Prime Minister off to CARICOM Summit

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is currently in Trinidad and Tobago for the 45th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as the regional grouping marks its 50th anniversary.

The Prime Minister is accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Keisal Peters, and Ambassador of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to the OECS Ambassador Allan Alexander.

Regional leaders will discuss a number of issues including food security, climate change and climate change financing; the ongoing difficulties in Haiti; security issues; external relations matters and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

The Heads of Government are expected to engage several international guests, including the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame; the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres; President-Designate of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28), Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jabe; the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Han Duck-Soo; US Secretary-of-State, Anthony Blinken, and Minority Leader in the US House of Representatives, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries. St Vincent and the Grenadines hoisted the CARICOM flag at the Financial complex yesterday morning as this country joins its sister CARICOM countries to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the regional grouping.