Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has asked India to be an advocate for the community in international fora to highlight the damaging effects of the graduation of small, highly-indebted member states away from access to international development assistance on a concessional basis.
A release from the Caricom Secretariat said that the Secretary-General made the appeal for India’s support as he accepted the credentials of the new Plenipotentiary Representative of India to Caricom, Puran Mal Meena, at the Secretariat.
LaRocque pointed out that the community had made tremendous strides in promoting economic and