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Belize, Suriname Meet With OAS

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - April 12, 2012 - 7:04 pm

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Suriname Foreign Minister Winston Lackin (OAS Photo)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Belize Foreign Minister Wilfred Erlington held a meeting Wednesday in Cartagena with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza.

The two are in Cartagena for the Sixth Summit of the Americas. The meeting took place at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Centre in Cartagena, which will be the main headquarters of the summit.

Insulza also met with Suriname Foreign Minister Winston Lackin in Cartagena, discussing the main issues of the summit, which begins this weekend under the theme of “Connecting the Americas: Partners for Prosperity.”

Theo were the latest in a series of meetings by Insulza, who talked Wednesday with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.

Insulza spoke earlier Thursday at the opening of the Workers Forum, which is being held within the framework of the Sixth Summit of the Americas.

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