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Post by bot on May 6, 2016 19:17:12 GMT -5
FACT SHEET: U.S.-Caribbean and Central American Energy Summit by hardcastle Today, Vice President Biden chaired the U.S.-Caribbean-Central American Energy Summit in Washington, D.C. The Summit, which gathered Caribbean and Central American heads of government and energy ministers, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and other international partners, caps off the work of the U.S.-Caribbean-Central American Energy Security Task Force, which President Obama launched with regional leaders in April 2015 to advance energy security, enhance regional energy cooperation, support clean energy integration, and promote donor coordination. Secretary of State John Kerry held an opening reception for the Summit on May 3, and the plenary meeting of the Summit on May 4 featured presentations by the Vice President, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Rowley, the President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno. Partner organizations, including the World Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, and the Organization of American States also participated. As part of the Summit, the Americas Business Dialogue chaired a series of meetings between heads of government and the private sector to explore new opportunities for trade, investment, and innovation in the energy sector. www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/04/fact-sheet-us-caribbean-and-central-american-energy-summit
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