The planned retreat later this week for CARICOM Heads of Government initiated by its Chairman and Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has been cancelled.
First reported by the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), the cancellation has been confirmed by Secretariat sources. Sources explained that multiple factors influenced the decision, including that many of the issues, notably that of free movement of nationals, that were to be discussed at the retreat are still being addressed by respective countries.
At the closing press conference of the 45th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting, held last month in Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Prime Minister and Chairman of CARICOM, Skerrit had announced that the community was aiming for free movement by all from next March and that all Heads had resolved to remove impediments by then.