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GOVERNMENT has received the support of the US to approve the relevant licences to develop cross-border energy resources in Venezuela which will benefit Trinidad and Tobago's energy sector and economy.

The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on September 30, after a meeting between Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier in the day at the US State Department in Washington, DC.

Persad-Bissessar had earlier said she had "good news" to share with the country.