From left in front row are Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN Rytis Paulauskas, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd and Barbados Minister of Health Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott. In the back row from left are European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister Mia Mottley (hidden). (Office of the President photo)

President Irfaan Ali yesterday oversaw the execution of two  Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs)  – including one on pharmaceutical services – on the sidelines of the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Barbados.

A release from the Office of the President said that the event was also witnessed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Barbados’s Prime Minister and current CARICOM chair,  Mia Mottley, and Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell.