英联邦：小国部长会在安提瓜CHOGM期间呼吁扩大投资 小国2024年外资占GDP达5.7%
英联邦小国部长会11月1日在安提瓜和巴布达圣约翰斯、英联邦政府首脑会议（CHOGM）期间举行，以「扩大伙伴关系与投资，建设有韧性的小国」为主题，呼吁以务实合作、更强投资与集体行动提升小国经济韧性。会议由安提瓜和巴布达外长 Chet Greene 与马尔代夫外长 Iruthisham Adam 共同主持，东道主总理 Gaston Browne 发表特别讲话，敦促把小国视为具有战略相关性、而不只是脆弱的一方。
英联邦秘书长 Shirley Botchwey 指出，安提瓜和巴布达是历来主办 CHOGM 的人口最少国家。她在会上发布英联邦秘书处旗舰报告《小国经济评论与基本统计》第23卷，题为《超越韧性，走向战略相关性：小国的未来》。报告说，尽管存在经济与气候脆弱性，小国对投资与创新的吸引力正在上升：2024年英联邦小国的外商直接投资达到其 GDP 的5.7%，侨汇占 GDP 的5.6%。
部长们讨论了政府、国际伙伴与私营部门如何扩大对现有与未来英联邦倡议的支持，以及如何在多边论坛放大大国优先事项。塞舌尔外交与侨民部长 Barry Faure 在会上强调人力资本对小国发展的作用与侨民参与的重要性，并邀请与会者出席塞舌尔11月2日在圣约翰斯主办的人才环流部长会。会议成果将提交政府首脑执行会议，并纳入 CHOGM 2026 之后的伙伴关系与投资议程。
Commonwealth: Small States Ministers at CHOGM in Antigua Press for Bigger Investment as Small-State FDI Reached 5.7 Percent of GDP in 2024
The Commonwealth Ministerial Meeting on Small States was held on November 1 in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, on the margins of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), under the theme "Scaling-up Partnerships and Investments for Resilient Small States," calling for practical cooperation, stronger investment and collective action to make small-state economies more resilient. The meeting was co-chaired by Antigua and Barbuda's Foreign Minister Chet Greene and Maldives Foreign Minister Iruthisham Adam, and host Prime Minister Gaston Browne gave a special address urging that small states be seen as strategically relevant, not only as vulnerable.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Botchwey noted that Antigua and Barbuda is the smallest nation by population ever to host a CHOGM. She launched the 23rd volume of the Commonwealth Secretariat's flagship Small States Economic Review and Basic Statistics, titled "Beyond Resilience to Strategic Relevance: The Future of Small States." The report finds small states are increasingly attractive for investment and innovation despite their economic and climate vulnerabilities: foreign direct investment reached 5.7 percent of GDP across Commonwealth small states in 2024, while remittances made up 5.6 percent of GDP.
Ministers looked at how governments, international partners and the private sector could scale up support for Commonwealth initiatives and amplify small-state priorities in multilateral forums. Seychelles Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Minister Barry Faure emphasised human capital and diaspora engagement, and invited participants to a ministerial meeting on talent circulation hosted by Seychelles on November 2 in St. John's. The meeting's outcomes will go to Heads of Government in their executive session and feed into the post-CHOGM 2026 agenda on partnerships and investment.
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