UNITED STATES-US to build a new embassy in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The United States government says it will spend “more than US$400 million” on constructing a new embassy in Trinidad and Tobago.

“In addition to providing scores of jobs during the new embassy’s construction, the project will showcase state-of-the-art and eco-friendly designs and materials,” U.S. Ambassador Candace Bond said as she announced that Washington had acquired property on the capital’s outskirts for the new embassy.

Bond described the acquisition as “an important and exciting project which will benefit the people of Trinidad and Tobago in many ways.

“The U.S. government’s commitment to the construction of a new embassy is a powerful indicator of the longstanding, robust relationship between the people and government of the United States and the people and government of Trinidad and Tobago,” she said.

She said the new building would also allow the U.S. Embassy to better “serve our constituents, improve the experience for visa applicants, and provide new and improved facilities and services for those conducting business with the U.S. government.”

Bond signed the deed of sale for the 11-acre property, along with Joseph E. Fernandes, a representative of Champs Elysees Limited, the seller of the property, and with Christin Martinelli, Realty Specialist from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations.