Philip J. Pierre: “CARICOM must deliver results that our people can see and feel in their everyday lives.”

The position is we’re going to protect the people of Saint Lucia…We’re going to protect our financial system.

It’s a programme that we would not like to lose because it has done quite a bit for our country. But we are going to try to protect it.

So it’s a very difficult proposition that we have. But we’re going to work with them to see if we can come to a solution.

Saint Lucia laments the continued conflicts and human suffering across the globe, including Ukraine, Sudan and the wider Middle East, including Gaza, and calls for renewed efforts towards peace, stability and respect for international law.