Brussels, 01/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs will take part in the meeting on Saturday 2 July of the heads of state and government of the Caricom (Caribbean Community), which is being held at Basseterre (Saint Kitts). The visit to one of the six sub-regions of the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states will give the commissioner the opportunity to hold discussions with his interlocutors in the EU-Caribbean strategic partnership. Implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the only one to have been concluded between the EU and a whole ACP region and the intended direction of the future EU development policy beyond 2013 will also be discussed. (A.N./transl.rt)