All Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als re­sid­ing in St Vin­cent and the Grenadines who are all re­sid­ing near the cap­i­tal to the south of the is­land are ac­count­ed for and safe.

This is ac­cord­ing to the Min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Dr Amery Browne.

The Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs yes­ter­day called on cit­i­zens of Trinidad and To­ba­go who are in St Vin­cent and the Grenadines to con­tact its of­fices.

In a state­ment is­sued yes­ter­day, the min­istry said the Gov­ern­ment has not­ed with con­cern the most re­cent ac­tiv­i­ty at the La Soufrière vol­cano and its im­pact on the Gov­ern­ment and peo­ple of St Vin­cent and the Grenadines.

It added the Gov­ern­ment is mind­ful that there are na­tion­als of Trinidad and To­ba­go in that coun­try who may be af­fect­ed by the ac­tiv­i­ty of La Soufrière vol­cano.

As such it has urged na­tion­als to con­tact the Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs at the email ad­dress: na­tion­alsinsvg@for­eign.gov.tt to reg­is­ter their names, con­tact in­for­ma­tion, and cur­rent sta­tus.

When con­tact­ed for an up­date the Min­is­ter said the min­istry has been in con­tact with na­tion­als and all were safe and he added none of them re­quest­ed evac­u­a­tion at this stage.

He said, “The Min­istry has re­ceived no re­quests for re­lo­ca­tion­al as­sis­tance from any T&T na­tion­als in St. Vin­cent. T&T has no Per­ma­nent Mis­sion or diplo­mat­ic staff on the is­land, but the Min­istry is re­ceiv­ing up­dat­ed in­for­ma­tion from NEMO au­thor­i­ties and from CDE­MA via the CARI­COM Sec­re­tari­at.”