{"id":338606,"date":"2025-03-18T14:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=338606"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:40:16","slug":"saint-martin-to-become-a-member-of-the-oecs-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/saint-martin-to-become-a-member-of-the-oecs-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Martin to become a member of the OECS this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_338625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338625\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-338625 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM-Skerrit-addressing-Press-Conference--642x439.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"438\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-338625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PM Skerrit addressing press conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit will join leaders of the Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) at the\u00a076th\u00a0meeting of the OECS Authority\u00a0this week to welcome Saint Martin as a member of the OECS.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony is expected to be held on\u00a0March 19 and 20 at the Secret Hotel in Anse Marcel,\u00a0St Lucia\u00a0in the presence of the 11 member heads of state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The French side will join existing associate members the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Anguilla, Martinique and Guadeloupe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI will participate in the 76th meeting of the OECS Authority at the accession of Saint Martin to the OECS,\u201d Skerrit said. \u201cThis strength of the OECS and by extension CARICOM ties in our unity, our shared goals and our ability to face challenges together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cWhen we stand as one Caribbean we negotiate better, we trade smarter and we develop stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to him, Dominica has always been a champion of regional integration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is why I am proud to stand with my fellow OECS leaders in welcoming Saint Martin in the OECS family,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister continued, \u201cAs Dominicans we must embrace the spirit of unity, strength and progress, not just regionally but nationally. This is how we move forward as a people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquartered in Castries Saint Lucia, the OECS has until now brought together 11 States and territories of the Caribbean basin. Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have been members since its creation. The British Virgin Islands (1984), Anguilla (1995), Martinique (2015) and Guadeloupe (2019) are associate members. The Collectivit\u00e9 of\u00a0Saint\u00a0Martin\u00a0will therefore become the\u00a012th partner, and the\u00a05th associate member\u00a0of this international intergovernmental organization dedicated to regional integration in the Eastern Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit will join leaders of the Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) at the\u00a076th\u00a0meeting of the OECS Authority\u00a0this week to welcome Saint Martin as a member of the OECS. 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