Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley leaves today for a Caricom-Mexico Summit on natural disasters in Belize.
A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said the main theme of the summit will be co-operation for prevention of and treatment of natural disasters, an area in which Mexico has experience and institutional capacity.
Foreign Service Officer Akilah Seale will represent the Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs. An earlier statement stated that Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dennis Moses will accompany Rowley to the meeting but was later amended to exclude the minister.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow will co-chair the one-day summit which aims to consolidate the progress of the III Caricom-Mexico Summit (Merida, Yucatan, April 2014).
The talks further endorse the importance Mexico places on co-operation with the Caribbean in matters of security, migration, climate change mitigation and the prevention of natural disasters.
The Government of Mexico will provide air transport for T&T and other Caricom delegations to and from Belize, City.
Rowley returns to T&T on Thursday. In his absence, Minister of Finance Colm Imbert will act as Prime Minister.