 During their discourse, Honourable Alfred Prosper and his Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama discussed areas in which St Lucia and Japan can collaborate to develop St Lucia's agriculture sector. Minister Prosper gave a brief update on the current state of St Lucia's agricultural industry as it relates to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. He also expressed his hope for the continuation of knowledge transferred through training with the aim of improving St Lucia's agricultural practices. Your government has given tremendous assistance to our fishermen in terms of construction of a fishing port which is really facilitating the packing of the boats and placement of a construction of a number of other facilities that are critical to our fishermen. I want to encourage you to say that we want to continue the collaboration between St Lucia, the government of St Lucia and your government and to continue to work with you in terms of collaboration and to continue giving us the support that you have begun many many decades ago to assist us in the agricultural sector. His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama reaffirms Japan's commitment to continue supporting the agriculture industry in St Lucia. The fisheries and the disaster risk management and climate change are two of the most important priority areas for our cooperation with the Caribbean countries. So I'm very glad to work continue to work with your government and particularly with your minister to enhance our cooperation and friendship. Japan and St Lucia established diplomatic ties in 1980. From the communications unit of the Ministry of Agriculture I am Anicia Antoine reporting.