GEORGE­TOWN, Guyana – The 15-mem­ber Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (Cari­com) group­ing has ex­pressed “se­ri­ous con­cern” over the con­tin­ued hos­til­i­ties in the Mid­dle East, marked by mil­i­tary ac­tion in the Strait of Hor­muz.

“Cari­com is alarmed by the se­vere loss of life, threats to civ­il in­fra­struc­ture, and the in­sta­bil­i­ty in glob­al mar­kets that have re­sult­ed from the on­go­ing con­flict,” the group­ing said in a state­ment yes­ter­day.

Unit­ed States Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has warned Iran that the “clock is tick­ing” as talks to bring the war to an end have stalled. On Feb­ru­ary 28, the Unit­ed States and Is­rael launched mas­sive air at­tacks against Iran, which has re­spond­ed to the lat­est US pro­pos­al by say­ing that ex­changes with Wash­ing­ton were con­tin­u­ing through Pak­istani me­di­a­tors.