Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the suspension of an energy agreement with Trinidad and Tobago for the joint development of offshore gas fields in response to the island nation's support for a U.S. military operation in the Caribbean.
Maduro made the announcement during his weekly televised program. He said he decided to suspend the agreement after the board of state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela and the Ministry of Hydrocarbons recommended ending it.
"Faced with Prime Minister [Kamla Persad-Bissessar]'s threat to turn Trinidad and Tobago into the aircraft carrier of the U.S. empire against Venezuela, there is only one option left. ... I have approved the precautionary measure of immediately suspending all effects of the energy agreement and everything related to it," Maduro said.
He added that the matter will be reviewed by higher authorities for a final decision.
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