Last Updated on September 26, 2022, 5:33 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Dr Denzil Douglas, Minister of Foreign Affairs of St Kitts and Nevis attended the CARICOM-India Foreign Ministers meeting on Friday, September 23rd 2022. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, Dr S. Jaishankar was also in attendance at the event.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Denzil Douglas, attended the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He was accompanied by the Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Terrance Drew, and a delegation of ministers. including the Minister of Public Infrastructure, ICT, Konris Maynard; Dr Joyelle Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development; Nerys Dockery, UN Ambassador-designate; Naeemah Hazelle, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister.
Samuel Berridge, Senior Assistant Secretary, Regional Integration and Diaspora Unit, Office of the Prime Minister; Gurdip Dev Bath, Special Representative and Advisor to the Prime Minister and Dillon Edmeade, Aide to the Prime Minister also accompanied them at the General Assembly in New York.
Dr Douglas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis made his first remarks at the meeting, where he thanked the Government of India on behalf of the Government and people of St Kitts and Nevis.
The Government of India was responsible for providing St Kitts and with the potentially life-saving Pfizer vaccines.
The contribution of these vaccines proved to be the most substantial help in the St Kitts and Nevis’ fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Douglas also cited several technical cooperation and capacity-building projects India has pursued with the Government of St Kitts and Nevis, including training opportunities in a number of different disciplines.
For years, CARICOM and India have enjoyed an ideal relationship. India has provided substantive technical and financial support to the member states of CARICOM’s solar energy and climate change-related projects.
Along with this, India has also been one of the most influential provider of capacity-building courses and training opportunities to the people of the countries situated in the eastern Caribbean, including St Kitts and Nevis.
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