OECS issues statement on Nevis secession bid

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: OECS Heads of Government have called on the Nevis Island Administration to review their intention to hold a referendum on the secession of Nevis from St. Kitts.

The Heads discussed the secession issue at their just ended 38th Meeting of the OECS Authority and decided to back the earlier position taken at the last CARICOM Summit, in which the CARICOM leaders opposed the move.

The full text of the statement from the OECS Authority meeting is as follows:

"The OECS Authority endorses and reiterates the position taken by CARICOM at the Heads of Government meeting in Montego Bay in July, 2003.

The Authority views with deep concern the proclaimed intention to have a referendum for Nevis to secede from St. Kitts, and urges that the matter be re-examined with a view towards preserving the integrity of the state of St. Kitts and Nevis." 

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