Barbados set to become first small island state to host UNCTAD Trade Assembly

(Barbados Today) Barbados is set to become the first small island state to host the UNCTAD’s Trade Assembly.

The announcement was made this afternoon by Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who said the country would co-chair the international event with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

It is slated to take place in October 2020.

Mottley said the United Arab Emirates would host the World Investment Forum which is usually held along with the Assembly.

However, she said because of the magnitude of that event, Barbados did not have the financial or physical infrastructure to host it.

As a result she said they would co-chair the Assembly in Barbados with the UAE, as well as the Investment Forum which would be held in the UAE.

Describing it as a “massive achievement” Mottley said it would also put Barbados at the centre of trade and development negotiations internationally.

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