CASTRIES–The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says it is seeking to explore opportunities for greater south-south cooperation after establishing diplomatic relationship with Argentina. OECS director general Dr Len Ishmael, speaking at the signing ceremony, said the nine-member sub-regional grouping was also seeking stronger development cooperation ties as well as exploring avenues for trade and investment.
"It is in this context that we seek to tap into the full potential of the OECS-Argentina relationship, a potential which has yet to be unlocked. Indeed, we believe that the transformation of the OECS into an Economic Union has made our region ripe for stronger economic links with Argentina," she said.
Newly-appointed Argentine ambassador to the OECS, Marcelo Aldo Salviolo, underlined his country's desire "to consolidate closer links with the Caribbean states." Argentina is the 11th country to establish formal diplomatic relations with the OECS that groups the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis, the British Virgin Islands and Anguilla.
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