GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda has grow to be the second Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) nation to publicly endorse Ghana’s nominee for the place of Secretary Basic of the Commonwealth grouping when the elections are held in October this yr.
The Commonwealth is a voluntary affiliation of 56 impartial and equal international locations in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific. It’s residence to one-third of the world’s inhabitants and contains superior and growing economies.
Earlier this month, Ghana’s International Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, launched a bid to switch the Dominican-born Dame Patricia Scotland, who served two phrases on the head of the London-based Commonwealth grouping.
To date, no different contender has emerged for the highest publish forward of the October 22 election.
Grenada stated it could endorse Botchwey earlier this month after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana addressed a joint sitting of the Grenada Parliament.
Now, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who held talks with
Botchwe on the margins of the forty sixth common assembly of CARICOM leaders now underway right here.
A authorities assertion stated that in their discussions, Botchwey advised that she would reposition the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat with precedence given to areas reminiscent of commerce and funding; local weather change; youth, training, expertise, innovation, and start-ups; mobility and labor markets; and the plight of Small Island Creating States (SIDS).
In his response, Browne outlined his administration’s assist for Botchwey as he commented on the historic ties between Antigua and Barbuda and Ghana, which have additionally resulted in harmonious diplomatic relations between each international locations.
“He additionally dedicated to strengthening relations between Ghana and Antigua and Barbuda by extra people-to-people exchanges and elevated air linkages between the African continent and the Caribbean area, which the federal government has dedicated to.
“Additional, Prime Minister Browne used the event to increase an invite to the Honourable Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, to the upcoming 4th Worldwide Convention on Small Island Creating States, which shall be held from 27-30 Could 2024 in Antigua and Barbuda,” the assertion added.
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