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YB WEB DESK. Dated: 9/26/2022 1:06:44 PM

INDIA-CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING

New Delhi, Sept 25 The 4th India-CARICOM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held on the sidelines of UNGA in New York on 23 September 2022. External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr. S. Jaishankar and The Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize co- chaired the Meeting. 2. The meeting was a follow up to PM Shri Narendra Modi’s historic meeting with the leaders of CARICOM countries on the sidelines of the UNGA in September 2019. The meeting was attended by the Hon’ble Foreign Ministers of Barbados, Dominica, Bahamas, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname. 3. During the meeting, both sides expressed happiness at the steady progress in cooperation between India and countries of the CARICOM. They also reviewed the implementation of the announcements made during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with the leaders of CARICOM in 2019. 4. The two sides held discussions on deepening political engagement, and increasing trade and investment and cooperation in the context of post pandemic economic recovery. Both sides also deliberated on development partnership and capacity building including through tailor made and specialized training courses and deputation of experts based on the requirements of the CARICOM countries.