PRIME Minister Bruce Golding arrived in the United States on Sunday for a five-day visit that will feature a series of high-level meetings. The first meeting was held yesterday at the US State Department between Golding and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The prime minister also met with deputy manager of the International Monetary Fund, Nayuki Shinohara; World Bank President Robert Zoellick and president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno. The day's activities culminated with the official launch of the IDB/Caribbean American art exhibition at the IDB Cultural Centre.
Today, Golding will deliver a lecture at the Prestigious Brookings Institute, following which he will be recognised on the floor of the United States Senate and meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The prime minister will also attend a high-level investor's luncheon and hold talks with chairman of the RLJ Company, Robert Johnson, and president of the Shaw Group, Jeff Jenkins.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is welcomed by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the State Department in Washington, DC, yesterday. (Photo: AP)
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The prime minister will wrap up his visit on Thursday when he delivers the keynote address at the IDB's International Forum on Caribbean Investment and Development, which provides a platform for representatives of the public sector, private sector and non-governmental organisations to address issues affecting trade and access to finance for persons doing business in the Caribbean.
Golding is accompanied by the financial secretary Dr Wesley Hughes; director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr Gladstone Hutchinson; President of JAMPRO Sancia Templer; special advisor to the prime minister, Christopher Zacca; and permanent secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Onika Miller.
The prime minister will return to the island on Friday.
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