The Council of Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) which met on Wednesday and Thursday at Frigate Bay in St. Kitts and Nevis reviewed recent developments in the Middle East and expressed hope for a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the creation of lasting peace and stability in the region.
COFCOR also took note of the recognition of Palestine as an independent state by two of its members, Guyana and Suriname.
Ambassador Elisabeth Harper, Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs represented Guyana at the meeting.
And COFCOR reiterated the Caribbean Community’s long standing and unwavering solidarity with and commitment to the just and legitimate aspirations of the people of Palestine for the exercise of their right to self-determination and to achieve a homeland of their own, independent, free, prosperous and at peace, according to a statement released by the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen.
The Council further reiterated its support for a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the people of Israel and Palestine living side by side in their free and independent countries in peace, prosperity and harmony and within secure and internationally recognized borders.
In addition, COFCOR took note of the recent reconciliation between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Fatah, the statement concluded.
