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TRINIDAD - Regional integration stronger with Cuba

TRINIDAD - Regional integration stronger with Cuba
Friday, 09 December 2011 08:13 CSMENetwork News

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CARICOM, Port of Spain, Trinidad - The regional integration movement has
become stronger as a result of the relations between the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.

Speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the
National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA), Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago, the host Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar said
the Summit was proof that the vision of the founding fathers who went to
Cuba in 1972 had been fulfilled.

Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar said it was the vision of a Caribbean
Civilisation encompassing Cuba that motivated the four leaders to lift Cuba
from the "indignity of isolation".

The Prime Minister alluded to the coming into being of the Community of
Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and saw in it an optimistic
future for the Region. Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar saw the new
organisation as South-South Co-operation at its best and not as a
replacement for any other existing organisation.

Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar said "we owe it to ourselves" to build on
the opportunities for renewed co-operation which CELAC presented in "this
new world".

In his address, Cuban President Raul Castro said Cuba will never forget
the brave step in 1972 by the then four independent Member States of the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to establish diplomatic relations with their
fellow Caribbean state.

This was emphasised by His Excellency Raul Castro Ruz, President of Cuba as
he spoke at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the
National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA), Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago. The Cuban President said it was the action of President (Forbes)
Burnham of Guyana and Prime Ministers (Honourable Errol) Barrow of
Barbados, (Honourable Michael) Manley of Jamaica and (Honourable Eric)
Williams of Trinidad and Tobago which opened the way for relations based on
mutual respect.

He announced that one of Cuba's biggest events, the International Book
Fair, will be dedicated to the Caribbean People, their authors and their
work to mark the 40th Anniversary in 2012 of the establishment of
diplomatic relations. He said the celebration would take place in Havana
and all of the capital cities of the other provinces in Cuba.

President Castro also hailed as new and better integration the advent of
the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) which was
launched in Caracas, Venezuela last weekend. He said that the Caribbean
Community's experience in building an integration movement would be very
useful in assisting the "nascent organisation" - CELAC.

The topic of climate change was highlighted in the President's address and
pointed out that Cuban scientists had cited the issue of sea level rise as
an urgent problem for his country. He said they had indicated that by 2050,
2.3 per cent of Cuba's landmass would be submerged by the sea and at least
79 coastal areas would be affected. President Castro expressed his concern
that the areas affected in his country would be larger and urged that the
United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place in Durban, South
Africa find fair and balanced solutions to the problems caused by climate
change.

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