T&T PM's pledge to A.U.

“We see this as Trinidad and Tobago’s contribution to Africa’s achievement of the United Nation’s Millennium Goals.”

He noted that tremendous strides had been made on both sides of the Atlantic although the scars of slavery and diasporic separation are not fully healed.

“This notwithstanding, with an abundance nay an excess of caution, I pledge the support of Trinidad and Tobago to Africa in this time of challenge, whether it is in technical cooperation, in the area of cultural cooperation, or in the fact that our shared genes give us a basis to sit down and reason together.” Trinidad & Tobago's Prime Minister Patrick Manning to the African Union in Addis Abba Ethiopia in Jan. 2007