Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PORTOFSPAIN353
2007-04-13 18:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Port Of Spain
Cable title:
EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF
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UNCLAS PORT OF SPAIN 000353
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL ES TD
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF
SPAIN
UNCLAS PORT OF SPAIN 000353
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL ES TD
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF
SPAIN
1. On April 11, El Salvador became the latest country to open an
embassy in Port of Spain, following Spain's inauguration of its
presence here in November 2006 and the establishment of South
Africa's mission in December 2006. This brings the total number of
foreign missions resident in Port of Spain to twenty seven.
2. The simple inauguration ceremony was attended by T&T Foreign
Minister Arnold Piggott and by visiting Salvadorean Foreign Minister
Francisco Lainez. In his remarks, Piggott said that the recent
spate of new resident foreign missions pointed increasingly to T&T
as the "diplomatic capital of the Caribbean", and, given the
country's growing economic strength, as the region's financial
capital, too. Lainez hailed T&T as the gate to the Caribbean, as a
leader of the independence movement in the region, and as a
political, cultural and economic force. Lainez, who signed a visa
waiver agreement with T&T as well as a technical and cultural
cooperation accord during his brief stay, expressed the hope that
the two countries would not only cooperate bilaterally but would
also provide support to each other in international fora.
3. Speaking earlier at a breakfast meeting of the Chamber of
Industry and Commerce, Lainez invited local business executives to
visit El Salvador which he described as the fastest-developing
country in Central America, one that will be perfectly bilingual in
Spanish and English by 2020.
4. COMMENT: The fast-growing number of foreign resident missions in
Port of Spain reflects Prime Minister Patrick Manning's vision of
T&T as a Caribbean economic power house punching above its weight in
the global energy market place. Countries setting up missions in
T&T find this country is a convenient gateway to the small island
states of the eastern Caribbean. END COMMENT.
AUSTIN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL ES TD
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF
SPAIN
1. On April 11, El Salvador became the latest country to open an
embassy in Port of Spain, following Spain's inauguration of its
presence here in November 2006 and the establishment of South
Africa's mission in December 2006. This brings the total number of
foreign missions resident in Port of Spain to twenty seven.
2. The simple inauguration ceremony was attended by T&T Foreign
Minister Arnold Piggott and by visiting Salvadorean Foreign Minister
Francisco Lainez. In his remarks, Piggott said that the recent
spate of new resident foreign missions pointed increasingly to T&T
as the "diplomatic capital of the Caribbean", and, given the
country's growing economic strength, as the region's financial
capital, too. Lainez hailed T&T as the gate to the Caribbean, as a
leader of the independence movement in the region, and as a
political, cultural and economic force. Lainez, who signed a visa
waiver agreement with T&T as well as a technical and cultural
cooperation accord during his brief stay, expressed the hope that
the two countries would not only cooperate bilaterally but would
also provide support to each other in international fora.
3. Speaking earlier at a breakfast meeting of the Chamber of
Industry and Commerce, Lainez invited local business executives to
visit El Salvador which he described as the fastest-developing
country in Central America, one that will be perfectly bilingual in
Spanish and English by 2020.
4. COMMENT: The fast-growing number of foreign resident missions in
Port of Spain reflects Prime Minister Patrick Manning's vision of
T&T as a Caribbean economic power house punching above its weight in
the global energy market place. Countries setting up missions in
T&T find this country is a convenient gateway to the small island
states of the eastern Caribbean. END COMMENT.
AUSTIN