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Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean Community Issues Statement on Luis Posada Carriles

In calling on the United States to "take appropriate action against the suspected terrorist at present in its jurisdiction", the Council for Foreign and Community Relations of the Caribbean Community issued the following Statement concerning Luis Posada Carriles:

"The Ministers noted that Luis Posada Carriles, a primary suspect in the 1976 bombing of a Cubana aircraft over international waters off the coast of Barbados, was recently released by the US courts of immigration
charges.

They recalled the shared commitment of CARICOM and the United States in the fight against terrorism, an area in which the United States has played a leading role on the international stage, as well as their
shared undertakings as members of the international community, in keeping with the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on the subject, to bring to justice suspected terrorists.

The Ministers therefore reiterated their expectation that the Government of the United States would take appropriate action against the suspected terrorist at present in its jurisdiction.

They emphasised that justice was necessary to bring closure to the families of the 73 passengers whose lives were lost in this tragedy, an event which still evokes outrage and painful memories in the Caribbean
from whence the majority of the victims originated."

This was part of the Communique issued at the conclusion of the Tenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community held in Belize City, Belize, 10-11 May 2007,
under the chairmanship of the Hon. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Belize.

(Cubaminrex- Embacuba Belice)