Caricom SG lobbies Belgium on EU’s differentiation policy

Godelieve Van den Bergh

Secretary General of Caricom, Irwin LaRocque, on Wednesday, lobbied for Belgium’s support to urge the European Union (EU) to revisit its differentiation policy which denies Caricom’s highly-indebted middle income countries reduced access to concessionary funding.

LaRocque was speaking at a ceremony at the Caricom Secretariat headquarters, where the first Plenipotentiary Represen-tative of Belgium to Caricom, Godelieve Van den Bergh presented her credentials. While expressing appreciation for the assistance that Caricom member states