Antigua PM meets with CARICOM Secretary General
Friday, April 9, 2004
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Prime Minister, Baldwin
Spencer, discussed a number of regional issues when the Secretary General of
the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr. Edwin Carrington paid a courtesy call on
Mr. Spencer on Thursday. Dr. Carrington
congratulated Mr. Spencer on his appointment as Prime Minister, noting that,
"CARICOM is pleased to see the strong constitutional democratic process at
work in Antigua and Barbuda, where you had, as it were, an earth shattering
change.“ “Yet, the society remains at peace,
calm and balanced. This says a lot for us, for all of us as Caribbean people,"
Dr. Carrington said.
In addition he indicated that, the report he
received from the CARICOM Observer Mission which monitored the general
elections held last month, which brought Mr. Spencer's United Progressive
Party into office, was a very good one. The Secretary General also assured the
Prime Minister that CARICOM stands willing and ready to assist Antigua and
Barbuda whenever the need arises.
In welcoming Dr. Carrington, Prime Minister
Spencer thanked him for his words of congratulation and assured him that
Antigua and Barbuda is indeed happy that CARICOM was able to have a team come
and witness the process. "All of those things would have helped," he said.
He told Dr. Carrington that his administration has had to hit the ground
running as there is not much of a cooling off or honeymoon period.
"We have to be grappling with all sorts of things almost instantly, but we
believe that we will be able to deal with the challenges."
Both men also discussed a number of other important regional issues including
Haiti, Trade, the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), Free Movement
and International Affairs, among others.
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