Venezuela’s Gas Projects With Trinidad Win Rubio’s Backing

(Bloomberg) — Trinidad and Tobago won support from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to resume talks with the sanctioned government of Venezuela to develop gas projects.

After meeting with Rubio, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said in a statement she’d obtained US support “for the development of this country’s hydrocarbon cross border resources.” Rubio told Persad-Bissessar that her country would need to ensure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime wouldn’t benefit from the relationship, according to a State Department statement.