In another demonstration of a desire to pursue a more independent foreign policy it is reported that T&T is opting out of the CARICOM plan to provide relief supplies to Cuba in favour of their own plan.
Trinidad and Tobago is not joining Caricom in sending humanitarian aid to Cuba. Instead, Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Sean Sobers says T&T will act independently, in collaboration with agencies on the ground in Cuba.
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Source: Daily Express for further details.
And if that was not enough, T&T has publicly indicated that it does not agree with the recent re-appointment of C\ARICOM’s Secretary General.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she does not support the reappointment of Caricom Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett and that Trinidad and Tobago will be reducing its financial contribution to the regional group.
Caricom chairman and St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew issued a statement yesterday advising that, during the Caricom meeting in St Kitts in February, the “required majority” of Caricom heads of government agreed to the reappointment of Barnett as Secretary-General, and her second term of office will begin in August 2026.
The Express contacted the Prime Minister yesterday and asked if she agreed with this reappointment. Her response was “no”.
Asked if she was disappointed in the reappointment, Persad-Bissessar added, “Caricom has been failing for 52 years and will continue to fail for the next 52 years. Trinidad and Tobago is not going to continue funding Caricom at the current levels that we are providing.”
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Source: Daily Express for more details.