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While Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar was not among the Caribbean lead­ers who at­tend­ed the sec­ond Africa-Cari­com Sum­mit in Ethiopia, Min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Sean Sobers has as­sured that T&T is prop­er­ly rep­re­sent­ed.

Speak­ing to jour­nal­ists in Gas­par­il­lo yes­ter­day, Sobers said the Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs’ deputy per­ma­nent sec­re­tary and the head of the Cari­com Di­vi­sion are lead­ing a well-briefed del­e­ga­tion.

Sobers ex­plained that the del­e­ga­tion is ful­ly ca­pa­ble of ad­vanc­ing T&T’s po­si­tion at the sum­mit, de­spite the Prime Min­is­ter’s ab­sence. He not­ed that not all heads of state at­tend­ed the sum­mit, not­ing Ja­maica and Guyana had na­tion­al elec­tions last week.