GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Nov 19, CMC – At least 14 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are expected to attend the second India-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit here on Wednesday, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat has announced.
India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who is due to arrive here from Brazil where he is attending the G20 Summit, will co chair the one-day conference that will be also be addressed by CARICOM chairman and Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, the host head of state, President Dr irfaan Ali and the CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett.
While CARICOM has not publicly indicated who is the regional leader not expected to be present physically, the CARICOM Secretariat described the summit as “historic” saying it will be the “first stand-alone Meeting between the Heads of Government of the two sides to be convened in a CARICOM member state”.
It said that the “engagement is expected to strengthen an already strong relationship in areas such as economic cooperation, agriculture and food security, health and pharmaceuticals, and science and innovations.
(Details in Politics section)
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