Caribbean, EU share similar goals for peace, economic integration – CARICOM Chair

Georgetown, Guyana – (April 6, 2017) President David Granger, Wednesday evening, said that international peace and economic integration were the ultimate goals of the Caribbean; goals, which he acknowledged were shared by the European Union, and were the basis upon which the signing of the Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community (TEEEC), also called the Treaty of Rome, occurred 60 years ago.  The President, was at the time, speaking at the Photographic Exhibition and Cocktail Reception in commemoration of the 60^th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, held at the Umana Yana in Georgetown.

“The Caribbean today, like Europe 60 years ago, yearns for peace.  The Caribbean seeks international peace, which is characterised by a dignified and secure life for our peoples.  It seeks economic progress, which is undergirded by special consideration to the needs and vulnerabilities of small-island developing and low-lying coastal states such as Guyana,” the President said.

While congratulating the European Union (EU) on its 60^th Anniversary, the President, who is the current Chair of the Caribbean Community, said that those common goals also saw the Caribbean, which is part of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), entering into mutually beneficial, preferential agreements with Europe.

“The Caribbean, as party to successive Lomé conventions and signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, looks forward to building on four decades of ACP-EU relations,” the President said.

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