MOONILAL TO VISIT THE US

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Energy Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal announced that he, along with a small delegation, will embark on a trip to Washington DC, to hold talks with the US government officials and officials from private companies on energy security.

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00:00Energy Minister Rudal Munilal said at a post-Cabinet briefing at the Red House on May 22nd

00:06that he would be taking a trip to the U.S. from May 28th to May 30th.

00:11There, he will have discussions with officials from the U.S. Department of Energy,

00:16the Department of Secretary of State, and the Treasury Department

00:19to discuss Trinidad and Tobago's future collaboration with the U.S. in the area of energy security

00:25and to focus on strengthening ties between both countries.

00:29He said he will also engage with officials from Shell Global, the Americans' Council, and the Inter-American Dialogue.

00:36We will meet senior officials of those organizations to discuss with them

00:41our mutually beneficial interests in the area of security.

00:47I can also indicate that this comes at a very critical time since we have inherited,

00:53I think as everyone knows, we have inherited an energy sector in significant decline,

01:00both in the production of gas and oil, and of course with consequences for the petrochemical sector.

01:07At yesterday's Cabinet, Munilal said he's hoping that his ministry can build a partnership

01:13with other regional countries in the hope of rebuilding TNT's energy sector,

01:17adding the government of Guyana is willing to engage in discussions with TNT.

01:22Working together in real time on significant partnerships with Guyana.

01:28We have also reached out, of course, to other areas,

01:31and we expect in the coming days to get involved in discussions with them.

01:37With Grenada as well, we have had discussions, informal discussions,

01:41with officials in Grenada, and we expect that very soon we will make a short visit.

01:47Sharla Kisto, TV6 News.

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