Suriname becomes the tenth ACS Member to adhere to that agreement. The other ACS Members already party to that agreement are Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, the Netherlands Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago. At the 7th TPO Forum, Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have indicated interest in adhering to the agreement and are currently making the relevant internal consultations.

Signatories to the Reciprocal Cooperation Agreement agree to facilitate actions for the promotion of trade and investments and economic cooperation. These actions include: the exchange of information on the trade environment and investment conditions in the respective countries; provision of statistics and market information; identification of projects of interest to signatories; exchange of publications and dissemination of trade-related information.

For photos of today’s launch, kindly refer to: http://www.acs-aec.org/PressCenter/PhotoGalleries/photo_TPO_06262006.htm

About the ACS

The Association of Caribbean States is the organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Its Associate Members are Aruba , France on behalf of French Guiana , Guadeloupe , and Martinique , and the Netherlands Antilles .

For further information, please contact:

Denise Lewis Martínez
Communications Officer
Association of Caribbean States
E-mail: communications@acs-aec.org
Tel : 1-868-622-9575
Fax : 1-868-622-1653