Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Sean Sobers has rubbished claims by St Vincent and the Grenadines Opposition Leader Dr Ralph Gonsalves that he did not attend the Caricom retreat in Nevis in February because he had seasickness.

Sobers rejected this, saying it was a “big bold lie”.

Speaking on his Unity Labour Party (ULP) radio station on Wednesday, Gonsalves claimed Trinidad and Tobago was invited to the Nevis retreat, saying, “I have been reliably informed that both the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and the Foreign Minister were invited to come to the caucus of Caricom Heads in Nevis.”