Wednesday, June 29, 2011

PM Kamla heads to St Kitts for CARICOM summit

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will lead the Trinidad and Tobago delegation to the annual CARICOM summit, which takes place from Friday to Monday in St Kitts.

This year's agenda includes security, financial, economic, social and health issues, including transport matters.

This is the Prime Minister's second CARICOM summit. In keping with her policy of having PP leaders act, Persad-Bissessar is most likely to appoint Winston Dookeran to hold the fort during her absence. 

The Trinidad and Tobago delegation will include T&T's CARICOM ambassador Edwin Carrington, ambassador Mervyn Assam, Foreign Affairs Minister Suruj Rambachan and Trade Minister Stephen Cadiz.

Carrington, who served 18 years as CARICOM Secretary General, will receive a special award at the opening ceremony on Friday. Caricom chairman, St Kitts Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas, has invited St Maarten Prime Minister Sarah Westcott-Williams to attend. St Maarten is interested in Caricom membership.

The opening will also feature addresses by Barbadian Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, Haitian Prime Minister Michael Matelly, St Vincent’s Ralph Gonsalves and Suriname’s Col Desi Bouterse.

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