US AG coming to Port of Spain for talks with PM Kamla

U.S. Attorney General Eric holder will be in Trinidad Thursday for private discussions with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and top government officials including National Security Minister John Sandy and Foreign Affairs and Communications Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan.

Holder is part of a delegation of the for the third meeting of public safety ministers of the Organisation of the Americas (OAS) in Barbados. Holder is also scheduled to hold bi-lateral talked with selected foreign embassy officials in T&T.

Holder is due to arrive at Piarco on Thursday evening from Barbados following meetings there with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite.

He also is expected to meet with Attorneys General from other Eastern Caribbean countries on security matters.

The Barbados OAS meeting will include security ministers and top officials responsible for public safety from the 34 member states of the OAS.

The meeting is part of preparatory events for the sixth Summit of the Americas next April in Colombia, which will focus on police management as a key factor for better security in the Americas.

The authorities hope to build on three major areas:

• Modernising police institutions within a democratic framework
• supporting police professionalisation and training
• strengthening co-operation on police information systems and enhanced use of technology