CARICOM cops Japanese honor

Caricom Secretary General Mr. Edwin Carrington

Friday, September 12, 2003

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Caricom's continued cooperation with Japan was recently lauded when Director General of Japan's External Trade Organisation, (JETRO), Mr. H.E. Takatomo Tozuka, presented an award to CARICOM Secretary General, Mr. Edwin Carrington. 

CARICOM was singled out as the only organization to receive this award in 2003. Commenting on the award, Mr. Carrington said, "I can say that this Award is truly for the achievement of the staff of the Secretariat and to the people of the Community."

Mr. Tozuka expressed hope for continued co-operation with the region and thanked the CARICOM Secretariat for their support for JETRO's activities.

Since the relationship between CARICOM and JETRO began, the region has been involved in two major JETRO initiatives in Tokyo - a Caribbean Exhibition held in November 2002 meant to attract Japanese consumers to Caribbean products and Food-Ex held in February this year, where five Caribbean companies participated.

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