The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessarassured this Wednesday that The United States has not requested assistance regarding the blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers and? Your country has no intention of getting involved in any war.
Trinidad and Tobagoa country near the Venezuelan coast, has given its support for the US military deployment in the Caribbeanha installed a radar and yesterday received two US military aircraftwhich raises fears of the use of the territory in the face of some intervention.
“They have not requested any assistance regarding the blockade in Venezuela, they have not requested it“the prime minister insisted to questions from the press.
Referring to concerns about rising regional tensions, Persad-Bissessar stated that the country would not be dragged into a conflict and that your priority is the fight against drug trafficking, human trafficking and arms trafficking.
“Our stance is to keep Trinidad and Tobago as safe as possible, Trinidad and Tobago first. We have no intention of getting involved in any war with Venezuela. We stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people“he stressed.
She was also asked about the radar system installed by the US at Crown Pointon the island of Tobago, and its possible air and maritime capabilities.
“I am not an expert in radars,” she concluded. Persad-Bissessarwho on the other hand assured that Access granted to US military aircraft to local airports is temporary.
On Tuesday, two US military C-130J Super Hercules aircraft landed at Crown Point and Piarco International Airportwhere they stayed for about an hour.
He Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the flights as routine logistics operations within the framework of a existing security alliancea statement rejected by the Venezuelan Government of Nicolás Madurothat accused Trinidad and Tobago of contributing to the US military siege.
The arrival of the military aircraft coincided with the announcement Tuesday night by US President Donald Trump of a “total blockade” against sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.
trump said that Venezuela “is surrounded” by “the largest navy ever assembled in the history of South America” and? “The illegitimate Maduro regime is using the oil from these stolen fields to finance itself, narcoterrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping”.
Last week, the US Southern Commandwhich since August has attacked more than 30 vessels supposedly linked to drug trafficking in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, with more than 80 deadtook a turn in its operations in international waters by seizing the oil tanker Skipperthat transported Venezuelan crude.
