A Bank of Libya For OECS Sub-region: ANGUILLIAN MINISTER AMONG LEADERS AT LIBYAN MEETING.Summary: The Caribbean Media Corporation The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) is a Barbados-based centralised content-provider for the various Caribbean media houses in the region. Formed in June 2000, through the merger of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and the Caribbean News Agency (CANA). has carried a news story stating that OECS OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States OECS Old Episcopal Church of Scotland Leaders met with a Libyan delegation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines Noun 1. St. Vincent and the Grenadines - an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday, June 6, at which agreement was reached for the establishment of a Libyan commercial bank in the sub-region The Caribbean Media Corporation has carried a news story stating that OECS Leaders met with a Libyan delegation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday, June 6, at which agreement was reached for the establishment of a Libyan commercial bank in the sub-region. Anguilla, which has membership in the OECS, was represented in the absence of Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming Osbourne Berrington Fleming (born February 18, 1940) is the chief minister of Anguilla. He has held that post since March 6 2000, three days after the Anguilla United Front, a conservative coalition which includes Fleming's Anguilla National Alliance won parliamentary elections, , by Minister of Social Development, Evans Rogers, and Perin A. Bradley, the Trade & Investment Officer in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Investment, Commerce and Tourism. The news story, forwarded to the local media by the Chief Minister's Office in Anguilla, continued as follows: "The meeting followed talks in Libya last month between Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Ralph Everard Gonsalves (born August 8, 1946), also known as "Comrade Ralph", is the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines. He has held that position since March 29 2001. and the Libyan leader Muammkar Al Gaddafi to advance areas of cooperation agreed upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" stipulatory noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy in 2001 when some of the sub-regional leaders paid an official visit to the African country. "Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Roosevelt Skerrit (born June 8, 1972) is the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica as well the Member of Parliament for the Vieille Case constituency. In addition to being Prime Minister, he holds the ministerial portfolios of Finance, Planning, National Security and , who also paid an official visit to Tripoli last month, said on his return that he had been able to secure funding for a number of projects in Dominica. According to the Declaration of Kingstown, issued after the talks here on Saturday, Libya intends to promote its relations with the countries of the Eastern Caribbean and to contribute to raising the level of economic development in the region. "The meeting was attended by the Prime Ministers of St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (ăntē`gə, –gwə, bärbu`də), independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est. pop. 68,700), 171 sq mi (442 sq km), West Indies, in the Leeward Islands. , Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis Noun 1. St. Kitts and Nevis - a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. and St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Libyan delegation headed by Special Envoy Mokhtar Ghenas. Anguilla was represented at the talks by Minister of Social Development Evans Rogers. "The official statement said that the meeting was conducted in the context of the current global economic situation and that in addition to the proposed commercial bank, it was also agreed that Libya will establish an embassy in an OECS member state with the sub-region having a joint embassy in Tripoli. "The Declaration said that a Libyan holding company would also be established in an OECS country . The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister praised the Libyan leader saying that Tripoli was rewarding countries like the OECS that had resisted efforts by the United States to isolate the African country. "The Heads of Government of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States expressed their deepest thanks and profound appreciation to the Leader Muammar Al Gaddafi for the attention and care he bestows on the Caribbean region, the Declaration noted." Copyright UMCI News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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