Holness and Trudeau discuss COVID-19
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May 16, 2020
OTTAWA, Canada, CMC – Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has held talks with United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, and Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the developing world.
A brief statement from the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada said the leaders on Wednesday reaffirmed the importance of coordinated multi-lateral action in responding to the health emergency and socio-economic impacts of the crisis.
The Government of Canada is working closely with local, provincial, and international partners to minimize its health, economic, and social impacts in Canada and around the world,” the statement said.
Jamaica is the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to have so far recorded more than 500 cases of the virus.
The statement said that the leaders discussed the important role Canada and Jamaica can play, as co-chairs of the Group of Friends of Sustainable Development Goals Financing, in support of the UN’s efforts to mobilize international action to assist developing countries in both responding to and recovering from the pandemic, in a way that builds more resilient and inclusive economies and societies.
