SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Dec 8 (acn) Heads of state and government from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba are in Santiago de Cuba to participate in the 3rd Cuba-CARICOM Summit that begins there on Monday under the slogan ‘Cooperation for Integration’.
Some of the topics to be discussed during the event include the current international financial crisis and economic recession, as well as the strengthening of ties towards regional integration.
The official opening ceremony of the meeting takes place at 9:00 a.m. with speeches by the host delegation; Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and pro-tempore president of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM; and Edwin Spencer, General Secretary of this bloc.
According to the program of the event, the aspects to be discussed during the first part of the summit are: “The Environmental, Food, Energy and Financial Crisis and its Impact on the Caribbean” and “Cuba and CARICOM prior to the Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development.”
Meanwhile, the second part of the event will focus on “Cooperation between Cuba and CARICOM: Current Situation and Prospects”, which will be followed by the approval of the Declaration of Santiago de Cuba as the final document of the summit.
There will also be a Special Declaration on the Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and development scheduled for Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, on December 16-17.
On Sunday, President Raul Castro and the CARICOM leaders paid tribute to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti and Independence Hero Antonio Maceo.
Comienza hoy Cumbre Cuba-Comunidad del Caribe
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