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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - 8 May 2021) Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) engaged with US National Security Advisor, Mr. Jake Sullivan on Friday 7 April.
The discussions, in which the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves participated, were viewed as introductory as well as an opportunity to exchange views on issues of mutual interest.
Emphasis was placed on the importance of addressing the Covid 19 pandemic and its economic effects through access to vaccines and to economic recovery financing. Matters relating to security and climate change were also discussed.
Special Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government
Special Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government
Plumes of ash billow out from the La Soufrière volcano on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on April 13th, 2021. The volcano had been dormant since 1979, it started spewing smoke and actively rumbling in December 2020. La Soufrière erupted on Friday 9th April 2021, blanketing Saint Vincent in a layer of ash and forcing some 16,000 residents to evacuate their homes to safer parts of the island. (Photo via UN)
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Special Emergency session (14th Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government) on Thursday 15 April to discuss the situation in St Vincent and the Grenadines caused by the on-going volcanic eruptions of La Soufriere.
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CARICOM heads hold emergency meeting
Dr Ralph Gonsalves
Prime Minister Social Share HEADS OF Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Special Emergency session on Thursday April 15 to discuss the situation in St Vincent and the Grenadines caused by the on-going volcanic eruptions of La Soufriere.
They committed to continue providing extensive support to St Vincent and the Grenadines and pledged solidarity with that Member State as it strove to cope with the disaster. The volcano erupted on Friday 9 April and has been spewing ash and emitting pyroclastic flows.
Dr the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines briefed his colleague Leaders on the situation at the meeting which was held virtually. It was presided over by the Chair of the Conference of Heads of Government Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. The meeting also received information from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Mana