By Peter Richards
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 11, CMC -Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew late Saturday night reiterated that Trinidad and Tobago was not “uninvited” to the retreat where a decision was taken to reappoint Belizean economist Dr. Carla Barnett as Secretary General of the 15-member regional integration grouping.
In a lengthy statement following the meeting of the regional leaders on Friday to discuss the issues in relation to the governance of CARICOM, Dr. Drew, who is also the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, also released 11 pages of the correspondence that had been sent to all members countries leading up to the February 24-27 summit that was held in Basseterre.
He said said that the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar had left the summit on “the evening of the first day of the first day of the Conference, before the Retreat on February 26”
He said that at 10.33 pm on February 25, Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Minister, Sean Sobers called the Secretary General on WhatsApp to inquire if he should attend the retreat in the absence of his Prime Minister.
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