President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel and President of the Republic of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, will be among 200 foreign officials in attendance at the 39th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting which gets underway this afternoon in Montego Bay, St. James.
Among the key agenda items are crime and violence, disaster management and climate change as well as the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.
All 15 Heads of Government and heads of associate members have confirmed their attendance at the summit. This is the first time in more than a decade there will be full participation by regional leaders.
The foreign officials expected include Heads of State and Government in CARICOM and their delegations, officials from other regional hemispheric and international bodies and institutions as well as members of the diplomatic corps.
Preceding the opening of the summit will be a ceremony for the swearing in of the new President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Adrian Saunders.
The Conference of Heads of Government is the supreme organ of the Caribbean Community and determines and provides its policy direction. Jamaica's hosting of the conference this year is in keeping with the regular system of rotation within CARICOM.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness assumed the Chairmanship of Caricom on July 1. His tenure will last until December 31.
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