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Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she held meet­ings with US Sec­re­tary of State Mar­co Ru­bio and Deputy Sec­re­tary of State Christo­pher Lan­dau in Flori­da last week­end to dis­cuss fur­ther en­gage­ment in the re­gion - in­clud­ing de­vel­op­ments in­volv­ing “our neigh­bour next door, Venezuela.”

Speak­ing dur­ing yes­ter­day’s sit­ting of Par­lia­ment, Per­sad-Bisses­sar added,” We al­so met with US Sec­re­tary of En­er­gy Chris Wright to dis­cuss en­er­gy sec­tor co-op­er­a­tion, in­clud­ing gas fields in­volv­ing Venezuela, as well as in­ter­est in re­fin­ery and tank farm in­fra­struc­ture.