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CARICOM heads shocked at assassination of former PM of Japan
Kaieteur News – Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday, in a public statement expressed its shocked over the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (second from left at front) during his visit to Trinidad & Tobago in 2014 along with other CARICOM Leaders (Photo: Alamy)
Abe, the statement said, “is well remembered in our Community as in 2014, he became the first Prime Minister of Japan to visit the region and met with our Heads of Government taking to a new level the political engagement between CARICOM and Japan.”
It was noted that during that visit, the Prime Minister signalled Japan’s support in recognizing the vulnerability of Small Island and low-lying coastal Developing States (SIDS).
He at the time had also expressed Japan’s willingness to take into consideration issues other than Gross Domestic Product per capita, as criteria for determining the provision of official development assistance.
CARICOM leaders, on the passing of Prime Minister Abe recalled too that during the Summit in Port of Spain, (Trinidad), he “reset CARICOM-Japan relations by outlining his country’s three-pillar Policy towards the Community.”
These are, co-operation towards sustainable development including overcoming vulnerabilities particular to small islands states; deepening and expanding bonds founded on exchanges and friendship; and co-operation in addressing challenges in the international community.
CARICOM, as such in its public missive expressed appreciation for the Japanese Prime Minister’s significant contribution to enhancing relations between the Region and Japan.
“CARICOM extends deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Abe, and the Government and People of Japan on the death of their longest serving Prime Minister and a man who made great efforts to reshape his country and its place in the world.”
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