Sources in the De­fence Force say the pres­ence of US Naval ships in the Caribbean Sea was not dis­cussed dur­ing a meet­ing on Mon­day in­volv­ing se­nior mil­i­tary of­fi­cials. Sources, who asked not to be named, said the meet­ing was lim­it­ed to “do­mes­tic af­fairs” on­ly.

They said the meet­ing, which last­ed about three hours, took place at De­fence Force head­quar­ters in Ch­aguara­mas, where is­sues re­lat­ing to op­er­a­tions with­in T&T and oth­er ad­min­is­tra­tive mat­ters were dis­cussed.

The meet­ing was at­tend­ed by the De­fence Force com­mand group, which in­cludes the for­ma­tion com­man­ders of the Reg­i­ment, Coast Guard, and Air Guard.