The Gov­ern­ment of Grena­da has ex­pressed deep con­cern about what it de­scribed as an es­ca­la­tion of ac­tiv­i­ties in the Caribbean Sea, warn­ing that the re­gion’s sta­bil­i­ty and the liveli­hoods of its peo­ple must be pro­tect­ed.

The gov­ern­ment said the Caribbean Sea re­mains the lifeblood of fish­ers and in­ter-is­land traders whose safe­ty and free­dom of move­ment are para­mount. It added that while il­lic­it mar­itime ac­tiv­i­ties pose chal­lenges, these must be dealt with through law­ful means and stronger re­gion­al co­op­er­a­tion.

“Di­a­logue and diplo­ma­cy are the on­ly ac­cept­able tools for re­solv­ing dif­fer­ences,” the state­ment read. “Grena­da proud­ly main­tains cor­dial and con­struc­tive re­la­tions with all its neigh­bours and, in this spir­it, of­fers it­self as a will­ing in­ter­locu­tor and fa­cil­i­ta­tor for peace­ful di­a­logue.”

Reaf­firm­ing its com­mit­ment to the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, Grena­da called on re­gion­al and in­ter­na­tion­al part­ners to re­spect and up­hold this prin­ci­ple as ten­sions height­en.