Honourable Ministers, Honourable Executive Secretaries, Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, Distinguished delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen. I am very happy to have the opportunity to address you at this Inaugural Session of the First Meeting of the Co-ordinating Commission of the Latin American Free Trade Association and the Central American Common Market. May I, as head of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, on my own behalf and on behalf of my Cabinet colleagues, welcome you, the representatives of the member countries of the Latin American Free Trade Association and the Central American Common Market.