THE Venezuelan government has described Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's "irate and unjustified" reaction to its concerns about a group of terrorists allegedly entering its territory through Trinidad and Tobago as "suspicious."

The Venezuelan government warned Persad-Bissessar's statements could compromise TT-Venezuela relations.

At a post-cabinet news conference at the Red House on June 5, Persad-Bissessar said government had no evidence to substantiate the claim by the Venezuelan government. She also warned that any illegal incursion by any unidentified vessel into TT waters would be met with deadly force by local security forces.