Key Takeaways
- EAM Jaishankar held meetings with FMs of Caribbean Community, CELAC to enhance cooperation in Digital Public Infrastructure, health, clean energy, and more.
- The meetings focused on upgrading the partnership and deepening cooperation in key areas, including health, IT, FinTech, capacity building, renewables, and food security.
- EAM Jaishankar emphasized the importance of building on past experiences, addressing current needs, and working towards a brighter future for the region.
New York/New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a meeting with Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community bloc and later with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in New York, during which they discussed enhancing cooperation in Digital Public Infrastructure, health, clean energy, capacity building and drones.
In posts on X, the EAM said:
“A great meeting of the India-CARICOM Foreign Ministers today. Co-chaired with FM @v_henderson1 of Dominica.
“Discussions around upgrading our partnership and deepening cooperation in health, IT, FinTech, capacity building, renewables and food security.
“Our bonds with CARICOM draw from past experiences, address current needs and aspire towards a brighter future.”
On his meeting with the CELAC, the EAM posted:
“Co-chaired India-CELAC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting alongside FM @EnriqueReinaHN today in New York.
“Our political cooperation and deepening economic linkages advance South-South cooperation.
“Agenda included Digital Public Infrastructure, health, clean energy and capacity building. Highlighted possibilities for greater engagement in AI, e-mobility, space, smart agriculture and drones.
“India and CELAC have a shared commitment to reformed multilateralism.”
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is an international grouping in the Caribbean consisting of 15 member states and five associate members.
CELAC is an intergovernmental mechanism for dialogue and political agreement, which includes permanently 32 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
