External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar co-chaired the fourth India-CARICOM ministerial meeting with his Jamaican counterpart Kaminaz Smith in the capital of Guyana on Friday and discussed a range of issues including trade, climate change and countering terrorism. Jaishankar on Friday began his nine-day visit to Guyana, Panama, Colombia and the Dominican Republic by meeting his Suriname counterpart Albert Ramdin here. “Co-chaired the 4th India-CARICOM Ministerial Meeting with Jamaican FM @kaminajsmith at @CARICOMorg HQ. “Discussed our wide-ranging regional cooperation including trade and economy; agriculture and food security; Health and Pharma; energy and renewables; Infrastructure, ICT and e-Governance; development partnership and capacity building; Higher education; Culture and the P2P domain,” he tweeted. Follow-up steps were agreed upon, including holding the second Joint Commission meeting this year, Jaishankar said.

Source: Daily Nation April 21, 2023 23:17 UTC