Trinidad and To­ba­go’s en­er­gy in­stal­la­tions re­main se­cure de­spite ris­ing glob­al ten­sions and the re­cent re­moval of a Unit­ed States radar sys­tem from To­ba­go, En­er­gy Min­is­ter Roodal Mooni­lal said Mon­day.

Speak­ing with re­porters af­ter If­taar at the Debe Is­lam­ic As­so­ci­a­tion masjid, Mooni­lal said Gov­ern­ment has tak­en steps to pro­tect crit­i­cal off­shore and on­shore in­fra­struc­ture amid in­sta­bil­i­ty in­volv­ing the Unit­ed States, Is­rael and Iran.

He said he has held dis­cus­sions with De­fence Min­is­ter Wayne Sturge on en­er­gy sec­tor se­cu­ri­ty, giv­en the coun­try’s in­stal­la­tions in the Gulf and across its mar­itime space.