Press Statement
Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston A. Browne is today in Morocco attending the 17th edition of the MEDays Forum, to be held from 26–29 November 2025 in Tangier, Morocco, under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
MEDays 2025 convenes under the theme “Fractures & Polarization: Reinventing the Global Equation”, bringing together more than 300 high-level speakers, including Heads of State and Government, ministers, Nobel laureates, corporate leaders, and international experts, as well as over 7,000 participants from more than 120 countries.
In an era defined by geopolitical rivalries, economic fragmentation, and evolving global governance, the MEDays Forum is widely regarded as the “Forum of the South”, offering a strategic platform where emerging and developing nations can voice their perspectives and shape a more inclusive international order.
Prime Minister Browne’s participation underscores Antigua and Barbuda’s commitment to strengthening South-South cooperation, engaging in high-level diplomacy, and advocating for a global architecture that reflects the interests of small states — especially Small Island Developing States (SIDS) — in an increasingly multipolar world.
Prime Minister will engage in discussions on global governance, economic sovereignty, climate resilience, and development finance — all critical issues for Antigua & Barbuda and other SIDS.
By attending MEDays, Prime Minister Browne reaffirms that small nations like Antigua & Barbuda have a seat at the table of global decision-making.
n addition, the forum’s focus on investment, geopolitics, and multilateral cooperation aligns with government’s drive to attract foreign direct investment, promote sustainable development, and strengthen ties with Africa and other Global South partners.
As a climate-vulnerable SIDS, Antigua & Barbuda can leverage MEDays to push for more equitable and effective global financial mechanisms, debt sustainability, and climate finance solutions.
“In a world of deepening polarization and rising uncertainty, Antigua & Barbuda must not only adapt — we must advocate. MEDays 2025 gives us a platform to project our priorities, especially climate resilience and economic equity,” said Prime Minister Gaston A. Browne.
The MEDays Forum was founded in 2008 by the Amadeus Institute, and has grown into a strategic diplomatic, economic, and intellectual hub, particularly for countries from the Global South.
The 2025 edition features over 50 sessions on geopolitics, economics, energy, climate, and governance, including the MEDays Investment Summit, which promotes strategic public-private investment in Africa and beyond.
The forum is held at the Palais des Arts et de la Culture, Avenue Mohammed VI, Corniche Malabata, Tangier, Morocco.
Good stuff
The PM is always active on the international stage.
Just reading about these weekly travels crisscrossing the globe already has me dizzy! All this globe trotting to what end, when for months now we, in Antigua and Barbuda and our families and friends south of the border continue to live with heightened blood pressure rates as Donald Trump as president of the US of A has invaded our Caribbean waters threatening ruin and carnage to ALL of us. LIke a lazy entitled albatross he straddles our Caribbean chain, murdering at will our friends and families with full impunity from the rest of the world. So what exactly do we expect to achieve from your weekly joy rides. Where are the world’s voices in solidarity with our region in the face of this blatant and egregious abuse of power and military might? I am disillusioned and overwhelmed by our total helplessness in effecting change on a world stage and so have lost interest in your seemingly useless weekly globetrotting!