Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, speaking at a ceremony where Washington has handed over nearly two million US dollars in marine and military hardware, said that too often political commentators seek to drive a wedge between the two countries.

”The relationship between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the United States of America is in excellent health.  So too is the relationship between the United States and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, which I currently have the honour to chair,” said Gonsalves, whose country is a member of the Venezuela-led Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA).

Gonsalves, who has a close relationship with Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, said that “every now and again, you may hear a commentator pointing to this or that difference between the United States of America and St. Vincent and the Grenadines or the OECS on this or that matter.