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CARICOM leaders for EU-LAC summit

May 15, 2008 News

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas. will be among four CARICOM Heads attending the two-day Fifth European Union-Latin American and Caribbean (EULAC) Summit which will be held in Lima, Peru, from tomorrow.

The other Heads expected to attend are the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer; the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding; and the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning.
The Vice President of Suriname, Ramdien Sardjoe will represent his country.

Guyana will be represented by Cheryl Miles, Ambassador to Brazil.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados, Christopher Sinckler; the Attorney-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize, Wilfred Ellington; and the Minister of Health and the Environment of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Douglas Slater; will represent their countries. CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Edwin Carrington will also attend.

On Saturday, leaders of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) and the EU will hold a summit. CARIFORUM consists of the 14 independent Member States of CARICOM along with the Dominican Republic. Mr Carrington is also Secretary-General of CARIFORUM.

The theme of the EU-LAC Summit is “Addressing our Peoples’ Priorities Together” with sub themes of “Poverty, Inequality and Inclusion” and “Sustainable Development: Environment, Climate Change and Energy”.
The Summit is being preceded by a meeting today, of Foreign Ministers of the two regions.

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