PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar held several bilateral meetings in Florida yesterday, including one with United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright.

Persad-Bissessar was among the leaders invited by United States President Donald Trump to the Shield of the Americas Summit in Doral, Florida.

After Trump delivered his remarks and announced the creation of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, he departed for Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, to be on hand for the transfer of the six US troops killed in a drone strike on a command centre in Kuwait, one day after the US and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran.