Trinidad
and Tobago was requested
not to attend
South America's Energy Summit
Presidents of 12 South American
nations in the Energy Summit
By
Elio Ohep
Petroleumworld
Trinidad & Tobago
Port
Spain
Petroleumworldtt.com
04 22 07
At
the last minute, Trinidad and Tobago was requested
not to attend the South
America Energy Summit Power. Prime minister
of Trinidad and Tobago,
Patrick Manning, had to suspend the trip to attend
the Power Summit that was celebrated
in
the island
of Margarita, in Venezuela.
According
to an official notice of the Trinidad government
notice, emitted
Monday, the Venezuelan Secretary of State sent
a diplomatic note Sunday to Trinidad
and Tobago, Foreign Minister Arnold Piggott,
in which he indicates that "the authorities
of Venezuela did not manage to finalize the suitable
adjustments
successful
so that Trinidad and Tobago attends the Power
Summit".
An
official source source told Petroleumworld that
the cancellation
of PM visit was due to the
The Secretariat of the Summit that decided that
the Summit was only for heads of state.
Manning
was invited personally by the Venezuelan president,
Hugo Chávez,
the Summit organizer during a visit to Venezuela
the last month, in which they signed a treaty
frame
on
unification
of hydrocarbon deposits to explore and to operate
jointly the gas outside coast.
Chávez
on televised transmission of the dignitaries
meeting during the visit from Manning to Venezuela
said " the prime
minister showed his interest to participate
to us in the
South American Summit and we, like country
host, invited it to share with the South
American colleagues
the subject of the energy".
At
a question by Petroleumworld this Tuesday when
finalizing the
summit
on the absence of Manning in the event,
Chávez
responded: "To knowing", shrinking
of shoulders.
Chávez
announced that it would visit Trinidad and Tobago
in the next
months to sign
the
definitive agreements of the unification
of hydrocarbons fields.
Manning
described the trip as "vital" for
the interests of Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago is the main gas producer in
South America and provides 75% of the liquid natural
gas imports of the United States.
- See
other Summit stories
- Elio Ohep, editor@petroleumworld, 58 412
996 3730.
Petroleumworld,
April 22, 2007
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