Second India-CARICOM Summit

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Second India-CARICOM Summit

Why in news?

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Grenada, H.E. Mr. Dickon Mitchell, the current CARICOM Chair, chaired the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit in Georgetown on 20 November 2024.

Important Points:

•  The first India-CARICOM Summit was held in 2019 in New York. 
• Expressing his deep solidarity with the people of CARICOM, Prime Minister conveyed his sympathies for the destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl.
•  To further build on India’s close development partnership and strong people to people ties with the region, the Prime Minister offered assistance to CARICOM countries in seven key areas.

These areas fit well with the CARICOM acronym and amplify the close bonds of friendship between India and the group. They are:

• C: Capacity Building
• A: Agriculture and Food Security
• R: Renewable Energy and Climate Change
• I: Innovation, Technology and Trade
• C: Cricket and Culture
• O: Ocean Economy and Maritime Security
• M: Medicine and Healthcare

What is CARICOM?

• CARICOM stands for the Caribbean Community, an intergovernmental organization that's a political and economic union of 20 countries in the Caribbean, Americas, and Atlantic Ocean.

Member states:

• 15 countries, including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Associate members:

• 5 countries, including Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands .
• The headquartersof the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is located at Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana.