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USA: Drugs

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 3 November 2025UIN 85121

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the US has had decisions with her Department on US strategic objectives in tackling drug smuggling in (a) Venezuela and (b) the wider Caribbean.

Answered by Chris Elmore

We have extensive discussions with the US on a wide range of shared security objectives, including on counter narcotics but specific operational activities undertaken by the US military in the Caribbean and the Pacific are a matter for the US.

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