First conference of CARICOM and German Foreign Ministers opens in Berlin

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Region’s Foreign Ministers on Monday began a two-day conference with German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Germany.

This first Conference of the Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community and Germany has high on its agenda energy and energy efficiency, climate change and the environment, development policy and the fostering of closer commercial ties and investment flows between Europe and the Caribbean region.

The German Foreign Minister, in welcoming his CARICOM counterparts, stressed the shared values of the two sides and pledged Germany’s continued engagement with the Community.

See Germany’s Foreign Minister’s full statement:
Berlin – German Foroeign Minister Statement