Heads of Gov­ern­ment of the Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty and US Sec­re­tary of State Mar­co Ru­bio have agreed to a “Co­op­er­a­tion Frame­work ap­pro­pri­ate to the 21st cen­tu­ry to sup­port the needs and in­ter­ests of the Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty and the USA.”

This was the con­clu­sion in a joint state­ment re­leased on Fri­day morn­ing.

The meet­ing, which took place on Wednes­day in St Kitts and Nevis where the Cari­com Heads of Gov­ern­ment is tak­ing place, ad­dressed is­sues of in­ter­est to the Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty and the Unit­ed States. Dis­cus­sions fo­cused on se­cu­ri­ty, mi­gra­tion, trade, in­vest­ment, dis­as­ter re­cov­ery, hu­man de­vel­op­ment and tech­ni­cal as­sis­tance. The par­ties agreed to pur­sue a Co­op­er­a­tion Frame­work suit­ed to cur­rent needs.