JAMAICA – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith is heading a Jamaican delegation to the second summit of CARICOM leaders and India. The CARICOM-India Summit is being co-chaired by Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and current Chair of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government, and India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in Georgetown, Guyana, on Wednesday. Johnson Smith said Jamaica looks forward to focusing on shared priorities including energy and infrastructure, agriculture and food security, health and pharmaceuticals, technology and innovation, as well as human resources and capacity-building.

“Having recently participated in Prime Minister Holness’ historic visit to India, the first bilateral visit made by a Jamaican Prime Minister to that country, we look forward to strengthening ties even further through wider regional engagement,” added Johnson Smith. She further notes that strengthening people-to-people connections between India and the CARICOM region would also be a central point of interest, given the close to 190 years of integration of Indians across the region. (Jamaica-Gleiner)

Photo: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith.