The Prime Minister has reaffirmed T&T’s unwavering solidarity with the people and Government of the USA, on the eve of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
In a statement, she said among the fallen were 14 T&T citizens.
Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the threat of terrorism endures, saying it takes the face of narco-trafficking, arms smuggling, and transnational organised crime.
She said her government is committed to working shoulder-to-shoulder with the US and other partners to defeat these threats.
Just recently, the Prime Minister praised a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean and said that all traffickers should be killed “violently.”
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FULL STATEMENT “Trinidad and Tobago stands with the global community in solemn remembrance of the nearly 3,000 innocent lives lost in the horrific terrorist attacks on the United States of America on September 11, 2001.
Among the fallen were fourteen of our own citizens, Trinbagonians who went to work that morning at the World Trade Center, never to return home. Their sacrifice is a painful reminder that terrorism recognises no borders, no creed, and no humanity.
On this 24th anniversary, on behalf of the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago, I honour their memory, extend prayers to their families, and reaffirm our unwavering solidarity with the people and Government of the United States of America.
The world has changed since that dark day, but the threat of terrorism endures. In 2014, during my first tenure as Prime Minister, Trinidad and Tobago co-sponsored United Nations Security Council Resolution S/2014/688 against foreign terrorist fighters, strengthening the global framework to dismantle terror networks and choke off the systems that sustain them.
Today, as Prime Minister once more, I reaffirm my Government’s resolve to confront this menace in all its evolving forms. In our hemisphere, terrorism now also takes the face of narco-trafficking, arms smuggling, and transnational organised crime. These modern scourges are weapons of terror that destroy lives, destabilise societies, and rob our children of their future.
My Government is committed to working shoulder-to-shoulder with the United States and other international and regional partners to defeat these threats. We will remain vigilant and resilient, defending our people and our values without fear or hesitation.
May the souls of the victims of September 11 rest in eternal peace. May God comfort their families, and may He continue to bless and protect Trinidad and Tobago, and all nations and peoples who have endured the inhumanity of terrorism, even as together we condemn its barbarism and commit ourselves to eradicating it from our world.”
