Prime Minister back from Florida

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May 23, 2001 - Prime Minister Dr. Kenny D. Anthony returned home Sunday from Florida, where he addressed the annual convention of the Young Republicans of West Palm Beach on Saturday evening and met with investors interested in doing business in St. Lucia.

The meeting, which took place at the Airport Hilton Hotel in West Palm Beach, was also addressed by former US Secretary of State General Alexander Haig.

In his address entitled “Mending Fences”, Prime Minister Anthony outlined a case for closer understanding and cooperation between the neigbouring states and peoples of the Hemisphere, be they in the Caribbean, North or South America.

Emphasising that “good fences make good neighbours”, the Prime Minister called for better neighbourly relations between the big and small states of the Hemisphere. He said the new global realities required that a new level of cooperation between neighbouring states of the inter-American system, toward mutually attainable goals.

Dr. Anthony also welcomed recent measures adopted by the Bush administration regarding bananas, saying that “while the previous administration promised, this administration delivered” a solution that was acceptable to the Caribbean’s banana producing countries. This, he added, “augurs well for improving relations between the Caribbean and Washington.”

US President George Bush did not attend the convention, but the Republican Party was represented by General Haig, who also held a bilateral meeting with the St. Lucia Prime Minister that lasted over an hour.

Dr. Anthony updated the former US Secretary of State on the latest thoughts of Caribbean leaders regarding relations with Washington and asked that General Haig convey his regards to the US President.

But the Prime Minister’s trip wasn’t only about politics. During his three-day stay in Florida, Prime Minister Anthony also met with several groups of investors interested in doing business in St. Lucia.  Two of the groups have confirmed their separate interests in undertaking a major hotel construction on the island and establishing a call centre to employ 800 persons. Representatives of the two groups are expected in St. Lucia soon for further discussions and to establish the basis for starting their operations.

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