Minister of Foreign Affairs Paula Gopee-scoon of Trinidad and Tobago

Gopee-Scoon said she participated in a two-hour discussion with Manning and Raul Castro, before the surgery at Cimeq Hospital in Havana.
Gopee-Scoon said among those extending best wishes to Manning were Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Antigua Baldwin Spencer, as well as the presidents of Brazil and Mexico.
Gopee-Scoon said several countries, including Venezuela and Nicaragua, expressed support for Cubas reinstatement as an equal partner in all hemispheric events and the expulsion of US ambassadors from members states.
Gopee-Scoon said T welcomed moves to have Cuba reinstated as an equal partner in hemispheric meetings, but opposed the expulsion of US ambassadors from member nations.
Gopee-Scoon said Manning’s appeal came during a meeting of both prime ministers at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s on Wednesday.
Gopee-Scoon said Thompson “affirmed that Barbados would continue to work within Caricom to conclude the administrative and other arrangements and provide the political leadership necessary to establish the CSME, to achieve its objectives and bring its benefits to fruition.
Gopee-Scoon said Thompson noted that since there were five new prime ministers in Caricom, it would be valuable to organise dialogue and reflection.
Speaking during a news conference at her office in Port-of-Spain yesterday, Gopee-Scoon said this was a key element.
Gopee-Scoon said Cabinet had decided to give Jamaica and Haiti $10 million each, and Cuba US$1 million.
Gopee-Scoon said there had been 11 reported deaths and significant infrastructure damage in Jamaica, after the passage of Hurricane Gustav.
Gopee-Scoon said all TT nationals in those countries were reported to be safe and secure.
Gopee-Scoon was quoted in the media as saying the alert "will not make a difference…we are aware of it and its just 'phase one' and it’s not going to make a big difference, but we do acknowledge we have some problems.
Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon says all of the 200 VIP vehicles being acquired by the Government for the Fifth Summit of the Americas and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) being hosted by this country next year, will be absorbed into the Public Service after the events are over.
all the vehicles which are purchased will be utilized and of course, I suppose some kind of cost will be undertaken or so," Gopee-Scoon said at yesterday's post-Cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann's.
Gopee-Scoon said the Government has "obligations to provide" vehicles for 34 Heads of State attending the Fifth Summit of the Americas next April, including the winner of the upcoming United States general election next month, as well as the 53 Heads of State for the CHOGM in November, 2009.
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Gopee-Scoon was attending the sixth British/Caribbean Ministerial Forum in London, which took place from Monday to Wednesday.
Gopee-Scoon said that an official from this country's embassy in Brussels, Belgium, is on his way to France to meet with Kadir and Cudjoe to ensure they get their flight to London following which officials at this country's High Commission in London will then ensure they get on the flight to Trinidad.
During her visit, Minister Gopee-Scoon was received by Madame Vice President of the Republic, Ana Vilma de Escobar and held meetings with the Foreign Relations Commission of the Honourable Legislative Assembly; the Ministry of Economy and the Secretary General of SICA, Anibal Quinonez.
Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said Tuesday that Cuban officials had refused Trinidad's attempts to pay for.
It was the first time she addressed the assembly, and Gopee-Scoon said later she felt proud to have represented this country at the meeting.
Speaking at the news conference this morning Ministry of Foreign Affairs Paula Gopee-Scoon says this visit is all in a bid to strengthened bilateral ties between this country and Spain.
Gopee-Scoon said the week-long programme would provide the delegation with "a bird's eye view of the energy industry and down-stream sectors.
Paula Gopee-Scoon was elected to represent the people of Point Fortin in the House of Representatives in November of 2007.
Gopee-Scoon is one of eleven female representatives elected to the House of Representatives in the 2007 General Election.
Gopee-Scoon is married to Robert Scoon and a mother of three.
Senator Gopee-Scoon said that for Trinidad and Tobago, “the Commonwealth remains a premier organisation, in the forefront of the international drive to overcome the myriad obstacles to good governance and economic and social development, as well as the ongoing quest to overcome human and environmental degradation.
Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said in August 2008, that drug mules caught in the United Kingdom with Trinidad and Tobago passports were the main cause of the British government's concerns.
Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said Tuesday that Cuban officials had refused Trinidad's attempts to pay for surgery on Prime Minister Patrick Manning, who is recuperating at Havana's Center.
Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said Tuesday that Cuban officials had refused Trinidad's attempts to pay for surgery on Prime Minister Patrick Manning, who is recuperating at Havana's Center for Medical and Surgical Research.
Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said Tuesday that Cuban officials had refused Trinidad's attempts to pay for surgery on Prime Minister Patrick Manning.
to the Express from a Latin American summit in Brazil last evening, Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said she was "very pleased" that Manning's surgery was successful and noted had the tumour not been discovered, he would have been leading the Trinidad and Tobago delegation at the summit.
On September 4, the Westmoorings' home of Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon was also broken into by thieves.
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said Cuban officials had refused Trinidad's attempts to pay for the prime minister's surgery.