The 2nd India-CARICOM Summit was held on 20 November in Georgetown, Guyana. Prime Minister Narendra Modi co-chaired the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit, along with Prime Minister of Greneda Dickon Mitchell, the current chair of CARICOM.
- The summit saw participation from Heads of Government and Foreign Ministers of the Member States.
- This summit was held after five years. Prime Minister Modi, while participating in the summit. said, India has always tried to face these challenges along with CARICOM.
- To further strengthen the India-CARICOM partnership, Mr Modi put forward a seven pillar proposal C.A.R.I.C.O.M which stands for Capacity Building, Agriculture and Food Security, Renewable energy and Climate Change, Innovation, Technology and Trade, Cricket and Culture, Ocean Economy and Maritime Security and Medicine and Healthcare.
About Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is a grouping of twenty-one countries: fifteen Member States and six Associate Members.
- It is home to approximately sixteen million citizens, 60% of whom are under the age of 30, and from the main ethnic groups of Indigenous Peoples, Africans, Indians, Europeans, Chinese, Portuguese and Javanese.
- CARICOM came into being on 4 July 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas. The Treaty was later revised in 2002 to allow for the eventual establishment of a single market and a single economy.
