00:00The 50th regular meeting of Hents of Government of CARICOM is scheduled for February 24th to 27th in St. Kitson
00:07-Nevis.
00:08Prime Minister Kamala Pissad-Bissesso will lead the national delegation.
00:12It includes Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Minister Sean Sobers, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Nicholas Morris,
00:19Senior Ministry Officials and the Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Farley Augustine with a team from Tobago.
00:25The meeting will be chaired by St. Kitson-Nevis Prime Minister Terence Drew,
00:29who assumed the CARICOM chairmanship on January 1st.
00:33Prime Minister Pissad-Bissesso is scheduled to address the opening ceremony on February 24th.
00:39Heads of Government are expected to discuss regional priorities including economic cooperation, security and sustainable development.
00:48The Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs says Trinidad and Tobago also plans bilateral talks on the margins of the
00:54summit
00:54with United States officials and representatives of the African Export-Import Bank, focusing on trade, investment and security matters.
01:04In recent months, there has been public discussion about T&T's position within CARICOM,
01:09particularly on foreign policy and regional security matters.
01:13Prime Minister Pissad-Bissesso has sought to reassure the public of her government's commitment to the regional body.
01:19This will be her first appearance at the CARICOM heads-of-government meeting since the April 28th general election.
01:27Aksha Goldstein, TV6 News.
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