BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders are scheduled to meet on Friday ahead of the arrival of United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in Jamaica next Wednesday, well-placed sources told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) on Thursday.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Stuart Young had earlier told reporters that he had “spent quite a while on the telephone this morning” with Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who is also the Caricom chair “sharing ideas ahead of a Heads of Caricom meeting to be convened tomorrow afternoon.
“I gave her the assurance that Trinidad and Tobago will continue to be at the front of the batting lineup, standing firm at the crease with Caricom,” Young said without giving any further details about the meeting or Rubio’s visit to the region.
But, according to the sources, the regional leaders on Friday, will among the agenda items, receive an update on the situation in Haiti, where criminal gangs are trying to overthrow the government and efforts are being made to hold fresh general and presidential elections in November this year.
