Antigua, Investment Migration Council sign deal
By Nelson A. King
Antigua and Barbuda Prime
Minister, Gaston Browne,
who attended the Investment
Migration Council (IMC)
Forum in Geneva, Switzerland,
on Wednesday, June
5 signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with
the organization.
An Antigua and Barbuda
Government statement said
that Browne participated
in the annual IMC Forum,
“which saw all the leading
stakeholders in the investment
migration industry
gather to analyze the state of
the industry and strategize on
the way forward.”
“As the feature speaker
of the Forum, PM Browne
addressed the plenary session
on Wednesday afternoon with
a speech that was very well
received,” the statement said.
It said that, on Wednesday
morning, the prime minister
sat with the chief executive
of the Investment Migration
Council Bruno L’Ecuyer at
the Kempinski Hotel in downtown
Geneva, “where they
both signed the MOU that set
out the mandate of the IMC
to conduct research, prepare
reports, lobby organizations
and governments, and handle
communications on the
issues related to the investment
migration industry.”
The MOU was negotiated
over the past few months
between both sides and covers
the IMC relationship with
those countries that sign up
on advocacy and policy issues,
the statement said.
“The IMC is performing
a critical function,” Browne
said, “and this initiative will
strengthen our outreach to
those whose policies can affect
the industry for good or ill.
“We look forward to a
strong collaborative relationship
with the IMC that will
confront the issues that challenge
an industry that brings
so much benefit to our countries,”
he added.
The statement said the
signing ceremony was witnessed
by Ambassador Colin
Murdoch, of the Office of the
Prime Minister of Antigua and
Barbuda, and Patricia Cassola
of the IMC. PM Gaston Browne and Bruno L’Ecuyer. Gov’t of Antigua and Barbuda
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