Trinidad and Tobago has received a $94 million grant from China for the implementation of mutually agreed projects under an agreement on economic and technical co-operation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the grant on September 26, hours before Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar delivered a speech at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The grant was discussed during a bilateral meeting between Persad-Bissessar and Chinese ambassador Ren Hongyan, on September 18 at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann's.