ROSEAU, Dominica, Jun 23, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday said that the regional integration movement (CARICOM) needs to have a “sincere conversation” about the present and future state of the grouping, but insisted that Dominica would not support calls for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to leave the movement that was established in 1973.
“Certainly Dominica does not support the exit from the CSME (CARICOM Single Market and Economy), neither do we support the suggestion of exiting from CARICOM,” Skerrit told a news conference, adding that he hopes the upcoming CARICOM summit in Jamaica on July 6-8 will address these issues..
“In a family, you will have disagreements, but you have to look at it…and I think CARICOM has to have a very sincere conversation about the present state of CARICOM and the future of CARICOM where all members are concerned.
“I am hoping that at the CARICOM meeting in Jamaica next month that those matters can be discussed and fleshed out. But certainly we do not support the notion of exiting. I don’t think it makes any sense for individual countries to exit CARICOM and go and have bilateral engagements.
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