Politics of Clinton's B'dos meeting

Trinidad and Tobago Express

for a one-day meeting tomorrow with Caribbean foreign ministers to discuss issues pertaining to mutual cooperation with a special focus on security and crime.

The meeting, which comes on the heels of the just-concluded General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) in Peru, is an initiative of President Barack Obama’s administration and the suggested agenda largely reflects the concerns and priorities of Washington.

Although Caricom is aware of the US government’s interest in having tomorrow’s meeting with Ms Clinton, at which a ’framework for security arrangements’ will be a core feature of discussions, no approved agenda has been circulated, according to some foreign ministers and prime ministers.