(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday 8 December, CARICOM-Cuba Day.
All independent Member States of the Community will be represented with ten at the level of Head of Government. The Cuban delegation will be led the President, His Excellency Raoul Castro Ruz.
This Fourth CARICOM-Cuba Summit will be focussing on five broad areas. These are Sustainable Development, CARICOM-Cuba Relations, Regional Integration, Haiti and Security.
The opening ceremony at the National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA) will be at 10 am and there will be speeches by the Chairman of CARICOM, the Honourable Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, the President of Cuba, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. The working sessions will also be held at NAPA.
The Summit was preceded by a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of both sides on Wednesday.
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