St. Kitts-Nevis PM to chair Commonwealth group on debt

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas will chair a Commonwealth high level mission on small states debt as developing countries to seek to deal with the impact of the global economic and financial crisis, Commonwealth Secretary Gerneral Kamalesh Sharma announced Tuesday.
Sharma, who is ending a two-day visit to the twin-island Federation, told a news conference that the mission, whose other members were not disclosed, will meet in Washington in October for talks with officials of key international financial institutions and other stakeholders.
He said following the meeting, the mission will submit a report to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Sri Lanka in November.