(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated the People and Government of Grenada on the country’s 41st Independence anniversary, noting that its resilience as a nation has been tested but the fortitude of the people has ensured that the country remains on a course of sustained development.

Ambassador LaRocque said this year’s independence anniversary theme “Moving Forward in Unity to Build a  Stronger nation resonates with the CARICOM integration process and Grenada’s long history of involvement in building a stronger and more unified region. 
Grenada gained its political independence on the 7 February 1974.

See Full Congratulatory Message from the CARICOM Secretary-General.

“On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I am pleased to extend warmest congratulations to the People and Government of Grenada on the celebration of the Forty-First Anniversary of its Independence.  

Grenada’s resilience as a nation has been tested but the fortitude of the    people has ensured that the country remains on a course of sustained development. 

This year’s theme, “Moving Forward in Unity to Build a Stronger Nation” also resonates with our integration process.  This is not surprising given Grenada’s long history of involvement in building a stronger and more unified region.  Prime Minister, that tradition has been maintained as demonstrated by your dynamic leadership role in promoting the development of the Regional ICT sector.

Honourable Prime Minister, the Caribbean Community is pleased to join you and the people of your nation in celebrating forty-one years of  independence, and we heartily extend best wishes for the continued progress and growth of Grenada.”