Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has an­nounced that a diplo­mat­ic del­e­ga­tion will soon trav­el to Venezuela to en­sure Trinidad and To­ba­go se­cures its “just share” of cross bor­der oil and gas re­sources, sig­nalling a re­newed push to ad­vance stalled en­er­gy projects.

Speak­ing at a fire ten­der han­dover cer­e­mo­ny in Pe­nal on Wednes­day, PM Per­sad-Bisses­sar said the move forms part of broad­er ef­forts to strength­en the coun­try’s eco­nom­ic se­cu­ri­ty along­side im­prove­ments in na­tion­al safe­ty in­fra­struc­ture.

“Short­ly, a diplo­mat­ic del­e­ga­tion will de­part Trinidad and To­ba­go to go to Venezuela to en­sure we get our just share of the oil and gas,” she said, not­ing that en­er­gy de­vel­op­ment re­mains crit­i­cal to the coun­try’s fu­ture.