ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Fri. Dec. 24: Veteran Caribbean journalist, Ricky Singh, who last weekend wrote in his ‘Our Caribbean Column’ of the Barbados Nation that Grenada’s delegation to Mainland China returned empty-handed, says the future will proclaim the fact and fiction about the controversial visit. “What I wrote initially on Grenada remains as accurate as it can be,” said Singh. “I wish the Prime Minister of Grenada success in concluding arrangements he has begun. This I am sure he knows will out of necessity include a breaking of diplomatic relations with Taiwan since he is aware that the People’s Republic of China does not as a matter of policy establish diplomatic ties with any country that maintain diplomatic relation with Taiwan. Singh’s comments comes after Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell told Grenadians in a 20 minute address on Monday, that much was achieved during one week visit to Beijing. “I am therefore pleased to report that in Beijing we successfully negotiated a package of assistance that will flow directly to various sectors of our economy and our Country, and will extend over the next five to six years. It is a significant package that we have negotiated and it will assist Grenada through a difficult period. The understanding between both sides is that, until the official signing, we cannot disclose the specific details,” stated Mitchell. However, Singh said that it is customary that a visit of this nature should have resulted in a pronouncement from both sides. “So far there is no joint communiqué between both governments (and) this was a very historic visit,” said the prominent journalist, who in his articles quoted the Barbados Chinese Ambassador Yang Zhikuan as saying that the demands from the Grenada delegation was too high. In the address, which was aired on all local radio stations and the two television networks, Prime Minister Mitchell said that in fairness to, and out of regard for his Cabinet colleagues, he decided to return to consult them on certain aspects of the package. “Having gone, and undertaken the discussions in Beijing, and the variations and understandings that developed during the negotiations, it seemed necessary to return to Grenada to update the Cabinet before concluding certain aspects of the negotiations, he said. Mitchell was also quick to point out that based on Cabinet deliberations on Monday morning, the negotiations will conclude within a very short period of time. The Prime Minister further explained to the listening public that in keeping with the priorities of his government, the assistance will be directed to low income housing, education, agriculture, health and sports. Support will include the national stadium, hospital rebuilding efforts, scholarships, low-income housing and agricultural resuscitation among others, he added. Minister for Foreign Affairs Elvin Nimrod, who accompanied the Prime Minister on the trip and was praised by the Prime Minister for negotiating skills with the Chinese, said he was aware of Singh’s article, but noted that the Chinese ambassador in Barbados had denied he had made the comments. Reprinted from hardbeatnews.com