Dr. the Honourable Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia will visit Guyana on Friday and Saturday, 22-23 October 1999.

Prime Minister Anthony was assigned responsibility by the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community for the implementation of the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement. This assignment is in pursuance of the commitment of the Heads of Government to support the process of political normalisation in Guyana.

Whilst in Guyana Dr. Anthony will meet His Excellency President Bharat Jagdeo and representatives of the Peoples Progressive Party, Mr. Hugh Desmond Hoyte, Leader of the People's National Conference (PNC), and representatives of the PNC, some institutions of civil society and the Press among others.

The primary purpose of Dr. Anthony's visit is to update himself on, and get first hand knowledge of the progress of the political dialogue and constitutional reform mandated by the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement.

The Seventh Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community will take place on 25 and 26 October 1999 at Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. Anthony will report to the Conference on this matter.