Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business, Donville Inniss, is presently attending the Eleventh Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations being held in Antigua and Barbuda.

At the May 8 to 9 event, officials will scrutinise strategies to protect the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) interests in the changing global political environment, including its relations with international and hemispheric agencies.

They will also address issues related to climate change, in particular a Community Foreign Policy Strategy resulting from the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change held in Bali, Indonesia last December.

With respect to its responsibilities for Community Relations, the Council will receive a report on the operations of the CARICOM Representation Office in Haiti, which was re-opened last October with assistance from the Canadian International Development Agency.

Plans for summit meetings involving the Heads of Government will also be reviewed.