Premiers of the Caribbean Overseas Territories will arrive in Bermuda this week to discuss a range of subjects.

David Burt, the Premier, in his capacity as president of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association Political Council, will host an OTs Caribbean Caucus.

The event takes place in Hamilton from today to Saturday, with the Government of Bermuda hosting the premiers and their delegations for a programme of plenary discussions and engagement across the island.

Leaders in attendance include: Cora Richardson-Hodge, Premier of Anguilla; Natalio Wheatley, Premier of the British Virgin Islands; André Ebanks, Premier of the Cayman Islands; Reuben Meade, Premier of Montserrat; and Jamell Robinson, Deputy Premier of the Turks & Caicos Islands.

Mr Burt said: “It is a privilege to welcome my fellow leaders to Bermuda.

“Bermuda and the Caribbean Overseas Territories share a great deal — our constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom, our exposure to the same economic and environmental pressures and our determination to speak with a clear and common voice on the matters that affect our people.

“This caucus is an opportunity to settle upon common positions together ahead of the Joint Ministerial Council.”

Discussion over the course of the week will range across the UK and Overseas Territories relationship, economic and financial services resilience, climate and disaster preparedness, regional co-operation and the wellbeing of citizens.

Leaders will meet in plenary at the Cabinet Office, attend a sitting of the House of Assembly and travel to St George’s and the Royal Naval Dockyard during the programme.

The caucus is co-ordinated centrally by the London Office under Kimberley Durrant, UK representative for the Government of Bermuda and chairwoman of UKOTA, working alongside the Cabinet Office.