Pak Lah to visit the Caribbean next week
The Star – 27/4/2006
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will visit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from April 29 until May 2 and Jamaica from May 2 to 3.  
Wisma Putra said in a statement today that this would be the Prime Minister’s first visit to the Caribbean region. The visits are at the invitation of the Prime Ministers of the two island nations.  
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Abdullah will hold discussions with his counterpart Dr Ralph Gonsalves.   
Abdullah is also expected to address the House of Assembly, meet ordinary Vincentians and be briefed about Malaysian investment projects in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the statement said.  
In Jamaica, Abdullah will have talks with Jamaica’s new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and lead the Malaysian delegation at a bilateral meeting.  
He is also expected to meet Percival James (P.J.) Patterson, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica.  
Abdullah’s delegation will include Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said, Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed and Deputy Foreign Minister Joseph Salang as well as senior officials of the Prime Minister’s Office and Foreign Ministry.  
The statement said the visits would enable the Prime Minister to forge closer rapport with Gonsalves and Simpson Miller.  
He will also evaluate potential areas of cooperation and seek ways to enhance trade and investment activities between Malaysia and the two Caribbean countries. 
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