For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sean Sobers says Gov­ern­ment will act in the best in­ter­est of the pop­u­la­tion if any con­flict were ever to arise in the re­gion, but stressed that spec­u­la­tion about war or regime change has no ba­sis in the facts pre­sent­ed to Trinidad and To­ba­go.

He was re­spond­ing at to­day's me­dia brief­ing when asked what po­si­tion the coun­try would take if US mil­i­tary ac­tiv­i­ty in the South­ern Caribbean es­ca­lat­ed in­to a con­flict linked to Venezuela. Sobers said, “If it hap­pens, trust that your Gov­ern­ment will stand with you and we will make the best pos­si­ble de­ci­sion in the in­ter­est of the peo­ple of Trinidad and To­ba­go. That is what I can say.”

Pressed on whether Trinidad and To­ba­go would sup­port any ac­tion that could lead to war, Sobers said the ques­tion “does not arise” and de­scribed it as con­jec­ture. He not­ed that the de­ploy­ment and move­ment of US ves­sels is en­tire­ly a mat­ter for the Unit­ed States.

“The US mil­i­tary ap­pa­ra­tus be­longs to the Unit­ed States gov­ern­ment. If they feel to move it from the South­ern Caribbean to the Pa­cif­ic, they’ll do that. If they feel to move from the Pa­cif­ic to the Antarc­tic, they will do that,” he said. “We have ab­solute­ly no con­trol where they de­cide to move these ships or sub­marines. They are say­ing… that the po­si­tion is, we are at­tack­ing nar­co-traf­fick­ers and transna­tion­al crime. They be­lieve that mov­ing around these ships may very well help them to do that.”

Sobers said ques­tions about the US Navy’s pur­pose, de­ploy­ment or strate­gic in­ten­tions “should be posed to them, and not to Trinidad and To­ba­go,” adding that Gov­ern­ment is not di­rect­ing for­eign mil­i­tary as­sets.

Mem­bers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force will take part in joint train­ing ex­er­cis­es with the Unit­ed States 22nd Ma­rine Ex­pe­di­tionary Unit from 16–21 No­vem­ber, 2025.

says Gov­ern­ment will act in the best in­ter­est of the pop­u­la­tion if any con­flict were ever to arise in the re­gion, but stressed that spec­u­la­tion about war or regime change has no ba­sis in the facts pre­sent­ed to Trinidad and To­ba­go.

He was re­spond­ing at to­day's me­dia brief­ing when asked what po­si­tion the coun­try would take if US mil­i­tary ac­tiv­i­ty in the South­ern Caribbean es­ca­lat­ed in­to a con­flict linked to Venezuela. Sobers said, “If it hap­pens, trust that your Gov­ern­ment will stand with you and we will make the best pos­si­ble de­ci­sion in the in­ter­est of the peo­ple of Trinidad and To­ba­go. That is what I can say.”

Pressed on whether Trinidad and To­ba­go would sup­port any ac­tion that could lead to war, Sobers said the ques­tion “does not arise” and de­scribed it as con­jec­ture. He not­ed that the de­ploy­ment and move­ment of US ves­sels is en­tire­ly a mat­ter for the Unit­ed States.

“The US mil­i­tary ap­pa­ra­tus be­longs to the Unit­ed States gov­ern­ment. If they feel to move it from the South­ern Caribbean to the Pa­cif­ic, they’ll do that. If they feel to move from the Pa­cif­ic to the Antarc­tic, they will do that,” he said. “We have ab­solute­ly no con­trol where they de­cide to move these ships or sub­marines. They are say­ing… that the po­si­tion is, we are at­tack­ing nar­co-traf­fick­ers and transna­tion­al crime. They be­lieve that mov­ing around these ships may very well help them to do that.”

Sobers said ques­tions about the US Navy’s pur­pose, de­ploy­ment or strate­gic in­ten­tions “should be posed to them, and not to Trinidad and To­ba­go,” adding that Gov­ern­ment is not di­rect­ing for­eign mil­i­tary as­sets.

Mem­bers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force will take part in joint train­ing ex­er­cis­es with the Unit­ed States 22nd Ma­rine Ex­pe­di­tionary Unit from 16–21 No­vem­ber, 2025.