Caricom chair to meet Prime Minister in Trinidad

Cari­com Chair Dr Ter­rance Drew will make an of­fi­cial vis­it to Trinidad and To­ba­go this week to meet with Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and mem­bers of her team, against the back­drop of re­cent ten­sion be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go and some oth­er Cari­com mem­ber states.

In re­cent weeks, Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­scribed Cari­com as not be­ing a re­li­able part­ner to Trinidad and To­ba­go and has char­ac­terised the re­gion­al body as dys­func­tion­al.

In a brief state­ment Cari­com said Dr Drew will be ac­com­pa­nied by Sec­re­tary-Gen­er­al Dr Car­la Bar­nett.

It said the vis­it forms part of the Chair’s fo­cus on face-to-face dis­cus­sions with re­gion­al lead­ers. Last week, Dr Drew and Dr Bar­nett met with the new Prime Min­is­ter of St Vin­cent and the Grenadines, Dr God­win Fri­day, in Kingstown.