00:00The Forum of Barbados denounced the frequent threats by the United States to peace in the
00:04Caribbean region.
00:05At the 86th Annual Conference of the Labour Party of Barbados, Prime Minister Mia Motley
00:10denounced the deployment of U.S. warships in the Caribbean Sea and demanded respect
00:14for the sovereignty of countries in the region.
00:16She also highlighted the region's historic efforts to establish itself as a zone of peace,
00:22which is now directly threatened by foreign military ships.
00:25In turn, she demanded that any dispute be resolved in the UN through dialogue rejecting
00:29the unilateral imposition of force.
00:31Now we are facing a multitude of threats.
00:36We are now facing a multitude of threats.
00:41We need look no further than threats from ships, U.S. military ships across the Caribbean Sea,
00:48including what is reputed to be the largest warship in the world.
00:51These are no longer the days of pirates.
00:55This is 2025, and we have reason to be genuinely concerned, because even as that is happening,
01:01one of the most dangerous threats to the 2025 Atlantic season is taking into account our
01:06brothers and sisters in the Northern Caribbean, Melissa.
01:11We are facing, my friends, an extremely dangerous and intolerable situation in the Northern Caribbean.
01:17But as a people with a tragic history of being subjected to centuries of great power, orchestrated genocide,
01:24terrorism, and war, and as a small state, we have invested enormous time, energy, and effort
01:31in establishing and maintaining our region as a zone of peace.
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