Bhms: Christie says U.S. snubbed Caricom

Prime Minister Perry Christie said he is alarmed and dismayed that CARICOM was left out of discussions regarding the events leading up to the removal of Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office.
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Mr. Christie said what is particularly disappointing is that The Bahamas and the Caribbean community had kept in constant contact with the United States, informing that country of the details of all meetings it had regarding Haiti. However, the U.S. kept CARICOM in the dark since Saturday when it decided to provide, what it called, safe passage for Aristide out of Haiti.
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As for the Bahamas/Haiti accord, the nation's leader said the government by necessity, has to continue to work with the authorities in Haiti because The Bahamas does not control Haitians coming here illegally but is certainly committed to sending them back.

"To be able to engage in that process, we have to know who we're dealing with and we have to have some kind of understanding of a process that we share being able to return nationals of Haiti back to that country," he said.

"So whether the government is lawfully constituted, as deemed by lawyers or not, tomorrow, next week, next month, The Bahamas has to continue to have a relationship in that limited context," he added.