Bi­lat­er­al re­la­tions be­tween Colom­bia and Trinidad strength­en as The Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty re­ceives sport­ing items as a do­na­tion, thanks to the Em­bassy of the Re­pub­lic of Colom­bia for the Im­mi­gra­tion De­ten­tion Cen­tre. De­tails fol­low in this press re­lease from the Min­istry of Se­cu­ri­ty:

The Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty has re­ceived a do­na­tion of sport­ing items from the Em­bassy of the Re­pub­lic of Colom­bia for the Im­mi­gra­tion De­ten­tion Cen­tre (IDC).

Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary (Ag.) in the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Ms. Nata­ki At­i­ba-Dilchan ac­cept­ed the items on be­half of the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty from Am­bas­sador Ex­tra­or­di­nary and Plenipo­ten­tiary of the Re­pub­lic of Colom­bia, Her Ex­cel­len­cy Martha Ce­cil­ia Pinil­la Per­do­mo.

Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary At­i­ba-Dilchan ex­pressed grat­i­tude to Am­bas­sador Pinil­la Per­do­mo for the do­na­tion, which both par­ties not­ed was in­dica­tive of the cor­dial bi­lat­er­al re­la­tion­ship be­tween the two coun­tries.

The brief Han­dover Cer­e­mo­ny was held at the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty’s Head Of­fice, Tem­ple Court 1, Aber­crom­by Street, Port of Spain.

Al­so in at­ten­dance were the Em­bassy of the Re­pub­lic of Colom­bia’s Deputy Head of Mis­sion, Ms. Hei­di Ari­adne Cortes Acos­ta; First Sec­re­tary, Diplo­mat­ic Li­ai­son for Se­cu­ri­ty Af­fairs and Co­op­er­a­tion, Ms. An­drea Di­az; Sec­ond Sec­re­tary in Charge of Con­sular Af­fairs, Ms. Liz Car­oli­na Lozano Gar­zon; as well as Chief Im­mi­gra­tion Of­fi­cer, Ms. Char­maine Gand­hi-An­drews; Deputy Ad­min­is­tra­tor, IDC, Mr. Shel­don Walk­er; As­sis­tant Man­ag­er IDC, Mr. James Chance; and Deputy Di­rec­tor, In­ter­na­tion­al Af­fairs Unit, Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty, Ma­jor (Ret’d) Richard Lynch.

The do­na­tion com­prised two (2) in­door/out­door bas­ket­balls; two (2) foot­balls; two (2) packs of ten­nis balls; one (1) ta­ble ten­nis net and post; two (2) pack­ets of ta­ble ten­nis balls; two (2) ta­ble ten­nis rack­ets; one (1) bad­minton set; and two (2) crick­et bats; which will be used for recre­ation­al ac­tiv­i­ties for de­tainees housed at the IDC in Aripo.