PM Gonsalves wants 90-minute talks with Trinidad PM on fuel subsidy

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he has requested a 90-minute meeting with his Trinidadian counterpart, Kamla Persad Bissessar, next month to discuss the Caribbean Air Navigation and Advisory Services (CANAS) and regional airline, LIAT. Gonsalves said when he was in Port of Spain on Tuesday for talks with United States Vice President Joe Biden “I spoke to the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and I suggested to her that when we have the Heads of Government meeting in July, I asked her if she could put aside about 90 minutes (so) that we can talk”. Gonsalves said the talks will be “at a political level” because both the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have mandated him to talk to Port –of-Spain about the operations of CANAS and shareholders governments of LIAT have empowered him to speak to Trinidad and Tobago on those issues.