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It's the first major event of a three-day trip to the United States, the highlight of which is a meeting in Washington Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Press Secretary Gavin Nicholas said Sunday while the meeting’s agenda is open, "the Hon. Prime Minister and the US Secretary of State are expected to discuss major economic, social and political issues affecting the Western Hemisphere."
They will also have in-depth discussions about the issues directly dealing with US/Trinidad and Tobago/CARICOM relations, with a primary focus on the state of the global and regional economy and the impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries, Nicholas said.
The agenda could also includes trade relations, the energy industry, national and regional diversification efforts, the narco trade, border protection and other security issues, Haiti and the possibility of increased humanitarian aid to CARICOM in light of the recent natural disasters to hit the region.
Nicholas said "The Prime Minister is also expected to inform the US Secretary of State of the various new initiatives taken by her People’s Partnership Government...to promote economic and social growth and development for not only Trinidad and Tobago, but also the entire CARICOM region, such as the Children’s Life Fund and the Helping Hand projects."
Persad-Bissessar is expected to extend to her an official invitation for Clinton to visit Trinidad and Tobago "to promote and further their regional bilateral conversations, with a view to forging an even stronger economic, social and general alliance with the United States which, historically, has been this country’s key ally in the Western Hemisphere," the release stated.
The Prime Minister has also accepted an official invitation from the prestigious Ivy League Harvard University’s Faculty Law School to deliver a special lecture to a symposium on the theme of Leadership and Cooperation on Tuesday.
Persad-Bissessar is also scheduled to hold an official meeting with the US Permanent Representative of the United Nations, Susan Rice, on Tuesday at the UN’s offices in New York.
On Wednesday she will deliver an address at the Council of Ambassadors meeting of the Organization of American States on at the OAS Headquarters in Washington.
Foreign Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan is accompanying the Prime Minister on the trip. She will return to Trinidad on Thursday. Finance Minister Winston Dookeran is acting as Prime Minister in her absence.
Jack Warner, who acted as PM last week during the Prime Minister's two one-day trips overseas, is out of the country.
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