BRI important in fostering regional integration: Trinidad and Tobago expert

STORY: BRI important in fostering regional integration: Trinidad and Tobago expert DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Port of Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ports 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANNITA MONTOUTE, Interim director, Institute of Int'l Relations, UWI St. Augustine Campus 3. various of the Trinidad and Tobago Phoenix Park Industrial Estate 4. various of construction sites STORYLINE: An international relations expert from Trinidad and Tobago has said that the Belt and Road Initiative is very important in fostering regional integration. Annita Montoute, interim director of the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus, made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE (English): ANNITA MONTOUTE, Interim director, Institute of Int'l Relations, UWI St. Augustine Campus "I see it as a non-conventional or non-Western model of globalization, which is to integrate infrastructure, the movement of persons, a