CARICOM hails 52nd anniversary of relations with Cuba

Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Dickon Mitchell

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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Cuba relationship has deepened and matured, serving as an exemplar of South-South cooperation and a point of great honour for both CARICOM and Cuba. This was the theme of a speech by Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Dickon Mitchell, on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between CARICOM Member States and Cuba, a release yesterday from the Community stated. The Prime Minister recalled the “symbolic and bold act” taken by Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago on December 8, 1972, to establish diplomatic ties with Cuba despite prevailing global political tensions, and in doing, so ushered an exemplary partnership.He noted that since that historic day, the CARICOM-Cuba relationship has deepened and matured, serving as an exemplar of South-South cooperation and a point of great honour for both CARICOM and Cuba. “Indeed, the Member States of the Community highly value our cooperation, which has been of immense assistance, bilaterally and regionally, particularly with regard to human capacity building and the provision of health care, critical inputs to improving the welfare of our people.”