The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia provided an update on high-level talks with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with OECS leaders, during a pre-cabinet press conference held on Monday.
The US authorities has not raised any questions about the CIP program. “Anything they ask we give them”, he clarified.
“US expressed nothing negative to the CIP program at the meeting”. He went on to say The US emphasised to continue wanting proper due diligence, especially on biometric scrutiny of CIP applicants. “We are working on it”, said the PM. He went on to say some of the due diligence firms in fact are US firms.
“No threat of tighter US visa restrictions”.
“I don’t think it is proper to link visa restrictions and Rubio said nothing of that nature was said”, recalled the PM Philip J Pierre.
