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Contact:
Office of the Prime Minister
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 – Prime Minister Honourable Stephenson King
will leave the island on Tuesday 14 October 2008 to participate in the Ceremony
for the Signing of the CARIFORUM – EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to be
held at the Sherbourne Centre, Barbados on 15th October 2008.
At the third special meeting of the Heads of State and Government of CARIFORUM
held in Barbados on 10 September 2008, thirteen of the 15 Member States
indicated their readiness to sign the Agreement. Haiti, which was represented at
Ambassadorial level, indicated that there were reservations which had to be
cleared at the Presidential level before signature of the document, while Guyana
stated that it was not in a position to sign the EPA.
Since then, discussions have continued with His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, the
President of Guyana, regarding his concerns, with a view to having Guyana be a
signatory to the EPA at the earliest opportunity. It is expected that the
President will join his colleagues at the signing on 15th October 2008.
Prime Minister King will be accompanied by the Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to CARICOM and the OECS, Dr June Soomer.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Honourable Stephenson King cancelled his trip on
Saturday, October 11, 2008, to attend the annual meeting of the World Bank/IMF,
in order to make an assessment of the damage caused by the recent heavy rains in
Saint Lucia.
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