Prime Minister Browne attends CARICOM Meeting in Guyana
Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne is today in Guyana where he is joining his colleague Heads of Government for the Forty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM which opens on Sunday.
Upon departing for Guyana, Prime Minister Browne said that key issues of great importance to the region will be discussed at the four-day Meeting to include the serious humanitarian and security situation in Haiti and plans for the T/20 Cricket World Cup that the region, including Antigua and Barbuda will host in June.
Prime Minister Browne who is accompanied by the country’s Ambassador to CARICOM, Dr. Clarence Henry said that Heads will also discuss the Guyana-Venezuela border issue along with the Belize-Guatemala demarcation claim.
In addition, discussions will be held with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Ilan Goldfajn; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir and Minister of State for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, Reem al Hashimy.
Other items on the Agenda are Climate Change and Climate Financing, Report from the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Reparations, update on the situation in the British Virgin Islands, Status of the Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund, Developments in the Middle East: Israel’s Continued Bombing of Gaza and the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Development Sates to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in May.
Antigua and Barbuda’s delegation to the CARICOM meeting also includes Foreign Service Officer Kurt Williams and Project Development Officer in the Office of the National Authorization Officer, Juray Roberts.
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