Trinidad & Tobago has acknowledged the legitimacy of Venezuela's current administration, signalling a shift in its previously guarded position on the political crisis in Caracas.
The statement marks a departure from months of deflection by government officials in Port of Spain on the issue of recognition for the Venezuelan President, Delcy Rodriguez.
Rodríguez assumed the role of interim president earlier this year, following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro by the US military in a transition that has since drawn varying levels of international recognition and scrutiny.
It was in the early hours of January 3 that the US military swooped down on the presidential compound in Caracas captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flew them to New York where they are awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges.
Trinidad & Tobago's Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Sean Sobers says, notwithstanding the formal recognition, tensions persist between the two countries at the diplomatic level.
He admitted that Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar remains designated persona non grata by Venezuela despite his administration's plans to dispatch a high-level delegation to Caracas to secure T&T's interests in cross-border gas fields.
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