Canada reaffirms commitment to strengthening security in the Caribbean

Cana­da has reaf­firmed its com­mit­ment to strength­en­ing mar­itime se­cu­ri­ty across the Caribbean through re­gion­al part­ner­ships, to im­prove mar­itime do­main aware­ness, en­hance in­for­ma­tion shar­ing and op­er­a­tional readi­ness, and dis­rupt traf­fick­ing net­works that ex­ploit the re­gion’s mar­itime space.

Cana­di­an High Com­mis­sion­er to Ja­maica, Mark Berman, said that his coun­try’s sup­port for re­gion­al se­cu­ri­ty co­op­er­a­tion comes ahead of Ex­er­cise Event Hori­zon 2027, which will bring to­geth­er mil­i­tary, civil­ian and re­gion­al part­ners to test readi­ness and in­ter­op­er­abil­i­ty across mar­itime se­cu­ri­ty, search and res­cue, cy­ber­se­cu­ri­ty, and hu­man­i­tar­i­an as­sis­tance and dis­as­ter re­lief.

Ex­er­cise Event Hori­zon 2027 is sched­uled to take place from Jan­u­ary 15 to 29, 2027, with plan­ning co­or­di­na­tion sup­port­ed by in­ter­na­tion­al part­ners such as the Unit­ed Na­tions Of­fice on Drugs and Crime (UN­ODC) and the World Food Pro­gramme.