Friday, September 8, 2006

by Stephen Cummings
Caribbean Net News Trinidad and Tobago Correspondent
Email: stephen@caribbeannetnews.com

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The United States Embassy in Port of Spain yesterday issued a statement saying that the US will continue to work with the Trinidad and Tobago government and the security and intelligence agencies to continue the fight against drug trafficking.

The statement through US Ambassador Dr Roy Austin came shortly after Prime Minister Patrick Manning made an observation saying that the US government in recent times had been neglecting to deal with drug traffickers in the region and especially in areas that could assist Trinidad and Tobago in the war against crime.

Manning was at the time addressing a group of top oil and gas executives on Tuesday at a British Gas Trinidad and Tobago Energy Luncheon series at the Hilton Trinidad.

The Prime Minister said that US focus had also shifted to fighting terrorism rather than on other areas of crime. A claim was also made by the Prime Minister that Trinidad and Tobago may in the future have to look for alternative markets to sell its oil and gas instead of relying mainly on the US.

Regarding crime fighting, the US embassy further stated that, apart from what had been stated by the Prime Minister, the United States had been deeply involved in taking the fight to the criminals by financing equipment and providing training for law enforcement officers amounting to hundreds of thousands of US dollars.

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