Jeb Bush's representatives for St. Kitts

Friday, October 3, 2003

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Representatives of Florida's Governor, Mr. Jeb Bush, will be in St. Kitts and Nevis on Monday 6th October through the 10th, for talks with the island's Prime Minister Dr. Denzil L. Douglas and other government officials.

Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer of the Florida Free Trade Association of the Americas Incorporated, Mr. Jorge Arrizurieta, will lead a four-man team to the island to promote the state's interest as the home for the Free Trade Association of the Americas Secretariat and well as find ways for Florida and St. Kitts to work together.

The FTAA official will meet on Wednesday morning, 8th October, with Prime Minister Douglas and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Trade, Mr. Sam Condor, before leaving in the afternoon for Antigua for meetings with that country's Prime Minister Mr. Lester Bird and other public and private sector officials.

Florida officials want Miami to be the home for the Secretariat but Trinidad and Tobago is also vying to house the FTAA offices.

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