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Issues of transnational organised crime and regional security, with doubles as refreshments, were the main features of a closed-door, almost two-hour meeting between Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister declared the meeting as “excellent”, while the US Embassy, the Office of the Prime Minister and even a statement from the top US military official’s website touted the focus on destabilising illicit narcotics in the region.
But as several aspects of the visit remain unclear, members of the Opposition and a former military commander are calling for transparency in light of ongoing US military operations in the Southern Caribbean against narco-traffickers mainly from Venezuela.
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