CARICOM

Key highlights of meeting:

• It was the first-ever meeting of PM Modi with CARICOM leaders in a regional format.
  
  
• PM Modi announced a USD 14 million grant for community development projects in the CARICOM and another 150 million Line of Credit for solar, renewable energy and climate- change related projects.
  
  
• He also announced the setting up of the Regional Center for Excellence in Information Technology in Georgetown, Guyana and the Regional Vocational Training Center in Belize.
  
  
• It was decided to set up a Joint Task Force to expeditiously look into possible areas of cooperation and identify the way forward.