OPPOSITION Senator Dr Amery Browne said Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro had never accused Trinidad and Tobago nor its government of any part in an alleged incursion into Venezuela by individuals whom Maduro had described as a “group of terrorists.”

The former foreign affairs minister addressed a briefing held by the Leader of the Opposition Pennelope Beckles on June 9 at her office in Port of Spain.

Browne’s remark came amid calls by himself and Beckles for cool heads to prevail after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on June 5 reacted angrily to what she viewed as a veiled threat after several statements from Maduro and colleagues alleging an incursion by a group including Colombians and later on said to include a TT national.