As trade unions gear up for a na­tion­al day of strike, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she is ea­ger­ly await­ing to­day's meet­ing with them to dis­cuss Gov­ern­ment's five per cent wage cap.Speak­ing to re­porters af­ter the open­ing of an elec­tron­ic birth reg­is­tra­tion sys­tem at the Pe­nal/Debe Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion yes­ter­day af­ter­noon, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said trade union lead­ers were all pa­tri­ot­ic cit­i­zens who had the coun­try's in­ter­est at heart.She said: "I look for­ward to the meet­ing with them. I am op­ti­mistic be­cause the work­ers are the stake­hold­ers of this coun­try and I look for­ward to in­ter­est­ing dis­cus­sions.She de­nied re­ports her for­mer ad­vis­er Sasha Mo­hammed was of­fered a diplo­mat­ic post to Lon­don.Per­sad-Bisses­sar said: "I am not aware of that and any diplo­mat­ic post that is of­fered has to come through the Prime Min­is­ter and no such of­fer has been made." RS. See Page A6.