Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 18, 2008
St. Kitts and Nevis has been invited to host the Fifth Petro Caribe Summit in June this year.
This is according to Minister of Public Utilities, Transport and Posts Honourable Earl Asim Martin, who was addressing the media during his first press conference for 2008.
He elaborated that there have already been two Petro Caribe Summits in Venezuela, one in Jamaica and one in Cuba. The Minister further noted that in his experience the summits are elaborate affairs with heads of government attend with large delegations. He speculated that His Excellency Hugo Chavez should be among the Presidents in attendance. It was revealed that the first committee meeting to plan the event will be held January 23, 2008.