Bdos: Trinidad-Venezuela agreement no secret to Barbados

Speaking on the Barbados/Trinidad situation and its implications for both countries and the Caribbean, former High Commissioner for Barbados to Trinidad and Tobago Frank da Silva told a media conference that the Trinidad/Venezuela agreement would have been known by a wide cross-section of the society.

He added that the High Commission’s monthly report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Barbados some fourteen years ago, which was the responsibility of the Senior Foreign Service Officer on Post, would have contained reference to that agreement.

Da Silva, who was High Commissioner at that time, said that there was no record of any instructions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for any follow up action on the issue.

Da Silva charged that because the matter was done in a transparent manner by Barbados’ closest Caribbean neighbour, “it would be inconceivable for anyone in Barbados to suggest that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago would have been involved in any underhand behaviour”.