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| Grenada's Delegation |
ST GEORGE’S, January 20, 2012 – Grenada’s
Foreign Minister Hon Karl Hood, on Thursday January 19th 2012, met
with the Grenada Delegation to the 7th UK Caribbean Forum, as he
prepared to host the deliberations starting on Friday and being held under the
theme, “Sustainable Growth Towards Prosperity”.
Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Elizabeth Henry-Greenidge, chaired
the discussions which focused on specific agenda items and the delegation’s
preparedness in this respect.
The meeting will be co-chaired by
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and COFCOR Chair, Kittitian Foreign Minister
Sam Condor. Regional Foreign Ministers as well as Security & Trade
Ministers, Officials and business delegations are expected to participate.
The agenda will include
discussions on the Environment and Climate Change, Security, Economic Resilience,
as well as a Business Meeting and an opportunity for Caribbean Entrepreneurs to
compete.
Minister Hood said he was
heartened by the excellent response to the invitation and the high number of
participants who had registered to attend. He said he looked forward to hosting
his Colleagues and Guests and to a successful outcome.
The UK-Caribbean Forum is a
biennial event and the key mechanism for high-level dialogue between the UK and
the Caribbean.
The fifth Forum was hosted by the
Government of Barbados in 2006 and the sixth by the United Kingdom in 2008.
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
Grenada
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