China, CARICOM Meet in Guyana

By: - September 29th, 2011

Above: Ambassador Yu Wenzhe and Ambassador Colin Granderson (Photo: CARICOM)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

CARICOM Secretary General Irwin Larocque met yesterday with Chinese Ambassador Yu Wenzhe, in a courtesy call at CARICOM headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. LaRocque was joined by Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary General for CARICOM’s Directorate of Foreign and Community Relations. Earlier this month, at the China-Caribbean Economic Forum in Port of Spain, China announced more than $1 billion of loans to the Caribbean region.

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