Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar is now in Washington. She will spend the next five days holding a series of meetings and addressing organisations. On Sunday night she dined with President Barack Obama and Mrs Obama.
She will on Monday address the Brookings Institute, a non public policy organisation that aims to strengthen democracy in the United States and secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative system.
The Brookings Institute is ranked as the world’s top “think tank” and is considered a trusted source of independent research. Persad Bissessar’s address at this forum will focus on the strengthening and diversification of Trinidad and Tobago’s economy and on social development issues.
She will also hold talks with OAS Secretary General, Jose Miguel Insulza, and Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin.
On Tuesday, she will deliver a keynote address at the Public Sector Leaders Forum hosted by Microsoft, which aims to bring government leaders and influential thinkers to discuss the role of information technology on an economic and educational level.
The prime minister will also hold meetings with the Trinidad and Tobago community at Howard University and on Wednesday meet with UNDP Administrator, Helen Clarke. Discussions will centre on the women leaders as agents of change programme, constitutional reform, UNDP’s Citizen Security in the Caribbean and the UN system and UNDP’s activities in Trinidad and Tobago.
She will also discuss security matters with Stuart Levey, the US Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr Surujrattan Rambachan, Culture Minister, Winston Peters and Gender Affairs Minister, Mary King, are accompanying the prime minister.
Works Minister, Jack Warner, is acting as prime minister during her absence.
