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LatAm, Carib Foreign Ministers for Integration
by Prensa Latina


Posted: Nov 5, 2009 13:40 UTC

KINGSTON (PL) - Foreign Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean in a meeting in this capital are suggesting on Wednesday some mechanisms to boost integration in both regions.

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding will address the meeting, to be run in the tourist beach resort of Montego Bay.

In the meeting, they will ready points to be debated during the Second Summit of Foreign Ministers of Latin American and the Caribbean (CALC), scheduled for early 2010.

The agenda also includes an analysis of the zonal situation in issues as finances, energy, environment, and food, Jamaican Foreign Minister Kenneth Baugh said.

According to Baugh, to develop a successful recovery process from the current economic crisis, "cooperation and integration are essential."

They will also review in the meeting implementation of the recommendations derived from the First CALC Summit, held in 2008 in Brazil, focused on sustainable development and eradication of poverty.

Wednesday's working sessions are preceding the 28th Ministerial Session of the Group of Rio, from Wednesday afternoon to Friday.

The CALC emerged as an agreement mechanism to boost its members' full integration, under the premises of equality and respect for self-determination of the nations.

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