CARICOM Secretary-General and Romania’s Foreign Minister sign MOU to advance CARICOM-Romania co-operation

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Romania's Foreign Minister Mr Teodor Melescanu on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding setting up a Mechanism for advancing cooperation between CARICOM and Romania in a number of areas, including science and technology, education, research, climate change and disaster management, and agriculture.

(from left) Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Romanian Foreign Minister Mr Teodor Melescanu and Bahamian Foreign Minister and current Chairman of COFCOR (Council for Foreign and Community Relations) Hon. Darren Henfield holding a Press Conference shortly after yesterday's signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between CARICOM and Romania.

Romanian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mr Dan Neculaescu was on hand to personally welcome CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on  his arrival in Romania last Saturday to attend the Conference on Building Resilience to Natural Resources.  In photo, the Secretary of State updates Secretary-General LaRocque and Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations, Ambassador Colin Granderson on arrangements for the meeting.