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Gonsalves meets Ramotar for bilaterals
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, yesterday thanked staff members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat for their work in promoting regional integration. He rallied them to “keep the faith”.
“Sometimes it might look as if we are marking time, but we have been making
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and President Donald Ramotar yesterday.
some good progress in some areas. We have more to do and I want to thank you for soldiering on and working together. I hope in the new year we can redouble our efforts,” he said.
Prime Minster Gonsalves, who holds the Transport portfolio in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet, assumes the Chairmanship of the Community in January.
He was in Georgetown on a two-fold mission – to visit the CARICOM Secretariat and to hold bilaterals with President Donald Ramotar.
During his visit, Prime Minister Gonsalves held discussions with CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and members of the Secretariat’s Executive Management Committee.
Briefly addressing staff members, the Prime Minister said that his visit to the Secretariat was in preparation for his assumption of the Chair.
He identified a “bundle of issues” that are germane to the integration movement that he will place focus on including trade among CARICOM Member States and with external partners, job creation, transportation, economy, free movement and hassle free travel, governance and climate change mitigation.
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