| DPM Faber With Raul Castro At CARICOM Cuba Summit. |
| Fri, December 8, 2017 |
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We didn't see Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber at today's House Meeting in Belmopan. That's because he was representing Belize today in Antigua And Barbuda for the 6th CARICOM Cuba Summit.
It is held every 3 years, and at today's summit, the representatives of the CARICOM Nations took stock of the cooperation agreement between CARICOM and Cuba, particularly in 2 areas. Those were the Caribbean Regional School of Arts Project, and the Regional Centre for the Stimulation of the Development in Children, Adolescence and Young People in Jamaica, and the Special Educational Needs Associated with Disabilities in Guyana.
They also discussed ways to boost trade and investment between CARICOM and Cuba. A press release from the Government says that Deputy PM Faber called for the redoubling of efforts overcome the challenges to trade, in areas of logistics, transportation and banking facilities, which impede trade and investment between CARICOM and Cuba.
Faber signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Multi-Destination Tourism between CARICOM Member States and the Government of Cuba.
Another MOU was signed between the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the National General Staff of the Civil Defense of the Republic of Cuba. It will allow them to cooperate in areas such as disaster risk reduction, so that CARICOM countries can learn more about Cuba's vaunted disaster response mechanism.
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