Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is off to the Unit­ed States to­day, ahead of the Shield of the Amer­i­c­as sum­mit in Do­ral, Flori­da, to hold high-lev­el talks with US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump and se­nior US of­fi­cials.

Ac­cord­ing to the Gov­ern­ment, the Prime Min­is­ter aims to se­cure en­er­gy and se­cu­ri­ty op­por­tu­ni­ties through both the main sum­mit and strate­gic bi­lat­er­al meet­ings with re­gion­al lead­ers.

Com­ing out of the Cari­com Heads of Gov­ern­ment meet­ing re­cent­ly held in St Kitts, Per­sad-Bisses­sar was in­vit­ed by the US to at­tend the Shields of the Amer­i­c­as Sum­mit.