In keeping with knowledgeable sources, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Canada will host the summit of Caribbean Group (CARICOM) leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa subsequent month.
The sources advised the Caribbean Media Company (CMC) that the two-day summit can be held on October 18-19 and that each side are engaged within the planning phases.
Following its weekly Cupboard assembly on Thursday, the Antigua and Barbuda authorities mentioned in an announcement that Prime Minister Gaston Browne had “reported” that “a CARICOM/Canada Summit will happen subsequent month.
“Nearer relations with Canada are being developed, particularly after the Canadians moved to institute a visa requirement for all individuals visiting the nation (with a 1,000-mile border with the USA),” the assertion famous.
In June this yr, the communique issued following the assembly between CARICOM international ministers and their Canadian counterpart famous that they’d “reaffirmed the enduring worth of the deep and dynamic partnership between Canada and CARICOM, and strengthened their dedication to sustainability, resilience, local weather motion, entry to finance, regional safety, and shared values.”
The communique famous that in reviewing concrete progress on the Canada-CARICOM Roadmap for Motion, Ministers famous leads to vital areas equivalent to local weather resilience, commerce, inclusive governance, and multilateral engagement.
Famous that in February this yr, Prime Minister Trudeau mentioned Canada is now implementing CAD$44.8 million (One CAD=US$0.74 cents) in new initiatives to help CARICOM in addressing the local weather disaster, and the Canada-CARICOM Knowledgeable Deployment Mechanism accomplished 48 capability constructing initiatives in 2022 alone.
The upcoming summit will focus on the continued political and socio-economic state of affairs in Haiti.
The international ministers had acknowledged that Haiti’s ongoing political and safety disaster is a humanitarian problem and destabilizing affect within the area. It have to be addressed via coordinated worldwide motion and Haitian-led options.
The assembly additionally agreed to proceed working collaboratively in direction of establishing a everlasting mechanism to deepen the strategic partnership between Canada and CARICOM, constructing on the Canada-CARICOM Roadmap for Motion and addressing Haiti’s ongoing political and safety disaster.
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