OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has questioned the signing of five agreements between TT and the US, two of which could permit the US to station troops in TT in the event of a "conflict" in neighbouring Venezuela.

Persad-Bissessar called upon the government to make the details of those agreements public.

She made those statements to the media before a meeting at the UNC's headquarters in Chaguanas on December 12.

Persad-Bissessar said she was in the dark about the agreements like most of the population.

She added that a few hours before, the Prime Minister criticised the media on this matter at a post-Cabinet news conference at Whitehall.

Persad-Bissessar said government should make copies of those agreements so we can be "fully aware of what it is we signed."

She asked whether those agreements were signed with "the (outgoing Joe) Biden administration or is it the (incoming Donald) Trump adminstration."

Should American soldiers be allowed on TT soil, Persad-Bissessar, could they be held liable under the law if they injure any citizen.

"We don't know and therefore it may be premature."

Persad-Bissessar, "I find it preposterous that you have a new (US) government coming in and you are signing documents."

She recalled that Dr Rowley and other Caricom leaders met recently in Barbados with a US Congressional delegation to discuss matters of mutual interest.

Persad-Bissessar said that delegation comprised US Democrats.

She promised the UNC would fix the matter after it won the next general election.

Persad-Bissessar also asked Rowley to say when he would give approval for Caricom election observers to come to TT.

In the House of Representatives on December 11, Rowley said he expects to receive a letter to sign to invite those observers to TT for the election.

While she was "cautiously optimistic" about this, Persad-Bissessar repeated her call for "international observers" to come for the election.

In a statement on December 10, the US Embassy said Rowley, National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds, Energy Minister Stuart Young, Finance Minister Colm Imbert and Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne met and held talks with US diplomatic and navy officials on security, energy, cyber-security and human-rights issues.

Rowley met with US ambassador Candace Bond and Commander of the US Southern Command (Southcom) Adm Alvin Holsey at the Diplomatic Centre, Port of Spain.

The embassy said the group celebrated the successful conclusion of negotiations on five agreements, including a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA); the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Technical Assistance Field Team (CBSI-TAFT); and the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA).

Bond and Holsey also congratulated Rowley on TT's accession to the Treaty of San José and the Southcom Human Rights Initiative.

Bond said, 'TT's leadership in implementing this framework for security co-operation demonstrates its potential as the cornerstone of peace and security in the Caribbean, and has opened the door