PM EXPLAINS US AIRCRAFT IN TOBAGO

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The Prime Minister has sought to assure  the citizens of this country that they have nothing to worry about with regard to the U.S military aircraft that was in briefly in Tobago....and she  confirmed that  Venezuela was not discussed during her meeting with the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday.  Juhel Browne reports.

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00:00Questioned by the media upon entering the Red House in Port of Spain on Wednesday afternoon,

00:05Prime Minister Kamala Passat beset us out to explain the reason why a U.S. Air Force aircraft

00:10had made a brief stopover in Tobago on Wednesday morning.

00:14They are helping us with something to do at the airport.

00:17They are helping us with a little bit of a movie.

00:20The Marines are here, they train, they're all people.

00:22That's what it was about.

00:24It's not a military force as such.

00:26They're not doing it wrong. We are not about to launch any campaign against Venezuela.

00:31I mean, that's very clear.

00:32Trinidad has not been asked to be a base for any war against Venezuela.

00:37This stopover occurred one day after the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kane,

00:44visited Trinidad and Tobago for high-level talks with the Prime Minister.

00:48The Venezuelan government has been critical of the recent joint military exercises in Trinidad and Tobago

00:53by U.S. Marine units and the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force.

00:57Venezuela's government, led by President Nicolas Maduro, claims the recent build-up of the U.S. military presence in the Caribbean

01:03is about regime change in Venezuela.

01:06The U.S. government, led by President Donald Trump, says the major U.S. military presence in the Caribbean

01:11is for its war on drug cartels.

01:14Prime Minister Passat beset us also made clear what was not discussed during her meeting with General Kane.

01:21Venezuela was not mentioned yesterday if we were on to be anti-trafficking, drug trafficking, gun running, human trafficking.

01:30Those are the issues we have been discussed about.

01:32Prime Minister Passat beset us was asked if her administration recognizes Mr. Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela.

01:40I will tell you this, we stand with the people of Venezuela.

01:43We stand with the people of Venezuela.

01:45Prime Minister Passat beset us wrote to an ex that the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago have nothing to worry about

01:51and that her government will continue to keep the nation fully informed.

01:56Jewel Brown, TV6 News.

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