NewsWhore
08-05-2009, 03:30 PM
President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana was in the DR for a 24-hour visit yesterday, a second stop on a three-country mission to Jamaica, the DR and Ecuador. Jagdeo seeks to jump start a process to seek aid for Caribbean countries affected by the global financial crisis, and expand the Caricom regional integration bloc.
During the 30th Heads of Government Conference held in July in Guyana, Jagdeo was appointed the chairman of the Caricom Task Force to superintend the region's response to the global economic crisis.
In Santo Domingo for the state visit, he used the opportunity to discuss the country's application to join Caricom. Under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) the Caribbean has signed with the European Union, Caricom nations now are expected to extend the trade arrangements of the Community to the DR.
The Dominican Republic sources coconut and wood in Guyana.
Traveling with Jagdeo are Manniram Prashad, Guyana minister of Tourism and Industry and Commerce; Colin Granderson, Assistant ambassador of the Caricom Secretary General for Foreign Relations Topics, and Caricom foreign and economic relations director David Hales.
In the DR, Jagdeo met with his colleague President Leonel Fernandez.
Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso announced that it was agreed that in September the Santo Domingo would host workshop with members of the Caribbean Community to discuss the membership of the DR in Caricom. The DR also seeks good governance of the agreement, for both services and farm sectors. Carlos Morales said that regional drug trafficking issues would be also discussed during the meeting, prior to a UN called meeting on the topic.
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During the 30th Heads of Government Conference held in July in Guyana, Jagdeo was appointed the chairman of the Caricom Task Force to superintend the region's response to the global economic crisis.
In Santo Domingo for the state visit, he used the opportunity to discuss the country's application to join Caricom. Under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) the Caribbean has signed with the European Union, Caricom nations now are expected to extend the trade arrangements of the Community to the DR.
The Dominican Republic sources coconut and wood in Guyana.
Traveling with Jagdeo are Manniram Prashad, Guyana minister of Tourism and Industry and Commerce; Colin Granderson, Assistant ambassador of the Caricom Secretary General for Foreign Relations Topics, and Caricom foreign and economic relations director David Hales.
In the DR, Jagdeo met with his colleague President Leonel Fernandez.
Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso announced that it was agreed that in September the Santo Domingo would host workshop with members of the Caribbean Community to discuss the membership of the DR in Caricom. The DR also seeks good governance of the agreement, for both services and farm sectors. Carlos Morales said that regional drug trafficking issues would be also discussed during the meeting, prior to a UN called meeting on the topic.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)