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The first consultation meeting to establish the Japan-CARICOM
relationship was held in Jamaica in 1993,
and this year was commemorated as Japan-CARICOM Friendship
Year.
The fourth ministerial-level conference will take place on
Saturday, and will follow up on policy outlined
at the Japan-CARICOM Summit held in Trinidad and Tobago in July.
The country also hopes to deepen
mutual trust through bilateral meetings with individual member
states.
Seven foreign ministers, and one trade minister, will attend the
meetings, with the remaining seven
member states to be represented by designated officials.
Picewell Forbes, High Commissioner to CARICOM, will lead the
Bahamas delegation.
