4/5/2009

The contingent, which comprises 130 soldiers and 30 police officers, will join their CARICOM counterparts from Belize, Barbados, Suriname and Guyana to assist the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force in their security preparations for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, which takes place in Port of Spain from the 17th -19th April 2009.

On Saturday at around 7:15pm troops from Guyana and Suriname arrived in Trinidad and Tobago.Gold Commander for the Summit of the Americas, Assistant Police Commissioner Steve Waldron expressed his satisfaction with security preparations thus far and thanked the officers and their "Governments for supporting the security arrangements for the Summit". He also reminded them of the significant role they play in the success of the Summit.

Additional CARICOM troops are expected from the Bahamas, and St Kitts/Nevis on Tuesday 24,2009, while troops from Barbados will arrive on April 4, 2009.