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2009-08-04 12:49:00
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Embassy Georgetown
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GUYANESE PRESIDENT JAGDEO SEEKS CONFIRMATION FOR CARICOM

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O 041249Z AUG 09
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7380
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 000421

PASS TO WHA/CAR MIKE FORTIN AND SEAN WHALEN, S/ES-CR;

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC PREL OVIP
SUBJECT: GUYANESE PRESIDENT JAGDEO SEEKS CONFIRMATION FOR CARICOM
HEADS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA

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Dear President Obama,

I have the honour to write to you on behalf of my fellow Heads of
State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in my
capacity as the Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of
CARICOM.

I would like first of all to express our appreciation for the
productive exchange of views we had with you in the margins of the
Fifth Summit of the Americans in Trinidad and Tobago in April of
this year. Having followed keenly the path of your assumption to
the high office of President of the United States of America, it was
certainly a pleasure to be able to meet you. It is evident that we
share similar perspectives about the challenges facing our countries
in the hemisphere and in the wider world and in this context, my
Colleague Heads of Government and I have every confidence that with
you at the helm of the Administration of the United States, this
would augur well for the strengthening of CARICOM/US relations.

Work is progressing at various levels in following up on the
CARICOM-United States agenda which was sketched during the April
meeting. The Community's Foreign Ministers met with Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton in the margins of the General Assembly of the
Organization of American States (OAS) early last month in Honduras.
They were able to discuss issues related to the OAS as well as items
on the US-CARICOM agenda. The Community's Ambassadors in Washington

D. C. have been meeting with their State Department counterparts on
a regular basis and interfacing with Members of Congress on the
several issues of joint concern and interest. Of particular
importance has been the follow up on the issue of regional security
cooperation between the United States and the Caribbean which you
signaled as a priority in your opening statement at the Summit.
This is certainly a shared concern. Our security officials met in
Suriname in May and a Joint Working Group is due to meet in early
August in order to craft a joint strategy and Plan of Action.

In Port of Spain, we had suggested that a meeting take place before
the end of the year however you had indicated that it would be
difficult for you to travel to the Region but proposed instead that
the meeting could take place in Washington, D.C. We attach great
importance to the continuation of our dialogue and as you had
proposed in Port of Spain, I would wish to suggest that the meeting
take place in Washington, D.C., during the last quarter of this
year. Our officials can be tasked with finalizing the logistical
and substantive details.

Please accept the assurances of my highest consideration.

Bharrat Jagdeo
President of the Republic of Guyana and
Chairman of the Conference of Heads of
Government of the Caribbean Community

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