And right after our interview, the PM jetted off to Honduras, where he will observe the inauguration of the new Honduran president, Xiomara Castro. He explained that this is a step towards bridging the gap between the Central American countries and the CARICOM nations.
Hon. John Briceno, Prime Minister
"Today the foreign minister and the CEO from Foreign Affairs and myself will go to Honduras. Tomorrow, there's going to be the inauguration of the new president, Xiomara Castro, so we're going there to show our support as a member of SICA and also I've assumed the chairmanship of CARICOM and we will have a summit of CARICOM on the first and second of March and then on the third we have now SICA will join us so we're going to have joint meetings with the president of Central America and the prime ministers of CARICOM on that day, again finding ways how we could strengthen relationships. If Belize can open markets in Central America, that would create immense opportunities for us and SICA wants to see how they can create opportunities in CARICOM so they believe Belize being a member of SICA we'd be the right persons."
The PM will return to the country on January 28th. the DPM, Cordel Hyde, will act as prime minister during this time.
