As ques­tions per­sist over Trinidad and To­ba­go’s strained re­la­tion­ship with Cari­com, po­lit­i­cal sci­en­tists are di­vid­ed on whether the coun­try’s re­cent elec­tion to the Unit­ed Na­tions Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil (UN­SC) will in­flu­ence Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s de­ci­sion to per­son­al­ly at­tend and lead the na­tion­al del­e­ga­tion to the 51st Heads of Gov­ern­ment Meet­ing in St Lu­cia in two weeks.

Cari­com lead­ers are sched­uled to meet from Ju­ly 5 to 8 un­der the lead­er­ship of in­com­ing chair and St Lu­cia Prime Min­is­ter Philip J Pierre.

Ear­li­er this month, on June 3, Cari­com mem­ber states joined 181 of 191 Unit­ed Na­tions mem­bers in back­ing T&T’s bid for a non-per­ma­nent seat on the UN Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil for the 2027 to 2028 term.