SAUDI ARABIA – On the sort invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Management of Saudi Arabia and the Leaders of the Caribbean Group (CARICOM) met in Riyadh, on 16 November 2023 for the inaugural Saudi Arabia-CARICOM Summit.
The Summit was co-chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica, with the participation of Heads of State and/or Authorities of CARICOM and the CARICOM Secretary-Common.
Reaffirming their mutual pursuits and pleasant relations, the leaders exchanged views on problems with widespread curiosity and mentioned methods to additional develop and advance their partnership to make the most of the expansion alternatives that may be utilized by way of cooperation between their two dynamic areas primarily based on a shared imaginative and prescient and the values embodied within the United Nations (UN) Constitution.
The leaders hereby declare to:
- Be a part of efforts to advertise peace, safety, stability and prosperity, by way of mutual respect and cooperation between international locations and areas, to attain sustainable growth and progress and preserve the rules-based worldwide order primarily based on adherence to worldwide legislation and the UN Constitution.
- Undertake consultations and discover cooperation on particular areas of widespread curiosity between either side, particularly training (scholarships), well being, maritime cooperation, connectivity, logistics, meals safety, vitality safety, tourism financial and different attainable areas of cooperation, the place applicable, together with the Sustainable Improvement Targets (SDGs).
- Strengthen ties between the 2 sides, on the multilateral and bilateral ranges, and in world fora by pursuing alternatives for sustainable growth, peace, safety and stability, tourism infrastructure growth, in addition to creating enterprise alternatives within the ICT/International Digital Companies sector and boosting commerce and funding flows by creating mutually helpful alternatives for joint investments, with particular emphasis on sustainable infrastructure, renewables, commerce, tourism, logistics, and connectivity.
- Promote commerce and funding relations between Saudi Arabia and CARICOM, by enhancing public-private partnership and business-to-business relations between each areas, utilizing obtainable and new bodily and on-line platforms, commerce missions, exhibitions, seminars, conferences, and dialogue.
- Help Saudi Arabia’s bid to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh, highlighting the significance of organizing regional and worldwide exhibitions to reenergize financial and cultural exchanges between the Saudi Arabia and CARICOM, aware that particular person CARICOM Member States have pledged their assist for Saudi Arabia’s candidature to host Expo 2030.
- Cooperate within the growth of sustainable and round agriculture and within the promotion of sustainable meals manufacturing, sustainable use and administration of water sources and promote commerce and funding alternatives in meals and agri-based industries and encourage the alternate of knowledge, sharing of experiences, analysis, trendy applied sciences and greatest practices, in addition to by way of conducting capability constructing actions.
- Promote dialogue among the many peoples and cultures of either side to reinforce belief, and advance mutual understanding and larger respect for range, thus contributing to a tradition of peace.
- Construct on the 2 areas’ cultural range, openness and wealthy historical past to emphasize that tolerance and peaceable coexistence are among the many most vital values and rules for pleasant relations between nations and cultures.
- Promote the cultural and artistic industries of CARICOM and Saudi Arabia by way of cultural festivals, artwork exhibitions, movie festivals, workshops, ebook festivals and different occasions. Moreover, encourage the alternate of greatest practices and capability constructing within the areas of museology, safety, conservation
and restoration of cultural and historic heritage. - Promote cooperation within the space of tourism, together with heritage, cruise, sustainable and ecotourism, medical and wellness, tourism, by enterprise benchmarking actions, joint tourism investments, and strengthening capacity-building.
- Stress the significance and urgency of selling joint motion in the direction of mitigating local weather change and adapting to its impacts, defending the setting and creating low carbon and clear vitality applied sciences.
- Reaffirm the significance of working collectively to confront the worldwide challenges associated to local weather change, committing to all efforts to deal with this pressing subject by setting and reaching bold targets to cut back emissions, adopting renewable vitality manufacturing, and clear applied sciences together with for abatement and elimination, selling equitable selling equitable entry to local weather financing for Small Island Growing States (SIDS) to assist mitigation and adaptation measures, and discovering modern technical options that may speed up the transition to low-emission economies, and persevering with to discover sustainable and inclusive pathways to implement the targets of the Paris Settlement.
- Welcome Saudi Arabia’s Center East Inexperienced Initiative (MGI), and its announcement to ascertain and host a devoted MGI Secretariat and allocate US $2.5 billion to assist MGI initiatives and governance.
- Help the announcement by Saudi Arabia in regards to the institution of a world water group primarily based in Riyadh, calling for additional decisive world motion.
- Stress the vital function that CARICOM and the Saudi Arabia can play in internet hosting main sporting occasions, the Summit endorsed the candidacy of Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup. And Welcoming that the Caribbean will host the ICC T20 World Cup in 2024 and Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
- Acknowledge the vital initiatives arrived at by Saudi Arabia and CARICOM of their respective areas, and determined to carry the Second Saudi Arabia-CARICOM Summit in 2026.
- CARICOM Leaders expressed their appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to the Authorities and Individuals of Saudi Arabia for his or her hospitality.
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