working between the 2 conferences to permit for a richer dialogue. Safety, as you recognize, is likely one of the important constraints on financial development throughout the entire international locations within the area,” she identified.
“The Prime Minister has been calling for a extra world method to transnational crime and specializing in the connections and the cooperative mechanisms wanted extra strategically. So, that is more likely to be a significant a part of the agenda as effectively,” she famous.
The upcoming CARICOM assembly coincides with the Worldwide Convention on Financing for Growth, which can be held in Seville, Spain, from June 30 to July 3.
“So, we’re more likely to have the Caricom assembly one week later than ordinary,” Johnson Smith mentioned, noting that the adjustment is to permit the Heads of Authorities, who additionally function finance ministers, to attend the assembly in Seville.
