LOS ANGELES, California — Prime Minister Philip E. Davis met with several regional leaders one-on-one at the Summit of the Americas currently being held June 8-10 at Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Included was a bilateral meeting with Columbia President Iván Duque Márquez on Thursday morning, June 9.
Davis and Márquez discussed areas of mutual interest concerning Climate Change and Improved healthcare delivery.
President Márquez expressed his continued interest in seeing enhanced Foreign Direct Investment from Colombia into The Bahamas and is expected to make an official visit to The Bahamas in July.
With the United States hosting the Summit of the Americas for the first time since its inception in 1994, President Biden formally opened the Summit on Wednesday, declaring “As we meet again today, in a moment when democracy is under assault around the world, let us unite again and renew our conviction that democracy is not only the defining feature of American histories, but the essential ingredient to Americas’ futures.” Biden said during a 15-minute speech kicking off the summit.
“Our region is large and diverse,” he added. “We don’t always agree on everything. But because we’re democracies, we work through our disagreements with mutual respect and dialogue.”
Vice President Kamala Harris was scheduled to meet with Caribbean leaders today (Thursday) to talk about clean energy, among other topics.
Here’s a link to a video posted by Press Secretary Clint Watson on the Prime Minister’s meeting with Columbia’s President Iván Duque Márquez:
https://www.facebook.com/100004477271315/videos/1738617206486949
