President attends Ninth Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on CSME

Georgetown, Guyana – (September 5, 2018) President David Granger, today, participated in the Ninth Meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), which was held in Bridgetown, Barbados. The President is a member of the Sub-Committee.

President David Granger sharing a light moment with CARICOM’s Secretary-General, Irwin LaRocque and Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness.

President David Granger makes a point as St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge listen intently.

CARICOM Heads of Government in deep discussion. [from left] Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, Gaston Brown, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, H.E David Granger, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Ralph Gonsalves.

The meeting was convened to discuss and make decisions, which are aimed at hastening the movement towards a Single Market and Economy within the Caribbean Community. The Sub- Committee, which was chaired by Hon. Mia Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, saw discussions on a wide range of CSME-related issues including the role of the private sector and labour in the CSME, facilitation of travel, the free movement of persons, contingent rights and the proposed establishment of a single registration for companies.

Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carl Greenidge, Guyana’s Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ms. Charlene Phoenix and Mr. Sherwyn Naughton, Senior Foreign Service Officer within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accompanied President Granger to the meeting.