YOUNG HOPEFUL FOR DRAGON GAS AFTER MEETING RUBIO

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Prime Minister Stuart Young is expressing optimism about this country's Dragon Gas deal with Venezuela following his bi-lateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jamaica on Wednesday.   During Thursday's -Cabinet media briefing, the Prime Minister indicated this is due to a very specific statement made by the U.S Secretary of State.   Juhel Browne reports.

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00:00Prime Minister Stuart Young said that during his bilateral meeting with the US

00:04Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jamaica, he highlighted Trinidad and

00:08Tobago's liquefied natural gas and ammonia exports, as well as how the deal

00:13for the supply of natural gas from Venezuela's Dragonfield to Trinidad and

00:18Tobago would affect the rest of CARICOM. I was happy that in that conversation

00:24Secretary of State Rubio did indicate that he was pleased for this

00:29information because he was getting it first hand. He understood and he said

00:34that US foreign policy is in no way meant to affect or harm Trinidad and

00:41Tobago in particular with what we're doing for energy security. TV6 used a

00:47sort of clarification from Prime Minister Young since the lifting of

00:50certain sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas occurred while Joe Biden was the US

00:57President. Are you seeking, was the government seeking similar exemptions or

01:02exceptions concerning the present tariff and other sanctions issues being

01:10implemented by the present administration under President Trump?

01:14So the answer to that question is that is part of what the conversation was

01:19about yesterday. Prime Minister Young then spoke about the license Trinidad and

01:24Tobago received from the US in 2023. As was discussed between Secretary of State

01:30Rubio and myself, our UFAC license is in place until October. Do you recognize

01:36that? The landscape is changing. For example, the introduction of tariffs or

01:41the suggestion of introduction of tariffs. So the opportunity that I got on

01:46behalf of Trinidad and Tobago yesterday to sit down with the person who is in

01:50charge of deciding and there is a lot of discretion in there. How things are

01:56to be applied is invaluable for Trinidad and Tobago. Prime Minister Young said work

02:01on the drug and gas project by Shell is ongoing.

02:04Jule Brown, TV6 News.

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