PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept 9, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar who Wednesday said she expects to meet with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez later this month has her “love” for the South American leader.
In October last year, the Venezuelan National Assembly declared Persad-Bissessar, persona non grata, banning her from entering the country. Caracas had accused her of supporting United States military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic that led to the removal of President Nicolas Maduro form office. He along with his wife are now in a United States jail on several charges including illegal drug smuggling,
Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar, a Senior Counsel who attended the ceremonial opening of the new law term here on Wednesday, told reporters that the meeting with Rodriquez could most likely take place in New York during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) slated for September 22-26.
Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Sean Sobers led a delegation to Caracas and Persad-Bissessar was asked by reporters if she was hopeful that may bridge the relationship between the two countries at this present time given that she is still persona non grata and that could hamper a meeting with Rodriguez.
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