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“Once we are able to do the necessary exploratory work, we should be able to solve a lot of our own problems,” he said.
He also disclosed that the two countries were working towards the much talked about fishing agreement.
Stuart said Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite and CARICOM Ambassador Robert Morris would be collaborating with their Trinidad counterparts. Brathwaite is due to send a draft protocol to the Trinidad government.
Stuart, who has lead responsibility within CARICOM for the creation of a regional single market and economy, said a report commissioned by the Georgetown-based CARICOM Secretariat was a much discussed topic at the meeting.
That report, he said, made the point that CARICOM was in crisis. But Stuart stated that many of the leaders did not share this view.
“There were some heads who felt that the language of the report was a bit extravagant and in some cases did not reflect the reality of the regional integration movement.”
He told reporters the view was also expressed that the CARICOM Secretariat needed to be restructured and made more relevant.
