CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque in his remarks described the decades-old relations as “a trailblazer in South-South Cooperation” spawning high level engagements between the two parties including triennial summits of CARICOM and Cuba heads of state and governments, and meetings of foreign ministers of the two parties. Coupled with the opportunity to discuss areas of mutual interest and co-operation extending to support in the hemispheric and international arenas, LaRocque said that the success of Cuba-CARICOM relations has been seen in technical cooperation in areas such as health, culture, language translation, natural disasters, and in agriculture. A significant area of cooperation he pointed out was human resource development in the Community, noting that Cuba is “by far the largest contributor” among the international partners of CARICOM due to the number of scholarships.

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