Sobers: T&T to open embassy in UAE

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

Trinidad and To­ba­go will open its first em­bassy in the Mid­dle East, in the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates (UAE), For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sean Sobers an­nounced yes­ter­day.

The move comes as the Gov­ern­ment seeks to deep­en its diplo­mat­ic and eco­nom­ic en­gage­ment in­ter­na­tion­al­ly, while a new strate­gic part­ner­ship with Venezuela is ex­pect­ed to cre­ate op­por­tu­ni­ties for in­creased trade in en­er­gy and non-en­er­gy prod­ucts, strength­en lo­cal man­u­fac­tur­ers and low­er the coun­try’s food im­port bill.