Gya: UK-Caricom participation

FINALLY, THE Caribbean Community-United Kingdom Forum is emerging as a mechanism by which practical forms of cooperation can be pursued, especially in demanding areas like crime and security.

Latest indication of this emerged last week in Kingston, Jamaica, where an agreement was signed between the UK and CARICOM at the conclusion of the Community's Ministerial Sub-Committee for Resource Mobilisation for Crime and Security.

What had initially started a few years ago as a consultative process involving ministers and technocrats when Robin Cooke was Britain's Foreign Minister, has been incrementally evolving as the alternative to summit meetings between CARICOM and Canada, CARICOM and the USA.