And 10 former CARICOM Prime Ministers - including Said Musa and Dean Barrow are calling for the preservation of a zone of peace in Caribbean waters.

A joint press release says, quote, "We who have previously served as Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community feel obliged, with the benefit of our experience, to make public our apprehension on the increased military security build up and the presence of nuclear vessels and aircraft within the Caribbean…We are impelled to urge a pull back from military build up to avoid any diminution of peace, stability and development within our regional space that has the potential to pull the region into conflicts which are not of our making."

You can see the entire statement on our Facebook page.

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