Clinton pledges help to push Guyana, DR ties
`This partnership between governments and businesses and NGOs, between the Dominican Republic, and Guyana, I hope is the tip of the iceberg. I hope it will give new life to CARICOM…’
Former United States President, Bill Clinton yesterday pledged his assistance to help President Irfaan Ali should he want to spread his plans for unity here and will use his influence in New York to make those platforms possible.
The former two-term Democrat President said that since he left office, he has spent his time trying to forge global unity and wants to see the Caribbean as a region that stands as one. As such he is prepared to assist the Dominican Republic and Guyana in fostering relations that will benefit all of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
“If I or my foundation The Clinton Global Initiative
- can help, I want to help. If we can offer you a forum, in New York during UN Week, to get the message who you are and what you stand for, what you are trying to do and the unity you are trying to build, we want to do that,” Clinton told Ali in an address at United Carib-bean Forum, which was held yesterday morning at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.
The event was organised by the Dominican Republic (DR) Chamber of Commerce in Guyana and Santo Domingo, in collaboration with the Government of Guyana. Present yesterday were envoys from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, the European Union, and a number international partners.
Clinton disclosed that he had spent “a staggering amount of time” in the Dominican Republic since he left office 25 years ago and that some of his best friends are there. From his interactions with Caribbean people, he believes that they have the potential to achieve great things and that the Americas need to work closely together.
“I have believed for a