Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley met with United Nations Secretary-General His Excellency Antonio Guterres on Monday 28 January, 2019 at the UN’s Headquarters in New York.
Dr Rowley journeyed to the UN as a member of a CARICOM delegation led by Dr the Honourable Timothy Harris, CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis. The delegation also included the Honourable Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; His Excellency Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM’s Secretary-General and Her Excellency, Pennelope Beckles, Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations.
Coming out of the meeting the CARICOM delegation is satisfied that if the conditions for such can be met the UN will assist in establishing the roadmap towards peace and security for Venezuela and the region. The Prime Minister expressed hope that in the not too distant future there will be significant improvement and a diminishing of tensions in Trinidad and Tobago’s neighbouring territory.
Dr Rowley added, “We believe in the coming days there will be work towards dialogue so that the internal difficulties in Venezuela can be approached without intervention and interference from those who may have a different approach.”
This meeting with the UN Secretary General followed a CARICOM Heads of Government emergency meeting on Thursday where it was decided that the regional body should engage the global organisation.
The CARICOM delegation also met with the Ambassador for Canada to the United Nations Marc-Andre Blanchard. The delegation is expected to participate in other meetings on Tuesday.