Foreign Ministry accompanied scientific research on the maritime border between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago
MPPRE Press
Published at: 20/10/2026 03:59 PM
The Border Office of the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs and International Trade begins this month of October and for a period
of more than 30 days, naval monitoring and border observation of the scientific research
activities that will be carried out aboard the ship
“Brasilia” for the company BP, on the border of the marine and submarine areas
between Venezuela and neighboring Trinidad and Tobago.
The mission assigned to the national geographer expert, under
strict diplomatic and technical protocols, guided by the Office of Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia González, is aimed at supervising the
permits granted by the Republic for research in
unquestionably Venezuelan marine areas and the protection of the country's interests, especially environmental ones.
As a representative of the Foreign Ministry in this
research journey, geographer Lindsay Terán, coordinator of the
Geodesy Area of the Department of Demarcation of the Border Office, will join the multidisciplinary team of crew members, responsible for carrying out scientific
studies of bathymetry and scanning of the
seabed of the continental shelf, its slope and the oceanic plain of the Venezuelan territorial sea and adjoining area, among others.
specialized operations.
“It is an honor to participate in this activity and to share with
specialists from other countries the cutting-edge technology used in the
study of the ocean and its resources,” said Terán. Therefore, as
Foreign Minister Plasencia González stated at the 41st Session of ECLAC,
“Venezuela is once again an important and legitimate political and economic actor in
the region,” together with the sister peoples of the Caribbean.
The Border Office, within the framework of its competencies,
directs, coordinates and oversees the country
's international relations in activities related to the use of marine resources, marine scientific research, the preservation of
the marine environment and the
transfer of technology.
Mazo News Team/MPPRE