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POLITICAL analyst Dr Bishnu Ragoonath said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was simply maintaining her long-held position of "TT first", in her opting to not sign a Caricom communiqué calling for the designation of the Caribbean Sea as a zone of peace.

Speaking to Newsday by phone on October 21, Ragoonath said he was not bothered by the potential fallout from the PM's stance. It is speculated that Caricom member states may not support TT's bid for a temporary seat on the UN Security Council owing to the disagreement.

"In terms of Caricom, I feel the PM continues to maintain the position that she had stated way early on that she is putting TT first. And in putting TT first, she is not going to be overly bothered as to having a common Caricom position.