Former prime minister Stuart Young, in response to questions from the Express, stated via Whatsapp that the news from the US State Department is consistent with what Secretary of State Marco Rubio told him at a meeting in Jamaica earlier this year.

The former energy minister also noted Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar had indicated the Dragon deal was “dead”.

Said Young, “This development is consistent with what Secretary Rubio told me when I was prime minister. Amazingly one of the first announcements of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar after she was sworn in was that Dragon was dead and now, in a not surprising complete about turn, the UNC is pursuing Venezuelan Dragon gas.