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Cari­com gov­ern­ments have urged re­straint and diplo­ma­cy fol­low­ing the es­ca­la­tion of hos­til­i­ties in the Mid­dle East, as Trinidad and To­ba­go sig­nalled sup­port for the Unit­ed States’ mil­i­tary ac­tion against Iran.

While Port of Spain aligned it­self with Wash­ing­ton, sev­er­al re­gion­al gov­ern­ments adopt­ed a more cau­tious pos­ture cen­tred on de-es­ca­la­tion and ne­go­ti­a­tions. Guyana, how­ev­er, is­sued a sharp­er con­dem­na­tion of Iran’s ac­tions.

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