PRIME MINISTER KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR ADDRESSES THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN NEW YORK.

THIS AS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TAKES ITS SEAT ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL.

LAST EVENING, MRS. PERSAD BISSESSAR REFERRED TO THE FOCUS WHICH, WILL COME FROM THIS COUNTRY DURING ITS TENURE.

SHE SAID, THE REGION WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED ON THE COUNCIL.

ACCORDING TO PRIME MINISTER PERSAD BISESSAR TRANSNATIONAL GANGS, DRUGS AND ILLEGAL GUNS, WILL BE IN FOCUS.

THE PRIME MINISTER IS LEADING TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S DELEGATION TO THE 81ST SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WITH HER PROGRAMME FEATURING A SERIES OF DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.

SPEAKING FROM NEW YORK YESTERDAY, MINISTER IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER NICHOLAS MORRIS CONFIRMED THAT, MRS. PERSAD-BISSESSAR WILL ENGAGE IN HIGH-LEVEL BILATERAL TALKS,
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THAT AMONG THE PLANNED MEETINGS, ONE WITH VENEZUELA’S ACTING PRESIDENT DELCY RODRIGUEZ.

THE TWO HAVE HAD A STORMY RELATIONSHIP FOR MOST OF LAST YEAR, WHEN MRS. PERSAD BISSESSAR STOOD ON THE SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ITS CONFLICT WITH VENEZUELA.

MRS. PERSAD BISSESSAR WAS DECLARED PERSONA NON GRATA BY, THE VENEZUELAN CONGRESS.

HOWEVER, IN HIS SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE MINISTER MORRIS DID NOT SPECIFY WHO MRS. PERSAD BISSESSAR WAS EXPECTED TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND VENEZUELA ARE MOVING TO REBUILD RELATIONS, AND ADVANCE COOPERATION IN AREAS INCLUDING ENERGY, TRADE, AGRICULTURE, SECURITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.