Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, at his meeting with His Excellency Carlos Amador Perez Silva, the Venezuelan Ambassador, today (Monday 21 December 2020). Image courtesy Office of the Prime Minister.
National security and the safety of migrants were among issues discussed by Prime Minister Keith Rowley at yesterday’s meeting with Venezuelan Ambassador Carlos Amador Perez Silva.
Both met at the Diplomatic Center for the meeting which Rowley had called.
Also attending the meeting were Minister Amery Browne (Foreign Affairs) and Stuart Young (National Security) and Ricardo Sánchez, Chief of the Venezuelan Embassy’s Consular Section.
The meeting which focused on immigration among a range of issues also covered COVID-19 and migrant safety, Browne said.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, at his meeting with His Excellency Carlos Amador Perez Silva, the Venezuelan Ambassador, today (Monday 21 December 2020). Image courtesy Office of the Prime Minister.
Security, immigration and COVID-19 were on the agenda when Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley met with Venezuelan Ambassador Carlos Amador Perez Silva this morning at the Diplomatic Centre.
The meeting, which was also attended by Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne, Minister of National Security and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young and Ricardo Sánchez, Chief of the Consular Section of the Venezuelan Embassy, came after weeks of scrutiny of Trinidad and Tobago’s handling of Venezuelan migrants, particularly amid reports that several Venezuelan migrants drowned in a boat headed to T&T from Guiria.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, at his meeting with His Excellency Carlos Amador Perez Silva, the Venezuelan Ambassador, today (Monday 21 December 2020). Image courtesy Office of the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley met with His Excellency Carlos Amador Perez Silva, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at the Diplomatic Centre today (Monday 21 December 2020).
Last week, the Prime Minister had requested the meeting with Ambassador Silva, to discuss recent developments concerning both countries and Trinidad and Tobago’s position on those issues.
Today’s meeting between the two men focused on issues related to national security, immigration, and COVID-19.