PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers ended a two-day meeting here on Wednesday night agreeing on a number of new initiatives to give the Caribbean a greater role in global economic and political situations. Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran, who chaired the 16th meeting of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Affairs (COFCOR) told a news conference that the meeting felt “there is need to have more diplomatic dialogue with international financial institutions” such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in keeping with efforts by regional governments for a change in their lending policies. ‘We will continue with that challenge ahead of us,” said Dookeran, flanked by CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Rocque.