OECS heads sign Treaty of Basseterre
Six signatures from representative heads of government of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have been affixed to a new Treaty of Basseterre for the establishment of an economic union.
The historic ceremony was held on Tuesday night at the Sir Cecil Jacobs Auditorium of the Eastern Caribbean central Bank (ECCB) located at Bird Rock, St. Kitts.
Signatories were St. Kitts/Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Stephenson King and Prime Minister of Grenada, Tillman Thomas
In absence of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt, the ambassador of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Charles Maynard did the honours.