Dookeran said Trinidad and Tobago hopes to take the opportunity of Xi' s visit to raise a number of proposals, including methods for boosting trade and investment between the two countries.
China is a major trading partner of Trinidad and Tobago and many other states in the Latin American and Caribbean region. In 2011, the trade volume between the two countries reached historic levels, surpassing 600 million U.S. dollars in value.
Other proposals will include furthering cooperation in the energy sector, identifying new areas for technical cooperation particularly in the fields of agriculture, education and sport, and encouraging the exchange of high-level visits between government officials of the two countries, Dookeran said.
Trinidad and Tobago also hopes that Xi's visit could help strengthen cooperation between China and the regional organizations within the Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as further cooperation between Trinidad and Tobago and China in international affairs, he said.
During the visit, Xi will also hold bilateral meetings with leaders from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Surinam and Jamaica, all of which have diplomatic ties with China in the Caribbean region.
Dookeran said Trinidad and Tobago, cognizant of its leadership role in the Caribbean Community and its strategic position in the wider Latin American and Caribbean region, foresees its growing relationship with China as being beneficial not only to both nations, but also to the Caribbean region at large.
"Trinidad and Tobago is in an ideal position to facilitate deepened relations between China and the Caribbean region and is willing to act as a platform to advance commercial cooperation between China and the countries of the region," he said.
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