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Press Release 249/2011
(01 July 2011)
CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT EXPRESS CONCERN
OVER PRESIDENT CHAVEZ' ILLNESS
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen,
Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Conference of Heads
of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
has expressed grave concern over the illness of His
Excellency Hugo Chavez, President of the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela and “close friend and
committed partner of the Community”.
In a message to President Chavez, the Heads of
Government, currently in St. Kitts and Nevis for
their Thirty-Second Summit, expressed confidence
that his resilience and strength would be of great
assistance to him in this trying time.
The text of the message reads:
“It is with grave concern that we, the
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
greet reports of the illness of His Excellency
Hugo Chavez, President of the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela, a close friend and
committed partner of the Community.
We are confident that his resilience and
strength will be of great assistance to him in
this trying time and we look forward to his full
and speedy recovery”.
Contact:
piu@caricom.org
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